Just because you’re watching your diet doesn’t mean you need to skimp on flavour. These low-fat winners include healthy breakfasts, flavoursome lunch and dinner recipes and beautiful desserts. From our soups and stir-fries, to our zucchini fritters and pork rolls, there’s something for everyone here. And if you’ve got a sweet tooth, we haven’t forgotten you. You’ll love our crumpets with berry compote and rhubarb souffle.
Chai-roasted pumpkin soup with honey walnuts
Give your classic pumpkin soup some spice.
Vegetable soup
The most comforting way to get your five-a-day.
Tofu and carrot kimchi lettuce wraps
A healthy vegan twist on classic san choy bau.
Spinach, tomato and lemon one pot linguine
Make life easier and save washing up with this tasty vegetarian one pot pasta.
Brown rice congee with fried garlic
Wholesome and nourishing.
Zucchini and corn fritters
Fabulous fritters.
Oven-baked chicken schnitzel with spicy wedges
Pub food at home, yum!
Crumpet with berry compote
Looking for a sweet, indulgent breakfast?
Winter vegie bowl
When your body is crying out for a healthy, nourishing lunch or dinner, but the weather is cool, this beautiful winter vegie bowl comes in very handy.
Vegetarian Thai yellow curry
Spice things up in the kitchen tonight with this delicious vegetarian Thai yellow curry from The Australian Women’s Weekly’s Almost Vegetarian cookbook, available where all good books are sold.
Goan fish curry with low-carb cauliflower rice
Goan curries are traditionally hot, sour and coconut rich. Our Goan fish curry, with a big hit of tamarind, ticks all the right boxes.
Korean beef lettuce cups with pickled vegetables
Spicy, fresh and delicious! These beef slices make a great low carb lunch or dinner.
Miso broth with tamari pumpkin and noodles
Warm up with this wholesome nourishing miso broth with tamari pumpkin and noodles. The perfect combination for a meat-free dinner idea.
Pork and tofu rice noodles
Stir-fry your taste buds to heaven with this staple Asian noodle dish of pork, tofu and beans with chunks of capsicum and oyster mushrooms. This recipe is suitable for diabetics.
Chinese noodle, tofu and vegetable soup
This Chinese style soup is very refreshing if you’re looking for a quick and easy meat-free meal.
Sour Vietnamese soup
Spice things up tonight with this sour Vietnamese soup. Light, fresh, and full of mouthwatering flavour. Suitable for the 2-Day Fast Diet.
One−pot poached chicken with soba noodles
Fresh, simple and nourisihing. This one−pot wonder with wholesome poached chicken and soba noodles makes the perfect dinner idea for the cooler nights. Suitable for the 2-Day Fast Diet.
Chicken and mango rice paper rolls
Enjoy these light, refreshing chicken and mango rice paper rolls on a warm summer’s afternoon. A Vietnamese classic, the rolls are wonderful served as finger food with a zesty chilli lime dipping sauce.
Asian spinach noodles
Perfect as a light vegetarian dinner or a delicious side for a larger Asian banquet, this warm and flavour-packed spinach and mushroom noodle dish is super tasty.
Ribollita soup
Cook up a big batch to reheat at work for a warming winter lunch option.
Vegetarian san choy bow
Snipping noodles makes them easier to mix through the other ingredients. Note
Low-fat sticky date cake
Add some extra chopped walnuts or pecans to cake mixture if desired – but remember this will increase the fat content. Light evaporated milk, thickened with cornflour, can be substituted for cream in many dishes, sweet and savoury. Note
Prawn and sweet chilli salad
This prawn and sweet chilli salad ticks all the boxes. It’s full of fresh and healthy ingredients, it looks beautiful on the plate and it is full of those zingy Asian flavours that compliment seafood so well.
Chicken sticks with harissa mayonnaise
Harissa is a fiery chilli-based North African condiment.
Honey soy chicken skewers
A quick and easy dinner idea
Chickpea and sumac salad
Sumac has the perfect degree of tartness to lift this chickpea salad out of the realm of the ordinary.
Pork cabbage rolls
So hearty and warming, these pork and cabbage rolls will convert anyone to a love of cabbage dishes.
Couscous tabbouleh with chickpeas
Ideal as part of a low-fat diet, this salad is satisfying, tasty and healthy.
Vegetable harira soup
Traditionally harira is a Moroccan soup of lamb, vegetables and pulses, popularly served to break the fast of Ramadan.
Steamed sesame scallops
Plump, juicy and fragrant with sesame oil, these sea scallops make a delightful starter for a special dinner.
Brown rice chicken teriykaki sushi
Impress your friends with sushi made completely from scratch. Use a whole range of fillings like salmon, tuna and even beef, for a fun and satisfying party food.
Lemongrass and beef rice paper rolls
You can make these lemongrass and beef rice paper rolls ahead of time, just place them seam-side down on a tray lined with plastic wrap, cover with damp paper towel and refrigerate until ready to serve.
Warm tuna salad with lemon and dill dressing
Lemon and dill dressing can be made a day ahead. Cover; refrigerate until required. This recipe is best made just before serving. Not suitable to freeze. Not suitable to microwave. Note
Salmon with teriyaki chilli sauce
A fresh, light and tasty dinner that’s full of goodness, salmon with teriyaki chilli sauce will become a go-to dinner.
Fish with potato and lentil salad
Not suitable to freeze or microwave. Note
Spice-rubbed beef fillet with chickpea and preserved lemon salad
An exotic spice-rub makes this beef fillet extra tender and mouthwateringly delicious. Served on a bed of chickpea and preserved lemon salad, the whole meal is just a taste sensation.
Spinach and pumpkin curry
Savoury and deeply satisfying, this vegetable curry is great as part of a banquet or as a meal on its own.
Poached fish fillets with herb and pea salad
Vietnamese mint is not actually mint, but a pungent and peppery narrow-leafed member of the buckwheat family. Also known as laksa leaf and cambodian mint, it is available from Asian greengrocers. Any white fish cutlets are suitable for this recipe. Note
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