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.
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46 picks matching your filters
Clear filters- Australia's Best RecipesCollectionVegan recipes
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Reader-tested vegan cooking, including slow-cooker favourites for the days you want dinner handled.
VeganVegetarianDairy-freeMaintain weight - Australia's Best RecipesCollection52 easy vegetarian recipes
Dinner
Pumpkin soup, zucchini slice, mushroom bolognaise — the weeknight meat-free basics.
VegetarianMaintain weight - Australia's Best RecipesRecipeVegetable casserole
Dinner · Modern Australian
A plain, cheap, oven-baked vegetable casserole — the sort of dish that quietly gets vegetables eaten.
VegetarianImprove gut health - BBC Good FoodRecipeBroccoli salad
Side
Raw broccoli, toasted seeds and a sharp dressing — a side that adds fibre rather than just bulk.
VeganVegetarianDairy-freeImprove gut health - BBC Good FoodCollectionVegetarian dinner recipes
Dinner
149 triple-tested vegetarian dinners — chilli, curry, pasta bake, stew. The best-tested vegetarian library online.
VegetarianMaintain weight - BBC Good FoodCollectionHealthy vegetarian dinner recipes
Dinner
The lighter end of the vegetarian shelf, with calorie and salt counts given per serving.
VegetarianLose weightMaintain weight - BBC Good FoodCollectionEasy vegan recipes
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Curries, traybakes, salads and bakes — every one labelled with time, difficulty and diet.
VeganVegetarianDairy-freeMaintain weight - BBC Good FoodCollectionHigh-protein vegetarian meal plan
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A week of vegetarian eating built to hit a protein target — useful if you train and don't eat meat.
VegetarianGain muscle - BBC Good FoodRecipeVegetarian lasagne
Dinner · Italian
The crowd-pleaser: roasted vegetables layered with tomato and cheese. Freezes well in portions.
VegetarianMaintain weight - BBC Good FoodRecipeVegetarian cottage pie
Dinner · Modern Australian
Lentils and vegetables under a mash lid — high in fibre, and better the next day.
VegetarianImprove gut health - BBC Good FoodRecipeVegetarian enchiladas
Dinner · Mexican
Bean-filled enchiladas baked in a baking dish — cheap, filling and good for batch cooking.
VegetarianImprove gut health - BBC Good FoodRecipeVegetarian stir-fry with broccoli & brown rice
Dinner
Twenty minutes, wholegrain rice, plenty of protein — a template you can swap the vegetables into.
VegetarianGain muscleLose weight - Eat for HealthCollectionSimple vegetarian recipes
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Plain, budget-friendly vegetarian meals sized to the AGHE serve recommendations.
VegetarianMaintain weight - Eat for HealthRecipeVegie curry
Dinner · Indian
A simple vegetable curry from the dietary guidelines — a good base to add lentils or chickpeas to.
VegetarianMaintain weightImprove gut health - Eat for HealthRecipeChickpea and couscous salad
Lunch
Legumes, wholegrain couscous and vegetables — a packed-lunch salad with real staying power.
VegetarianImprove gut healthLose weight - Eat for HealthRecipeVegie lentil soup
Lunch
A guideline-friendly lentil and vegetable soup that makes a big pot for the week.
VegetarianVeganDairy-freeImprove gut healthLose weight - EpicuriousRecipeQuick Chana Masala
Dinner · Indian
A weeknight chickpea curry on the table in under an hour — high in fibre and cheap to cook.
VegetarianVeganGluten-freeDairy-freeLose weightImprove gut healthLower blood pressure - EpicuriousRecipeCauliflower Puttanesca
Dinner · Italian
The puttanesca sauce goes over roasted cauliflower instead of pasta — a lighter plate with the same punch.
VegetarianVeganGluten-freeDairy-freeLose weightImprove gut health - EpicuriousRecipeCromlet With Wilted Greens and Fennel and Olive Salad
Breakfast · Mediterranean
A savoury cross between a crepe and an omelette, with a fennel salad on the side — one pan, one breakfast.
VegetarianGluten-freeImprove gut healthMaintain weight - Gourmet TravellerRecipeBorlotti bean and mushroom boscaiola with lemon butter
Dinner · Italian
A vegetarian take on the boscaiola, with creamy borlotti beans standing in for the bacon.
VegetarianImprove gut health - Gourmet TravellerRecipeHarissa-roasted cauliflower with preserved lemon dressing
Side · Middle Eastern
Zingy, spicy and cheap — the cauliflower side that quietly outshines whatever it's sitting next to.
VegetarianMaintain weight - Gourmet TravellerRecipeSmoked beetroot galette
Lunch · Modern Australian
A free-form tart for a long lunch — serve it with a sharp green salad rather than on its own.
VegetarianMaintain weight - Gourmet TravellerRecipePalak paneer filo pie
Dinner · Indian
Spinach and paneer wrapped in filo — a protein-forward vegetarian centrepiece for a shared table.
VegetarianGain muscle - Gourmet TravellerRecipeFennel and leek pie (marathopita)
Dinner · Mediterranean
A Cretan herb pie from the chefs' recipe archive — greens by the handful in a thin pastry.
VegetarianMaintain weight - Gourmet TravellerCollectionHearty vegetarian dishes that'll satisfy everyone
Dinner
Gourmet Traveller's own shortlist of meat-free dishes that don't feel like a compromise.
VegetarianMaintain weight - Jamie OliverRecipeTomato & feta lentils
Lunch · Mediterranean
Lentils with tomatoes and feta in 20 minutes — the store-cupboard lunch we cook most often.
VegetarianImprove gut healthMaintain weight - Jamie OliverRecipeBread & 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.
VegetarianDairy-freeImprove gut healthLose weight - Jamie OliverCollectionVegetarian recipes
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Big-flavour meat-free cooking, mostly on the table inside 20 minutes.
VegetarianMaintain weight - RecipeTin EatsCollectionVegetarian recipes
Dinner
Hearty meat-free dinners with the reliable quantities that made RecipeTin Eats the biggest food blog in the country.
VegetarianMaintain weight - RecipeTin EatsCollectionVegan recipes
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Nagi's vegan shelf: red lentil soup, Afghan chickpea curry, salt and pepper tofu, falafel.
VeganVegetarianDairy-freeMaintain weight - SBS FoodRecipeChickpea and spinach curry
Dinner · Indian
A 40-minute one-pot built on tomatoes, chickpeas and spinach — plenty of fibre for very little effort.
VegetarianVeganDairy-freeImprove gut healthLose weight - SBS FoodRecipeButter chickpeas
Dinner · Indian
The creamy curry-night favourite made with chickpeas instead of chicken. Serve with rice and a pile of greens.
VegetarianImprove gut health - SBS FoodRecipeAmritsari chana masala
Dinner · Indian
A dry-style chickpea masala from the Punjab — big on spice, low on salt if you cook your own chickpeas.
VegetarianVeganDairy-freeImprove gut healthLower blood pressure - SBS FoodRecipeLillipad's salad
Lunch · Modern Australian
Roasted cauliflower and chickpeas with turmeric and paprika — the sort of salad that actually fills you up.
VegetarianDairy-freeLose weightMaintain weight - SBS FoodCollection16 OMG meals for the part-time vegetarian
Dinner
A whole week of meat-free dinners for households that aren't ready to go fully vegetarian.
VegetarianMaintain weight - SBS FoodCollection33 fresh salad recipes that say hello, sunshine
Lunch
Thirty-three salads from across the SBS kitchen — a good place to find your new lunch staple.
VegetarianLose weight - TasteRecipeLentil 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.
VeganVegetarianDairy-freeImprove gut healthLose weight - TasteRecipeMarinated Dijon rice salad
Lunch · Modern Australian
Wholegrain brown rice with lentils and beans — plant protein and fibre in a make-ahead bowl.
VegetarianDairy-freeImprove gut healthMaintain weight - TasteCollectionVegetarian recipes
Dinner
Casseroles, lasagne and tarts — the meat-free dinners Australian families actually cook.
VegetarianMaintain weight - TasteCollectionVegan recipes
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The full vegan collection, sweet and savoury — useful when you are feeding a mixed table.
VeganVegetarianDairy-freeMaintain weight - TasteCollectionVegan dinner recipes
Dinner
Taste's vegan dinner shelf — the ones that read like a proper meal rather than a side dish.
VeganVegetarianDairy-freeMaintain weight - TasteCollectionHealthy vegetarian dinner recipes
Dinner
Protein-rich pastas, curries and tray bakes for meat-free nights that still satisfy.
VegetarianMaintain weight - TasteCollectionHigh fibre recipes
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Legume-heavy salads and bowls to build your fibre up gradually across the week.
VegetarianImprove gut health - delicious.RecipeSpiced 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.
VeganVegetarianDairy-freeImprove gut healthMaintain weight - delicious.Collection30 recipes you have to cook this November
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delicious.'s monthly shortlist — seasonal fruit and vegetables, with the lighter dinners easy to spot.
VegetarianMaintain weight - delicious.CollectionVegetable recipe collection
Side
delicious. by vegetable — chard with chickpeas, eggplant, kale, tomato — for building out the veg half of the plate.
VegetarianMaintain weightImprove gut health
Recipes stay on the publications’ own sites — we curate and tag them, we don’t copy them. Tags are a guide to how a recipe is usually written; check the ingredient list on the original page against your own allergies and goals, and adjust portions to your plate.