Our top 40 healthy meal ideas, are perfect for when you’re looking to eat healthily with fresh ingredients. All our healthy dinner recipes have both main and sides all in one recipe! so you will be sure to hit your five a day. We have delicious healthy dinners with chicken, beef, lamb, pork and some great veggie meals too!
If you want to be extra
organised check out our healthy weekly menu plans or just pick one of our healthy recipes for dinner tonight from the options below
Chicken is a good source of protein and without the skin is low in fat making it excellent for making healthy meals. It is ideal for making tasty comfort food like stews, oven bakes and roasts. It's also perfect for quick cooks such as stir fry or pan fry and it makes delicious warm and cold salads.
A traditional Paella with chicken, prawns and chorizo, and a selection of vegetables including peppers, fennel, and tomato. Garnished with lemons, parsley, and olives
Chicken breast strips sprinkled with Chinese five spices, onions, red peppers, spring onions and cashew nuts, all stir-fried in a black pepper sauce and served with noodles
Chicken strips and vegetables stir-fried in a Chinese black bean sauce and served with noodles
A delicious Moroccan stew with chicken thighs and onions
slow cooked in a spiced tomato sauce, serve with couscous flavoured with lemon
and coriander
Chicken thighs roasted in a shawarma sauce shredded and served in toasted pitta bread with lemon creme fraiche and olives.
Griddle lemon and oregano chicken on a bed of watercress serve with red pepper and feta rice salad, and creamy tzatziki
Beef is much higher in fat than some other proteins, the
healthiest cut is definitely steak as it is lower in fat than the other cuts
and the fat is easily removed. Steak is an expensive cut so we focus our dinner
ideas around dishes where the steak is served with a lot of vegetables, such as
stir fry, fajitas and salads
Garlic Steak Fajitas with a Green Avocado Salad
A delicious Thai beef salad with griddled steak served with lettuce and herbs in a Thai chilli dressing and a sprinkle of chopped peanuts
Lamb can be too fatty for most healthy dinner ideas, we use the cuts that have less fat such as neck fillet. This cut is great for stews and tray bakes.
There are a number of pork cuts that are low in fat and excellent for a healthy dinner, one of the best is pork fillet or tenderloin
which can be roasted or sliced to form medallions. This pork cut makes delicious
stir fry and pan fry as well as oven-baked dishes and salads
Sliced pork fillet and apple pan-fried with garlic, mustard and maple syrup, served with white rice and fried onions.
Strips of pork fillet stir-fried with spring onions, chilli and peanuts in a hoisin sauce served with jasmine rice
Vegetables and legumes make an ideal healthy dish and due to their low fat and high vitamins and minerals they are ideal for a healthy diet because they don’t contain any fat there is room to add extra fat in the form of cream and cheese. Make delicious dishes, such as comforting stuffed vegetables, pasta bakes and curries, or quick cooks such as stir fry, lentil or bean burgers and fresh salads
Healthy vegetarian burgers made with chickpeas, grated carrots, and red onion, flavoured with smoked paprika and cumin. For an extra healthy meal serve with salad rather than sweet potato chips
Nutty bulgur wheat with cherry tomatoes and spring onions are combined with salty feta and a fresh herbs and drizzled in a lemon dressing, perfect for dinner or lunch
Tasty feta and courgette fritters with mint and balsamic vinaigrette served with aubergine, pistachio, and rice salad.
Butter bean cakes made with mashed butter beans, grated carrots and parsnips lightly fried and served with a green salad and tomato dressing
A spicy Burmese chickpea curry with green beans, potatoes, and tomatoes, flavoured with lemon grass, curry powder, and garam masala.
A spicy cashew nut and vegetable stir fry with carrots, cucumber, spring onions and red peppers, in a black bean sauce, served on a bed of noodles
Cauliflower florets in a southern spices oven baked and served with fruity coleslaw and hot pepper mayo.
Spicy carrot pancakes flavoured with chilli, fennel, and coriander, serve with a traditional Greek salad with Feta, olives, cucumber, and tomatoes
A Japanese teriyaki stir fry with edamame beans and oriental vegetables served with ginger and chive rice.
A black bean, sweet potato, butternut squash, and pepper jerk stew spiced with chilli, allspice, nutmeg and cinnamon served with spicy coconut rice
Delicious vegetarian shawarma with middle eastern
spiced cauliflower florets roasted and served in a crispy pita with salad and
yoghurt sauce.
A delicious salad of roasted courgette, sweet potatoes, and pears mixed with spinach and roasted hazelnuts and dressed with chilli, garlic and balsamic vinaigrette
Lentils are an ideal source of protein and can be easily used as a meat replacement as well as being a good basis for salads and burgers, it is excellent comfort food, lentils make delicious lasagnas, chilli and meatball dishes
Baked lentil meatballs flavoured with chilli, olives and parmesan in a tomato and red wine sauce served with spaghetti
Simple veggie lentil and mushroom burgers, flavoured with garlic and Italian herbs served in a crusty ciabatta roll, we serve these with courgette chips but if your looking for a healthier meal serve them with a simple green salad
A tasty red lentil chilli with red peppers, tomatoes and kidney beans, flavoured with chilli, coriander, cinnamon and cumin, served with rice
An earthy stew with lentils, potatoes, mushrooms
and leeks, flavoured with white wine and herbs Provencal.
Pasta is a healthy meal base option and as long as you steer clear of the heavy cream and cheese-based dishes can make an excellent healthy dinner
A delicious pasta salad with broad beans, tomato, olives and feta cheese mixed with warm pasta all coated in a rosemary and garlic dressing. Serve this veggie pasta with wholemeal bread instead of garlic bread
Fresh tomato and red pepper blended with basil, mint and garlic, served with freshly cooked spaghetti, finely grated parmesan, and crusty rolls
Soups are a good source of vitamin, mineral and complex
carbohydrates, they are probably one of the best ways to get your five a day
without noticing! Just make sure the creamier soups don’t have too much cream
in, most of these soups can get away with half the amount of cream without a
loss of flavour.
A tasty soup made with roasted butternut squash, onions, and celery, spiced with chilli, cumin, coriander, cayenne pepper, ginger and star anise, blended till smooth and served with crusty rolls
Roasted sweet potato, tomatoes and onions blended with beef stock and served with crusty bread rolls
A spicy carrot, tomato and fresh coriander soup seasoned with fennel, chilli, cumin and turmeric served with crusty bread
Butter beans, celeriac and onions blended into a delicious soup flavoured with, parsley, crushed caraway, and parmesan
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