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Parmigiana meatloaf.

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21 filling and affordable meals for hungry teens (and their families)

Ditch the takeaway and turn to these crowd-pleasing keepers instead.

21 recipes
The can't-be-beat, benchmark Australian-Italian spag bol.

Italian-Australian spaghetti bolognese recipe

  • 2 hrs +
  • Jill Dupleix
Chicken, leek and mushroom pie. Karen Martini MUSHROOMS recipes for Epicure and Good Food. Photographed by Marina Oliphant. Styling by Caroline Velik. Photographed May 28, 2013. The Age Newspaper and The Sydney Morning Herald.

Chicken, leek and mushroom pie

  • 1-2 hrs
  • Karen Martini
Cheesy potato gem patatas bravas.
EASY

Chorizo and potato gem bravas

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Katrina Meynink
Mince stroganoff.
EASY

Adam Liaw’s mince stroganoff

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Adam Liaw
Cooking is a love language for Charlotte Ree, who baked lasagne for her neighbours during lockdown.

Charlotte Ree's comforting lasagne

  • 2 hrs +
  • Charlotte Ree
Eat all the colours of the rainbow.

Katrina Meynink's rainbow vegetarian lasagne

  • 2 hrs +
  • Katrina Meynink
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Pepperoni potatoes.
EASY

Pepperoni hasselback potato traybake

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Katrina Meynink
Adam Liaw’s parmigiana meatloaf

Adam Liaw’s parmigiana meatloaf

Adam Liaw's Grandma pizza with salami and capsicum.
EASY

Grandma pizza with salami and capsicum

  • 1-2 hrs
  • Adam Liaw
Roast chicken fried rice.
EASY

Roast chicken fried rice

  • < 30 mins
  • Adam Liaw
Neil Perry's beef chuck pie with peas. Yes please!

Beef chuck and pea pies

  • 2 hrs +
  • Neil Perry
Chicken fricassee.

Adam Liaw's chicken fricassee

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Adam Liaw
If you are unable to source fontina cheese substitute with gruyère.
EASY

Cheesy sausage rigatoni

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Julia Busuttil Nishimura
Timing is everything when making this creamy, cheesy, peppery pasta.

How to make the perfect spaghetti carbonara

  • Jill Dupleix
Serve these oven-baked meatballs with cheesy garlic bread.
EASY

Mouthwatering oven-baked meatballs in a rich tomato sauce

  • 1-2 hrs
  • Danielle Alvarez
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Parmigiana pasta bake with cauliflower balls.

Cauliflower parmigiana pasta bake

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Katrina Meynink
Cacio e pepe meets spaghetti and meatballs.
EASY

Cacio e pepe spaghetti and meatball pasta bake

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

RecipeTin Eats’ 20-minute Thai chicken satay curry

  • < 30 mins
  • RecipeTin Eats
RecipeTin Eats’ Greek chicken and potato tray bake.
EASY

RecipeTin Eats’ Greek chicken and potato traybake

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • RecipeTin Eats
RecipeTin Eats’ creamy tomato sausage pasta.
EASY

RecipeTin Eats’ creamy tomato sausage pasta

  • < 30 mins
  • RecipeTin Eats
Can’t decide between a sausage and a burger at a barbecue? Why not have both?
EASY

RecipeTin Eats’ sausage burgers (and secret house special sauce)

  • < 30 mins
  • RecipeTin Eats