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Quick and healthy recipes

If you need a healthy recipe in a hurry, then these quick healthy meals are all ready in 30 minutes or less. So, whether you’re looking for a healthy snack or healthy, easy dinner recipe, these delicious dishes are exactly what you need.

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Bring the flavours of the Middle East to your midweek meal with this stunning chicken shawarma. The ideal meal for sharing, pile a platter full of warm flatbreads, miny-yogurt, crisp lettuce and cucumber and sumac-spiced chicken
Chicken shawarma flatbreads with yogurt
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Leftover roast butternut squash makes a surprising toast topper in this savoury vegetarian breakfast idea
Roast butternut squash with rocket and seeds toast topper
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This tasty vegetarian supper is ready in just 30 minutes, so perfect for rustling up on busy weeknights.
Baked mushrooms with quick garlic bread
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This classic spaghetti recipe perfectly captures Sicilian cuisine, combining rich sardines with sweet raisins and buttery pine nuts
Sicilian-style spaghetti
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Get more fish into your diet with this elegant midweek meal that can be on the table in just 25 minutes. Baked basa fillets are served with a garlicky lemon cannellini mash and gem lettuces which are griddled for a delicious charred flavour.
White fish with bean mash
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Give your midweek meals a makeover with this vegetarian pasta recipe that's ready in under 30 minutes
Spiced broccoli fusilli
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This street food favourite from Korea is an exciting bowl full of flavour. Rice, spiced mince and fresh veg are topped with a crispy fried egg and drizzle of spicy dressing before being all stirred together when eating
Korean-style beef bibimbap
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Try Jamie's speedy take on fiery Singapore noodles with tender beef and prawns
Speedy Singapore-style noodles
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Popular quick and healthy recipes

Fruity buttermilk pancakes
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Start the day with these fluffy fruit pancakes. Eggs and buttermilk are whisked into self raising flour, then the batter is sweetened with honey and blueberries. Swap the flour with wholemeal self raising flour for an extra healthy take.
  • Serves 4
  • 15 mins
  • 268 calories
Healthy banana flapjacks
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These oat, seed and fruit packed flapjacks really are the ultimate healthy snack. Prepare a batch, in just over half an hour, and have them ready to go for when the urge to snack strikes
  • Serves 4
  • 35 mins
  • 202 calories
Chinese chicken and sweetcorn soup
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The chicken comes before the egg in this Chinese-inspired chicken and sweetcorn soup recipe. Perfect as a starter before a proper feast, this deceptively simple soup is as moreish as it gets. Dropping in beaten eggs towards the finish is a great kitchen hack.
  • Serves 4
  • 20 mins
  • 231 calories
Asian salmon
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For a fast and healthy midweek dinner, try this speedy Asian-inspired salmon recipe. Sticky soy, ginger and chilli-marinated salmon is served with a crisp and colourful veggie slaw and tender pak choi for a flavour-packed meal ready in just 30 minutes.
  • Serves 4
  • 10 mins to prepare and 10 mins to cook, plus 10 mins marinating
  • 357 calories
Homemade baked beans
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Loaded with rich spices, fragrant herbs and a spoonful of maple syrup, these are not your average baked beans. Serve with Brazil nuts and toasted sourdough for a sophisticated take on a comfort food classic
  • Serves 6
  • 25 mins
  • 100 calories
Broccoli pesto penne with chilli and garlic sizzle
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Vibrant, healthy and finished with a fragrant garlic and chilli sizzle, this is not your average pasta with pesto. The pesto itself takes no time at all to make - simply blitz broccoli, herbs and hazelnuts for a silky pasta sauce
  • Serves 2
  • 20 mins
  • 464 calories
Kale, chorizo and chickpea bake
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A simple traybake that makes the most of seasonal kale, this will soon be part of your weekly dinner rotation
  • Serves 4
  • 20 mins
  • 302 calories
Veggie rice bowl
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You can be tucking into this loaded stir-fry of veggies, rice and gorgeous Asian flavours, in just 15 minutes. This super easy recipe gives a delicious vegetarian dinner which is ideal for when time is short
  • Serves 4
  • 15 mins
  • 346 calories

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