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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45 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 RecipesCollection54 of the best gluten-free recipes
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A community-tested gluten-free list, heavy on the baking and family dinners.
Gluten-freeMaintain weight - 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 FoodCollectionDairy-free recipes
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Dairy-free dinners and puddings, including vegan chocolate cake for the occasions that need one.
Dairy-freeMaintain weight - BBC Good FoodCollectionGluten and dairy-free recipes
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83 recipes that avoid gluten and dairy together, breakfast through dinner.
Gluten-freeDairy-freeMaintain weight - BBC Good FoodRecipeVegetarian lasagne
Dinner · Italian
The crowd-pleaser: roasted vegetables layered with tomato and cheese. Freezes well in portions.
VegetarianMaintain weight - Eat for HealthCollectionHealthy recipes
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Recipes from the Australian Dietary Guidelines themselves — the reference point our chef menus are checked against.
Maintain 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 HealthRecipeTuna and avocado salad
Lunch
Five minutes, no cooking — oily fish and avocado for a pescatarian lunch that holds you to dinner.
PescatarianGluten-freeDairy-freeLose weightMaintain weight - EpicuriousRecipeMexican-Style Spicy Sweet Potato and Chicken Bowl
Dinner · Mexican
A one-pot bowl of sweet potato, chicken and spice — batch it and you have lunches too.
Gluten-freeLose weightMaintain weight - 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 - EpicuriousRecipeSimple Chicken Soup — Easy But Healthy
Lunch · Modern Australian
A light broth with chicken and vegetables in about twenty minutes — a good reset after a heavy weekend.
Gluten-freeLose weightMaintain weight - EpicuriousRecipeSausage and Greens Sheet-Pan Dinner
Dinner · Modern Australian
One tray, crispy potatoes and plenty of greens — a crowd-pleaser when the family eats together.
Maintain weight - 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 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 - Heart FoundationRecipeChilli and garlic prawn spaghetti
Dinner · Italian
Ten minutes of prep, prawns and chilli — a fast pescatarian dinner with the salt kept in check.
PescatarianLower blood pressureMaintain weight - Heart FoundationCollectionHeart healthy recipes
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Recipes built to the Heart Foundation's heart-healthy eating pattern — the Australian benchmark for lower salt and saturated fat.
Low sodiumLower blood pressureMaintain 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 OliverCollectionVegetarian recipes
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Big-flavour meat-free cooking, mostly on the table inside 20 minutes.
VegetarianMaintain weight - RecipeTin EatsCollectionGluten free recipes
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Over 200 gluten-free recipes with notes on which sauces and stocks to check at the shop.
Gluten-freeMaintain 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 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 - TasteCollectionGluten and dairy free recipes
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For households avoiding both at once — the trickiest combination to cook for, solved.
Gluten-freeDairy-freeMaintain weight - TasteCollectionDairy-free recipes
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Lactose-free dinners and desserts that don't lean on coconut cream for everything.
Dairy-freeMaintain weight - TasteCollectionGluten-free recipes
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Coeliac-friendly versions of the standards: schnitzel, pizza base, salads and bakes.
Gluten-freeMaintain 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 - TasteCollectionPescatarian recipes
Dinner
Seafood-led dinners: barramundi with coconut spinach, prawn gnocchi, baked salmon.
PescatarianMaintain 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 recipes for two
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Sized for two people so nothing goes to waste — most are on the table inside 45 minutes.
Maintain weight - TasteCollection150+ of Australia's best healthy dinner recipes
Dinner
The big Taste shortlist of healthier weeknight dinners, with quicker versions of the classics.
Lose weightMaintain weight - TasteCollectionHealthy vegetarian dinner recipes
Dinner
Protein-rich pastas, curries and tray bakes for meat-free nights that still satisfy.
VegetarianMaintain weight - 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.RecipeTuna mornay with salt and vinegar chippie scales
Dinner · Modern Australian
Alice Zaslavsky's tuna mornay with a crunchy potato-top finish — the retro comfort dish, made with tinned fish.
PescatarianMaintain 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.