Easy Family Recipes | Lunchbox Ideas | Party Food

Browse Recipes:

Cauliflower soup with chilli sourdough croutons

A warming soup to ease the pain of rainy days.
Paella with chicken

A one-pot wonder with chunks of chicken and chorizo.
Red Velvet Cupcakes

A light cocoa and vanilla flavoured moist cake with fluffy cream cheese frosting.

Macaroni Slice

Today you might want to do some school baking or a quick dinner, this one is great to have with a salad - a good favourite with the kids too.

The perfect pumpkin soup

Pumpkin and cream combine to create a delicious meal that is even better enjoyed with crusty bread and butter.

Peach, oat and coconut muffins

This is a great recipe you can make from pantry ingredients! The peaches add the sweetness and the coconut and oat make it filling - but all in all it's lovely and light.

Family Meals more family meal ideas

Breakfast Muffins: Fruit and Oats

The smell of warm cinnamon, apple and banana spills through the kitchen as they bake. Splitting a golden brown muffin in two straight from the oven reveals a fluffy moist crumb.

Pumpkin and spinach lasagne

A low-fat lasagne that leaves out the pasta and uses plenty of vegies.

Tomato soup with basil and croutons

From the revised edition of The Cook's Companion.

Dessert more delicious desserts

Chocolate and ricotta cake

For something sweet, this chocolate and ricotta cake really hits the spot.

Lemon Butter Cake

A delicious recipe and so simple. Great with a cup of tea on a lazy afternoon.

Key Lime Pie

A classic dessert that is sure to be a crowd pleaser.

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Chocolate-chip cookie sandwich

JILL DUPLEIX For the ''you can never have too much chocolate'' crowd: chocolate-studded biscuits sandwiched with white chocolate mousse.

Chocolate Milo Cupcakes

These are a chocolately sensation, with a light malt-flavoured cupcake balanced with a super-rich chocolate frosting.

Caramelised banana and roast macadamia fingers

The perfect party treat that will keep you reaching for more.

Kids' Cooking more cooking for kids

Mint Patties rank highly in my list of favourite childhood sweets. Tasting them again as an adult, they didn’t seem to be the same as the Mint Patties I remember as a kid. But my dismay turned to joy when I found a recipe for Mint Patties in Frankie’s Sweet Treats recipe book.

ANZAC Biscuits

I decided to make my biscuits into heart shapes to symbolise the love and respect I have for my late Grandfather and those Australians who have or are currently serving in war.