Karen Martini’s spiced lamb shank and lentil soup.

Recipe collection

14 freezer-friendly dinners to cook-up this week (and stash away for a rainy day)

Double batch elements of these dishes and your future self will thank you.

14 recipes

Fresh ginger gives this vegan curry a nose-clearing kick. — EASY

Curry

Monday: Red lentil, ginger and coconut curry

< 30 mins
Katrina Meynink

Spinach chana dhal.

Curry

... or a comforting spinach chana dhal

30 mins - 1 hr
Jill Dupleix

Potato gnocchi with tomato sauce. — EASY

Pasta dish

Tuesday: Neil Perry’s potato gnocchi with simple tinned tomato sauce

1-2 hrs
Neil Perry

Roman gnocchi with mushrooms, pancetta and cheese.

Pasta bake

... or Roman-style polenta gnocchi with mushrooms, pancetta and cheese

30 mins - 1 hr
Jill Dupleix

Skip the weird ingredients lists and make enchilada sauce from scratch. — EASY

Sauces & dressings

Wednesday: Easy chicken enchiladas

1-2 hrs
Katrina Meynink

Adam Liaw's beef and bean nachos with jalapeno cheese sauce. — EASY

Meat

... or Adam Liaw’s nachos with jalapeno cheese sauce (double batch the beef and bean mix)

30 mins - 1 hr
Adam Liaw

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Eat these meatballs straight from the tray or stuffed into pita pockets. — EASY

One-pot

Thursday: Spiced lamb meatball traybake with chickpeas and sumac feta (makes extra meatballs)

30 mins - 1 hr
Katrina Meynink

Serve this chicken noodle stir-fry with soft-boiled eggs and chilli oil. — EASY

Stir-fry

... or slurpy peanut butter miso chicken noodle stir-fry (double batch the sauce)

< 30 mins
Katrina Meynink

Turn the family's favourite curry into a pie.

Curry

Friday: Butter chicken pot pies with naan lids (buy extra bread and freeze alongside the extra sauce)

30 mins - 1 hr
Katrina Meynink

Karen Martini's Malaysian chicken curry.

Curry

... or Karen Martini’s mild Malaysian chicken curry

1-2 hrs
Karen Martini

Julia Busuttil Nishimura’s beef short-rib ragu.

Comfort food

Saturday: Julia Busuttil Nishimura’s beef short-rib ragu

2 hrs +
Julia Busuttil Nishimura

Cooking is a love language for Charlotte Ree, who baked lasagne for her neighbours during lockdown.

Pasta bake

... or Charlotte Ree’s comforting lasagne

2 hrs +
Charlotte Ree

Spring lamb and lentil soup served with toasted mountain bread, yoghurt and sriracha.

Soup

Sunday: Spiced lamb shank and lentil soup (skip the broad beans)

2 hrs +
Karen Martini

Arabella Forge's cold-busting chicken soup.

Soup

... or cold-busting chicken soup

2 hrs +
Arabella Forge

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