Julie Goodwin’s family dinner ideas
- Julie Goodwin’s honey prawn stir fry with noodles
- Julie Goodwin’s spiced chicken with brown rice & cauliflower
- Julie Goodwin’s chicken & leek pie with potato bake topping
- Julie Goodwin’s Spanish chicken
- Julie Goodwin’s slow cooker lamb chops
- Julie Goodwin’s braised lamb chops in a sweet curry sauce
- Julie Goodwin’s chicken stroganoff
- Julie Goodwin’s Cape Malay curry chicken
- Julie Goodwin’s lemon & spinach risotto
- Julie Goodwin’s pastitsio
- Julie Goodwin’s char siu pork noodle stir-fry
- Julie Goodwin’s nachos pie recipe
- Julie Goodwin’s char siu chicken with egg fried rice
- Julie Goodwin’s lamb forequarter chops with vegetables tray bake
- Julie Goodwin’s braised pork
- Julie Goodwin’s curried prawns
- Julie Goodwin’s chicken korma
These family dinner ideas by Julie Goodwin are easy to achieve and delicious in flavour. From pasta bakes and pies to one pan winners, soups and stir-fries, you’ll find something sure to please the whole family.
Julie Goodwin and was a columnist with The Weekly for more than a decade, following her win on the inaugural season of Masterchef. In 2025 Julie returned to The Weekly to share more of her easy family dinner ideas and baking favourites.
Scroll down for stir fries, pastas, oven bakes and more. Or click here for Julie Goodwin’s recipes for cakes, slices and biscuits.

Julie Goodwin’s pesto pasta salad

Julie Goodwin's honey prawn stir fry with noodles in a bowl
Julie Goodwin’s honey prawn stir fry with noodles

Spiced chicken and brown rice
Julie Goodwin’s spiced chicken with brown rice & cauliflower

Julie Goodwin’s Greek chicken tray bake

Julie Goodwin's chicken potato bake
Julie Goodwin’s chicken & leek pie with potato bake topping

Julie Goodwin’s Spanish chicken tray bake
Julie Goodwin’s Spanish chicken

slow cooker lamb chops
Julie Goodwin’s slow cooker lamb chops

Julie Goodwin's braised lamb chops in a white pan sprinkled with parsley
Julie Goodwin’s braised lamb chops in a sweet curry sauce

Julie Goodwin’s Lebanese pizza recipe

Julie Goodwin's chicken stroganoff in the pan with pasta and beans on the side
Julie Goodwin’s chicken stroganoff

Julie Goodwin’s Cape Malay curry chicken
Julie Goodwin’s Cape Malay curry chicken

Julie Goodwin's coq au vin in a casserole dish, with mashed potato on the side

A bowl of chicken and mushroom pasta

Pot with spinach and rice
Julie Goodwin’s lemon & spinach risotto

Julie Goodwin's lamb cacciatore

Julie Goodwin's sweet potato soup in bowls with coriander

A baking dish filled with pastitsio, a baked pasta
Julie Goodwin’s pastitsio

Julie Goodwin's slow-cooked lamb shank recipe

Julie Goodwin’s one pan chicken pilaf

Julie Goodwin's fish tacos on a serving platter

Pot of Julie Goodwin's seafood stew

Julie Goodwin’s char siu pork noodle stir-fry
Julie Goodwin’s char siu pork noodle stir-fry

Nachos Pie
Julie Goodwin’s nachos pie recipe

Julie Goodwin's chicken cacciatore

Julie Goodwin's char siu chicken with egg fried rice
Julie Goodwin’s char siu chicken with egg fried rice

Julie Goodwin's lamb and vegetable tray bake
Julie Goodwin’s lamb forequarter chops with vegetables tray bake

Julie Goodwin's cheesy tuna cauliflower bake

Julie Goodwin's braised pork
Julie Goodwin’s braised pork

Julie Goodwin's rissoles with sweet potato mash

Julie Goodwin's orecchiette with walnut burnt butter sauce

Julie Goodwin's curried prawns on white rice
Julie Goodwin’s curried prawns

Julie Goodwin's tandoori chicken skewers served with yogurt sauce, lemon wedges, coriander leaves and roti

Julie Goodwin’s chicken korma
Julie Goodwin’s chicken korma

Julie Goodwin's butterflied barbecue Portuguese chicken and vegetables

Julie Goodwin's curried lamb shanks

Julie Goodwin's corn fritters and haloumi