Looking for healthy recipe ideas to kickstart 2023? You've come to the right place. Good Housekeeping is here to prove that healthy needn't mean boring, with a collection of over 80 of our most popular recipes. Delicious and nutritious in equal measure, we guarantee you'll find a new family favourite to repeat time after time.

From chicken recipes to veggie recipes and pastas to comforting curries, there is something to satisfy everyone around the table. Better yet, many of the recipes take less than 30 minutes to prepare, so are perfect to add to your weeknight roster.

This south Indian-style curry is wonderfully fragrant and light.

Recipe: Seabass Coconut Curry with Paratha

The miso paste adds umami and depth to these meatballs, while the crispy kale gives crunch.

Recipe: Miso Pork Meatballs with Kale Crisps and Butterbean Mash

Grating the tofu allows it to crisp up in the pan quickly, while the mushrooms and spices give it a meaty flavour reminiscent of chorizo.

Recipe: Grated Tofu ‘Chorizo’ Tacos

High in protein and fibre, quinoa makes this vegan paella-style dish filling and healthy.

Recipe: Quinoa Paella

This punchy spice mix is usually served with chicken, but here we’ve used it to jazz up a classic fish pie.

Recipe: Piri Piri Fish Pie

We’ve swapped traditional raw fish for smoked salmon in this midweek marvel.

Recipe: Smoked Salmon Poke Bowl

If you don’t fancy rice, serve inside warm wholemeal tortillas instead.

Recipe: Fajita Traybake

A recipe that’s easily scalable or divisible. Would make a delicious brunch too.

Recipe: Curried Baked Beans

Comforting midweek dinner. For a soup that packs a punch, keep the seeds in your chillies.

Recipe: Roast Tomato and Chilli Soup

A little lamb mince goes a long way on these crisp and easy flatbreads, inspired by Turkey’s answer to the pizza.

Recipe: Red Pepper and Lamb Lahmacun

Crispy chicken served with a refreshing, crunchy salad.

Recipe: Chicken Piccata Escalope with Fennel-Pea Salad

Move over Buddha bowl, that’s so last year!

Recipe: Virtue Bowl

This tasty stir-fry is filled with vegetables and just enough meat to satisfy.

Recipe: Pork and Mushroom Yaki Udon

This low calorie lasagne makes for a tasty midweek dinner

Recipe: Easy Courgette and Leek Lasagne

Pearl barley always retains a slight chew, but you still want it to be tender.

Recipe: Crispy Cod with Pearl Barley Risotto

Let your oven do the work with this simple, colourful recipe.

Recipe: Tuna Traybake with Salsa Verde Dressing

Lentils and cauliflower give this sauce a toothsome texture.

Recipe: Cauliflower and Lentil Bolognese

A simple and warming soup brought to life with orange zest and harissa.

Recipe: Zesty Carrot and Lentil Soup

This vibrant soup is sure to warm up a chilly day and can be easily adapted to become vegetarian. The rye bread flavour is authentic, but you can use fresh brown breadcrumbs too if you like.

Recipe: Chicken Borscht with Rye Dumplings

A satisfying burger, sure to placate even the most demanding meat eaters.

Recipe: Lentil and Quinoa Burger

The falafel and hummus can easily be doubled for a tasty lunchbox treat.

Recipe: Mixed Bean Falafel and Sweet Potato Hummus

Fresh and flavoursome, this low-carb supper works well with pork mince too. If you prefer a more substantial meal, add some cooked rice noodles to the lamb mixture.

Recipe: Vietnamese Lamb Cups

If you can't find fresh tarragon, use fresh parsley or basil instead in this light fennel, bean and chicken stew.

Recipe: Light fennel, bean and chicken stew

This tasty curry comes together quickly. If you can't get the tiger variety, jumbo king prawns work just as well.

Recipe: Prawn and Pineapple Thai Curry

Full of good fats and easy to make, this is best eaten immediately, as the rice pasta can get gluey with resting.

Recipe: Kale Pesto Pasta

Lean turkey meat is a great choice for those watching their weight. This Turkey bolognese is simple to prepare and full of flavour.

Recipe: Turkey bolognese

Chicken thigh fillets are a cheap and tasty alternative to chicken breasts and work wonderfully in this warming tagine recipe.

Recipe: Chicken and Apricot Tagine

This filling soup is ideal for a winter’s evening, or reheated the next day for a comforting lunch.

Recipe: Ham, Lentil and Kale Soup

Try tenderstem broccoli or asparagus in this recipe instead of beans.

Recipe: Salmon Tray Bake

We've made this tasty pasta dish even simpler, by cooking everything in one pan- and there's less washing up too!

Recipe: One-pan Puttanesca

Tinned sardines are not only cheap, but some of the big supermarkets’ own brands are sustainably caught, too.

Recipe: Sardine and courgette pizzas

Go meat-free one night this week with this quick and simple vegetarian curry recipe

Recipe: Cauliflower & Butternut Squash Curry

Try this quick-fix pizza recipe - perfect for a mid-week meal.

Recipe: Tortilla pizzas with salad

If you’re trying to up your veg intake, fold through a few large handfuls of spinach just before serving.

Recipe: Fish curry

Packed full of flavour, this vegetarian stew is great served with garlic bread.

Recipe: Fruit and nut lentil stew

We’ve added pulses to bulk up this Middle Eastern breakfast dish. Make sure your eggs are the freshest possible to poach neatly.

Recipe: Shakshuka

Hearty and thick, this soup is sure to banish the winter blues served with our easy naans.

Recipe: Curried Squash and Lentil Soup

Use lean cuts of turkey for this satisfying dish with dried beans, peppers and courgettes.

Recipe: Turkey, pepper and haricot casserole

Pulled ham hock is now available from some supermarkets but if you can’t find it, just shred some thickly sliced ham.

Recipe: Healthy ham, egg and chips

Freekeh is wheat that has been harvested while still green, then roasted to create a distinct smokey flavour.

Recipe: Sweet Chilli Salmon and Freekeh

This all-in-one meal is assembled in a flash and cooks in no time

Recipe: Zingy fish one pan

Using rustic broth uses simple ingredients to create a satisfying dish, perfect for lunch or dinner.

Recipe: Scotch Broth

Polpette may mean meatballs in Italian, but these are packed with vegetables and lentils instead.

Recipe: Kale Polpette with Watercress Pesto

Delicately spiced, this healing soup is reviving and restoring.

Recipe: Beef pho

Leftover lamb from your Sunday roast will also work well here. Simply shred and add with peas and tomatoes.

Recipe: Spiced Lamb Pilaf

These patties are packed with vegetables and baked rather than fried.

Recipe: Colourful Pattie Stack

Sprouted beans and grains are in everything at the moment - try them for yourself our healthy noodle salad.

Recipe: Thai prawn and sprouted bean salad

A light and easy midweek meal, packed full of goodness.

Recipe: Salmon and Orange Stir-Fry

Perfect for a light dinner, or tasty lunch. Use any leftover cooked chicken you have, if you like.

Recipe: Chicken and Roasted Chickpea Salad

It’s important you rinse and wash your rice thoroughly to help remove the starch, ensuring the end result is sticky rather than sloppy.

Recipe: Miso Mackerel With Sticky Rice

This restorative broth is fast to prepare, perfect for using up leftover turkey, and sure to warm up grey and chilly days.

Recipe: Vietnamese turkey noodle soup

Cauliflower makes a great low-carb substitute to rice, although if you fancy something a little more hearty, use cooked brown basmati (but don’t whizz it).

Recipe: Chicken Fajita Bowl With Cauliflower Rice

Wonderfully bright and brimming with goodness. Any leftovers make a satisfying packed lunch.

Recipe: Rainbow Salad

A seed, not a grain, buckwheat is full of amino acids, vitamins and minerals, and makes a delicious risotto.

Recipe: Buckwheat, Mushroom and Ham Risotto

This healing chicken and ginger broth works just as well with turkey or pork.

Recipe: Healing chicken and ginger broth

Perfect food for sharing. Our home-made tacos have a wonderful toasty flavour.

Recipe: Fish Tacos

Fibre-rich beans are a great source of vegetarian protein. If you prefer, soak your own black eyed beans or try with tinned mixed beans.

Recipe: Black Eyed Bean ‘Taco’ Soup

Here, the noodles are tossed with sugarsnaps, beansprouts, toasted cashew nuts, coriander, carrots and a spicy chilli dressing for satisfying salad.

Recipe: Thai salad

Using a light mayonnaise in the sauce gives a richness to this classic Scandinavian dish without adding fat.

Recipe: Herring curry salad

If you have time, marinating your soft-boiled eggs adds an extra flavour dimension to this restorative bowl.

Recipe: Tantanmen Pork Ramen

Our smoked mackerel superfood salad is packed with good-for-you ingredients your family will love.

Recipe: Smoked mackerel superfood salad

This meaty fresh tuna is infused with exotic Asian flavours like ginger and orange.

Recipe: Marinated tuna with coriander rice

The butternut squash adds sweetness to the polenta and helps to keep it softer and smoother.

Recipe: Polenta with Garlicky Wild Mushrooms

Ready-made Quorn meatballs makes this one easy, speedy vegetarian dinner.

Recipe: Quorn meatballs

All the comfort but with added goodness. Including some cream cheese helps create cheesy richness without needing too much Cheddar.

Recipe: Multi Veg Macaroni Cheese

This Koren-style rice bowl is so versatile and delicious. Freeze the steaks (in their packaging) for 10min to make them easier to slice thinly.

Recipe: Beef Bulgogi Bibimbap

This zingy salad has great textures and flavours, and works well with leftover roast chicken, or you could use roast beef or pork.

Recipe: Vietnamese chicken salad

Warming and aromatic, this speedy salad supper is sure to become a midweek favourite.

Recipe: Light Chicken Noodle Salad

We've combined classic Scandi flavours in a fresh and flavourful salad.

Recipe: Scandi chopped salad

Light and nutrituous, this bowl of noodle soup is packed full of flavour.

Recipe: Chicken pho

Crispy spicy cauliflower pairs well with smoky smooth baba ganoush.

Recipe: Lebanese Cauliflower Bowls

Soba is the Japanese name for buckwheat, which gives the noodles a nutty flavour. They’re usually made with wheat flour in addition, so are not gluten free.

Recipe: Teriyaki Turkey Balls with Soba Noodles

Lentils add extra fibre and texture to this delicious dish.

Recipe: Low fat lentil beef burgers

A hearty vegetarian version of a classic dish.

Recipe: Mushroom and Lentil Bourguinon with Oatmeal Dumplings

This is often made with double cream, but we’ve substituted in yogurt for a healthier version.

Recipe: Bursting Berry Bake

A hint of lime brings out the tropical mango flavour, and 0% fat Greek yogurt adds creaminess without boosting the calorie count.

Recipe: Lightweight mango and passion fruit mousse

This does require time to set, but these vegan mousses are visually impressive and delicious with chocolate flavoured aquafaba and a mixed seed brittle.

Recipe: Egg-free Chocolate Mousse with Seedy Brittle

Fruit smoothies can seem an extravagant drink, but once you’ve transformed one into refreshing home-made jelly, you’ll buy them again and again.

Recipe: Tropical smoothie jelly

These hidden-ingredient puddings are fluffy and delicious. Feel free to serve with a hot chocolate sauce, instead of the crème fraîche, for something a little more indulgent.

Recipe: Chocolate and Beetroot Steamed Puddings

Keep peeled banana chunks in a sealed container in the freezer, so you can whiz up this low-fat ice cream in seconds.

Recipe: Easy banana ice cream

Simple and comforting, this is a nursery-style pud for grown-ups.

Recipe: Sticky Roast Bananas with Lime Yogurt

Try this light and refreshing fruit dessert.

Recipe: Frozen yoghurt sorbet