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A meal isn't complete without a lip-smackingly good dessert to top it all off. The best desserts are creamy, sweet, with interesting textures from additions like crispy praline, roasted nuts or crumbly pastry. Here are our ultimate sweet indulgences.

With these great New Zealand recipes from the Weekly, you can celebrate cold weather as a great excuse to whip up hefty pots of comforting soups, which are also a cheap and easy way to feed fussy family members.

The secret to the perfect lazy Sunday is pancakes. And the secret to perfect pancakes is here in this collection of delicious recipes from Taste magazine. They're worth getting out of bed for!

A classic scone is the ideal afternoon tea treat, but if you're craving something different, we've got great creative savoury scone recipes to try when you've mastered the basics.

Whether you want ideas for a long, lazy Sunday lunch with a pitcher of your favourite cocktail to go with it, or a quick throw-together option, we think lunch should be embraced as one of the most leisurely meals of the day. So roll out a picnic blanket and tuck into some of these satisfying midday meals.

Some of the best mixologists in New Zealand share their recipes for classic cocktails and delicious new creations. Plus, we have plenty of superfood-packed smoothies, healing elixirs, warm winter beverages and non-alcoholic spritzers to enjoy when the sun's out.

Midweek meals with mince are perfect when time is tight. This quick-cooking family favourite lends itself to a range of cuisines and is easy on the wallet as well. But it definitely doesn't have to be boring! We bring you some very exotic mince meals, such as Sichuan-style gai lan and pork mince, sweet and sour minced pork, and more.

Is there anything better in life than pizza? Maybe chocolate... but if you're all about savoury flavours, pizza is king. Whether you want it wood-fired, barbecued, pan-fried or just baked in the oven, we've got a recipe for you. Almost anything goes, gooey mozzarella, roasted veggies, spicy pepperoni, thinly sliced potato, even melon – when you're not letting your imagination run wild, try some of these fantastic recipes.

New Zealanders love eggs, and a plate of crispy toasted sourdough with a sunshine-yellow egg on top is one of the best things to wake up to in the morning! We bring you recipes for poaching, scrambling, frying and soft-boiling eggs to perfection, as well as creative creations, flavourful Asian-inspired dishes, omelettes, quick-and-easy fritters, and everyone's café favourite: eggs benedict.

Smashed potatoes, pumpkin and sage gratin, glossy green beans with toasted almonds, sweet beetroot with salty feta: a great side dish can steal the show, or transform simple meals into feasts. The recipes in this collection are more than after-thoughts – they're our favourite part of any meal.

Sunday mornings deserve pancakes. Whip up a classic recipe and serve it with the many fruit toppings below, or splash out with blueberry pancakes, vanilla mascarpone or a homemade chocolate butter!