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Any stone fruit will work in this delightfully simple dessert of grilled nectarines with passionfruit yogurt.

A chunky, smoky and delicious Mexican bean and shredded pork soup from Australian Women's Weekly. The ultimate warming dinner dish for cooler evenings.

Topped and tailed with caramelised apple, these delightful tea cakes can be served up for morning or afternoon tea, and would be a different and welcome addition to the school lunchbox.

Plump, sweet blackberries are a gorgeous match with understated pear in this luscious jam.

Bolognese sauce, known in Italian as ragù alla bolognese, is a meat-based sauce originating from Bologna, Italy

Whip up this light and delicious bruschetta for a quick lunch or appetiser.

These muffins are best eaten warm. Note

This goes well with prawns, chicken, fish, beef, stir-fried greens and pork. Note

Sticky glazed pork with a quick and simple cucumber and cashew salad from Australian Women's Weekly.

As your butcher to bone the lamb loin for you. Slice thickly and serve with roasted vegetables and minty peas. Cold roast lamb is delicious for sandwiches the next day, if there is any leftover.

This recipe can be made a week ahead. Note

This beautiful light and fruity dessert pairs sweet strawberries, tart oranges and creamy ricotta with crunchy, golden puff pastry. It's easy to make and tastes brilliant.

This dish makes a lovely, lighter alternative to regular fish-n-chips. We used blue-eye in this recipe but you can use any white fish fillets you like.

Delicious and crunchy buttermilk chicken drumsticks served with bacon-wrapped corn cobs.

Some nights you just feel like something simple, satisfying and full of clear, bright flavours. This pasta with capers and anchovies fits the bill.

Polenta is the bread of northern Italy, particularly around Venice. One of nature's 'good' carbohydrates, it is extremely versatile; for this recipe it can be kept refrigerated and fried just when required.

store in an airtight container in the freezer until ready to serve. Ice-cream pops will keep for up to a week. Make the ice-cream pops 1 or 2 days ahead. Use rounded ice-cube trays if possible. Note

Stuffed with chopped pecans and drizzled in a butterscotch sauce, these buttery apples make a heavenly dessert.

Granny Smith apples are best for this recipe. Note

Serve with salads that shouldn’t be overpowered by olive oil. Note

Suitable to freeze at the end of step 4. Coconut water is the liquid from the centre of an immature coconut. It is readily available in tetra packs and cans from a variety of supermarkets. Ensure it’s labelled 100 per cent coconut water, and that it is not sweetened. Note

The meltingly soft flesh of this slow-roasted duck leg is rich and gamey and perfectly paired with the balsamic vegetables.

Serve with warmed tortillas and a dollop of sour cream. Note

Light, healthy and fragrant, this Thai lamb, eggplant and coriander curry is succulent and spicy. Eggplant is brilliant in curry, its tender flesh absorbs all the flavours of the sauce.

This cheesy kumara bacon and egg bake is one of those easy one-dish recipes that you really need to have to hand for mid-week dinners and lazy weekends.

This rissole, bacon and tomato casserole is nutritious, delicious and easy to prepare ahead of time. The perfect mid-week family dinner.

Spinach, lemon and parmesan give a huge flavour boost to this tuna mornay pie with a creamy mashed potato topping. Warming, filling and utterly delicious.

Give yourself a healthy dose of 'good morning' with this delicious fresh sunrise smoothie. Full of a healthy dose of vitamin C and energy rich banana, you'll be set up for the entire day.

This light and full-of-flavour starter is the perfect way to start your five star meal.

Exquisite and flavourful pan-seared lemon and anchovy chicken with garlic pumpkin.

A fast, easy and fragrant green curry chicken with snow peas.

Full of flavour and pretty as a picture, these prawn sandwiches are perfect for a fancy high tea.

Fresh spinach and ricotta agnolotti is found in most supermarkets’ refrigerated sections. You can substitute ravioli or tortellini for the agnolotti, but none should contain meat or poultry in their filling. Note

Use the best quality mince you can for these gourmet beef burgers, you'll be glad you did once you taste them!

These bite sized olive and cheese fritters and packed full of savoury flavour and crunch - the perfect finger food for a birthday party or event.

Vegetable juicing is vital to good health because it is an important source of raw food. We all need raw foods every day for optimum health, and juicing is an excellent way to satisfy the health requirements in a taste- tantilising way. Note

Serve these rum-spiked chocolate cake pops at your next cocktail party and watch as they quickly disappear.

This festive fruit cake is easily made well in advance, which saves you valuable time when entertaining. Make your next celebration easy to prepare for and save time in the kitchen that you could be spending with friends and family.

Serve these tasty little pots of smoked salmon topped with poached eggs for a delightful brunch.

You can serve these butterscotch apples on their own, with cream or spooned over a steamed pudding.

Sweet and sticky lamb loin cutlets with a plum glaze make a nice change from the usual. Continue the Chinese theme and serve with fried rice.

Arborio rice is traditionally used in Italian risotto to produce its characteristic creamy texture. It is available in the rice section of supermarkets.

Serve slices of this moreish pizza at your next party and watch as they quickly disappear.

Loaded with peas, mushrooms, zucchini and herbs, this creamy noodle dish is delicious and filling.

It is important to slice the limes as thinly as possible because the rind tends to be tougher than any other citrus fruit. Note

These treats are best served while warm. Note

This stunning lattice-topped pie is delicious served with warm custard or ice-cream.

You could use any dried fruit instead of the sultanas. Dried cranberries would be the best combination with apples for this excellent dessert. Serve with a scoop of vanilla ice-cream to top it off. Note

This classic dish is comforting, dependable and delicious. No wonder it is so popular in so many cultures around the world.

Let your guests unwrap their own fish “package” at the table so that the spicy aroma wafts up from the plates and enlivens their appetites. Foil can be used if banana leaves are unavailable. Many supermarkets and greengrocers sell bundles of trimmed banana-leaf squares; they can also be used as placemats for an Asian meal. […]

This delicious open sandwich is great for breakfast, lunch and everything in-between. The combination of creamy scrambled eggs and nutty Middle-Eastern spices is a match made in heaven.

Mexican beef and bean quesadilla stacks with a zesty guacamole

Put the kettle on and enjoy a slice of this fluffy banana and pineapple cake with orange icing.

With a creamy seafood filling and golden pastry lid, these mouthwatering individual pies make for a lovely family dinner.

For an easy, speedy weeknight meal, whip up this delicious prawn and snow pea stir-fry.

Kids will love these cheesy potatoes stuffed with mince.

This smooth and buttery lemon sauce is so delicious spooned over grilled fish and served with a light salad.

Dolloped with whipped tomato mascarpone and crispy prosciutto, these olive pikelets are fantastic for a party.

Roast beef pizza. Yes indeed. Suspend your disbelief at least until you try this brilliant example of British and Italian fusion, complete with horseradish, brought to you by Woman's Day.

Packed with chopped dates, chocolate chips and chopped pistachios, these not-too-sweet muffins make a tasty morning or afternoon treat.

Try this classic family meal with the added flavour of creamy mustard sauce.

These crispy parcels make a delicious vegetarian snack.

Also known as corn dogs, these battered sausages are a favourite among the kids.

Quinoa (keen-wa) is a gluten- free seed, with cooking qualities similar to rice. It is available from health food shops or delis. Note

Delight your guests or the family with these zesty, fresh rice paper rolls.

To jazz up this recipe, cook 375g fresh papardelle pasta and toss with sliced cooked chicken and its juices, 50g fresh baby rocket, 100g torn fresh bocconcini and a light drizzle of olive oil.

Steak and egg is a classic in the repertoire of traditional Portuguese cooking. Sherry and a good slug of red wine add depth and complexity to the sauce, with chilli adding a good slug of heat.

There are lots of methods out there for peeling hard-boiled eggs without removing half of the egg with the shell. Our top tip is to crack the egg all over and peel under cold water to help separate the shell membrane from the white.

You'll definitely be wanting plenty of toast soldiers to dip in this freshly cooked soft-boiled egg.

Nasi Goreng literally means fried rice, and what you see is what you get. With an egg on top.

Tomato salsa and guacamole add a burst of flavour to these delicious fish fajitas with guacamole.

If you segment the oranges over a small bowl, you can use the fresh juice for the orange balsamic dressing on this fresh and tasty kumara and orange salad.

Coconut-poached chicken on thai vermicelli salad sounds exotic, and tastes delicious, but mostly makes use of pantry staples. A great mid-week dinner.

The three types of nuts used here are tossed with the spice mixture then toasted, a process that infuses the cake with their combined flavours. The secret to a successful teacake lies in the beating of the sugar, egg and butter ­ the mixture must be very light in colour and full of air.

Delicious and divinely pretty, these Turkish delight cupcakes are an exquisite treat to make for an afternoon tea party or any other elegant celebration.

This olive oil and garlic mashed potato is smooth, buttery and deliciously garlicky. If you prefer a milder, sweeter garlic flavour, you can add the cloves, uncrushed, to the water while the potatoes boil and then mash it all together.

This light and tasty Spanish pan tortilla is wonderfully fluffy and packed full of tender potato pieces. Serve it with a fresh side salad for a no-fuss family dinner.

These cassia spiced lamb cutlets cooked on stone, pathar ka gosht, are excellent as a starter or as part of a banquet meal.

Rambutan & lime cocktail

Pears and ginger is a match made in heaven, and it's even better with oatmeal. Put them all together and you get this dense, moist and very satisfying pear oatmeal cake.