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Healthy lunch recipes
With busy lives, it can feel difficult to fit in a healthy meal in the middle of the day. Let us help with delicious, nutritious recipe ideas. And you can shop the ingredients straight from the recipe too, making it even easier.
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Pork & mushroom tantanmen
Traybake tikka & pepper chicken
Braised lentils & aubergines with pomegranate
Kale & quinoa risotto with feta and toasted hazelnuts
Rainbow tuna melt
Spiced cauliflower & coconut lentils
Kedgeree-style monkfish rice
Lentil pancakes & gunpowder potatoes with coconut, peanut and tamarind chutney
Roasted cauliflower & cashew soup with chaat masala croutons
The best minestrone soup
Chilli crab & sweetcorn noodles
Leek & celeriac cheesy pasta and bean bake
Parsnip & carrot masala omelette
Seeded avocado & meat-free bacon rice bowl
Creamy mushrooms & beans on toast
Roast beetroot, sweet potato & black garlic soup
Masala-spiced greens soup
Cherry tomato, butter bean & harissa soup
Chicory, raisin & pine nut salad
Masala beans
Kimchi jjigae (stew)
Smoked haddock pasta gratin
Borlotti beans with pancetta & tomatoes
Bean & broccoli hash with anchovy butter
Roast sweet potato & tomato soup
Chicken pilaf with pomegranate
Silken tofu with broccoli & soy-miso dressing
Grilled lamb leg steaks with crushed pesto potatoes & watercress
Smoked ham, borlotti bean & kale ribollita
Spicy potato hash
Smoked salmon & chicory salad with yuzu dressing
Chicken, chorizo, crispy kale & butterbean traybake
Smashed chickpea & green harissa toasts
Smoky griddled chicken salad with corn & couscous
Roast fennel, lemon & pistachio spaghetti
Baked hake with fennel, olives & cherry tomatoes
Fresh tagliatelle with miso pesto & garlic mushrooms
Courgette & basil soup
Salad onion, pea & halloumi rösti with harissa fried eggs
Spoon-drop chicken meatball noodle soup
Smoky roasted pepper & barley salad
Pasta with tuna & butter beans
Chilli-roasted salmon & corn rib salad bowl
Tuna, radish & cucumber salad with wasabi dressing
Chargrilled paprika chicken with corn salsa
Spicy peanut butter noodle & tofu salad
Summer bean & feta pasta
Caramelised pepper, aubergine & chickpea pasta with basil
Sardines with fennel two ways, white bean, radish & chickpea pancakes
Spiced chicken with warm green herb grains, asparagus, avocado & pistachio
Green tahini chicken & cannellini bean salad
Caponata pasta
Black bean & avocado eggs
Smoked mackerel & cucumber salad