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Who doesn’t love a pasta dish? But it can be hard to come up with new, healthy ideas. Let us help…

Winter vegetable minestrone
A bowl of spaghetti in tomato-based sauce with chopped vegetables and spinach, placed on a beige surface next to a folded serviette and a spoon.

Winter vegetable minestrone

Filling and bursting with seasonal veggies and aromatic herbs

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Mackerel and sweetcorn pasta
A bowl of rotini pasta mixed with sweetcorn, diced courgette, tomatoes, and pieces of chicken, served on a light wooden table with another bowl and a glass of iced drink in the background.

Mackerel and sweetcorn pasta

Not only is this is a budget-busting recipe, but it’s highly adaptable depending on what you have in your store cupboard

3 ratings
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Pasta puttanesca
A bowl of spaghetti with tomato sauce, black olives, chopped tomatoes, and fresh basil leaves, served in a patterned dish on a textured placemat, with an onion and pepper mill in the background.

Pasta puttanesca

A healthier version of ‘tart’s spaghetti’ that adds a bit of fire to your supper.

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Easy tomato chutney
A wooden platter with carrot sticks, cucumber sticks, lettuce leaves, pitta bread, and a bowl of chunky salsa topped with coriander, with a small bowl of chopped herbs on the side.

Easy tomato chutney

Tasty dip for vegetable sticks, chapatis or pitta bread

3 ratings
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Apple and sultana tartlets
Six filo pastry cases filled with chopped apples and dried fruit are arranged on a teal plate, dusted with icing sugar. The plate sits on a sparkly sequin runner next to gold decorative baubles.

Apple and sultana tartlets

A festive lower-calorie alternative

2 ratings
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Chocolate apricot bites
Chocolate and apricot bites

Chocolate apricot bites

A chewy and fruity bite that is perfect for a mid-afternoon snack or when you’re craving something sweet.

1 ratings
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Vegetable soup with brown rice
A bowl of vegetable soup with broccoli, cauliflower, carrots, rice, and grated cheese on top, served in a blue bowl on a plate with a striped serviette and a spoon.

Vegetable soup with brown rice

Stay healthy on a budget with this meal in a bowl

4 ratings
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Soft scrambled eggs with zaatar toast
A speckled plate with creamy scrambled eggs, topped with green herbs and served with two slices of toasted multigrain bread. A fork and knife rest on the plate.

Soft scrambled eggs with zaatar toast

These silky flavoursome eggs offer lots of protein as well as one of your 5 A DAY – perfect if you’re going through cancer treatment

4 ratings
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Whipped pea ricotta crostini with mint sauce
Crostini topped with ricotta cheese, green peas, chopped fresh mint, and a drizzle of olive oil are arranged on a white plate, with scattered mint leaves and peas on a blue surface.

Whipped pea ricotta crostini with mint sauce

A fresh snack bursting with flavour; the soft topping is the perfect partner for the crisp crostini

3 ratings
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Homemade fish cakes
A plate with two breaded vegetable patties, one cut open, served with fresh rocket and a colourful tomato-onion salsa. A fork and knife are placed on a serviette beside the plate.

Homemade fish cakes

These grilled fishcakes are much lower in fat and calories than fried versions

2 ratings
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Bean chilli
Bean chilli

Bean chilli

A versatile vegetarian dish

3 ratings
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Quick pasta with tuna and sweetcorn
A white bowl filled with colourful pasta salad, featuring fusilli, tuna, tomato slices, sweetcorn, green beans, and fresh basil leaves, on a wooden table with a blurred basil bunch and plate in the background.

Quick pasta with tuna and sweetcorn

Create an incredibly satisfying dinner with just a few store cupboard staples

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Chicken, coleslaw and sweetcorn wrap
A wholemeal wrap filled with grilled chicken, lettuce, sweetcorn, and shredded vegetables, cut in half and stacked on a white plate with a striped serviette underneath.

Chicken, coleslaw and sweetcorn wrap

A classic combo of chicken and corn – for the healthiest option, choose wholemeal wraps

3 ratings
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Sweet and sour chicken
A metal bowl filled with a colourful stir-fry of tofu, red and green peppers, pineapple, and coriander. Next to it is a bowl of fried rice with vegetables, a spoon, and chopsticks on a wooden surface.

Sweet and sour chicken

A healthier version of a Chinese takeaway favourite providing more than two of your 5 A DAY

2 ratings
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Vegetable Cumberland pie
A baked dish of vegetable Cumberland pie

Vegetable Cumberland pie

Eating a rainbow of fruit and vegetables every day helps protect against cancer – and this potato-topped pie recipe contains 4 of your 5 A DAY portions in one meal.

1 ratings
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