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Hearty and healthy vegetable soup with added risen for extra bulk will fill hungry bellies. Serve with warmed crusty bread rolls to mop up the very last drop.

You can cook the quinoa in stock for a boost in flavour. Note

A healthy and beautiful grilled veal and radicchio salad from Australian Women's Weekly.

A small pizza with big flavour: Onion, anchovy and olive pizzetta.

The perfect tapas tart of caramelised onion, fig and prosciutto from Australian Women's Weekly.

Deliciously pungent and flavour-packed ginger-shallot chicken dish.

Microwave Curried Rice mixture suitable. Note

Fragrant, healthy and fun Thai salad cups for dinner, lunch or as side dish.

These delicious tarts have a buttery crust and make a fantastic light lunch served with salad.

Delicious and tender beef kebabs threaded with red onion and lathered in teriyaki sauce.

A rich oxtail stew with red wine and port; the perfect winter dish.

Served in the most basic of bistros to the poshest of gastro pubs, the ubiquitous sausage and mash never fails to please. We've teamed it with a hearty onion gravy here, you're going to love it.

This easy, delicious meal is a fabulous way to enjoy fish.

Harira is a traditional soup that's eaten to break the fast of Ramadan.

Filled with chopped bacon, onion and parmesan cheese, these moreish mushrooms make for a tasty brunch, lunch or light dinner with salad.

Onion & spinach pakoras, also called pakodi, are fried snacks originating in India and are found across South Asia.

Infused with onion, ginger and sesame, this is a fantatsic way to enjoy chicken.

Delicious and fun homemade cheeseburgers that the whole family will love.

Storage in refrigerator for about 1 month. Note

Topped with fried onion and mint, this luscious soup is filling and delicious.

A tender and slowcooked vegetable ratatouille, a French provencal dish, from Australian Women's Weekly.

These delicate smoked trout and freshly pickled onion squares have a big flavour for such a little bite.

Serve this fresh and nutritious tomato salsa with corn chips or atop crusty toasted sourdough, bruschetta-style. It is even more delicious when topped with crumbled feta.

Chiffonade is a way of cutting leafy herbs into thin strips. Lay leaves flat on top of each other, then roll up tightly and cut into thin strips. Note

Granny Smith apples are best for this recipe; they add a wonderful tart characteristic for a good balance of flavours.

This is an easy, speedy and mouth-watering way to enjoy fresh fish.

Faux hash browns made from a winter radish, ginger and onion from Australian Women's Weekly.

White cut chicken with spring onion dressing from Australian Women's Weekly.

A daikon and potato gratin with spring onion, bay leaf and crushed garlic.

Sweet onions, creamy feta and rich oily walnuts are such an indulgent combination. They work wonderfully as a pizza topping.

Crispy, crunchy but best of all - healthy.

Mini meat pies, beef recipe, brought to you by Australian Women's Weekly

Caramelised onion and potato pizza is delicious as is, but you can also add ingredients like olives, proscuitto or cherry tomatoes if you like.

Warm up with a bowl of this delicious caramelised onion soup with crispy cheese toasts.

Some butchers sell a pork and veal mince mixture, which is what we used in this recipe. If it is not available as a mixture, buy half the amount in pork mince (375g/12 ounces) and half the amount as veal mince (375g/12 ounces). Note

You will need about 2 medium carrots (240g) and 3 small zucchini (270g) for this recipe. You can also use fresh rice noodle sheets, cut into 14cm x 16cm rectangles, to enclose the filling. Note

An exquisite variant on barbecued beef fillet - impress your guests with this succulent dish.

A classic Italian recipe, veal scallopini, the tender thinly sliced veal is served here with a creamy mushroom sauce.

A crispy and delicious snack of deep-fried onion rings from Australian Women's Weekly.

This tart will keep well, removed from the tin and covered, in the refrigerator for several days. Serve tart at room temperature This pastry is very easy and good for any savoury tart, but you can also use thawed ready-rolled pastry sheets, joined with a little egg yolk. Note

For Moroccans, harira soup is a Ramadan ritual.

This is a speedier vegetarian version of this Italian classic, which usually uses dried beans and ham hocks and requires long cooking times.

Use the best quality mince you can for these gourmet beef burgers, you'll be glad you did once you taste them!

These Japanese vegetable tempura are crisp and light as air. Delicious served with a spicy sake-soy dipping sauce.

The strong aniseed flavour of star anise gives this classic Singaporean dish a kick. Cooking the rice in the chicken stock adds wonderful flavour too.

Served on a bed of creamy polenta, this tasty chicken casserole is a hearty dish to warm you up on a winter night.

Served with a cucumber yoghurt dipping sauce, these crunchy Indian fritters make fantastic finger food.

Quick and tasty, peppercorn beef stir-fry is the perfect mid-week dinner for those days when you need a bit of a boost.

Roast beef pizza. Yes indeed. Suspend your disbelief at least until you try this brilliant example of British and Italian fusion, complete with horseradish, brought to you by Woman's Day.

Drizzled in balsamic glaze, these crisp tarts make an ideal summer lunch or light dinner.

Create your own French-style pizza with this fast and easy dough recipe.

BEEF EMPANADAS: To serve the tortilla bites warm, heat them in a moderate oven, 180°C, 5 minutes, before adding tomatoes and basil. BEEF EMPANADAS: Replace the kidney beans in the empanadas with 1.4 cup grated tasty cheese if liked. POTATO TORTILLA BITES: MAKES 24 BEEF EMPANADAS: MAKES 16 Note

Try something different tonight with these mouth-watering salmon burgers.

Roasted pork shoulder stuffed with bacon, butter and sage and served with onion.

Infused with garlic and rosemary, this delicious, slow-cooked lamb roast will melt in your mouth.

This light and tasty Spanish pan tortilla is wonderfully fluffy and packed full of tender potato pieces. Serve it with a fresh side salad for a no-fuss family dinner.

These cassia spiced lamb cutlets cooked on stone, pathar ka gosht, are excellent as a starter or as part of a banquet meal.

Tamari and ginger make a puddle of delicious sauce for this steamed Asian bream. We used whole bream for this recipe, but any fairly small white-fleshed fish can be used.

A rich, smooth and warming soup that makes a great starter, a lovely light dinner or a warming winter weekend lunch. This roasted capsicum soup goes well with fried polenta slices.

Do-piaza, literally meaning 'onions twice', is a delicious winter warmer.

The secrets of making perfect tempura are: use the freshest vegetables you can find; make sure both the vegetables and the batter are really cold (this prevents the batter from soaking up too much oil); maintain a constant temperature by only frying a few pieces at a time; make the batter just before required; finally, don't over mix the batter - lumpy is good.

Romesco sauce is a Catalonian delicacy, a rich, thick and spicy sauce that is simply perfect paired with grilled leeks and green onions.

This capsicum, fennel and red onion salad is delicious served warm as a side dish with a roast joint of meat. If you prefer capsicum skinned prior to cooking, just hold over a gas flame, using tongs, until the skin blackens, allow to cool and slide off.

Mexican meatballs in a spicy tomato sauce and topped with guacamole makes a delicious dinner served with wraps and salad.

These tasty little Greek-style cheese and spinach filo triangles are delicious served with a squeeze of fresh lemon. Great as finger food or for an after-school snack.

Tender and fragrant, these lamb racks with garlic, sage and red onion make a fabulous main dish for a dinner party. The rule of thumb is one rack per adult guest.

A quick, simple and delectable rocket salad that's the perfect accompaniment to any meal. Peppery rocket needs very little added excitement, just a little red onion and a classic vinaigrette.

Couscous makes a perfect, fluffy base for the strong flavours of tomato and rocket. Add the dressing and herbs with as heavy a hand as suits your palate, the grains will soak it all up.

Baking the kumara and honey soy pork in the same dish helps ensure that the pork fillets stay juicy, and allows all the flavours of the dish to intermingle and intensify.

If you don't have a bamboo steamer, you should be able to pick one up at your local variety store or $2 shop. They really are the only way to cook dishes like these little pork dumplings, and it's worth having one tucked away in the kitchen.

With red wine, French bread, onions and gruyere cheese you're already on to a winner, but it's the homemade beef stock that makes this French onion soup one of the best.

Class up your steak dinners with this gorgeously rich onion, tomato and red wine sauce.

Totally falling under the category of comfort food, this gnocchi with creamy sauce is a rib-sticker.

This is one retro recipe that never goes out of style, a cob loaf filled with spinach dip is always a huge party hit.

This fragrant Malay chicken curry is spice, but the coconut cream takes the edge off the bite. If you can't source kaffir lime leaves, use 2 tablespoons of grated lime zest instead.

Spicy pickled onions, packed with chillies, cloves and ginger, make the perfect accompaniment to a classic ploughman's lunch.

Quiche Lorraine is one of the classics of French cooking, plus quiche is a great way to get rid of the left overs in the fridge and the cupboard and it tastes great. A great weekend lunch that's also practical and inexpensive, a win all round.