Olives
When you have friends coming at 7pm and you finish work at 5ish – these lamb cutlets are the answer
Easy enough as a midweek meal but also special enough to serve if you’re entertaining.
- 30 mins - 1 hr
- Danielle Alvarez
Dirty martini tomato ‘n’ olive soup
When you’d like nothing more than an ice-cold martini, but midweek life has other plans, this soup gives hits of salty, briny goodness.
- 30 mins - 1 hr
- Katrina Meynink
Amatriciana-ish cous cous salad
The beauty of this salad lies in its adaptability; add chilli and whatever deli-style goods you have lurking in your fridge.
- 30 mins - 1 hr
- Katrina Meynink
Adam Liaw’s extra-nice salad nicoise (plus the secret to perfectly tender boiled potatoes)
France’s best-known salad is substantial enough for a main dish but light enough for hot summer days.
- < 30 mins
- Adam Liaw
How to make pan bagnat AKA the ultimate picnic sandwich
Think of is as a salade nicoise, squashed inside a crunchy baguette.
- < 30 mins
- Julia Busuttil Nishimura
Maltese-style whole roast snapper with caper, olive and tomato stuffing and salsa
Half of this punchy double-duty mixture becomes a stuffing while the remainder is a salsa to serve.
- 30 mins - 1 hr
- Julia Busuttil Nishimura
Mint-crusted lamb rack with olive salad
Lighten up your roast lamb with a fresh salad in place of the usual roast veg.
- 30 mins - 1 hr
- Jessica Brook
Cheesy, meaty pasta bake
A quick supermarket deli aisle raid, two minutes of prep, throw the ingredients in the dish, then let it do its thing in the oven. Done.
- 30 mins - 1 hr
- Katrina Meynink
Adam Liaw’s chicken cacciatore is the Italian-Aussie classic everyone needs in their repertoire
On the hunt for a dish all the family will love? Master Adam Liaw’s simple chicken cacciatore and you’ll never be stuck for ideas again.
- 30 mins - 1 hr
- Adam Liaw
RecipeTin Eats’ easy Mediterranean risoni with meltingly creamy goat’s cheese
This quick risoni dish is a little bit special thanks to some goat’s cheese stirred through the pasta.
- < 30 mins
- Nagi Maehashi