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Tamari roasted butternut salad with peanut sesame sauce
You’ll have to shop hard to get this under 75 cents

Basic tomato sauce
This tomato sauce is great to have in the fridge - delicious with gnocchi, on a pizza ...

The dirty water dog (New York City)
New York City street cart vendors store their dogs in warm-water baths, giving ...

Bun cha (barbecued pork meatballs with rice noodles)
Bun Cha originates from Hanoi, a city in north Vietnam, and consists of barbecue ...

Spinach and mushroom lasagne
We've replaced the usual white sauce with ricotta and sour cream for speedy preparation

Cauliflower fritters with garlic yoghurt
Cauliflower doesn’t seem like the kind of vegetable to set your taste buds ...

Quesadillas, after a roast
These toasted tortilla sandwiches make good use of leftover roast meat and veges

Classic tomato spaghetti
I’ve imagined on numerous occasions that this is probably what I’d choose ...

Pea, ham and sour cream fettuccine
When flatting as a student in Dunedin, this was one of the dishes my flatmate Stef ...

Simple tuna sauce on linguine
Made with quick uncooked pasta sauce using store-cupboard ingredients, this makes for ...

Fried rice with eggs, ginger and lap cheong
Fried rice can be, at its best, a spectacular dish or, at its worst, an unappetising ...