Healthy lunch recipes
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5:2 recipes
Peri-peri spiced chicken with cauliflower rice and charred corn cobs
This flavour-packed peri-peri spiced chicken recipe is a perfect 5:2 diet main. Serve with cauliflower rice and charred corn cobs.
Aubergine
Mediterranean vegetable and sardine salad
This filling warm sardine salad is packed with roasted Mediterranean vegetables, juicy tomatoes and golden sourdough croutons
Healthy salads
Houmous, beetroot and avocado salad
This flavour-packed beetroot and avocado salad includes Omega-3 rich houmous with flaxseed carrots and feta for a healthy, filling lunch
May seasonal
Grilled mackerel with apple and radish salad
This healthy grilled mackerel salad is packed with omega-3 rich mackerel and walnuts, Jersey Royal potatoes, crisp apple and radishes.
Snacks and nibbles
Caraway and sesame rye crackers
These seed-encrusted, homemade rye crackers are easy to prepare, and are delicious spread with homemade houmous or cream cheese.
Healthy salads
Smoked mackerel niçoise salad
This smoked mackerel niçoise salad is easy to scale up and its mix of fish, vegetables, eggs and potatoes is tasty, healthy and hearty.
5:2 recipes
Roast spiced cauliflower with chickpeas
Indian-inspired spiced cauliflower and chickpeas make for a satisfying and warming vegan dish that's perfect for fasting days.
Couscous
Couscous patties with avocado cream and slaw
These couscous patties on a rich avocado cream with simply dressed slaw are a colourful, hearty dish to serve at a vegetarian dinner party.
Healthy soups
Hot and sour soup
Ching-He Huang's comforting yet healthy vegan hot and sour soup recipe is a wonderful way to kick off Chinese New Year celebrations.
Healthy lunches
Lemongrass prawn laksa noodles
This healthy, wholesome, low-fat lemon prawn laksa recipe really hits the spot on days when you just want to cut down on calories.
Sardines
Sardine, chickpea and roasted pepper toasts
Try these sardine toasts with chickpeas and roasted red peppers for a delicious and nutritious lunch that will see you through until dinner.
Healthy lunches
Lentil, broccoli and egg salad with crunchy seeds
There's so much goodness packed into this healthy veggie salad including fibre-rich lentils, broccoli, fudgy boiled eggs and crunchy seeds.
Healthy fish
Flaked fish parcels with soy and mirin dressing
This lovely and light supper locks in all the flavour by baking the fish in parcels. It's only 250 calories too making it a tasty option on fast days.
Vegan dinners
Chilli tofu veg ‘noodles’
This carb-light take on noodles with chilli, tofu and veg is an easy weeknight win and a great option for meat-free Mondays.
Vegetarian starters
Ful medames
Ful medames is an Egyptian dish made with fava beans, parsley and garlic. It makes a wonderful starter or snack served with pitta breads.
Healthy lunches
Black rice super salad
Whip up this vegan black rice salad in just 20 minutes and enjoy as a nutritious summer side or wholesome lunch at work the next day.
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