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If there are two ingredients that embody the spirit of spring, those are lamb and peas. This week, our contributing cook Elizabeth Hewson brings together both in one simple, fresh, easy-to-achieve dish that is a real spring treat. Her lamb and spring pea salad is enhanced by a delicious yoghurt and garlic sauce that can be employed not just in bringing to life this salad but a range of other dishes. In her second recipe, she gives a great tip on how to bring boring veg to life.

Mediterranean cuisine is a phenomenon. Healthy and delicious, it never goes out of fashion, for good reason. This week Sarah Di Lorenzo, through her new book, My Mediterranean Life, offers a selection of Greek dishes that hit the spot in terms of flavour, health factor and ease. A brilliant combination!

Happy cooking.

Elizabeth Meryment

The Weekend Australian Magazine

Recipes

COOKING

A spring salad that doubles as dinner

This is the joy of seasonal cooking for me: taking a few ingredients that are enjoying their seasonal heyday, and letting them shine.

ELIZABETH HEWSON

SPRING COOKING

The trick that will elevate your greens

If you’re looking for something healthy yet filling, this is it. There’s a satisfying virtue in enjoying it.

By ELIZABETH HEWSON

GREEK COOKING

This healthy prawn dish is a Greek favourite

This classic Greek dish is the perfect blend of juicy prawns and creamy feta in a rich tomato sauce.

By SARAH DI LORENZO

SUMMER SALADS

Try this different take on a Greek salad

This salad from the Greek island of Kythera is rich in flavour and a meal in itself.

By SARAH DI LORENZO

PANTRY STAPLES

The Mediterranean dish you can have for breaky, lunch or dinner

Tweak this dish according to what you have in your fridge. This recipe is an example of how pantry staples come in handy.

By SARAH DI LORENZO

ONE-POT COOKING

‘Next-level’ tender lamb shanks are rich and satisfying

With beans and vegetables built into the dish, this recipe is a complete one-pan meal.

By SARAH DI LORENZO

Wine

Cellar director John Lehmann selects three sparkling wines for a $22 discount in a super six deal. Click the link to see the deal. Details here.

The grenache that’s an epiphany in a glass

A 95-point Clare Valley classic leads our special grenache pack, as interest booms in a wine style once treated as an afterthought. Here’s a chance to beat the rush.

By JOHN LEHMANN AND TOM SMITHIES

Different by name, different by practice. But wines of greatness

Curvaceous but contained, its upfront fleshiness tightened and coiled through the palate, this is chardonnay at its seductive best.

By NICK RYAN

From the archive

15 easy fish recipes for every meal

Whether you’re craving homemade fish and chips, baked cod or the best ever golden fish patties, our ultimate guide to flavourful fish recipes has all occasions sorted – from midweek dinners to long Sunday lunches.

By STEPHANIE SEKULOVSKA AND GISELLE BUETI

Journeys

The wilderness journey that should be on every Aussie’s bucket list

The place offers such a sense of pristine isolation that it is hard not to be moved by the sensory experience – the visual splendour and the briny nearness of the sea, with its masses of life.

By ELIZABETH MERYMENT

P.S

The writing is on the wall for many Australian hospitality businesses in this era of continued high inflation and cost of living pressure. According to this report, one in six Australian hospitality businesses is at risk of closing in the next 12 months. “These industries that are heavily reliant on discretionary spending will, unfortunately, continue to find it tough until consumers feel a reduction in cost-of-living pressures, which won’t happen until we see a couple of rate cuts,” said CreditorWatch's Patrick Coghlan. It's a sobering statistic. Read more about it here.