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Healthy BBQ recipes

From spicy skewers and tacos to classic burgers and steaks, enjoy a healthier barbecue this summer with these great barbecue mains, sides and desserts. There's something for everyone – whether you're a meat-lover or a veggie, we guarantee you won't be disappointed!

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These teriyaki mushroom skewers from Derek Sarno are the perfect main for a vegan-friendly barbecue
Teriyaki mushroom skewers
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Impress your guests with this crowd-pleasing recipe and master the art of cooking a pizza on the barbecue. With its deliciously doughy homemade base and toppings of garlic mushrooms and fragrant red onions, it is sure to be a huge hit this summer.
BBQ pizzas with mushrooms and red onion
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Chef Derek Sarno has created these delicious vegan mushroom tacos, perfect for a Mexican sharing feast. Stuff tacos with onions, mushrooms and jalapenos and top with generous spoonfuls of smashed avocado.
Smoky mushroom tacos
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Marinated in a medley of coffee, sugar and rich spices for a gorgeous charred effect, this spatchcock chicken is what barbecues were made for. High in protein, low in salt and suitable for gluten-free and dairy-free diets, it's sure to go down a storm
Blackened spiced spatchcock chicken
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BBQ season doesn’t have to just be about meat as these smoky charred cauliflower steaks show. A simple vegan BBQ idea, the steaks are brushed with an aromatic caraway and garlic oil before being grilled and served with a punchy fresh herb dressing.
BBQ cauliflower steaks and herb sauce
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These delicate summer rolls are perfect for a lighter barbecue option. Filled with fresh flavours, using sweet barbecued mango and prawns wrapped in lettuce, these easy wraps are served with a tangy chilli sauce for dipping
Prawn, mango and lettuce 'summer rolls'
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Go beyond burgers on the barbecue and try grilling up this fruity sweet treat. A sprinkling of sugar helps strawberries caramelise in just minutes on the barbecue for an easy dessert
Smoky strawberry skewers
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Team aubergine steaks with sweet peperonata salsa for the perfect vegan babarcue recipe
Aubergine steaks with peperonata salsa
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Forget juggling a plate of food with your drink; these fuss-free Spanish kebabs make it easy to munch while mingling. Marinate lamb leg pieces and king prawns ahead of time in a bold smoky spice mix and simply grill or barbecue when your guests arrive.
Smoky skewers with parsley dipping sauce
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Perfect for a weekend feast, this vegan-friendly summer dessert only needs a few ingredients and can even be made on the barbecue. Griddling the pineapple brings out its natural sweetness and tastes delicious with a no-churn banana and bread ice cream
Griddled pineapple with smoked bread and banana ice cream
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Derek Sarno's vegan miso glazed aubergines are perfect for the barbecue and inspired by Asian flavours.
Barbecue miso aubergine
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Classic Christmas cake
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Get into the festive spirit by baking a show-stopping classic Christmas cake.
  • Serves 20
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Aubergine parmigiana
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This aubergine parmigiana recipe makes a great meat-free alternative to lasagne.
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Chicken noodle stir-fry
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You can’t go wrong with a classic chicken stir-fry. This simple recipe combines sticky soy sauce glazed chicken thighs, with plenty of veg, toasted cashews and noodles for dinner on the table in half an hour.
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Rita's 'rowdy' enchiladas
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When all of them are around, Rita's kids are a rowdy bunch. But there's one thing that's guaranteed to bring a hushed silence to the dinner table, and that's her chicken enchiladas.
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  • 70 mins
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Ultimate healthy 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
Baked ratatouille with butter bean mash
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A spin on the classic French stew, this healthy traybake is the perfect choice for getting more veggies into your diet
  • Serves 4
  • 45 mins
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Slow cooker shredded BBQ beef
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Enjoy all the flavours of a Texan barbecue with this slow cooker shredded beef. Seared beef and softened onions are gently simmered with vinegars, sugars and condiments, until the meat can be shredded. Perfect stuffed into bread rolls with pickles and red onion slices.
  • Serves 6
  • 250 mins
  • 348 calories
Jon’s ‘laid-back’ Easter lamb
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Jon is almost as devoted to cooking as he is to a lie-in. Luckily he’s found a way to do both...
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