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Julia Busuttil Nishimura’s Roman-style chicken.

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Reheat and eat: 50 make-ahead meals for friends and family

Catching up with loved-ones? Spend less time cooking and more time together with these crowd-pleasing classics that only get better from being made the morning, or day, ahead.

51 recipes
Julia Busuttil Nishimura’s Roman-style chicken.
EASY

Julia Busuttil Nishimura’s Roman-style chicken drumsticks

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Julia Busuttil Nishimura
Butter bean curry.
EASY

Adam Liaw’s butter bean curry

  • < 30 mins
  • Adam Liaw
Karen Martini’s green chicken masala.
EASY

Karen Martini’s green chicken masala

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Karen Martini
RecipeTin Eats’ spaghetti meatball soup.
EASY

RecipeTin Eats’ spaghetti meatball soup

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Nagi Maehashi
RecipeTin Eats’ chicken stroganoff soup.
EASY

RecipeTin Eats’ simple chicken stroganoff soup

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Nagi Maehashi
RecipeTin Eats’ Chinese honey pepper chicken stir-fry.
EASY

RecipeTin Eats’ sticky honey pepper chicken

  • < 30 mins
  • Nagi Maehashi
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Adam Liaw’s baked chicken and tomato risotto.
EASY

Adam Liaw’s baked chicken and tomato risotto

  • 1-2 hrs
  • Adam Liaw
Delicious seasoned chicken simmered in crisp apple cider. Perfect for a hearty, warming meal.

Chicken and apples cooked in cider

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Adam Liaw
RecipeTin Eats’ 20-minute Thai chicken satay curry.
EASY

RecipeTin Eats’ 20-minute Thai chicken satay curry

  • < 30 mins
  • Nagi Maehashi
Julia Busuttil Nishimura’s beef short-rib ragu.

Julia Busuttil Nishimura’s beef short-rib ragu

  • 2 hrs +
  • Julia Busuttil Nishimura
Serve this creamy, coconutty chicken curry with mint chutney, rice and roti.

Karen Martini’s coconut chicken curry with mint chutney

  • 1-2 hrs
  • Karen Martini
Perfect pairing: Beef rendang curry and turmeric greens.
EASY

Three Blue Ducks’ beef rendang recipe

  • 2 hrs +
  • Darren Robertson and Mark LaBrooy
Hetty McKinnon's vegan-friendly version of the classic dry curry.

Hetty McKinnon's vegan mushroom rendang

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Hetty McKinnon
A Greek spin on spaghetti and meatballs.

Keftedakia me hilopites (Greek meatballs)

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Karen Martini
Delicious and simple to pull together: Dukkah chicken with preserved lemons.

Macadamia dukkah chicken with preserved lemon

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Mark LeBrooy and Darren Robertson
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The can't-be-beat, benchmark Australian-Italian spag bol.

Italian-Australian spaghetti bolognese recipe

  • 2 hrs +
  • Jill Dupleix
Chunky, hearty chilli con carne.

The ultimate chilli con carne

  • 2 hrs +
  • Jill Dupleix
Jill Dupleix's ultimate baked beans.

The ultimate baked beans

  • 1-2 hrs
  • Jill Dupleix
Hetty McKinnon says frozen spinach is the magic ingredient in this simple vegetarian pasta.
EASY

Hetty McKinnon's spinach and walnut pesto pasta

  • < 30 mins
  • Hetty McKinnon
One-pot chicken, spinach and orzo stew.

Danielle Alvarez's lemony chicken and orzo stew

  • 1-2 hrs
  • Danielle Alvarez
Spaghetti with zucchini and spinach.
EASY

Adam Liaw’s spaghetti with zucchini and spinach

  • < 30 mins
  • Adam Liaw
Budget-friendly and filling fried rice.
EASY

RecipeTin Eats x Good Food: Beef mince fried rice

  • < 30 mins
  • Nagi Maehashi
Baked Lebanese lamb meatballs with peas & labna

Baked Lebanese lamb meatballs with peas and labna

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Karen Martini
Neil Perry's buffalo mozzarella lasagne.

Buffalo mozzarella lasagne

  • 1-2 hrs
  • Neil Perry
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Cottage pie crosses the border.

Mexican cottage pie

  • 2 hrs +
  • Adam Liaw
Jill Dupleix's chicken pot pie recipe.

Family-size chicken pot pie

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Jill Dupleix
Italian-style spinach and smoked bacon pie
EASY

Neil Perry's Italian-style spinach & bacon pie

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Neil Perry
Epic shepherd's pie with roast dutch carrots.

Three Blue Ducks' slow-cooked lamb shoulder shepherd's pie

  • 2 hrs +
  • Darren Robertson and Mark LaBrooy
Caramel-apple pudding.
EASY

Spiced apple and malt caramel self-saucing pudding

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Katrina Meynink
Cheese and onion tart
EASY

Cheddar and onion tart

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Neil Perry
This spanakopita is a little time-consuming, but it is ultra satisfying.

Spanakopita

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Danielle Alvarez
Parmigiana pasta bake with cauliflower balls.

Cauliflower parmigiana pasta bake

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Katrina Meynink
Adam Liaw's ziti, three-cheese pasta bake.
EASY

Three-cheese ziti pasta bake

  • 1-2 hrs
  • Adam Liaw
Many tortellini fillings would work in this rustic pasta bake.
EASY

Sausage, kale and tortellini pasta bake

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Katrina Meynink
Slow-cooked beef stroganoff.

Stroganoff stew

  • 2 hrs +
  • Adam Liaw
This stroganoff-inspired pasta bake skips the beef.

Vegetarian stroganoff pasta bake with mushroom and spinach

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Adam Liaw
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