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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Green chicken and lentils

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...

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Balsamic tofu gnocchi

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...

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Yellow dal with crispy sea bass and coriander chutney

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...

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Chimichurri chicken with roast squash

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....

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Chicken with peanuts, chilli and coconut

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....

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Mushroom larb

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...

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Tamarind and coconut mussels with rice

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...

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Fridge-raid thoran

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...

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Hot-smoked honey trout with smoky beetroot ’tzatziki’

Trout recipes

Hot-smoked honey trout with smoky beetroot ’tzatziki’

Barbecuing fish is a great way to get depth of flavour, and this easy recipe from live fire and BBQ...

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Runner bean, tomato and tamarind curry

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...

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Hake with avocado and mojo verde

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...

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Sriracha tofu with shaved broccoli and edamame salad

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...

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Lemongrass beef, pear and chicory salad

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...

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Pan-fried plaice with fennel, samphire and orange

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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Spicy braai sole with polenta, peppers and spinach

African recipes

Spicy braai sole with polenta, peppers and spinach

Nokx Majozi, head pie maker at London’s Holborn Dining Room, grew up in South Africa and was inspired from an...

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Pepper and paneer skewers with gooseberry raita

Quick midweek meals

Pepper and paneer skewers with gooseberry raita

Pair pepper and paneer skewers with a gooseberry raita for a bit of a revelation. The raita is still fresh...

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