Back-to-basics recipes

These tortillas are brimming with delicious ingredients including lettuce, chicken, salsa, sour cream and avocado, all sprinkled with cheesy corn chips.

A one-pan paella with peas and prawns. Serve with parsley, lemon quarters and zest.

Enjoy this healthy, flavoursome and nourishing tofu and sugar snap pea stirfry for dinner with the family tonight!

Spiced carrot, apple & raisin salad with lamb brought to you by Taste.

These can be prepped in advance and then baked at the last minute to make banging hot dogs that are full of punch from mustard and sauerkraut, and gooey with melting cheese. Photography by Todd Eyre.

These gently cooked beans are one of Fiona Hugue’s old recipe favourites, with a little vinaigrette of slightly lemony, nut-brown butter and a sprinkle of crunchy nuts. Photography by Jani Shepherd/Gatherum Collectif.

With feta, herbs and quinoa, this is not your average carrot soup. Photography by Bauer Syndication.

There’s a hidden layer of thick vanilla custard in the centre of this cake that takes it from good to great. Serve it warm, but not too hot. Photography and recipe by Gourmet Traveller.

Rissoles and gravy is a great old-fashioned meal that children love, especially as this recipe has the addition of tomato sauce – which provides some sweetness. Rob Shaw/Bauersyndication.com.au

A family favourite – serve it with hot sauce for adults and leave as is for the children. Photography by John Paul Urizar/Bauersyndication.com.au.

These beautifully rustic buckwheat pikelets are best enjoyed straight from the pan and are wonderfully light and fluffy to eat. The buckwheat flour gives a lovely earthy flavour – the perfect partner for the zesty homemade lemon curd. Photograph, props and styling by Eleanor Ozich.

Whether your preference is for sweet or savoury tarts, the French are famous for what they pile into buttery pastry shells. This simple caramelised onion tart is truly a thing of pure beauty and deliciousness. Makes 4 x 12cm tarts or 1 x 25cm tart