Weekly meal planner: Budget-friendly family classics

Weekly meal planner: Budget-friendly family classics

Mince, pasta, sausages and oven bakes - this week is all about simple, delicious cooking the whole family will love.

Beef nachos with coriander salsa.

Chicken and tomato fried rice.

EASY

Adam Liaw's chicken and tomato fried rice ...

< 30 mins

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Quick curried rice with egg, spring onions & peas.

EASY

... or Karen Martini's quick curried rice with egg, spring onions and peas

< 30 mins

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Beef nachos with coriander salsa.

EASY

Beef nachos with coriander salsa ...

30 mins - 1 hour

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Add these to your Australia Day menu.

EASY

... or beef rissoles with avocado sauce

30 mins - 1 hour

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Chicken and broccoli hokkien noodles.

EASY

Adam Liaw's stir-fry of chicken with hokkien noodles ...

< 30 mins

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Caroline Velik's chicken soup with noodles and dumplings.

EASY

... or Asian-style chicken noodle soup

< 30 mins

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This cheat's chicken noodle soup works with any small pasta shape.

EASY

Karen Martini's pesto chicken, lemon and leftover pasta soup ...

< 30 mins

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Hearty ham, bean and red capsicum soup.

EASY

... or Duncan Welgemoed's ham, bean and capsicum soup

30 mins - 1 hour

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This stroganoff-inspired pasta bake skips the beef.

MEDIUM

Stroganoff pasta bake with spinach and mushrooms ...

30 mins - 1 hour

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Dan Lepard's spinach and rosemary macaroni cheese.

EASY

... or Dan Lepard's spinach and rosemary macaroni cheese

30 mins - 1 hour

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Creamed corn

EASY

Jill Dupleix's creamed corn on toast (for breakfast) ...

30 mins - 1 hour

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Jammy centred soft-boiled eggs and ratatouille on toast.

EASY

... or ratatouille on toast with soft-boiled eggs (for breakfast)

30 mins - 1 hour

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Adam Liaw's Grandma pizza with salami and capsicum.

EASY

Grandma pizza with salami and capsicum (for lunch)

1-2 hours

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Cottage pie crosses the border.

MEDIUM

Adam Liaw's Mexican cottage pie (for dinner) ...

2 hours +

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One-tray wonder: Baked sweet potato and sausages.

EASY

... or baked sweet potato and sausages with sour cream (for dinner)

30 mins - 1 hour

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Bacon and egg baked beans.

MEDIUM

Bacon-and-egg baked beans (for brunch) ...

2 hours +

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Shannon Martinez's corn and spring onion congee.

EASY

... or Shannon Martinez's corn and shiitake congee (for brunch)

1-2 hours

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Jill Dupleix's chicken pot pie recipe.

MEDIUM

Jill Dupleix's family-size chicken pot pie (for dinner) ...

30 mins - 1 hour

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Neil Perry's '80s feast

EASY

... with Neil Perry's creamed spinach (for dinner)

< 30 mins

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Sneak plenty of vegies into this 50/50 bolognese sauce.

MEDIUM

For the week ahead: Fifty-fifty bolognese

1-2 hours

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