Healthy dinner recipes
Want to cook more healthy dinner recipes but not sure where to start? You’ve come to the right place. With 70+ easy, healthy dinners to choose from, you’ll never be short of inspiration.
Trying to eat less meat? Take your pick from veg-packed curries, hearty plant-based stews, wholegrain dishes and colourful stir-fries. For those nights when only chicken, fish or beef will do, choose from traybakes, rice pilafs and Thai curries. There are lighter versions of family favourites too, including moussaka and fish pie.
All the recipes in this collection are under 500 calories per serving. Dig into something healthy and delicious tonight…
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Healthy chicken recipes
Green chicken and lentils
Whizzed up watercress, spinach and dill provide a verdant green sauce for crispy skin chicken thighs, nutty lentils and charred...
Tofu recipes
Balsamic tofu gnocchi
Gnocchi isn’t just for Italian dishes. Balsamic vinegar, soy sauce and maple syrup give the potato dumplings, crispy tofu, and...
Sea bass recipes
Yellow dal with crispy sea bass and coriander chutney
This quick and easy dal is flavoured with coconut, green chillies and cumin seeds. Yellow split peas are firmer than...
Chicken traybake recipes
Chimichurri chicken with roast squash
Roast chicken thighs and drumsticks get a flavour boost with Argentinian chimichurri sauce in Claire Thomson’s colourful one-pan chicken recipe....
Chicken traybake recipes
Chicken with peanuts, chilli and coconut
Claire Thomson’s peanut chicken recipe takes the flavours of satay chicken and turns them into a zesty midweek chicken traybake....
Healthy dinner recipes
Mushroom larb
Inspired by larb (or laab), the Thai recipe of fragrant pork mince in lettuce cups, this mushroom version is a...
Mussel recipes
Tamarind and coconut mussels with rice
Tangy tamarind, warming ginger and subtly chilli-infused coconut milk create a stunning, vibrant broth to cook mussels in. Served over...
Sustainable recipes
Fridge-raid thoran
Spice up your leftover greens with this bright, tropical thoran. It’s a particularly useful recipe to have on hand after...
August seasonal recipes
Runner bean, tomato and tamarind curry
Tangy with tamarind, this nourishing curry showcases in-season runner beans with a fresh tomato sauce. Perfect if you’re growing both...
Dinner ideas for two
Hake with avocado and mojo verde
“Mojo verde is a vibrant sauce from the Canary Islands and works wonderfully with all seafood. The hake cooks in...
Tofu recipes
Sriracha tofu with shaved broccoli and edamame salad
This sticky, spicy tofu is a genuine crowd pleaser. Cook it right, and you’ll even bring round the tofu-sceptics. Serve...
30-minute meal recipes
Lemongrass beef, pear and chicory salad
Thuy Pham’s lemongrass beef salad is inspired by one of her favourite Vietnamese lunches, a beef noodle dish called ‘Bún...
30-minute meal recipes
Pan-fried plaice with fennel, samphire and orange
Salty samphire, fragrant fennel and zesty orange make a light but flavour forward base for delicate plaice. Add a few...
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