EDITORS' CHOICEThe Best Soup & Stew Recipes

Be bowled over by dozens of easy soup and stew recipes that are perfect for the whole family. Our delicious and nourishing soup recipes range from classic minestrone to hearty beef and vegetable, and spicy Asian-style dumplings.

We hope that this delicious collection of our best soup and stew recipes will become your new “look no further list” for cozy weather dinners!

Family Favourites

20 mins prep |

40 mins cook

Beef and shiitake mushroom pho

Kiwi Mushrooms

20 mins prep |

6 hrs 40 mins cook

Hearty beef and vege soup

Brooke Campbell

15 mins prep |

5 hrs cook

Beef and lentil taco soup

Brooke Campbell

15 mins prep |

2 hrs 30 mins cook

Lamb shank broth

Kathy Paterson

25 mins prep |

15 mins cook

Simple beef ramen bowl

Kathy Paterson

1 hr prep |

1 hr 15 mins cook

Traditional Vietnamese beef pho

Bunny Eats Design

15 mins prep |

1 hr cook

Everything's in it minestrone

Sue Hamilton and Dana Alexander

Cooking Tips & Tricks

Nutrition

Soul soups: the health benefits of soup

Brrrr, the temperature’s suddenly dropped and snow is even falling in some parts of our beautiful whenua. When winter weather starts to bite, it’s a perfect time for comfort food and a steaming bowl of nourishing soup ticks that box.

Tips & Tricks

Expert Tips and Advice for Cooking Red Meat

Even if you're an experienced home chef, cooking red meat can sometimes be a little intimidating. With various cuts, temperatures, and cooking techniques like grilling, roasting, and braising, it might feel like there's a lot to master. Here's some simple advice to help you perfect your red meat cooking skills, from steak cooking techniques to marinating.

Tips & Tricks

Our favourite cooking tips, tricks, and hacks

We’ve put together some of our favourite cooking tips, tricks and hacks to make your lives just that little bit easier.

Tips & Tricks

A beginner's guide to cooking offal

Offal—the organs and other bits of an animal typically discarded by butchers—doesn’t always get the love it deserves. But even as the “whole animal” culinary movement has made offal somewhat trendy, most Kiwis aren’t cooking it on the regular. Why? Many of us just don’t know how. Consider what’s below a beginner’s guide to offal—how each type tastes and feels, and what’s involved in preparing and cooking them.

Tips & Tricks

Freezing and thawing meat

The freezer can be an extremely useful tool for saving time and money when you find yourself with more than enough meat on your hands. However, freezing your protein of choice should be done carefully. It’s important to follow these guidelines to guarantee your frozen proteins are safe and enjoyable to consume.

Lamb Soup

15 mins prep |

35 mins cook

Best Ever Lamb and Chickpea Soup

Beef + Lamb New Zealand

20 mins prep |

2 hrs cook

Lamb and Barley Soup

Kathy Paterson

20 mins prep |

1 hr 30 mins cook

Harira

Kathy Paterson

15 mins prep |

6 hrs cook

Tomato soup baked lamb shanks

Allyson Gofton

10 mins prep |

2 hrs cook

Lamb soup for young ones

Beef + Lamb New Zealand

15 mins prep |

2 hrs cook

Lamb and bean soup

Beef + Lamb New Zealand

30 mins prep |

2 hrs 15 mins cook

Flaczki Soup

Angelina Peters

15 mins prep |

2 hrs 30 mins cook

Lamb shank broth

Kathy Paterson

Beef Soup

15 mins prep |

3 hrs 45 mins cook

Oxtail pot with gnocchi and broad beans

Allyson Gofton

1 hr 20 mins prep |

30 mins cook

French onion soup beef dumplings

Andrew Clarke

15 mins prep |

5 hrs cook

Beef and lentil taco soup

Brooke Campbell

10 mins prep |

24 hrs cook

Beef bone broth

Beef + Lamb New Zealand

1 hr prep |

1 hr 15 mins cook

Gluten-free Vietnamese beef pho

Bunny Eats Design

20 mins prep |

6 hrs 40 mins cook

Hearty beef and vege soup

Brooke Campbell

30 mins prep |

2 hrs 15 mins cook

Flaczki Soup

Angelina Peters

1 hr prep |

1 hr 15 mins cook

Traditional Vietnamese beef pho

Bunny Eats Design

15 mins prep |

1 hr cook

Everything's in it minestrone

Sue Hamilton and Dana Alexander

15 mins prep |

35 mins cook

Hot sour soup and beef dumplings

Sue Hamilton and Dana Alexander

15 mins prep |

1 hr cook

Beef dumplings in hot and sour soup with spiced vinegar

Asian-Style

25 mins prep |

15 mins cook

Simple beef ramen bowl

Kathy Paterson

15 mins prep |

35 mins cook

Hot sour soup and beef dumplings

Sue Hamilton and Dana Alexander

15 mins prep |

1 hr cook

Beef dumplings in hot and sour soup with spiced vinegar

1 hr prep |

1 hr 15 mins cook

Traditional Vietnamese beef pho

Bunny Eats Design

1 hr prep |

1 hr 15 mins cook

Gluten-free Vietnamese beef pho

Bunny Eats Design

20 mins prep |

40 mins cook

Beef and shiitake mushroom pho

Kiwi Mushrooms

Inspiration

Inspiration

Get on trend with slow cooking

Slow cooking is all about convenience, comfort, and tasty food. They are relatively cheap to buy, inexpensive to use, and great for making the most of budget ingredients. Check out our recipes that work great with a slow cooker below.

Inspiration

Winter Dinners: 15 Essential Slow-Cooker Recipes

While slow-cooker recipes are great all year round, they shine most in the cold winter months. These 15 beef and lamb recipes stand out among the rest and are easy to make during lockdown or after.

Inspiration

20 of the best freezer-friendly meals

Here are the best freezer-friendly recipes made for meal prep Mondays to help you with batch cooking, preparing ahead, and reducing waste - all while feeding your family delicious food!

Inspiration

12 foodie films that will make you want to cook

Do you love to what movies where characters stir soup or chop onions or swirl a fork of spaghetti over a plate? While in most films, food largely happens off-screen, here is a list of ten foodie films where cooking and eating plays an integral part of the plot, rather than merely being background. How many have you seen?

Inspiration

Our favourite family-friendly recipes

Sit down with the family for a delicious meal everyone will enjoy. Kids and grown-ups alike will love these beef and lamb recipe ideas including comforting pasta bakes, hearty roasts, homemade pizzas, and speedy stir-fries.

Beef Stew

20 mins prep |

4 hrs cook

Creamy whiskey and black beer beef casserole

Andrew Clarke

15 mins prep |

4 hrs cook

Hearty beef, orange and lentil stew

Brooke Campbell

15 mins prep |

1 hr cook

Warming beef and chickpea stew

Grove Avocado Oil

20 mins prep |

4 hrs cook

Beef bourguignon

Kiwi Mushrooms

20 mins prep |

4 hrs cook

Slow cooked beef bolar roast with smashed potatoes

Roz McIntosh

15 mins prep |

6 hrs 15 mins cook

Spanish beef and potato stew

Allyson Gofton

25 mins prep |

2 hrs cook

Beef and sweet fennel tagine

Allyson Gofton

20 mins prep |

2 hrs 30 mins cook

Beef n beer

Kathy Paterson

15 mins prep |

3 hrs 45 mins cook

Oxtail pot with gnocchi and broad beans

Allyson Gofton

Lamb Stew

30 mins prep |

2 hrs cook

Lamb and chickpea stew

Kathy Paterson

20 mins prep |

2 hrs cook

One-pot lamb with winter roots and Israeli couscous

Kathy Paterson

Lamb tagine stew

Slow cooked lamb tagine

Roz McIntosh

20 mins prep |

1 hr cook

Moroccan lamb tagine and couscous

Sue Hamilton and Dana Alexander

15 mins prep |

2 hrs 30 mins cook

Lamb shank broth

Kathy Paterson