Honey-roasted pumpkin salad (featuring the trick that might change your mind about bitter leaves)
A bright and crunchy autumn salad to put on repeat in your house.
- 30 mins - 1 hr
- Danielle Alvarez
- Recipe collection
- Meal prep
20 healthy weekday lunches to make this month
From five-minute lunchbox salads to soups rich in pumpkin, tomato and carrot, make the month ahead all about fresh, seasonal lunches big on flavour and colour.
A ‘piping hot portion of salmonella’ sends another MasterChef contestant packing
It’s masks on for the blind cube taste test, followed by an elimination that pushes things to the pink chicken brink.
- Ben Pobjie
One of the easiest ways to simplify your cooking is with soup, says Adam Liaw
Beat the chill with a comforting bowl of spiced roast vegetable soup.
- 1-2 hrs
- Adam Liaw
Adam Liaw’s one vegetarian lasagne recipe (with seasonal variations) to rule them all
What’s red, white and delicious all over? This pasta bake, where you get to choose your own vegie adventure.
- 1-2 hrs
- Adam Liaw
- Review
- Coburg
‘Tough economic climates are temporary, but community is forever’: Why Gemini is a gem
This crowd-funded cafe, bar, restaurant and pantry has changed Coburg for the better. If you’re local, you’re lucky.
- Dani Valent
The judges urge the contestants to dare to dream, before destroying one of them
It’s the first elimination of the season and it’s all about sobby backstories and food dreams. So whose is about to turn into a nightmare? Ben Pobjie recaps.
- Ben Pobjie
Three good-looking new locals for a low-key luxe night out
One spot rewards early birds with a free snack. Another is a favourite morning hangout that’s just added dinner. All of them you’d want in your neighbourhood.
- Emma Breheny and Tomas Telegramma
Pumpkin pie cheesecake with maple cream
A slight variation on the traditional Thanksgiving dessert, this recipe “loosens” the pumpkin custard with cream cheese and bakes it in a biscuit crust.
- 1-2 hrs
- Helen Goh