Great recipes from kitchens we trust

Hand-picked recipes and collections from the sites Australian home cooks actually use — Taste, RecipeTin Eats, SBS Food, delicious., BBC Good Food, Jamie Oliver — plus dietitian-backed picks from the Heart Foundation and Eat for Health. Filter by diet or health goal, then cook it at the source; we link straight to the original page.

• Australia's Best RecipesCollection
  Vegan recipes

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  Reader-tested vegan cooking, including slow-cooker favourites for the days you want dinner handled.

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• BBC Good FoodRecipe
  Broccoli salad

  Side

  Raw broccoli, toasted seeds and a sharp dressing — a side that adds fibre rather than just bulk.

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• BBC Good FoodCollection
  Easy vegan recipes

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  Curries, traybakes, salads and bakes — every one labelled with time, difficulty and diet.

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• BBC Good FoodCollection
  Dairy-free recipes

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  Dairy-free dinners and puddings, including vegan chocolate cake for the occasions that need one.

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• BBC Good FoodCollection
  Gluten and dairy-free recipes

  All-rounder

  83 recipes that avoid gluten and dairy together, breakfast through dinner.

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• Eat for HealthRecipe
  Tuna and avocado salad

  Lunch

  Five minutes, no cooking — oily fish and avocado for a pescatarian lunch that holds you to dinner.

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• Eat for HealthRecipe
  Vegie lentil soup

  Lunch

  A guideline-friendly lentil and vegetable soup that makes a big pot for the week.

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• EpicuriousRecipe
  Quick Chana Masala

  Dinner · Indian

  A weeknight chickpea curry on the table in under an hour — high in fibre and cheap to cook.

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• EpicuriousRecipe
  Cauliflower Puttanesca

  Dinner · Italian

  The puttanesca sauce goes over roasted cauliflower instead of pasta — a lighter plate with the same punch.

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• Jamie OliverRecipe
  Bread & borlotti bean soup

  Lunch · Italian

  A 20-minute Tuscan bean soup that turns stale bread into lunch — fibre and plant protein for very little money.

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• RecipeTin EatsCollection
  Vegan recipes

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  Nagi's vegan shelf: red lentil soup, Afghan chickpea curry, salt and pepper tofu, falafel.

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• SBS FoodRecipe
  Chickpea and spinach curry

  Dinner · Indian

  A 40-minute one-pot built on tomatoes, chickpeas and spinach — plenty of fibre for very little effort.

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• SBS FoodRecipe
  Amritsari chana masala

  Dinner · Indian

  A dry-style chickpea masala from the Punjab — big on spice, low on salt if you cook your own chickpeas.

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• SBS FoodRecipe
  Lillipad's salad

  Lunch · Modern Australian

  Roasted cauliflower and chickpeas with turmeric and paprika — the sort of salad that actually fills you up.

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• TasteCollection
  Gluten and dairy free recipes

  All-rounder

  For households avoiding both at once — the trickiest combination to cook for, solved.

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• TasteCollection
  Dairy-free recipes

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  Lactose-free dinners and desserts that don't lean on coconut cream for everything.

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• TasteRecipe
  Lentil and green bean salad

  Lunch · Modern Australian

  Brown lentils, green beans and a ginger dressing — keeps for days in the fridge as a work lunch.

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• TasteRecipe
  Marinated Dijon rice salad

  Lunch · Modern Australian

  Wholegrain brown rice with lentils and beans — plant protein and fibre in a make-ahead bowl.

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• TasteCollection
  Vegan recipes

  All-rounder

  The full vegan collection, sweet and savoury — useful when you are feeding a mixed table.

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• TasteCollection
  Vegan dinner recipes

  Dinner

  Taste's vegan dinner shelf — the ones that read like a proper meal rather than a side dish.

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• delicious.Recipe
  Spiced sweet potato and chickpea curry with paratha

  Dinner · Indian

  Alice Zaslavsky's sweet potato and chickpea curry — vegan as written if you use coconut yoghurt, and a good one to batch cook.

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