Prep ahead, relax together: 30 crowd-pleasing dishes for easy entertaining

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Adam Liaw’s ‘taco pie’.

Recipe collection

Gathering your crew? Spend less time cooking and more time together with make-ahead classics like lasagne, slow-cooked lamb, and rich curries.

30 recipes

Spanakopita.

Masterclass

Adam Liaw’s spanakopita

1-2 hrs
Adam Liaw

Adam Liaw’s classic beef and red wine stew.

Masterclass

Adam Liaw’s classic beef stew

2 hrs +
Adam Liaw

DIY pork burgers with red curry and coriander mayo.

Cookbook extracts

Katrina Meynink’s pork burgers with red curry and coriander mayo

April 30, 2025
Katrina Meynink

Adam Liaw’s ‘taco pie’.

Meat

Adam Liaw’s taco pie

2 hrs +
Adam Liaw

Danielle Alvarez's beef short rib ragu with pappardelle.

Freezer friendly

Danielle Alvarez’s beef short-rib and tomato ragu with pappardelle

2 hrs +
Danielle Alvarez

Roast lamb shoulder shawarma.

Meat

Roast lamb shoulder shawarma

2 hrs +
Adam Liaw

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Chicken provencal.

Family meals

Adam Liaw’s chicken provencal

1-2 hrs
Adam Liaw

Helen Goh's roasted broccoli, chilli and ricotta cake.

Slice

Helen Goh’s roasted broccoli, chilli and ricotta cake

1-2 hrs
Helen Goh

Jill Dupleix's chicken pot pie.

Savoury pies & tarts

Jill Dupleix’s family-size chicken pot pie

30 mins - 1 hr
Jill Dupleix

Serve with pita chips for scooping.

Winter warmer

Spiced eggplant, tomato and chickpea stew with garlic yoghurt

< 30 mins
Danielle Alvarez

Three-cheese lasagne with overhanging edges for extra crispy bits.

Winter warmer

Katrina Meynink’s pork sausage, kale and three-cheese lasagne

30 mins - 1 hr
Katrina Meynink

Roasted scalloped potatoes.

Sunday roast

Adam Liaw’s roasted scalloped potatoes

1-2 hrs
Adam Liaw

Cacio e pepe meets spaghetti and meatballs.

Pasta dish

Cacio e pepe spaghetti and meatball pasta bake

30 mins - 1 hr
Katrina Meynink

Adam Liaw’s vegetarian lasagne.

Masterclass

Adam Liaw’s vegetarian lasagne (with seasonal variations)

1-2 hrs
Adam Liaw

Turmeric roasted sweet potato, tomato and tamarind curry.

Curry

Turmeric roasted sweet potato, tomato and tamarind curry

30 mins - 1 hr
Katrina Meynink

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Hellenic Republic's popular Cypriot grain salad is packed with protein-packed lentils.

Salad

Hellenic Republic’s Cypriot grain salad

< 30 mins
Travis McAuley

Adam Liaw’s version of the viral internet dish, Marry me chicken.

One-pot

Adam Liaw’s marry me chicken

30 mins - 1 hr
Adam Liaw

Chicken amatriciana one-tray wonder with chorizo and potatoes.

One-pot

Chicken amatriciana traybake

1-2 hrs
Katrina Meynink

Slow-cooked bolognese lasagne.

Pasta bake

Three-cheese and slow-cooked bolognese lasagne

2 hrs +
Katrina Meynink

Parmigiana pasta bake with cauliflower balls.

Pasta bake

Cauliflower parmigiana pasta bake

30 mins - 1 hr
Katrina Meynink

Neil Perry’s braised chicken with olives and almonds.

One-pot

Neil Perry’s braised chicken with olives and almonds

1-2 hrs
Neil Perry

RecipeTin’s Greek-style slow-roasted lamb shoulder.

Food

RecipeTin Eats x Good Food: 12-hour Greek slow-roasted lamb shoulder

March 29, 2021
RecipeTin Eats

Moussaka with leftover shredded lamb.

Pasta bake

RecipeTin Eats x Good Food: Pulled lamb moussaka

2 hrs +
RecipeTin Eats

Greek-style roast potatoes with lemon and oregano.

Food

RecipeTin Eats x Good Food: Greek lemon roast potatoes

March 29, 2021
RecipeTin Eats

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Springtime pea galette with herby goat’s cheese.

Better baking

Emelia Jackson’s goat’s cheese, leek and pea tart

30 mins - 1 hr
Emelia Jackson

Slow-cooked pork shoulder and celeriac with braised chickpeas and silverbeet.

Casseroles & braises

Karen Martini’s slow-cooked pulled pork shoulder

2 hrs +
Karen Martini

Neil Perry's warm lentil salad with pumpkin and chilli.

Salad

Warm lentil salad with pumpkin and chilli

30 mins - 1 hr
Neil Perry

Crisp-skinned chicken meets robustly flavoured vegies and a piquant salsa in this cacciatore remix.

Cookbook extracts

Lucy Tweed’s chicken cacciatore

April 9, 2026
Lucy Tweed

The Builders Arms fish pie is a year-round favourite.

Signature dish

Builders Arms fish pie

30 mins - 1 hr
Andrew McConnell

Tiropita (Greek cheese pie).

Baking

Tiropita (Greek cheese pie)

1-2 hrs
Julia Busuttil Nishimura

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