Less than 30 minutes

Give your next children's party that authentic movie experience by rolling out the red carpet, dimming the lights, popping on a blockbuster, and serving this delightful assortment of colourful candied popcorn.

These crusty cheese and mustard dampers are best served piping hot, straight from the oven. They are the perfect on their own or alongside a steaming bowl of hot soup and will fill your kitchen with the most delicious aroma.

Try this exquisite salad as a light lunch or as a side to your next dinner.

This light and crispy potato galette has a definite Spanish flavour, thanks to the chorizo, olives and paprika that tops it. A quick and easy dish that's perfect for a light summer lunch with friends.

Pomegranate molasses is thick and brown with a concentrated flavour. It possesses tart and fruity qualities similar to balsamic vinegar and complements the lamb cutlets beautifully in this recipe.

Forget about perfect presentation with these tasty little spinach and ricotta free-form pies because rustic is the order of the day. Dispense with cutlery and enjoy them hot from the oven, or cold as part of your next picnic.

This coconut rice with capsicum and coriander is a great quick and easy vegetarian meal. Calrose rice is a medium-grain rice that is extremely versatile; you can substitute short or long-grain rice, if necessary.

Stuff these bananas with chocolate and bake them in the oven or the bbq until they have turned into melted chocolatey banana goodness. They come in their own packaging and even count as one of your five-a-day!

Otherwise known as char siu bao, barbecue pork buns are a traditional Cantonese comfort food. The soft, pillowy exterior hides a delicately flavoured filling. You won't stop at just one.

Make this batch of honey prawns at your next gathering. Everyone from the little ones to the adults will adore these little morsels of sweet orange coloured deliciousness. They are the ultimate finger food.

Our pickled vegetables make a lovely and colourful gift for friends or family. We've used a variety of vegetables here, but you can experiment with your own combinations.

This light and tangy seafood salad is perfect for summer alfresco dining. We used ling fillets for this recipe, but any firm white fish will do the job just as well.

Paper-thin slices of raw beetroot and fennel are a perfect match for tender, flaky salmon in this healthy, tasty dish. Equally fine as lunch or a light dinner, just add some potatoes or rice if you want something more substantial.

Indian chai is a milky tea flavoured with various spices that has become increasingly popular throughout the world. The spices used vary from region to region and we think this recipe has the perfect, fragrant balance.

If you don't already have a go-to recipe for chocolate cupcakes, you do now. This classic version is made even better when topped with the rich, fudgy frosting. Perfect for kids' parties or an after school treat.

You'll need to make this coconut and passionfruit tart a day ahead as it will need to be refrigerated overnight to be ready for serving. Serve topped wtih extra passionfruit and thick (double) cream.

The tamarind and honey work together in this dish to create a lovely sweet and sour flavour combination that compliments the delicate flavour of the prawns beautifully. Your dinner party guests will love it.

For a hearty healthy meal, try these fillet steaks with caramelised shallots and creamy mashed potatoes. For the very best mash, use lasoda, nicola or sebago potatoes.

Wrap fresh pita bread snugly around this delicious chicken kebab with garlic sauce. Add plenty of fresh salad and you have perfectly balanced meal, with limited washing up. Win.

Scoff your way through these delicious white wine and garlic mussels to find a tasty broth at the bottom. Keep the shell, still hinged, from the first mussel you eat and use this to remove the remaining mussels from their shells.

Haloumi cheese is a semi-soft cheese from Cyprus that is simply perfect for grilling. The kids will love these vegetable and haloumi skewers, and the grownups can enjoy them with the zingy harissa and lemon mayo.

This tagliatelle pasta with broccoli and anchovies is simple and delicious. Don't let the family be put off by the addition of anchovies, they leave no overwhelming fishy taste, just a delicious savoury flavour.

This classic Italian masterpiece never fails to please, and for good reason. Take your tiramisu to the next level by topping it with this magnificent hazelnut praline and you'll have your guests begging for more.

Simple and delicious.

Agnolotti is a type of filled pasta, similar to ravioli but smaller. We've teamed a ricotta and spinach version with a creamy fennel sauce here for a perfectly hearty and easy meat-free meal.

Pancakes need syrup like apples need cinnamon. Combine all four and you have pure delight. Make sure you get the real maple syrup for this dish. The artificially flavoured stuff just isn't the same.

The seasoning mix on this spiced fish with lemon yogurt sauce sure packs a flavourful kick. We used perch here, but you could use any type of firm fish; ling, blue eye, or barramundi would work equally well.

Our profiteroles with chocolate liqueur sauce are the perfect end to your next dinner party. For best results, don't forget to perforate each profiterole with the tip of a sharp knife before the last 5 minutes of baking.

Succulent and savoury, this Chinese-style braised oxtail has enough sauce to almost qualify as soup! Serve with a bowl of steamed rice, to soak up all that lovely sauce, and steamed Asian greens.

This brightly coloured lamb salad tastes just as good as it looks. Make sure you rest the lamb for at least 10 minutes for a perfectly moist and tender result.

All you need is a little patience and a good blender and you could be delighting your dinner guests with this raspberry sorbet. You can experiment with all kinds of berries and fruit, but we love the glorious colour.

These breakfast burritos are packed full of fibre and are a great start to the day. The addition of jalapeño peppers gives them a satisfying bite and complement the tangy lime in the avocado beautifully.

Give your family midweek meal with an exotic twist with this Moroccan lamb with couscous. The aromatic spices combined with a sprinkle of coriander just before serving give this dish its unique flavour.

Spiced with ginger, lemongrass, chillies and fish sauce, this Asian-style prawn soup is hot, savoury and delicious. Full of noodles, it makes a great weekend lunch dish, or a light dinner.

This humble vegetable gets an undeserved bad rap in our view. We think these delicious brussels sprouts with crispy pancetta deserve a place on your Christmas table, right next to the duck fat roasted potato.

If you're a fan of the cherry ripe, you'll love our chocolate cherry slice. The combination of cherries, chocolate and coconut will be reminiscent of this quintessential chocolate bar, only better.

There can be few things as comforting or nutritious as a warming bowl of porridge. Here, we've teamed up the humble oat with this delicious fruit compote to give you a breakfast that will set you up for the day.

Lunchbox surprise, kids' party food, or a sweet treat to have with your morning coffee, the chocolate cornflake slice is surprisingly versatile and child's play to make.

Simple, perfectly creamy mashed potato is the ultimate comfort food. Serve alongside just about anything.

The perfect starter dish or platter of finger food for a party, Vietnamese prawn rice paper rolls are fresh, delicious and incredibly easy to make. Serve with a dipping sauce.

If you want to serve up a healthy lunch with lots of protein and vegetables, these little vegetable and feta frittata are the way to go. They're also great as after-school snacks, and make a fab packed lunch.

This deliciously green soup is full of complex flavours, the sweetness of green peas, peppery rocket and the iron-green of spinach, all topped off with mustardy grilled brie croûtes.

A heartier version of a classic spanakopita with the addition of tender lamb.

Beef kway teow is an easy, speedy noodle dish that makes a great change from midweek takeaways. Experiment with different vegetables like baby corn or julienned carrot to get to your five-a-day target.

This tasty lamb mince kebabs are spiced with cumin and ginger, and enlivened by mint and lemon. Quick, easy and a delicious mid-week meal.

Prawn cutlets make an ideal first course or light meal. This is a particularly crisp, tasty batter thanks to the panko crumbs, parmesan and herbs. Serve as soon as they are cooked.

Sausage and mash is right up there in the pantheon of comfort foods, and this version boasts scrumptious pea and bacon mash with caramelised onions on top. Perfection.

For a quick, easy and popular family dessert, try this golden, flaky strudel filled with sweet apple and juicy sultanas. Serve with a generous dollop of cream, ice-cream or both. It's also delicious cold.

These brandied prunes combined with cream cheese and chocolate make for such a decadent and boozy mouthful you won't be able to stop at just one. Enjoy with family and friends, if you can bare to share.

Savoury braised peas make a gorgeous moat around this crispy-skinned salmon fillet on a bed of mashed potatoes. Delicious enough to serve at a dinner party, easy enough to be a mid-week dinner recipe.

For this tea-smoked ocean trout with orange and herb yoghurt dressing we used oolong tea, but your favourite black tea will be fine to use instead. You could also try this cooking method with salmon or mackerel.

A fragrant broth with steamed dumplings, mushrooms and cabbage, this soup is comfort food at its tastiest.

The contrast between sweet rhubarb and creamy vanilla cheesecake filling is divine in these impressive desserts.

Served with shoestring fries, this crisp salad with deep-fried eggs and hot sliced chilli makes a tasty, sophisticated lunch or light dinner.

Spoil the family with a big stack of these banana and almond pancakes this weekend.

This rich and hearty soup can be whipped up in about half an hour. Evaporated milk (not to be confused with condensed milk) is canned unsweetened milk from which some of the water has been evaporated.

Recipe is best made just before serving. Old-fashioned cast gem irons are available from specialty cookware shops or second-hand shops. Note

You can use smoked paprika in place of sweet if you prefer a darker flavour to your lamb.

Who doesn't love a good steak sandwich? This one is so much more gourmet than the usual, though. Think: creamy ricotta, fresh roasted capsicum and tender steak fillets... Yum!

Stir fried Asian greens make this seafood dish well balanced and a perfect meal for any season.

Stir-fried asian greens make a healthy accompaniment to meat dishes such as in this tasty veal stir-fry.

Not suitable to freeze. Not suitable to microwave. Note

Served on a feta and black olive mash, these tender slices of tuna cooked in tomato and anchovy will melt in your mouth.

Pickled plum puree, also known as umeboshi puree, is made from plums (ume) slowly pickled in salt, with Japanese mint (shiso) added for colour and flavour.

Quick, easy and delicious Indian-style chicken tikka stir-fry from Australian Women's Weekly.

This delicious pressure-cooker dish makes the most of tender spring lamb, and fresh spring vegetables.

Soak 10 bamboo skewers in cold water for an hour before use to prevent them splintering or scorching during cooking. Note

The fish can be refrigerated for up to 36 hours. You can substitute the gin with vodka or omit the alcohol completely. Micro herbs are small punnets of baby herbs or cress and can be found at good greengrocers, growers markets and some of the larger supermarkets; substitute with small picked leaves from regular bunches […]

The tart, exotic flavours in the salad are enhanced by the creamy, nuttiness of the fried halloumi cheese. A wonderful combination.

The sweet, savoury, sticky and thick teriyaki sauce is a staple of Japanese cuisine. It compliments chicken, fish and meats equally well. Team it with a light and fresh udon salad and you have a perfect light meal.

Succulent figs add interest, depth and flavour to this deliciously easy chocolate caramel slice.

A simple mix of spicy chorizo, vinegary artichoke, sweet capsicum and fresh tomato and leaves, this flavourful salad is a perfect side for a summer barbecue.

This five-star main course will wow any guests you serve it to.

For a milder pesto, substitute baby spinach leaves for rocket. Note

Here, French toast gets a whole new look, and it’s bound to be a hit with young and old alike.

This recipe is also nut-free and egg-free. Did you know? Lebanese cucumbers are short, slender and thin-skinned, and are probably the most popular variety because of their tender, edible skin, tiny, yielding seeds and sweet, fresh taste. Note

Fresh, light, fragrant and healthy. Serve this Asian-style fish with a bowl of steamed coconut rice for an easy and tasty meal for two.

A fresh and fragrant Asian noodle stir-fry from Australian Women's Weekly.

Filled with vegies and a delicious mustard mayonnaise, these chicken pita pockets are simple and satisfying.

More sophisticated than pancakes, these buckwheat blinis topped with poached eggs and smoked salmon make a gorgeous dish for brunch with friends.

For a delicious, easy mid-week meal, try these spicy fish kebabs served with steamed rice.

Sprinkled with a crunchy walnut topping, these fluffy raspberry muffins are lightly spiced with cinnamon and nutmeg, resulting in a delicious combination of flavour and texture.

These tasty fish parcels are so easy to make and taste fantastic served over crispy fried cauliflower.

Lamb’s lettuce, also known as mache or corn salad, has a mild, almost nutty flavour and tender dark-green leaves. It’s commonly sold in 125g punnets; you will need four punnets for this recipe. Note

Back in 1792, two Carmelite nuns dubbed the "Macaron Sisters" baked and sold macarons to pay for their lodgings. Over 200 years later, our love affair with these almond delights continue. These chocolate and cherry macarons are beautiful served with hot espresso.

The salad, without the dressing, can be made several hours ahead and refrigerated, covered. Toss the dressing through the salad just before serving. For an even more Mediterranean touch, add about 200g of diced fetta cheese to the salad. Note

This salad is simple and delicious with warm slices of haloumi cheese, wedges of avocado, asparagus and a zingy chive dressing.