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Karen Martini's baked Lebanese lamb meatballs with peas and labna.

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Reheat and eat: 30 make-ahead meals for friends and family

Catching up with loved-ones after a long time apart? 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.

30 recipes
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
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
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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
Greek meatballs.

Greek meatballs with tomato sauce

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Jill Dupleix
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Neil Perry's Penne al forno
EASY

Neil Perry's penne al forno

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Neil Perry
The Blue Ducks' mixed-grain dhal is a convenient and healthy mid-week dinner recipe.
EASY

Mixed grain dhal recipe

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Darren Robertson and Mark LaBrooy
Syrian-style baked chicken with cous cous.

Speedy Syrian chicken bake

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Katrina Meynink
Perfect for entertaining: Braised chopped chicken with soft tortillas.

Spiced chicken tortillas

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Karen Martini
Skip the weird ingredients lists and make enchilada sauce from scratch.
EASY

Easy chicken enchiladas with self-isolating sauce

  • 1-2 hrs
  • Katrina Meynink
Beef cheek massaman curry.

Beef cheek massaman curry

  • 2 hrs +
  • Katrina Meynink
Indian lamb curry with spinach.
EASY

Cheat's Kashmiri lamb curry

  • 1-2 hrs
  • Caroline Velik
Butter vegetable curry.
EASY

Butter vegetable curry

  • < 30 mins
  • Adam Liaw
Moussaka meets gratin (hold the meat).

Vegetarian eggplant moussaka gratin

  • 2 hrs +
  • Katrina Meynink
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Arrange the sweet potato slices vertically for maximum crunch.
EASY

Maple and chipotle spiced sweet potato gratin

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Katrina Meynink
EASY

Chicken, capsicum and basil tray bake recipe

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Adam Liaw
This spicy chicken is worth the Kuwait.

Chicken tray bake with fenugreek, sumac and onions

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Dan Lepard
Slow-cooked bolognese lasagne.

Three-cheese and slow-cooked bolognese lasagne

  • 2 hrs +
  • Katrina Meynink
Strained yoghurt (labna), zaatar and aleppo pepper add a Middle Eastern twist to vegetarian lasagne.

Spiced sweet potato, labna and zaatar lasagne

  • 1-2 hrs
  • Katrina Meynink
Burnt orange and chocolate bread and butter pudding (with fennel ice-cream).

Orange and chocolate bread and butter pudding recipe

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Darren Robertson and Mark LeBrooy
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