Summer

• Substantial salads

Grilled steak and vermicelli salad with spicy dressing and smashed cucumbers

A simple, herbaceous salad that packs a punch, and is a perfect picnic option.

• 30 mins - 1 hr
• Danielle Alvarez

• Vegetarian

Crispy tofu and lemongrass larb is a vegetarian’s dream salad

Larb, a fragrant Laotian salad, is usually made with minced meat, offal or seafood. But in good news for vegetarians, this version uses tofu instead.

• < 30 mins
• Jessica Brook

• Quick & easy

Fragrant Thai curry fish cakes

A delicious way to get a dose of heart-healthy omega-3, these Thai-inspired salmon patties are a simple answer to the weeknight “what’s for dinner?” dilemma.

• < 30 mins
• Jessica Brook

• Recipe collection
• Pasta dish

Six summery Italian pastas to keep that holiday feeling going

Judging by the recent weather, summer doesn’t want to end just yet. So hold on to those sunny vibes with these relaxed recipes.

• Budget

Stephanie Alexander’s corn and chorizo frittata

Fresh sweetcorn and spicy chorizo unite in this simple but satisfying frittata, which can be served for breakfast, lunch or dinner – or even taken to a picnic.

• < 30 mins
• Stephanie Alexander

• Recipe collection
• Best of

Every new recipe of the summer (starring the cheesy chicken traybake you’ll love through autumn, too)

Skewers, burgers, salads and ceviche. Revisit the 60+ thrills and grills of the sunny (but not silly) season.

• Recipe collection
• Fruit desserts

Keep your cool with 15 of our easiest-ever frozen desserts for hot days

Some fresh or frozen fruit and a little sweetened yoghurt are all you need for the majority of these simple sweets.

• Recipe collection
• Midweek dinner

14 relaxed summer dinners to cook this week (and one ‘uncommonly good’ dessert)

Simple, fresh, colour- and flavourful dinner ideas for those summer nights.

• Quick & easy

On the table in 10 minutes: This chilli, prawn and corn pasta is your new midweek favourite

Ready in a flash, this simple dish has “midweek favourite” written all over it.

• < 30 mins
• Jessica Brook

• One-pot

Karen Martini’s one-tray roasted tomato, red capsicum and chilli sauce for pasta

Roasting enhances and deepens the flavour, which you can’t replicate by cooking the ingredients in a pot.

• 1-2 hrs
• Karen Martini