Healthier risotto primavera

Angela Nilsen works her magic on this favourite Italian rice dish, making it low-fat and nourishing

Creamy veggie risotto

Disguise vegetables and make this healthy veggie risotto for kids

Cheese & chilli naans

Ready in under 20 minutes and a perfect accompaniment to other Indian dishes such as dhal

Greek beans with seared lamb

Braise butter beans or ‘gigantes’ with tomatoes, onion and garlic and serve with tender lamb fillet and crumbled feta cheese

Hot & sour coconut soup

A really light soup with plenty of fresh vibrant flavours. Serve it as a main course, or without rice as a light starter

Mushroom stroganoff

A few clever substitutions can make this traditional creamy casserole low in fat and calories

Curried pasta salad

Take the blueprint of Coronation chicken, omit the meat and add pasta and you have a fresh fusion side dish

Butternut squash salad

Get a whopping 4 of your 5-a-day with this superhealthy salad, why not make extra for your lunchbox too

Smoked salmon & avocado sushi

Fancy making sushi at home? This simple recipe makes 32 healthy little bites, ideal for lunch or served as canapés

Chilli pepper pumpkin with Asian veg

This five-spice roasted squash dish is healthy and simple – the perfect midweek supper

Oven-baked porcini & thyme risotto

Veggie friends and meat-eaters alike will love Lesley Waters’s vegetarian mushroom risotto

Portuguese braised steak & onions

In Portugal this braise would be served with fried potatoes or rice, but it goes just as well with a pillow of buttery mash