Your new go-to vegie crowd-pleaser, plus 20 more recipes you couldn’t stop cooking this April

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It’s been a golden month for recipes, with beautiful new bakes, one-pots and Adam Liaw’s very special spanakopita masterclass all proving especially popular.

21 recipes

recipes Helen Goh's apple, raisin and armagnac croustade.

Baking

21. Helen Goh’s ‘crumpled and generous’ apple pie

1-2 hrs
Helen Goh

recipes Yellow curry fish with fragrant lemongrass and coconut rice salad. — EASY

Midweek dinner

20. One-tray coconut curry fish

30 mins – 1 hr
Jessica Brook

Baking

19. Adam Liaw’s choc-chip muffins

30 mins – 1 hr
Adam Liaw

recipes Serve with pita chips for scooping. — EASY

Winter warmer

18. Spiced eggplant, tomato and chickpea stew with garlic yoghurt

< 30 mins
Danielle Alvarez

Midweek dinner

17. Adam Liaw’s creamy salmon linguine

30 mins – 1 hr
Adam Liaw

recipes Spiced honey and parmesan skewers, meet your new best friend, salsa verde.

Budget

16. Spiced honey and parmesan carrot skewers with salsa verde

April 1, 2026
Katrina Meynink

recipes Zucchini and potato tikki buns. — EASY

Vegetarian

15. Rosheen Kaul’s aloo tikki buns

< 30 mins
Rosheen Kaul

Cookbook extracts

14. Chicken soup and matzo balls

April 1, 2026
Lisa Goldberg, Merelyn Chalmers and Natanya Eskin

recipes Viveik's crunchy masala vadai served with coconut and makrut lime sauce are the perfect party snack.

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13. Masala vadai with coconut and makrut lime sauce

April 14, 2026
Viveik Vinoharan

recipes Jen Kwok Lee's party-ready crumpets topped with wagyu bresaola, egg yolk jam, and creme fraiche.

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12. Crumpets with bresaola and soft-boiled egg

April 15, 2026
Jen Kwok Lee

recipes Coconut and sour-cherry flapjacks. — EASY

Baking

11. Coconut and sour cherry flapjacks

30 mins – 1 hr
Julia Busuttil Nishimura

recipes Jane de Graaff's cheesy, fire corn jacket potatoes.

Comfort food

10. Jacket potatoes with cheesy fire corn topping

April 12, 2026
Jane de Graaff

recipes Crisp-skinned chicken meets robustly flavoured vegies and a piquant salsa in this cacciatore remix.

Cookbook extracts

9. Butterflied spicy chicken cacciatore

April 9, 2026
Lucy Tweed

Cookbook extracts

8. Choc ‘fluffins’ with sneaky veg

April 27, 2026
Julia Tellidis and Lauren Skora

recipes Helen Goh's chocolate, fig and marsala cake.

Easter

7. Helen Goh’s gluten-free chocolate cake

1-2 hrs
Helen Goh

recipes Based on the classic pound cake, these mini cakes zing with lemon and lemon thyme.

Cookbook extracts

6. Emelia Jackson’s no-bake strawberry and passionfruit cheesecake

April 18, 2026
Emelia Jackson

Family meals

5. Adam Liaw’s one-pan chicken provencal

1-2 hrs
Adam Liaw

recipes Danielle Alvarez's beef short rib ragu with pappardelle. — EASY

Freezer friendly

4. Danielle Alvarez’s beef and tomato ragu with pappardelle

2 hrs +
Danielle Alvarez

recipes Anzac biscuits are an Australian classic. — EASY

Baking

3. Stephanie Alexander’s Anzac biscuits

< 30 mins
Stephanie Alexander

recipes Helen Goh's Anzac biscuits. — EASY

Baking

2. Helen Goh’s golden Anzac biscuits

< 30 mins
Helen Goh

recipes Adam Liaw masterclass: Spanakopita. — EASY

Masterclass

1. Adam Liaw’s showstopping spanakopita

1-2 hrs
Adam Liaw

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