Nuts
Almond shortbread jam (or marmalade) drops
You can use any kind of jam, but I recommend a particular kumquat marmalade for these thumbprint biscuits.
- 30 mins - 1 hr
- Helen Goh
Crepes with bananas and home-made hazelnut chocolate spread
Julia Busuttil Nishimura tops the weekend brunch favourite with velvety choc-nut spread and fresh fruit.
- < 30 mins
- Julia Busuttil Nishimura
Helen Goh’s next-level banoffee pie with miso caramel, double banana and rye-cocoa crust
The only downside to this banana and caramel tart is you’ll end up eating more of it than you’d planned.
- 1-2 hrs
- Helen Goh
Peruvian-style green spaghetti with spinach, feta and smoked almonds
The influx of Italians in Peru in the early 1800s resulted in this twist on the Ligurian pesto pasta, known as tallarines verdes.
- < 30 mins
- Katrina Meynink
Morning Glory breakfast loaf
The hefty, healthy apple, pecan, carrot and raisin muffins never go out of style, says Helen Goh. Here she adapts her recipe into a loaf cake.
- 1-2 hrs
- Helen Goh
Helen Goh’s melt and mix cinnamon tea cake topped with pears (or plums)
This quick and easy cake batter only requires a mixing bowl and a whisk (OK, and a small saucepan).
- 1-2 hrs
- Helen Goh
This might be your new go-to roast chicken recipe for the Sunday lunching season ahead
Grapes are really wonderful roasted in the oven – especially in the company of chicken, sage and garlic.
- 1-2 hrs
- Julia Busuttil Nishimura
Don’t worry if the fruit sinks to the bottom in this almondy Easter cake from Helen Goh
Try this new version of the traditional Simnel cake, with the marzipan whipped into the batter instead of topping the cake.
- 1-2 hrs
- Helen Goh
Crispy tofu and lemongrass larb is a vegetarian’s dream salad
Larb, a fragrant Laotian salad, is usually made with minced meat, offal or seafood. But in good news for vegetarians, this version uses tofu instead.
- < 30 mins
- Jessica Brook