Healthy makeover recipes

Enjoy all your favourite classic comfort foods, but with a slightly healthier twist, and check out our healthy makeover recipes. Brownies, sausage rolls, carbonara and flapjacks all get the lighter touch, plus many more.

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Smoked fish pie with butterbean mash

Smoked fish pie with butterbean mash

Our easy smoked fish pie is topped with butterbean mash for a nutritious, lower-carb take...

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Lighter Lancashire hotpot

Lighter Lancashire hotpot

Our lighter Lancashire hotpot is a better-for-you version of the family favourite, made with lean...

Dairy-free
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Peri-peri spiced chicken with cauliflower rice and charred corn cobs

Peri-peri spiced chicken with cauliflower rice and charred...

This flavour-packed peri-peri spiced chicken recipe is a perfect 5:2 diet main. Serve with cauliflower...

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Fruity chicken curry traybake

Fruity chicken curry traybake

Take a pack of chicken breasts and make our easy chicken curry in the oven...

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Root vegetable crisps

Root vegetable crisps

These homemade vegetable crisps are the perfect snack with a warm drink and are cheaper...

Dairy-free Gluten-free Vegan Vegetarian
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Low-sugar mini plum pavlovas

Low-sugar mini plum pavlovas

We’ve given a classic recipe a healthy makeover; these perfect plum pavlovas are a little...

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Lighter caponata

Lighter caponata

Our lighter take on the classic Sicilian dish is less than 250 calories per serving...

Vegan
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Healthier steak and caper stroganoff

Healthier steak and caper stroganoff

Our healthy steak and caper stroganoff recipe is only 350 calories per serving. We’ve used half-fat...

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Lighter plum and almond traybake

Lighter plum and almond traybake

For a healthy cake recipe, try this moist and fruity almond and plum cake: it...

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Healthier vegetable spring rolls

Healthier vegetable spring rolls

These bundles of veg, encased in crispy pastry are brilliant all year round. Our lighter...

Vegetarian
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Healthier chocolate ice cream

Healthier chocolate ice cream

We’ve reduced the fat in our healthier chocolate ice cream recipe by using semi-skimmed milk...

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Healthier chicken satay

Healthier chicken satay

A lot of the calories in satay come from the peanut butter, so we’ve replaced...

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Healthier pork, sage and apple stuffing

Healthier pork, sage and apple stuffing

Your Sunday roast just got a little healthier. We’ve cut the fat and calories in...

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Healthier beef stroganoff

Healthier beef stroganoff

We’ve made classic beef stroganoff a little healthier by using lean steak in a lighter,...

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Healthier shepherd’s pie

Healthier shepherd’s pie

We’ve made a healthier shepherd’s pie by replacing a lot of the meat with lentils...

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Healthier chicken casserole with tarragon dumplings

Healthier chicken casserole with tarragon dumplings

The tarragon dumplings which top this easy chicken casserole are made with yogurt, instead of...

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