Fussy-eater friendly Australian family dinners

Ingredients

• beef mince — 500g
• puff pastry — 4 sheets
• beef stock — 1 cup
• tomato sauce — 2 tbsp
• plain flour — 1 tbsp
• frozen peas — 2 cups

Method

1. Brown mince, stir in flour, then stock and tomato sauce.
2. Simmer 15 min until thick, cool slightly.
3. Line pie tins or ramekins with pastry, fill with mince.
4. Top with a pastry lid, crimp edges, cut a steam vent.
5. Bake 200°C 20-25 min until pastry is puffed and golden.
6. Boil peas, serve alongside.

Ingredients

• potatoes — 4 large
• bacon — 150g
• cheddar — 150g grated
• sour cream — 1/2 cup
• frozen corn — 1 cup
• spring onion — 3

Method

1. Microwave then oven-crisp potatoes.
2. Fry bacon.
3. Split and top at the table.

Ingredients

• sausages — 8
• potatoes — 600g
• pumpkin — 400g
• red onion — 1
• olive oil — 2 tbsp

Method

1. Everything on one tray, oil and season.
2. Bake 200°C 40 min, turning once.

Ingredients

• barramundi fillets — 4
• mixed salad leaves — 1 bag
• lemon — 1
• cherry tomatoes — 200g
• olive oil — 2 tbsp

Method

1. Pan-fry barramundi skin-side down until crisp, flip briefly.
2. Toss salad with tomatoes and olive oil.
3. Serve fish with salad and a lemon wedge.

Ingredients

• steak — 600g
• capsicum — 2
• red onion — 1
• zucchini — 1
• rice — 2 cups
• olive oil — 2 tbsp

Method

1. Cube beef and veg, thread skewers.
2. BBQ or grill, turning.
3. Serve with rice.

Ingredients

• chicken thighs — 400g
• carrot — 2
• celery — 2 stalks
• onion — 1
• chicken stock — 1.5L
• risoni — 1 cup

Method

1. Sauté onion, carrot, celery.
2. Add stock and chicken, simmer 20 min.
3. Shred chicken, add risoni, cook 10 min.

Ingredients

• chicken breast — 4
• breadcrumbs — 1.5 cups
• eggs — 2
• plain flour — 1/2 cup
• mixed salad leaves — 1 bag
• cucumber — 1

Method

1. Flatten chicken, crumb via flour-egg-crumbs.
2. Shallow fry until golden.
3. Serve with salad.

Ingredients

• fish fillets — 4
• frozen chips — 750g
• frozen peas — 2 cups
• lemon — 1

Method

1. Oven chips per packet.
2. Bake or pan-fry fish.
3. Boil peas, serve with lemon.

Ingredients

• pizza base — 2
• passata — 1/2 cup
• ham — 200g
• pineapple pieces — 225g tin
• mozzarella — 200g

Method

1. Top bases with passata, ham, pineapple, cheese.
2. Bake 220°C 12 min.

Ingredients

• chicken drumsticks — 1kg
• honey — 3 tbsp
• soy sauce — 3 tbsp
• garlic — 2 cloves
• rice — 2 cups
• broccoli — 1 head

Method

1. Marinate drumsticks in honey, soy, garlic.
2. Bake 200°C 40 min.
3. Serve with rice and broccoli.

Ingredients

• lamb chops — 8
• potatoes — 800g
• broccoli — 1 head
• olive oil — 2 tbsp

Method

1. Roast potatoes 200°C 40 min.
2. Grill chops 4 min a side.
3. Steam broccoli.

Ingredients

• white fish — 4 fillets
• lemon — 1
• dill — 1/2 bunch
• potatoes — 600g
• green beans — 300g
• butter — 40g

Method

1. Wrap fish with lemon, dill, butter in baking paper.
2. Bake 180°C 15 min.
3. Serve with boiled potatoes and beans.

Ingredients

• pork chops — 4
• apples — 2
• potatoes — 800g
• butter — 50g
• green beans — 300g

Method

1. Pan-fry chops, rest.
2. Soften apple slices in the pan.
3. Serve with mash and beans.

Ingredients

• pumpkin — 1kg
• onion — 1
• chicken stock — 1L
• cream — 100ml
• bread — 1 loaf

Method

1. Sauté onion, add pumpkin and stock.
2. Simmer 20 min, blend.
3. Stir in cream, serve with bread.

Ingredients

• salmon — 4 fillets
• potatoes — 800g
• frozen peas — 2 cups
• butter — 50g
• lemon — 1

Method

1. Boil and mash potatoes with butter.
2. Pan-fry salmon 3-4 min a side.
3. Boil peas.
4. Serve with lemon.

Ingredients

• sausages — 8
• potatoes — 800g
• gravy powder — 2 tbsp
• frozen peas — 2 cups
• butter — 50g

Method

1. Fry sausages.
2. Boil and mash potatoes.
3. Make gravy, boil peas.
4. Plate up.

Ingredients

• zucchini — 2
• eggs — 5
• bacon — 150g
• self-raising flour — 1 cup
• cheddar — 1 cup grated
• onion — 1

Method

1. Grate zucchini, mix everything.
2. Bake 180°C 30 min.
3. Serve with salad.