Lighter dinners
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Lighter dinners

A curated Food Glory collection for Lighter dinners, with practical recipes chosen for dependable home cooking.

Lighter dinners

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Tasmanian Salmon Main
Main33 mins

Tasmanian Salmon

Simply roasted or pan-seared Tasmanian salmon with crisp skin, lemon and seasonal vegetables.

Moules Marinières Main
Main33 mins

Moules Marinières

Moules Marinières is a distinctive French recipe known for mussels steamed with white wine, shallots and parsley.

Cacio e Pepe Main
Main35 mins

Cacio e Pepe

Rome and Lazio. It is famous because the ingredient list is extremely short but the technique is unforgiving.

Lemon Chicken Pasta Main
Main35 mins

Lemon Chicken Pasta

A modern Italian-inspired pasta rather than a single historic regional classic. Its popularity comes from the balance b…

Souvlaki Main
Main35 mins

Souvlaki

Souvlaki is a distinctive Greek recipe known for marinated meat grilled on skewers and served with lemon, pita and sala…

Bubble and Squeak Main
Main35 mins

Bubble and Squeak

Fried leftover potatoes and greens with crisp edges and a soft, savoury centre.

Chicken Teriyaki Main
Main35 mins

Chicken Teriyaki

Chicken Teriyaki is a distinctive Japanese main rooted in Japanese glaze-and-grill techniques, celebrated for chicken,…

Yakisoba Main
Main35 mins

Yakisoba

Yakisoba is a distinctive Japanese main rooted in twentieth-century festival and street food, celebrated for wheat nood…

Southern Catfish Fry Main
Main35 mins

Southern Catfish Fry

Cornmeal-crusted catfish fried crisp and served with hush puppies, slaw, lemon and tartar sauce.

Tibs Main
Main35 mins

Tibs

Tibs is Ethiopian beef quickly seared with onion, rosemary, green chilli and niter kibbeh so the meat stays juicy and t…

Firfir Main
Main35 mins

Firfir

Firfir is torn injera tossed in a hot berbere-onion sauce until the bread becomes tender, spicy and deeply savoury. Thi…

Sundubu-jjigae Main
Main37 mins

Sundubu-jjigae

Sundubu-jjigae is a fiery Korean soft-tofu stew with pork, clams and egg in a red chilli broth. This version uses measu…

Nam Tok Moo Main
Main40 mins

Nam Tok Moo

Nam Tok Moo is grilled pork salad with lime, fish sauce, chilli, herbs and toasted rice powder.

Tempe Orek Main
Main40 mins

Tempe Orek

Tempe Orek is a distinctive Indonesian main rooted in Java, celebrated for fried tempeh, sweet soy, chilli and aromatic…

Psari Plaki Main
Main45 mins

Psari Plaki

Psari Plaki is a distinctive Greek recipe known for fish baked gently with tomatoes, onions, garlic and herbs.

Gnocchi alla Sorrentina Main
Main45 mins

Gnocchi alla Sorrentina

Sorrento and Campania. It is famous for delivering the flavours of Campania in a particularly comforting form: soft gno…

Tom Kha Gai Main
Main45 mins

Tom Kha Gai

Tom Kha Gai is coconut chicken soup perfumed with galangal, lemongrass and makrut lime.

Milanesa Napolitana Main
Main45 mins

Milanesa Napolitana

Breaded beef topped with tomato, ham and melted mozzarella, usually served with chips.

Shiro Wat Main
Main45 mins

Shiro Wat

Shiro Wat is a smooth Ethiopian chickpea-flour stew seasoned with onion, garlic and berbere, one of the essential every…

Garides Saganaki Main
Main45 mins

Garides Saganaki

Garides Saganaki is a distinctive Greek recipe known for prawns cooked in tomato, feta, herbs and a splash of spirit or…

Kumara and Chickpea Patties Main
Main45 mins

Kumara and Chickpea Patties

Crisp patties combining sweet kūmara, chickpeas, herbs and warm spices define this New Zealand main course, Kumara and…