Pork burgers with red curry and coriander mayo.

‘A love letter to your future self’:Make-ahead meals you’ll be excited to eat

When life is busy,prepping ahead creates order out of chaos. These four dishes combine flavour,diversity and convenience in one neat package.

  • Katrina Meynink
This summer recipe takes potato salad to the next level,swapping mayo for burrata.
EASY

Pork cutlets with spring onion butter and potato and burrata salad

Swap creamy mayo for burrata in this elevated potato salad recipe,served with pork cutlets and spring onion butter.

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Jessica Brook
Indian fruit custard.
EASY

Adam Liaw’s Indian fruit custard

This popular Indian dessert is usually made with powdered custard. I’m not a huge fan,so here’s a version that starts with a crème anglaise.

  • 2 hrs +
  • Adam Liaw
Chicken korma.
EASY

Adam Liaw’s chicken korma

Korma comes from the Urdu word for “braised”,and most modern varieties include a rich gravy of browned onions,yoghurt and nuts.

  • 2 hrs +
  • Adam Liaw
Danielle Alvarez’s rigatoni with sausage,red wine and tomato ragu.

Freeze now,thank yourself later:20 dishes to make and stash (plus tips from an expert)

Get a head start on a busy week with easy dishes you can stash in the freezer.

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This warming vegetarian risotto is ideal for the transition to cooler weather,made with naturally sweet roasted pumpkin.
EASY

Pumpkin risotto with rosemary and goat’s cheese

Roasting the pumpkin brings out its natural sweetness in this warming vegetarian risotto.

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Jessica Brook
This lamb shoulder dish might take a while to cook but it is mostly hands-off.
EASY

Pot-roasted lamb shoulder with cherry tomatoes,white wine,garlic and lemon

Simple to prepare and mostly hands-off,the magic ingredient in this deeply delicious dish is time.

  • 2 hrs +
  • Sarah Pound
Cypriot grain salad.

Is it possible to improve the greatest salad of all time? Good Food gives it a crack

The cult Cypriot grain salad has had more than 5 million downloads and is a mainstay of many a family table. But can we make it even better? Only one way to find out.

  • Good Food team
The Builders Arms fish pie is a year-round favourite.

Try this fish pie recipe and you’ll see why it’s a menu fixture at this famous Melbourne pub

Comforting but not too heavy,this creamy fish pie is a year-round favourite. So don’t be shy – bust through the golden pastry cap and dive right in.

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Andrew McConnell
Quick fish and cauliflower skillet pie with horseradish.
EASY

Quick fish and cauliflower skillet pie with horseradish

This fish pie with a creamy tarragon-flecked horseradish sauce is as comforting as traditional pies but can be made in half the time.

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Jessica Brook