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Slow-cook comfort Slip your feet into your best uggies, grab a deck of sticky notes and snuggle in, tasties. Here comes our best winter issue ever! This year we’ve taken everything we love about comfort food, put it all in a big pot and dialled up the flavour. If your slow cooker has been ignored, it’s time to rekindle your romance and remember the magic it brings to winter cooking. Not only is the slow cooker, despite the name, the fastest way to cook (seriously, there’s way less hands-on time than regular recipes), at the push of a button it can turn the cheapest cuts of meat into luxe meals. Don’t miss the Chicken Provençal on p123 (just $3.90 a serve!) or our Country beef ‘dump’ dinner on p103 ($5 a serve). Because that’s…

MEALS under $5 MEALS under $5 SIDES + SNACKS under $3 DESSERTS under $3 Yes, you can eat like a king on a budget! These delicious recipes pack in so much flavour without breaking the bank. Keep them handy all year round for inspo.…

One-pot winter chicken The oven does all the work. ***** Loved it, so did the housemates. The cream on top really takes it to a new level. Easy to follow recipe! @RUTI This is a really delicious one-pot meal. @CAMTER Easy and delicious! This would also be nice with lamb. @GEORGIA Air fryer Brazilian cheese bread puffs A cheesy, gluten-free savoury treat. ***** Fantastic tasting snacks, really unique. @BLUEPETER Perfect and taste even better than the frozen supermarket brand! @PIPPINANDIZZY Yummy. Made in an air fryer and reheated in the oven. @DIDEDOC Easy pineapple squares Go troppo for this no-bake bite! ***** Really easy and tasty. I got a lot of compliments. @LIZZIEWOOD Easy, accurate, delicious. @ANDREA Set perfectly overnight. Got a rich creamy pineapple-flavoured slice. This is a yummo recipe. Will make many more times. @TASY007 pic of the month! BY JO BOGLE Mint Pattie cupcakes March 2022, p114 Every…

FRENCH ONION BEEF WITH POTATOES QUICK & EASY Midweek comfort food doesn’t get better than this. Thanks to buttery microwaved spuds and French onion soup mix, this hearty dinner is ready in just 10 minutes. MUFFIN PAN LEMON CUSTARD TARTS Here’s your shortcut to the easiest custard tarts you’ll ever make: use a packet of butternut snap cookies as mini tart shells and fill them with our cheat’s creamy lemon custard. CLINKERS CHEESECAKE SLICE A chewy chocolate crackle base topped with lush cheesecake and a rainbow of clinkers, it’s no wonder this no-bake beauty is one of our most popular slices of all time!…

Bring home the (hassel)bacon with our creamy chicken bake in a carbonara sauce. let’s go! 1.2kg even-sized baby coliban (chat) potatoes20g butter1 brown onion, finely chopped3 garlic cloves, crushed500ml (2 cups) pouring cream2 tsp Massel Stock Powder Chicken Style2 (about 330g in total) barbecue chicken breasts, skin removed, torn into thick strips6 short cut bacon rashers40g (⅓ cup) pre-grated 3 cheese blendFresh chives, chopped, to servegarlic butter50g butter, melted1 garlic clove, thinly sliced creamy chicken hasselbacon carbonara with garlic butter serves 4 | prep 30 mins | cooking 1 hour 10 mins 1 Preheat oven to 200°C/180°C fan forced. Cut a small slice lengthways off 1 potato so it sits flat on the chopping board. Place a bamboo skewer on either side of the potato (see tips, p16). Use a small sharp knife to make…

make room on your bench for an appliance that will change the way you cook. Enter our cover comp and you could win the Breville Fast Slow GO, worth $329. It’s the all-in-one multi-cooker that can pretty much do it all: pressure cook, slow cook, saute, steam, stew, sous-vide and more! It’s ideal for slow-cooking a winter feast (check out some of this issue’s slowmo stars on p56-61, 67-75, 96-103 and 118-119). It can also do other clever things like cook rice or legumes and make yoghurt. It’ll give you a head start on many meals, and it’s compact enough that you can display it proudly in your kitchen all year round. I want to see skilfully scored spuds and crispy bacon, arranged neatly in a bath of golden cream sauce.matt…