A meal in its own right, this warm egg, potato and spinach salad with shards of crisp bacon makes a great lunch.

Creamy and fragrant tofu and Thai eggplant massaman curry from Australian Women's Weekly.

You can use a large barbecued chicken instead of the breast fillets, if you prefer; discard bones and skin, then shred meat coarsely before tossing with remaining salad ingredients. Note

Cut part of one of the schnitzels into finger-size pieces and serve with tomato sauce instead of the capsicum and caper mayonnaise. Note

Suitable to freeze. Recipe can be made a day ahead and refrigerated, covered. Note

Prepare the cheese and salad on the morning of the picnic. Note

Try something different with this herby crumbed steak, ideal served with chunky potato fries and green salad.

We used semi-dried tomatoes, marinated artichokes, grilled eggplant and red capsicum for the antipasto mix; however, any combination of vegetables can be used. Note

These medium GI buckwheat pancakes are a healthier alternative to your regular, sugar-laden recipes. Serve topped with a light and zesty lemon cream for a satisfying start to your day.

Butter beans are also known as lima beans; you can use cannellini or similar white beans. Note

We've used salmon for this recipe, but tarragon compliments seafood beautifully. You could use tuna, flathead, ling, trout or any firm fleshed fish.

This is a quick and easy rendition of a traditional Sicilian involtini, slow-cooked meat rolls filled with vegetables served in a rich tomato sauce.

Succulent chicken breasts stuffed with ricotta and basil make a wonderful dinner party dish. Using a piping bag to fill the pockets with stuffing will make it easier.

A meat-free meal to feast on, these spicy Mexican beans with cornbread and avocado salsa are delicious.

The simple, clean flavours of this seared snapper with ginger and soy are uplifting.

Bring Paris into your kitchen with this classic French bistro version of steak and chips (pommes frites): a tender piece of beef, grilled to perfection, served with freshly made skinny fries, twice cooked to crispy goodness.

This colourful pasta salad is easy, delicious and great for the lunchbox.

This surprisingly easy weekday lunch uses both canned tuna and bottled artichokes to save you time and hassle.

The pancetta, stock and olives are already quite salty, so you should not need to add extra salt to this dish. Note

Ossobuco is a Milanese speciality of veal shanks braised with vegetables and white wine topped with a polenta crust.

To make this soup more fun for toddlers cut different shapes from bread like stars, hearts or animals. You could get older toddlers to cut the shapes from the bread to get them involved in the preparation of the meal. Note

Few soups pack the punchy flavour of a delicious savoury miso. Yellow miso (shinshu), is a smooth, deep-yellow, fairly salty, tart, fermented soya bean paste. Teamed with tofu and spinach it makes a delicious, fresh and healthy broth.

You can use fresh plums when in season. Note

This simple dish of lamb with green beans is a perfect fast and flavoursome mid-week dinner recipe.

This quick and tasty Asian inspired salad makes a brilliant mid-week dinner or dish to entertain your guests.

Aromatic and delicious red Thai curry from Australian Women's Weekly.

Lemon salt will keep in an airtight container for up to 2 months. Sprinkle over chicken or fish. Orange salt will keep in an airtight container for up to 2 months. Sprinkle over pork, fish or duck. Note

Vinegar cuts the sweetness of this rich onion jam, and makes it the perfect pairing for this liqueur spiked pâté.

Quick, easy and delicious, this beef and pepper dish is a great supper for busy nights.

Bucatini pasta with baked ricotta from Australian Women's Weekly.

Soft shell crab is a real delicacy, and works equally well as a starter, a main or as part of an Asian-style banquet.

Dhansak is an Indian adaptation of a famous Parsi festive dish always consisting of several types of pulses and vegetables and served with rice.

Teamed with a cooling mint and garlic yoghurt sauce, these tasty fried fish sandwiches make a crowd-pleasing brunch, lunch or snack.

You will need to cut the kernels from two small cobs of corn for this recipe. Note

The same weight of prawns can be used instead of lobster. You will need about six witlof for this recipe. Note

Crisp bacon, pesto and ripe tomatoes add oodles of flavour to these delicious sweetcorn pancakes.

Brilliant as a starter, serve this lemongrass pork stir fry in lettuce cups and sprinkled with crushed peanuts.

If you don't have aioli to hand when you're making this prosciutto-wrapped prawns with bean salad recipe, you can add a teaspoon of crushed garlic to good quality mayonnaise to make your own.

A sweet, sour and delicious Asian-style sauce.

Sometimes the simplest recipes are truly the best, you'll delight your guests when you serve up these salmon fillets with green curry on a bed of steamed rice.

We might be cheating slightly here, but you can get very good quality canned soups these days and with the addition of bacon and crispy blue cheese toasts you have a dish that could pass for homemade.

Warm and tender lamb fillets are dressed with a warm citrusy walnut dressing and served on a bed of crunchy witlof and baby spinach to make this delicious salad.

Yellow miso (yellow bean paste), a golden yellow colour, is made from soya beans and rice, and is aged briefly. It’s salty, but mild and quite versatile. It is available from Asian food stores. Note

Light and refreshing entrée of Thai coconut scallops for sharing with friends and family.

Vietnamese summer rolls with a coconut twist.

Serve these spiced lamb skewers piping-hot with cucumber salad, cooling yoghurt dip and grilled flatbreads.

Use smaller rice paper rounds for finger-food sized rolls. You can use chicken mince instead of turkey, if you like. Note

You need an ovenproof frying pan for this recipe as it goes into the oven; or cover the handle with a few layers of foil to protect it from the heat. We used a mix of oyster, shiitake, swiss and portobello mushrooms. Note

Did you know? Watercress is a wonderful vegetable full of vitamins A, C and E, and is very high in iron and folic acid. It’s a bit time-consuming to handle, as you need to pick off the sprigs, then wash and dry them carefully. We think it’s worth the effort, but you can use spinach […]

Spearing lamb sausages with rosemary stems allows the fragrance of the herb to permeate all the way through the sausages. Divine served with buttermilk mash and apple larded sauerkraut.

Za'atar-crumbed lamb backstrap; a Middle Eastern-style meat dish served on a bed of couscous.

low GI Cooked rösti can be stored in the refrigerator overnight and reheated in a sandwich press. Note

A sweet and sticky Japanese teriyaki pork stir-fry from Australian Women's Weekly.

Sick of bacon and eggs? Try this delicious and light breakfast curry instead.

Try these sautéed mushrooms on toast instead of your usual full English this weekend. Not only are mushrooms full of B vitamins, selenium and iron, they bust out the free radicals, too. Plus, they taste great.

Healthy and delicious warm beetroot and lentil salad with pork sausages from Australian Women's Weekly.

Adjust the spice in this dish to suit your taste; we think the spicier the better! Team with a steaming bowl of rice and some bok choy for a complete meal that everyone will love.

Tangy dijon chicken, baby spinach and tomato wrap from Australian Women's Weekly.

These patties make great sandwich fillings along with the cucumber and lettuce or even baby spinach leaves. Use your favourite sliced bread, bread rolls or wrapstyle flatbread.

A healthy and flavourful vegetarian brown rice salad with chickpea, pepita and kumara-potato salad.

Delight the family this weekend with these fluffy buttermilk pancakes topped with sweet syrupy pears. It makes for a lovely start to the day.

Store bought pesto is available from the refrigerated section of most supermarkets (near the dips). You will also find it in the pasta aisle. Note

The frying pan goes under the grill in this so you need a frying pan with an ovenproof handle, or cover the handle with a few layers of foil to protect it from the heat of the grill. Note

Begin the day with a delicious breakfast burrito filled with creamy scrambled egg and smoked salmon.

Recipe is best prepared as required. Note

These light, fluffy and delicious corn fritters are perfect picnic snacks.

Iceberg lettuce cups and crispy fried noodles add delicious crunch to this quick and easy crispy beef san choy bow recipe.

Like many curries from northern Thailand, this jungle curry contains no coconut milk, as there are no coconuts in the highlands.

Jungle curry got its name from its place of origin, the central-north region of Thailand, where cooks didn't have access to the coconut trees of the southern coast.

A rich and hearty white bean and chickpea soup with risoni from Australian Women's Weekly.

Bangers and mash is a classic in the pantheon of great British dishes. Red wine gravy, or straight onion gravy if you prefer, just makes the meal even better. Serve with peas for the full experience.