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20 of the best spring dinners the whole family will love

From Adam Liaw’s garlic butter roast chicken to spanakopita packed with spinach and haloumi that even fussy kids will love, here’s 20 recipes that will make you love spring even more.

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Spring lamb roast with garlic and tarragon butter.
EASY

Rack of lamb with charred snap peas

  • 1-2 hrs
  • Danielle Alvarez
One-pan wonder: Roast chicken marylands and haloumi cheese with added fresh honeycomb (if you're feeling extra).
EASY

One-pan chicken and haloumi bake with honey and lemon

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Katrina Meynink
Adam Liaw's garlic butter roast chicken

Garlic butter roast chicken

  • 1-2 hrs
  • Adam Liaw
No soggy bottom: Spanakopita with puff pastry and haloumi.

Haloumi spanakopita

  • 1-2 hrs
  • Katrina Meynink
RecipeTin Eats’ spring fling asparagus quiche.

RecipeTin Eats’ spring asparagus quiche

  • 1-2 hrs
  • Nagi Maehashi
Broccoli cheese jacket potato
EASY

RecipeTin’s broccoli cheese jacket potatoes

  • 1-2 hrs
  • Nagi Maehashi
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Serve the chicken with salsa (top right), crispy potatoes and a simple 'slaw.

Barbecued chicken with salsa verde

  • 1-2 hrs
  • Neil Perry
This spanakopita is a little time-consuming, but it is ultra satisfying.

Spanakopita

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Danielle Alvarez
Roast chicken stuffed with spring vegies.

Roast chicken stuffed with spring vegies

  • 1-2 hrs
  • Adam Liaw
Chicken Kiev with garlic butter.

Neil Perry's chicken Kiev with garlic butter

  • 1-2 hrs
  • Neil Perry
Asparagus, pea and buttermilk quiche.
EASY

Asparagus, pea and buttermilk quiche recipe

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Jill Dupleix
Spring vegetable tart with asparagus, peas and zucchini.

Spring vegetable tart with olive oil pastry

  • Julia Busuttil Nishimura
This zucchini tart is easy and cheesy.
EASY

Five-ingredient zucchini and cheese tart with honey and pistachio

  • < 30 mins
  • Jessica Brook
Banh mi meets meatloaf.

Vietnamese chicken and lemongrass meatloaf with spicy glaze

  • 1-2 hrs
  • Helen Goh
Adam Liaw's chicken and asparagus tartlette.

Chicken and asparagus tartlette recipe

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Adam Liaw
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Neil Perry's Middle-Eastern-inspired slow-roasted lamb shoulder with almonds.

Slow-roasted lamb shoulder with almonds

  • 2 hrs +
  • Neil Perry
A lighter topping for fish pie.
EASY

Speedy zucchini and smoked fish pie

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Rachel Khoo
Neil Perry's spicy barbecued chicken.
EASY

Spicy barbecued chicken

  • 2 hrs +
  • Neil Perry
This frittata is packed full of fresh herbs and soft feta.
EASY

Persian herbed frittata with feta and Aleppo pepper

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Katrina Meynink
Roasted lamb shoulder and garlic milk gravy.

Roasted lamb shoulder recipe with garlic milk gravy

  • 1-2 hrs
  • Adam Liaw
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