Healthy comfort food meal plan

This healthy comfort food meal plan is designed to cover you from Monday to Friday, when you want seasonal warmth and flavour without heaviness. The five recipes, thoughtfully chosen by Good Food's Helena Busiakiewicz, balance richness with freshness, leaning into seasonal produce, storecupboard staples and plenty of plant diversity, making it easier to edge towards those 30 plant points a week.

Expect deep, savoury flavours that still feel restorative for cosy evenings: tender chicken meatballs simmered with orzo, smoky chorizo folded through brothy rice and kale, and slow-cooked chicken thighs with fennel, dill and celery. Vegetarian dishes bring just as much comfort, from spicy black bean and halloumi burgers to sesame-spiced swede noodles that transform an often-overlooked winter vegetable into something delicious.

The plan is designed for midweek cooking, with just five recipes that can be shopped for in one go and cooked without fuss. Many ingredients overlap, helping reduce waste, while boosting variety, herbs, pulses, brassicas and root veg all play a role. It’s comfort food rethought for how we actually want to eat.

To keep things simple, use the in-app shopping list to add ingredients from each recipe, then check the My Good Food tab for one clear, organised list before you shop.