Healthy recipes
Browse our healthy recipes, with practical cooking times, nutrition details and plant-forward ideas for real life.
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High-Protein Spinach Mushroom Quiche with Whole Wheat Yogurt Crust
This quiche keeps the flaky promise without dragging in half a block of butter like it’s still 1987. The crust is a simple whole wheat yogurt dough, so you get something tender and crisp enough to hold a generous filling of spinach, mushrooms, eggs, cottage cheese, and Greek yogurt. It bakes up light but properly savory, with that quiet nutmeg-and-garlic smell that makes the kitchen wonderful. Good for a family lunch, make-ahead slices, or a quick snack for a world cup match.
Creamy Red Lentil Pasta with Spinach, Cherry Tomatoes and Cottage Cheese
This is the kind of high-protein pasta that I really like, it's good & you don't need to spend the entire afternoon in the kitchen. Red lentil pasta brings substance, cottage cheese melts into a light creamy coating, and the cherry tomatoes slump into a sweet, sharp sauce that catches in the folds of the pasta. Spinach disappears in at the end, which is convenient for anyone trying to eat more greens without noticing it. You get protein from both legumes and dairy, plenty of fiber, and a much lighter footprint than the usual gym-era cream-and-meat routine.
Simple Fermented Cabbage with Carrot and Garlic
This is the kind of old-school kitchen trick that turns a cheap cabbage into something sharp, crunchy, and oddly satisfying a few days later. Salt does the work, time does the magic, and modern packaged “gut health” marketing can take the evening off. The carrot softens the bite, the garlic adds depth, and the result is a bright, tangy ferment that wakes up grain bowls, soups, or a fried egg if life gets messy.
High-Protein Lentil, Tomato and Spinach Stew
This is the kind of stew that earns its place on repeat: thick enough to feel like dinner, bright enough not to taste like regret. Cooked lentils bring the protein, carrots and celery build sweetness, spinach folds in at the end, and a little lemon keeps the whole pot awake. It is cheap, practical, and deeply satisfying — which is inconvenient for the processed food industry, but we all need to make sacrifices.
Breaded Chicken with Chickpea-Lentil Pasta and Creamy Butternut Carrot Sauce
This plate does two jobs at once: crispy breaded chicken for the part of the family that wants something familiar, and a silky oat-cream sauce built from butternut, carrots, onion, and garlic so dinner still remembers vegetables exist. The chickpea-lentil pasta brings extra protein and fiber. It’s cozy, practical, and a little more plant-forward than classic cream pasta without pretending to be a saint.
Whole Wheat Pizza Dough
This is a sturdy, fragrant pizza dough with a nutty wheat flavor and enough olive oil to keep it supple. It leans toward the Eat-Lancet idea of using whole grains more often, it'll be less like your typical pizza but way healthier.
Braised Red Cabbage and Apple with Roasted Potatoes with quorn burgers
This is the kind of dish I really didn’t like as a kid, but adulthood does strange things to you: somehow, I now love cabbage. The cabbage cooks down into something glossy, sweet-sharp, and deeply savory, while the apples soften just enough to melt into the pan without disappearing completely. Roasted potatoes alongside make it substantial in the best family-table way. It sit very happily next to my Quorn Red Bean Burgers.
High-Protein Chickpea Quinoa Salad
A proper high-protein salad that does not rely on sadness, boiled chicken cubes, or the fantasy that lettuce alone can sustain a human. Chickpeas, quinoa, spinach, and pumpkin seeeds procure enough protein to go to the gym without crying too much.
Greek Salad with Lemon-Oregano Dressing
A proper Greek salad does not need much help, just decent vegetables, salty feta, and a sharp dressing that wakes everything up. This version keeps the classic Mediterranean backbone and adds a simple lemon-oregano sauce, fresh for the burning summers we have in Belgium.
Pan-Seared Salmon with Rice and Creamy Oat Spinach
A simple salmon-and-rice dinner with creamy spinach that behaves like comfort food without dragging the whole evening into a dairy fog. The salmon gets the exact treatment it deserves: a quick sear over medium-high heat, then a gentler covered finish so it stays juicy instead of turning into pink regret.
Homemade Vegan Enchiladas with Tex-Mex Swagger
These vegan enchiladas are the kind of weeknight comfort food that makes you feel organized. Whole wheat tortillas get filled with a smoky black bean, bell pepper, and onion mixture, then baked under a quick tomato passata sauce spiked with Tex-Mex spirit. High in fiber, rich in plant protein.
Lentil & Quorn Lasagna with Oat Béchamel
A proper tray of lasagna without the usual meat-heavy drama: lentils bring fiber, Quorn-mince keeps the texture cozy, and the oat béchamel does the creamy diplomatic work on top. It is hearty, family-friendly.