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

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

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162 results

Quick chicken couscous

Healthier full English breakfast

Pizza crumpets

Kicking prawn salad

Tuna, carrot and cheddar patties

Hot cheese and salsa turnovers

Slow-cooked lamb and leek bake

Mushrooms on toast

Prawn jambalaya

Blueberry and banana muffins

Turkey tikka kebabs

Apple, apricot and sultana squares

Tasty chicken wraps

Chicken pasta with peas

Breakfast fruit salad

Squeezy-peasy lemon pancakes

Pork and garlic bread bake

Sweet potato pasta

Masala curry potatoes

Super scrambled eggs

Lime fish skewers

Jollof rice

Eggs paprika

Crispy potato fritters with salsa

Roasted veg and couscous

Easy overnight oats

Tasty tuna and sweetcorn pasta

Baked potatoes with mince

Crunchy fish fingers with wedges

Pesto and parmesan salmon

Chunky chicken and sweetcorn soup

Vegetarian Jamaican rundown

Bengali-style chicken curry

Pigeon peas pilau with carrot pickle

Tandoori chicken quarters

Maraq fahfah

Simple rajma curry

Asaro potato porridge

Cheesy veggie wedges

Chicken pizza naan

Herby pasta with veg

Pork and bean casserole

Hearty veg and lentil soup

Mexican bean and tomato soup

Fabulous fish pie

Mushroom risotto

Sausage and bean stew

Sausage, tomato and butter bean bake

Mini apple and banana muffins

Easy carrot soup

Chilli con carne

Brilliant beef curry

Macaroni cheese with tomatoes

Roast chicken breast with peppers

Sweet and sour chicken

Classic cottage pie

Cheesy ham and leek bake

Salmon and broccoli pasta

Veg and lentil cobbler

Orange and sultana milk pudding

Carrot and courgette muffins

Piri-piri pomegranate popcorn

Choc cherry popcorn cakes

Chargrilled pineapple

Pancakes with caramelised apples

Banana and apricot bagels

Crunchy salad pittas

Falafel

Fishy toast toppers

No-pastry mini mushroom quiches

Nutty apple and celery rice cakes

Pakistani saag aloo

Sweet potato chips with simple salsa

Turkey sarnie with coleslaw

Cheese and tomato grilled fish

Jerk-style chicken skewers

Bajan cou cou with spicy fish

Chilli beef and bean burgers

Turkey burgers

Deresh curry

Ewa oloyin with plantain

Macher jhol

Old school sausage and mash

Roast dinner

Super stew and dumplings

Zombie peppers

Turkey stir-fry

Turkey koftas

Roasted root veg with beetroot and cucumber dips

Salmon and courgette bagels

Baked tomatoes on toast

Three bears breakfast

Brainy beans on toast

Raspberry, orange and apple refresher

Smart sausages on toast

Carrot and sultana mini pancakes

Breakfast burritos

Blueberry and banana smoothie

Potato and poached egg hash

Scrambled eggs on mega-mushrooms with grilled peppers

Pea poppin' risotto

Perfect pasta and tomato sauce

Cherry berry crumble

Easy banana ice cream

Tropical fruits with banana dip

Creamy banana porridge with mish-mash raspberries

Cheesy coleslaw with wholemeal pitta

Creamy hummus dip with pitta bread and vegetable sticks

Egg mayonnaise and lettuce bap

Hummus and salad wrap

Salmon and salad bagel

Soft cheese and salad sandwich

Spicy chicken and salad wrap

Tuna and bean salad

Tuna mayonnaise and sweetcorn sandwich

Beefed-up sarnies

Coconut rice salad

Couscous with chicken and peas

Flippin' tasty tomato pancakes

Greek-style salad

Ham and fresh coleslaw pittas

Harvest vegetable soup

Mediterranean medleys

Panjabi dhal

Pasta salad on lettuce

Pepper and onion melts

Pizza pitta faces

Salmon and cucumber wraps

Spiced chicken and vegetable soup

Spicy chicken and salad sandwich

Traffic light omelettes

Tuna and bean jackets

Tuna and potato salad

Cheats' pizza calzone

Bang-tasty chicken drumsticks

Bariis iskukaris

Caribbean tofu and sweet potato curry with rice and peas

Chicken jalfrezi

Chicken and banana korma

Chicken and vegetable parcels

Corn frizzlers

Four seasons pizza

Kedgeree with a kick

Meat-free cottage pie

Meatballs and sauce

Oat fufu with kale riro

Panjabi keema

Pasta carbonara

Pasta ratatouille bake

Peppers with spicy turkey stuffing

Salmon with spring onion mash

Super savoury rice

Shakshuka

Spaghetti bolognese

Vegetable jalfrezi

Tasty veggie chilli

Vegetable frittata

Mediterranean potato bake

Good old fish and chips

Mac and veg slices

Mean and green mac and cheese recipe

Bharelu shaak