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Healthy eating doesn't need to be dull. Whip up tasty, affordable family meals with our easy step-by-step recipes.

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Dinner recipes

Find loads of tasty, healthier dinner recipes for mid-week meals and more the whole family will enjoy.

Lunchbox ideas

Hints and tips for healthier packed lunches, as well as lots of easy-to-prepare recipes your kids will love.

Lunch recipes

These quick, easy and varied recipes are the perfect way to make every lunch something to look forward to.

Breakfast recipes

Whether a quick bite before school or something fancier at the weekend, a healthier breakfast is a great start to any day.

Pudding and snack recipes

The whole family will love these delicious puds and snacks – and these tasty treats can even help towards your 5 A Day!

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196 results

Apple, apricot and sultana squares

Asaro potato porridge

Bajan cou cou with spicy fish

Baked potatoes with mince

Baked tomatoes on toast

Banana and apricot bagels

Banana and sultana bread and butter pudding

Bang-tasty chicken drumsticks

Bariis iskukaris

Beefed-up sarnies

Bengali-style chicken curry

Bharelu shaak

Blueberry and banana muffins

Blueberry and banana smoothie

Brainy beans on toast

Breakfast burritos

Breakfast fruit salad

Brilliant beef curry

Caribbean chicken salad

Caribbean tofu and sweet potato curry with rice and peas

Carrot and courgette muffins

Carrot and sultana mini pancakes

Chargrilled pineapple

Cheats' pizza calzone

Cheese and tomato grilled fish

Cheesy coleslaw with wholemeal pitta

Cheesy ham and leek bake

Cheesy veggie wedges

Cherry berry crumble

Chicken and banana korma

Chicken and tomato jacket potato recipe

Chicken and vegetable parcels

Chicken jalfrezi

Chicken pasta with peas

Chicken pizza naan

Chilli beef and bean burgers

Chilli con carne

Choc cherry popcorn cakes

Chunky chicken and sweetcorn soup

Classic cottage pie

Classic vegetable soup

Coconut rice salad

Corn frizzlers

Courgette, rocket and ham pizza

Couscous with chicken and peas

Creamy banana porridge with mish-mash raspberries

Creamy hummus dip with pitta bread and vegetable sticks

Crispy potato fritters with salsa

Crunchy fish fingers with wedges

Crunchy salad pittas

Deresh curry

Easy banana ice cream

Easy carrot soup

Easy overnight oats

Egg mayonnaise and lettuce bap

Eggs paprika

English breakfast muffins

Ewa oloyin with plantain

Eyeball juice jellies

Eyeball meatballs

Fabulous fish pie

Falafel

Fast chicken noodle soup

Finger licking chicken pittas

Fishy toast toppers

Flippin' tasty tomato pancakes

Forest fruit milkshake

Four seasons pizza

Fruity French toast

Fruity winter salad recipe

Good old fish and chips

Greek yoghurt and raspberry chill

Greek-style salad

Grilled plantain with fresh salsa recipe

Haddock florentine

Ham and fresh coleslaw pittas

Harvest vegetable soup

Healthier full English breakfast

Hearty veg and lentil soup

Herby pasta with veg

Hot cheese and salsa turnovers

Hot ham and tomato crumpets recipe

Hummus and salad wrap

Jerk-style chicken skewers

Jollof rice

Kedgeree with a kick

Kicking prawn salad

Lime fish skewers

Mac and veg slices

Macaroni cheese with tomatoes

Macher jhol

Maraq fahfah

Masala curry potatoes

Mashed avocado cheese on toast

Mean and green mac and cheese recipe

Meat-free cottage pie

Meatballs and sauce

Mediterranean medleys

Mediterranean potato bake

Mexican bean and tomato soup

Mini apple and banana muffins

Mummies' faces

Mushroom risotto

Mushrooms on toast

No-pastry mini mushroom quiches

Nutty apple and celery rice cakes

Oat fufu with kale riro

Old school sausage and mash

Orange and sultana milk pudding

Pakistani saag aloo

Pancakes with caramelised apples

Panjabi dhal

Panjabi keema

Pasta carbonara

Pasta ratatouille bake

Pasta salad on lettuce

Pea poppin' risotto

Pepper and onion melts

Peppers with spicy turkey stuffing

Perfect pasta and tomato sauce

Pesto and parmesan salmon

Pesto tagliatelle, peppers and squash

Pigeon peas pilau with carrot pickle

Piri-piri pomegranate popcorn

Pizza crumpets

Pizza pitta faces

Plum and peach grills

Pork and bean casserole

Pork and garlic bread bake

Pork with apples and celery

Porridge with yoghurt and berries

Potato and poached egg hash

Prawn jambalaya

Pronto pizza squares

Quick chicken couscous

Quorn and vegetable stir-fry

Raspberry and banana shakes

Raspberry, orange and apple refresher

Roast chicken breast with peppers

Roast chicken dinner

Roasted root veg with beetroot and cucumber dips

Roasted veg and couscous

Salmon and broccoli pasta

Salmon and courgette bagels

Salmon and cucumber wraps

Salmon and salad bagel

Salmon with spring onion mash

Sausage and bean stew

Sausage, tomato and butter bean bake

Scrambled eggs on mega-mushrooms with grilled peppers

Shakshuka

Simple rajma curry

Slow-cooked lamb and leek bake

Smart sausages on toast

Soft cheese and salad sandwich

Spaghetti bolognese

Spiced chicken and vegetable soup

Spicy chicken and salad sandwich

Spicy chicken and salad wrap

Spider pies

Squeezy-peasy lemon pancakes

Super savoury rice

Super scrambled eggs

Super stew and dumplings

Super veggie soup

Sweet and sour chicken

Sweet potato chips with simple salsa

Sweet potato pasta

Tandoori chicken quarters

Tasty chicken wraps

Tasty tuna and sweetcorn pasta

Tasty veggie chilli

Three bears breakfast

Toasted oats with yoghurt and fruit

Tortilla cheese turnovers

Traffic light omelettes

Tropical fruits with banana dip

Tuna and bean jackets

Tuna and bean salad

Tuna and potato salad

Tuna mayonnaise and sweetcorn sandwich

Tuna, carrot and cheddar patties

Turkey burgers

Turkey koftas

Turkey sarnie with coleslaw

Turkey stir-fry

Turkey tikka kebabs

Vanilla muesli milkshake

Veg and lentil cobbler

Veg mix with cheese sauce

Vegetable frittata

Vegetable jalfrezi

Vegetarian Jamaican rundown

Veggie spag bol recipe

Warm bananas and yoghurt

Zombie peppers

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