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Snacks

Helen Goh's Anzac biscuits.
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Pick your side: One Anzac biscuit recipe to satisfy both chewy and crunchy devotees

Elevate the icon with toasted coconut and sea salt. By pulling your trays two minutes apart, you can deliver both syrupy-soft and golden-crisp in a single batch.

  • < 30 mins
  • Helen Goh
Viveik's crunchy masala vadai served with coconut and makrut lime sauce are the perfect party snack.

How to make The Age Good Food Guide Young Chef of the Year’s go-to entertaining snack

“It’s a great tease for what’s to come.” Dutch Rules chef Viveik Vinoharan reaches for this crunchy, golden masala vadai recipe to whip up something quick and easy for guests.

  • Viveik Vinoharan
Coconut and sour-cherry flapjacks.
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Make a batch of chewy coconut and sour cherry flapjacks for lunchbox snacks

I like to make this chewy, seeded slice at the beginning of the week for afternoon snacks and lunchboxes.

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Julia Busuttil Nishimura
Morgan McGlone's four ingredient chicken salt.
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This four-ingredient chicken salt is the closest thing you’ll get to takeaway chips at home

Created by the Belles Hot Chicken founder, it’s made with everyday pantry staples – but one important ingredient – and great tossed through buttery popcorn, nuts or a tray of chips.

  • < 30 mins
  • Morgan McGlone
White chocolate muffins.
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School holiday baking: Adam Liaw gives choc-chip muffins a little change-up

Two other types of chocolate chips help give these muffins an extra-rich flavour.

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Adam Liaw
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Banana and Nutella bread is a fuss-free and satisfying treat.

A nutritionist proves banana bread with Nutella can be healthy-ish (and delicious)

From power balls and banana and Nutella bread to a versatile chickpea smash, here are three “better for you” snacks to reach for when hunger hits.

  • Sarah Pound
Prep ahead, then assemble these Mediterranean tuna and whipped hummus crisps to order.
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Sarah Pound’s Mediterranean tuna and whipped hummus lunch crisps

Boost your workday with 30g of protein. These crunchy tuna and avocado tortillas are a speedy make-ahead lunch – crisp the bases, assemble and enjoy.

  • < 30 mins
  • Sarah Pound
Eat the rainbow with this colourful salsa-topped hummus.
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Lemony hummus with pomegranate salsa

Vibrant, fibre-rich and incredibly simple, this zesty dip is an ideal low-GI snack for healthy entertaining and slow-release energy.

  • < 30 mins
  • Sarah Pound
Cherry tomato, feta and avocado egg flip.
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Cherry tomato, feta and avocado egg flip

This protein-packed 10-minute meal is an energy-boosting breakfast or light lunch.

  • < 30 mins
  • Sarah Pound
Karen Martini's potato chip tortilla with chermoula.
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Potato chips in a tortilla? Trust us on this one

Ready for picnics, parties, anything, this variation on the Spanish classic swaps potatoes for chips and finishes with zesty chermoula.

  • < 30 mins
  • Karen Martini