Sarah Murphy

Senior food editor

Sarah Murphy is a Senior Food Editor who has worked across leading Australian food magazines since 2010. She holds a Bachelor of Communications (Advertising and Public Relations) and has contributed to magazines including delicious., The Australian Women’s Weekly Food, Super Food Ideas and Woman’s Day. Sarah has also worked across multiple cookbooks for delicious. magazine and The Australian Women’s Weekly Cookbooks. Currently, Sarah is the Senior Food Editor for Better Homes and Gardens Magazine and oversees all food content, creating and developing achievable recipes for readers that still excite and impress.

Chicken

The easiest one pan lemon chicken and potatoes

A tray bake of potatoes and chicken is a classic choice – it’s quick, simple, and requires minimal prep. This one-pan wonder is made with Greek-style flavours, with lots of garlic, lemon and fresh parsley on top. Make this when you haven’t got any time or energy left for a fancy family dinner.

BETTER HOMES AND GARDENS PANTRY AWARD WINNERS

Product reviews

Winners announced: Better Homes and Gardens’ People’s Choice Pantry Awards

We tasted our way through the very best of Australia's pantry offerings.

pear upside down cake with slices of pear in top of cake in metal rectangular tray

Baking

This aesthetic pear upside down cake is an effortless dessert

Line up the pears, and throw the cake in the oven!

bircher muesli with poached pears in black bowls with red tablecloth and dark lighting

Food & Recipes

Get your fibre in with poached pears and bircher muesli for breakfast

As satisfying as it gets for breakfast.

pear and chocolate loaf cake with pear and hazelnut indented on top and slice cut out to show cross section

Baking

Make this pear and chocolate loaf cake for a cosy afternoon tea

Chocolaty and delicious.

Baking

It doesn’t get any more classic than this Anzac biscuit recipe

When only the best Anzac biscuits will do.

Food & Recipes

This spinach and feta filo pie feeds six people for under $20

This satisfying pie is just as delicious served cold for lunch the next day.

creamy sausage pasta with orecchiette pasta with fork coming out of bowl

Budget

This creamy Italian sausage pasta is the perfect lazy dinner

35 minutes and it's on the table.

Better Homes and Gardens Creator Awards 2026

Craft

2026 finalists announced: BHG Creator Awards

The awards celebrate creators shaping how Australians cook, grow, make and live.

dumpling laksa in three bowls with lime wedges on the side and coriander on top

Quick and Easy

30-minute dumpling laksa for a quick and easy dinner

Hearty and warming

air fryer chicken wings on rectangular tray with rice pilaf underneath and in bowl in the centre

Budget

Make crispy chicken wings every time using the air fryer

Serve with a simple rice pilaf.

Baking

The air fryer hack that makes perfect hot cross buns every time

Perfect for a quick Easter treat.

Desserts

41 of our most-clicked Easter desserts of all time

You're going to love the carrot cake.

Quick and Easy

Make delicious Sunday breakfast with this traditional pancakes recipe

Nothing beats 'em.

Buyers guides

The Crossray barbecue kitchen ideas worth stealing for your backyard this year

The ultimate backyard upgrade.

Mains

Simple chilli jam recipe to add spice to sandwiches

Add some zing and spice to your life.

Chicken

Skip a takeaway BBQ chook, this is how to make homemade barbecue chilli chicken

It's easier than you think.

Food & Recipes

Make chilli lamb flatbread toasties when you can’t be bothered to cook

Spicy, Greek-style deliciousness.

one pan fajitas with capsicum and tortilla chips on the side

Quick and Easy

One-pan pork and rice fajitas make Taco Tuesday so much easier

The perfect mid-week meal.

Food & Recipes

Best pumpkin soup recipe

As classic as it gets.

dumpling dump and bake with spring onion on top in a large baking dish with gold handle

Quick and Easy

Make the viral dumpling dump and bake with this easy recipe

30 minutes in the oven and it's done!

sticky mince beef noodles with asian herbs on top and mixed salad to the side

Quick and Easy

These 30-minute sticky beef noodles are the easiest dinner ever

Speedy and delicious.

frying pan lasagne with basil sprinkled on top and mixed leaf salad on the side

One Pot

This frying pan lasagne turns a long cook time into a quick and easy dinner

Skip the time-consuming layers!

easy butter chicken traybake one pan butter chicken in the over in small dish with handles and mint yoghurt on top

One Pot

One pan butter chicken is a lazy cook’s dream dinner

A family favourite made easy.

teriyaki chicken bowl with sushi rice shredded carrot pickled ginger and sesame dressing in small bowl on the side

Quick and Easy

This teriyaki chicken bowl will be your next dinner obsession

A delicious version of the viral trend.

Mains

Dinner for one? This vegetable and lentil pilaf has you covered

Cosy solo dining.

Salads

Chargrilled zucchini, lamb and chickpea salad for one

A summer salad for one.

Quick and Easy

20-minute sweet and sour pork that beats takeout for one

The perfect solo dinner.

Salads

This chargrilled prawn and cauliflower salad is ready in 30 minutes

On the table in 30 minutes!

Salads

15-minute caprese chicken pasta salad for one

A classic salad transformed.

Quick and Easy

This easy pork stir-fry for one is better than takeaway

Homemade always tastes better.

One Pot

The easiest one pan chicken nachos for solo dining

Nacho night!

no bake freckly cheesecake on pink plate with several slices cut into it. one slice appears on the right on a peach fluted plate, background is pink to orange ombre

Desserts

This no-bake cheesecake involves a childhood-favourite chocolate

Turn this nostalgic fave into an impressive dessert.

Airfryer pork belly and peach salad with ice water and wooden serving spoons

Mains

Air fryer crispy pork belly and peach salad

Juicy and fuss-free air fryer pork, perfect for summer days.

Rick Stein (inset) over an image of Christmas food spread out on a table

Mains

The unexpected lesson chef Rick Stein learned from his worst Christmas ever

Rick Stein's recipe for Christmas sucess.

mango trifle filled with homemade mango jelly, coconut cream, linme and piled high above the trifle dish

Desserts

This mango trifle is the ultimate Aussie Christmas dessert

Add lime and coconut for a tropical treat.

Food & Recipes

The 5-ingredient shortcut peach biscuit recipe you’ll make again and again

Quick, easy, and irresistibly peachy.

Food & Recipes

Impress your guests with this delicious no-bake peach cheesecake

It's a crowd-pleaser for a reason.

Food & Recipes

Chill out with this refreshing peach and raspberry slushie

Summer in a cup.

Food & Recipes

This maple-glazed chicken gets a peachy twist

Fresh, fruity, and perfect for summer.

Food & Recipes

Elevate your salmon poke bowls with this secret ingredient this summer

Sweet, sticky, and tangy. This is not your ordinary salmon poke bowl recipe.

Peach, proscuitto and pesto sandwich on a blue tray

Food & Recipes

This summer sandwich has prosciutto, pesto and this popular summer fruit

Fresh peaches pair perfectly with salty prosciutto for a delish sandwich winner.

Desserts

We’re calling it, lemon tiramisu is better than the traditional recipe

Plus, no cooking required!

Baking

Christmas florentines

Perfect for when you're short on time.

christmas biscotti laid out on red sparkly background with drizlle of white chocolate

Baking

Christmas biscotti will become everyone’s favourite afternoon tea bickie

A festive bickie you can make year round.

pfeffernusse tied up in kitchen string on green tartan background

Baking

How to make traditional Pfeffernusse

Perfect for gifting!

Desserts

This Christmas chocolate truffle recipe contains no alcohol

Perfect for holiday baking!

White christmas cut into small rectangular pieces with gold leaf on top and green sparkly background

Desserts

Can’t find copha? This secret ingredient will make your White Christmas extra creamy

The most classic festive dessert for Aussies.

chocolate crinkle cookies with crushed candy cane topping on stripy pink tartan background

Food & Recipes

These crinkle cookies are for the chocolate-obsessed in your life

Edible Christmas gifts are always the most thoughtful.

linzer biscuit in snowflake shapes on gold glittery table with jam in the middle

Baking

Make snowflake linzer biscuits if you’d love a white wonderland Christmas

Dreaming of a white Christmas?

thermomix tm7 on left displaying recipes and lasagne, mousse and cocktail on right

Product reviews

Thermomix TM7 review: is this popular appliance worth it?

An honest review of the multicooker by BHG's Senior Food Editor, Sarah Murphy.

Chicken

Apricot chicken wings are the better version of Mum’s apricot chicken

Need an affordable dinner, fast?

Desserts

Campfire s’mores are better when you use this beloved French pastry

S'more croissants are a camping game-changer!

Barbecued flatbread with peach, prosciutto and bocconcini and basil on top

Mains

Make summer entertaining easy with peach and bocconcini flatbreads

Fancy pizza in a flash!

Lamb kebabs with mint jelly and potato salad

Mains

These lamb kebabs wouldn’t be complete without a healthy dose of mint jelly

The best use for mint jelly we've ever seen.

A big beef burger with French onion sauce, cheese, beetroot, onions and salad

Mains

This burger sauce will transform how you make Aussie burgers

You'll never buy store-bought burger sauce again.

gingerbread recipe with gingerbread men stars with lolly centre and gingerbread 2D houses on stripy pink and red tablecloth

Food & Recipes

Our easy gingerbread recipe makes the perfect Christmas bickies

Make gingerbread men!

goats cheese logs with edible flowers and pistachios pressed into the outside

Quick and Easy

This 2-step fancy goats cheese will transform your antipasto board

Brighten up your appetiser with florals.

pulled pork tacos open on plate with cabbage slaw on top and in bowl on the side

Mains

Make these easy pulled pork tacos in the slow cooker

Taco Tuesday never looked so good.

A homemade hummus with crispy broccoli on top.

Quick and Easy

You’ll never want store-bought again after making this homemade hummus

Plus, crispy broccoli for the perfect dipping!

Desserts

Aussie classic with a twist – white chocolate hedgehog slice

Sweet, crunchy and no-bake!

bread and butter cake recipe with cake covered in nuts and seeds with two slices cut to show cross section

Baking

Reinvent a bread and butter pudding with this berry cake

Nuts and seeds galore!

lemon poppy seed cake on white cake stand

Baking

This easy lemon poppy seed cake is made in a food processor

An old-school favourite!

zucchini and pumpkin slice cut up on wooden board with dill yoghurt on the side and glasses of lemonade

Vegetarian

Change up your zucchini slice with colourful pieces of pumpkin

Not even the pumpkin seeds will go to waste.

optimum thermocook with image of multicooker capabilities and picture on kitchen bench with screen on

Product reviews

Can the Optimum Thermocook Pro M 3.0 really cook it all? I tried 3 recipes in under an hour

An honest review from someone whose whole life is cooking.

Baking

We tried making brownies in an air fryer and… WOW

Gamechanger.

spiced salmon fillet on plate with potato salad next to it on a bed of leaves

Quick and Easy

This spiced salmon fillet and potato salad is the ultimate dinner for one

Easy, filling, and trendy.

spinach and cheese hand pie cut in half with filling spilling out with fork and bowl of salad on the side

Quick and Easy

Easy spinach and cheese hand pie for solo diners

It only takes 3 steps to make!

chicken and broccoli orange korma curry with white fork and bowl

Quick and Easy

The easiest chicken, broccoli curry for anyone on a health-kick

It's only a couple of extra ingredients!

pork and fennel meatball pasta with parsley and parmesan on top in white bowl

Quick and Easy

Dining solo? Make this 30-min pork meatball pasta

Pork and fennel are a match made in heaven.

roasted pumpkin quiche cut in half crookedly sitting on baking tray with leafy herbs in bowl in corner

Vegetarian

Make this family-size roast pumpkin quiche for your next spring picnic

It's hard to go wrong with roast pumpkin, spinach and feta.

Chicken

How to make crispy chicken Kiev in the air fryer

This cheat's version is quick and tasty.

Desserts

This 5-ingredient mud cake hack will be ready to serve in 30 minutes

Ready in 3 easy steps!

Desserts

You’ll never guess the secret ingredient in this easy blueberry cheesecake

Dreamy, fruity and floral.

Product reviews

We tested Kmart’s viral microwave grill plate and the results were shocking

A sausage in a microwave? Let's see.

Lifestyle

‘What in the Willy Wonka!’ BHG food editor reacts to MasterChef grand finale dish

MasterChef Australia is known for all its incredibly impressive, yet totally complicated recipes. Watching home cooks be pushed to their limits and create out-of-the-box flavour combinations is inspiring, and for grand finale week, the bar was set so high. Yet somehow, it still completely de-railed my brain and made me think: how on Earth is […]

How to turn the humble Iced VoVo into a cover-worthy recipe

Baking