Healthy lunch recipes
Make lunchtimes healthier with recipes that are packed full of goodness and lower in calories per serving than some…
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Pears
Pear, beetroot, feta and mint salad
Pear, beetroot and feta salad is the perfect light lunch for a wintry day, with a delicious mix of flavours, textures and colours.
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Slow cook
Slow cooker squash, cannellini bean and pesto stew
This squash and bean stew is perfect for a cold day. Let the vegetarian stew simmer in the slow cooker, then add a swirl of pesto to serve.
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November seasonal
Roasted cauliflower, white bean, hazelnut and pomegranate salad
While the cauliflower roasts for this easy vegan salad, you just need to mix the creamy beans and pomegranate seeds with a simple dressing.
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Favourite vegetarian
Houmous with tomato and mango chutney-braised eggs
Use silky homemade houmous as the base for a vibrant vegetarian dinner. Top with eggs braised in a jammy tomato and mango-chutney sauce.
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Sea bass
Sea bass with pistachios, pine nuts and sun-dried tomatoes
Top sea bass fillets with a pistachio and sun-dried tomato crumb, and serve with discs of golden potatoes in this healthy dinner recipe.
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Italian vegetarian
Tuscan panzanella
Learn how to make the classic Tuscan bread salad, panzanella. It's a great way to use old bread and make the most of late summer produce.
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Healthy fish
Vietnamese rice paper pizzas with eggs, spinach and sardines
Rice paper pizzas are a popular street food in Vietnam. Uyen Luu loads them with eggs, sardines and spinach and drizzles with garlic butter.
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Easy salmon
Salmon and avocado summer rolls
Uyen Luu shares her recipe for salmon and avocado summer rolls. Vietnamese rice paper rolls are stuffed with salmon, avo and fresh herbs.
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Courgettes
Tamarind chickpea stuffed courgettes
Roasting these stuffed courgettes enhances their sweetness. Tamarind and lime add brightness to the creamy chickpeas in this easy dish.
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Summer
Tomato tonnato
Make the most of tomatoes when they're at their peak summer best in this tomato tonnato recipe. It's ready in 10 minutes and tastes like the best tuna sandwich you've ever eaten, in salad form.
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Fennel
Roast fennel quinoa salad with basil yogurt dressing
This fennel salad is packed with roasted summer vegetables and finished generously with a vibrant basil and lemon dressing.
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Tuna
Tunisian-style chopped tuna salad
A popular salad across Tunisia. Our tuna chopped salad is fresh, healthy and ready in just 15 minutes – 10 if you’re a fast chopper!
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Lentils
Puy lentil and tomato salad with jammy onions and crispy feta
This lentil salad combines the freshest tomatoes, lightly marinated, and red onions prepared two ways. Add crispy feta for creamy crunch.
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Dinner ideas for two
Lemongrass turkey mince noodle salad
A riff on a Vietnamese rice noodle salad, this turkey dish is bursting with fresh flavours from lemongrass, ginger, chilli, mint and lime.
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Bananas
Max La Manna’s banana peel bacon BLT
Bananas are one of the most wasted foods in the world. The B in this BLT stands for banana skin! This recipe from Max La Manna is a must-try.
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Favourite warm salads
Artichoke and barley salad with soft-boiled eggs
A combo of hot and cold ingredients creates a robust warm salad, perfect for spring. It includes jarred artichokes, eggs and honeyed almonds.
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