500-calorie meal recipes

Serve your pasta with a budget-friendly bacon, tomato and paprika sauce. It's a healthy choice to boot

A hearty budget meal of spiced red lentils with butternut and tomatoes. Add coriander, cumin, turmeric and a dollop of mango chutney

Whizz up a quick homemade pesto with parsley and lemon juice, then serve spooned through hot pasta with fish, tomatoes and green beans

Spice up your chicken with a ras-al-hanout or Moroccan tagine spice mix then serve with good-for-you grains and light, fresh flavours

Cook up a batch of fresh, low-calorie celery soup for a healthy and filling veggie lunch or supper. Serve with chunks of crusty bread

Try a new take on pesto and blend red peppers, cashew nuts and parsley then serve spooned through hot pasta

A vibrant salad packed with yellow and red peppers, colourful onion, beef cooked to your liking and healthy grains

Give the bistro classic, niçoise salad, a seasonal twist by swapping green beans for tender asparagus

Silverside and topside are cheaper and leaner cuts of meat, well-suited to slow-cooking. The stock and juices make a great sauce when combined with caramelised onions

These healthy burgers are full of vitamin C and use low-fat turkey flavoured with herbs and topped with spicy avocado

Get a healthy dose of folate and fibre in this good for you dish, which uses time saving ready-cooked rice

You can use your favourite type of sausages to make this family-friendly slow-cooker casserole. Serve it over pasta, in baked potatoes or with bread

Make this salmon pasta in under 20 minutes for a dinner the whole family can enjoy. Kids will love the fun-shaped pasta while packing in fibre and omega-3

Get all five of your 5-a-day in this mildly spiced, healthy pasta dish. It's rich in iron, fibre and vitamin C as well as being low-fat and low-calorie.

Pack in the veg with our flavour-packed Japanese-inspired yaki udon. It's healthy, takes just 25 minutes to make, and is low in fat and calories

Make crowd-pleasing fajitas the easy way with this one-tray recipe that's full of nutrients and low in fat and calories. It makes a speedy midweek meal

Save on washing up with this one-pan chicken, chorizo, rice and peppers dish. It's packed with flavour and low in calories too for an easy midweek meal

Removing sausage skins and breaking them into small pieces helps this Tuscan sausage gnocchi go further, and it’s also easily freezable

This warming crowd-pleaser is full of flavour and goodness. Use just one type of bean if you don't have two, and substituting cider with extra stock will also work well

Reduce the cooking time for chicken stew by making it in a pressure cooker. Low in calories and high in fibre, it's an easy midweek meal for the whole family

Pack up this spicy mixed bean salad for an on-the-go lunch, or enjoy as a side dish in a summer barbecue. Add tortilla chips and jalapeños to serve

Use the extras from our summer bean stew as the base to make this dish with white fish in a herby topping, green olives and leftover green aïoli

Shop for sustainable hake to cook this Mediterranean-style one-pan bake with green olives and tomatoes

Rustle up a butter bean, tomato and feta stew for a quick and healthy midweek meal. Enjoy with toasted sourdough on the side to mop up all the sauce