Baked kumara split open and loaded with paprika beef mince, wilted spinach and bubbling cheese. Mostly hands-off, very filling.
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Festive sides, salads and desserts made for sharing, plus a few clever ways with the leftovers.
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Halved cherries, crisp cucumber, salty feta and mint in a honey-lemon dressing. No oven, 15 minutes, easy to take to a summer barbecue.

Baked kumara split open and loaded with paprika beef mince, wilted spinach and bubbling cheese. Mostly hands-off, very filling.
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Feta-flecked chicken and courgette meatballs with a honey-lemon asparagus, avocado and rocket salad. Pita and garlic yoghurt on the side.

Pappardelle in a lemony cream sauce with crispy bacon, baby spinach and asparagus. A weeknight pasta in about 30 minutes.

Bacon-wrapped asparagus, a runny poached egg and a stick-blender hollandaise that comes together in a minute. Café brunch at home.

Baked kumara split open and loaded with paprika beef mince, wilted spinach and melted cheese. Low effort, big payoff weeknight dinner.
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Seared pork loin simmered with sweet apple, soft cabbage and onions in a creamy sour cream sauce. One pan, done in under an hour.

Tender pork and parmesan meatballs finished in a garlicky tomato sauce, with a cool dollop of ricotta and torn basil on top.

Chunky, creamy, and built for cold nights — this Tuscan-style soup packs sausage, pumpkin, kale and pasta into one very satisfying pot.

Crispy pastry baskets, jammy stone fruit, whipped cheesecake cream. A make-ahead Easter treat that looks far more impressive than it is.

One eggplant, fanned out and loaded with mozzarella over a garlicky tomato sauce. Impressive-looking, low-effort, and completely worth it.

Slow-cooked lamb belly with butter beans, garlic, herbs and lemon - a rich, one-pot meal with minimal prep and big flavour.

Kale pesto using the whole bunch, stalks included. Quick to blitz, hard to stop putting on everything.
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Crispy-bottomed pork dumplings cooked upside-down — fridge odds and ends turned into something properly good. 18 dumplings, 20 minutes.

One pan, no fuss. Chicken (or chickpeas), rice, and a coconut-curry sauce baked together for a weeknight win that doubles as meal prep.

Salty, sticky, sweet — hot honey halloumi over juicy melon and cherry tomatoes is the salad that actually earns its place at the table.
1/3 of food globally is wasted and it’s estimated that up to 40% of produce grown doesn’t leave the farm gate.
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