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15 delicious recipes that make dinner for two easy

Cooking dinner for two doesn't have to be a challenge. Dig into these seriously delicious recipes tailored for two people including curry, lamb shanks, schnitzel, sausages, baked chicken and more

By Nici Wickes
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    Caramelised pork with sauerkraut and roast vegetables

    Meltingly caramelised pork offset by the tartness of sauerkraut and the sweetness of kumara and crispy potatoes – this Nici Wickes recipe is sensational! Serve with citrus to cut through the richness

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    One-pan chicken and peppers

    Nici Wickes shares her mum's recipe for one-pan chicken and peppers. It creates the perfect no-fuss meal for two that can easily be scaled up to serve a crowd. It’s simply delicious!

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    Easy beef schnitzel stuffed with ham and cheese

    It’s hard to improve on schnitzel, but Nici Wickes has taken it to a new level with this recipe for crispy, crumbed parcels stuffed with ham, cheese and silverbeet. They’re simply divine

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    Chicken roll-ups with silverbeet stuffing

    This Nici Wickes chicken recipe is a tasty and attractive way to serve chicken breasts. It keeps them beautifully moist thanks to the silverbeet stuffing and covering them while baking

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    Southern beans with gluten-free buttery cornbread

    This Nici Wickes recipe gets its inspiration from New Orleans cuisine and sees cornbread, fresh from the oven, combined with a pot of beans to create an economical, nutritious and satisfying meal

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    Cashew and ginger chicken curry

    This Balinese-style chicken curry recipe by Nici Wickes is packed with fragrant lemongrass, tumeric, ginger and chilli... and tastes divine!

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    Baked sausages with creamed spinach

    Baking sausages slowly is a no-fuss way of getting dinner cooked. Bang them in the oven with some pumpkin wedges and red capsicum, and you can get on with whipping up a batch of creamed spinach

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    Chicken thighs with green pepper and parsley stuffing

    Nici Wickes' stuffed chicken thigh recipe features green pepper in the stuffing which provides a fantastic change from the usual red peppers that have taken over – it’s more lively and fresh

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    Baked curried lamb shanks with apples

    This baked lamb shanks recipe combines all those great curry flavours with apples and sultanas for a surprise burst of sweetness

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    Classic curried sausages

    德国礼褀公司灯芯的咖喱香肠配方是h点头er dear granddad, who used to rustle up a pot when she'd visit. Serve this delicious, cost-effective dish with rice and pappadums for an easy weeknight meal

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    Sausages with crushed crispy potatoes

    煮香肠的最佳方式就是烤他们低and slow. This way they don’t burst, the skins get gorgeously caramelised and the insides get perfectly cooked. This recipe is a great “roast” for when there's just one or two people at home

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    Fast chicken

    Nici Wickes' fast chicken recipe is the one of the easiest chicken dishes you can cook to simplify your dining as the evenings get cooler. Serve with lemon wedges and enjoy!

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    Root roast with mustard gravy

    The trick to roasting vegetables to perfection is to cut them to roughly the same size and add each to the roasting pan according to how long they take to cook. This tray, complete with gravy, is a meal in itself!

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