Spinach with chickpeas, pine nuts & raisins

Enjoy this simple spinach side dish with Spanish-style chicken dishes. Toasted almonds work well, too

Spiced red lentil soup

Simple soups like this make great lunches – and are wallet-friendly too!

Lemony rice & peas

This salad is packed with pulses and should be enough of a carb hit that you don’t need to serve potatoes as well

Warm roasted squash and Puy lentil salad

This fresh and vibrant salad makes use of tinned lentils, a store cupboard staple. The result is filling, low-fat and contains all of your five-a-day

Chickpea, tomato & spinach curry

A superhealthy, vegan curry that accounts for 2 of your 5-a-day and is low in calories to boot!

Tofu & spinach cannelloni

Tasty tofu is a vegetarian's best friend and this cannelloni dish, packed with protein and iron, is sure to be a freezable favourite

Sticky apple cups

These simple dessert cups are made in the microwave and are brilliant to use up leftover dates and prunes

Brown rice stir-fry with coriander omelette

This dish is full of flavour and crunch – guaranteed to perk up that pack of brown rice at the back of the cupboard

Chunky minestrone soup

The perfect solution to a cold night in? A warming bowl of this home-made chunky soup.

Five-veg lasagne

This vegetarian main is a great source of vitamins and iron and a simple way to get your 5-a-day