Meals in minutes: Fast from scratch

Here’s delicious proof you can whip up healthy dinners in under half an hour without relying on anything prefab

By Carolyn Lim Chua; Photograph by Yvonne Duivenvoorden

Updated October 10, 2018

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Recipes

• Stir-fried ginger beef with broccoli

• Lemony fettuccine with asparagus

• Chicken with olives and tomatoes

• Dilled salmon with leek parcels

• Mediterranean-style mussels

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