Cauliflower steaks with harissa and honey.

Recipe collection

100 of the best low-carb recipes

Cutting back the carbs? Blitz cauliflower into puree or'rice',spiralise zucchini into spaghetti,roast or barbecue meat and fish and make these tasty meals.

89 recipes
Chargrilled chicken with grilled lettuce hearts,lemon and chipotle mayo.

Karen Martini's chargrilled chicken with fennel,lettuce and chipotle mayo

  • 1-2 hrs
  • Karen Martini
Chipotle chilli lamb skewers with margarita pickled pineapple.
EASY

Chipotle chilli lamb skewers with margarita pickled pineapple

  • <30 mins
  • Jessica Brook
Umami lamb cutlets with miso butter and cabbage.
EASY

Umami lamb cutlets with miso butter and cabbage

  • <30 mins
  • Jessica Brook
One tray baked fish and creamed greens.
EASY

One-tray baked fish and creamed greens

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Jessica Brook
Chicken larb with roasted rice.
EASY

Chicken larb with roasted rice

  • <30 mins
  • Neil Perry
Seared tuna steak with creamy mushroom sauce.
EASY

Neil Perry’s seared tuna with creamy mushroom sauce

  • <30 mins
  • Neil Perry
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Barbecued lamb chops with sweet potato and rosemary butter.
EASY

Adam Liaw's barbecued lamb chops with sweet potato and rosemary butter

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Adam Liaw
Quick,healthy dinner:Salmon fillets with caramelised onion and wilted greens.
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Salmon fillets with caramelised onion and wilted greens

  • <30 mins
  • Adam Liaw
Spice roasted chicken and chimichurri.

Katrina Meynink's spice roasted chicken and chimichurri

  • Katrina Meynink
Butterflied chicken with wilted herbs,soy and honey dressing.

Butterflied chicken with soy and honey dressing

  • 2 hrs +
  • Neil Perry
Spicy stir-fried pork belly with Thai basil and sugar snap peas.

Stir-fried pork belly with chillies and sugar snap peas

  • <30 mins
  • Karen Martini
Tip:Slicing across the grain makes the lamb more tender.

Neil Perry's roast leg of lamb with creamed spinach

  • 1-2 hrs
  • Neil Perry
Adam Liaw's cauliflower nachos.

Cauliflower nachos

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Adam Liaw
Stir-fried lamb with coriander and Sichuan pepper.
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Stir-fried lamb with coriander and Sichuan pepper

  • <30 mins
  • Adam Liaw
Neil Perry's spicy barbecued chicken.
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Spicy barbecued chicken recipe

  • 2 hrs +
  • Neil Perry
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Serve this slow-roasted lamb shoulder with aioli.
EASY

Neil Perry's slow-roasted lamb shoulder

  • 2 hrs +
  • Neil Perry
Swipe these sticky lamb ribs through smoky eggplant sauce.

Beer and miso lamb ribs with smoky eggplant yoghurt sauce

  • 2 hrs +
  • Katrina Meynink
Salt-crust chicken with salmoriglio.

Neil Perry's salt-crust chicken with salmoriglio

  • 1-2 hrs
  • Neil Perry
Puttanesca baked fish with salsa verde.
EASY

Puttanesca whole baked snapper with salsa verde

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Jessica Brook
Grilled chicken with buckwheat tabbouleh.

Grilled chicken with spring green tabbouleh and tarragon dressing

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Katrina Meynink
This horseradish butter goes with just about any grilled protein.

Beef fillet with horseradish butter and mushrooms

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Neil Perry
Swap garlic prawns for ginger prawns.
EASY

Adam Liaw's stir-fried ginger prawns with broccoli

  • <30 mins
  • Adam Liaw
Grilled steak with sweet and sour peperonata.
EASY

Grilled sirloin steak with peperonata

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Neil Perry
Thick cauliflower steaks slathered with a spicy harissa paste and roasted until caramelised.
EASY

Harissa and honey cauliflower steaks with green hummus

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Jill Dupleix
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Christmas centrepiece:Whole-roasted spice-rubbed cauliflower sitting on romesco.

Slow-roasted spiced cauliflower with romesco

  • 1-2 hrs
  • Katrina Meynink
Wok-fried mince and green beans.
EASY

Wok-fried pork mince and green beans

  • <30 mins
  • Adam Liaw
Crisp pork belly with toffeed peanut nam jim.

Crisp pork belly with coriander peanut nam jim

  • 2 hrs +
  • Katrina Meynink
Garlic oil chicken.
EASY

Garlic oil chicken

  • <30 mins
  • Adam Liaw
Flank steak with mustard cream sauce.
EASY

Flank steak with mustard cream sauce

  • <30 mins
  • Adam Liaw
A soft,yielding burger bun offers contrast to the meaty patty,but what about trying it within a crispy lettuce leaf instead?
EASY

Low-carb cheeseburger lettuce wraps recipe

  • <30 mins
  • Adam Liaw
Thai-style beef with sugar snap peas
EASY

Neil Perry's Thai-style beef with sugar snap peas

  • <30 mins
  • Neil Perry
Minced pork with chillies,Thai basil and fried egg
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Minced pork with chillies,Thai basil and fried egg

  • <30 mins
The Blue Ducks'Thai-style crab omelette makes for a fantastic Sunday brunch.

Spanner crab omelette with sriracha sauce recipe

  • Darren Robertson and Mark LaBrooy
A new spin on spaghetti and meatballs.

Lamb kofta with zucchini noodles recipe

  • <30 mins
  • Jill Dupleix
Light and steamy:Devotees of cauliflower rice say it's heaven for those who can't eat grains.
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Indian-spiced cauliflower rice

  • <30 mins
  • Jill Dupleix
Grilled sardines with a fresh salsa.
EASY

Neil Perry's barbecued sardines with spicy mint and cucumber salsa

  • <30 mins
  • Neil Perry
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