Genuinely Enjoyable Recipes For Healthy, Feel-Good Eating

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Green spring shakshuka with avocado and fresh sprouts. Photo / Eleanor Ozich

This variation on the traditional Middle-Eastern dish features eggs poached in a silky green sauce, a thick, unsweetened yoghurt and fresh herbs. We recommend serving it with fresh sourdough bread.

A good hit of chilli elevates these lusciously sticky drumsticks, and the marinade that’s tossed through an abundance of peppers, corn, chickpeas, parsley and mint.

Barbecued mushrooms and flatbread. Photo / Babiche Martens
Barbecued mushrooms and flatbread. Photo / Babiche Martens

Field mushrooms come into their own in this hot, smoky dish that pairs perfectly with a corn and avocado salad, baby cos leaves and flatbread.

This ultra-quick bulgur wheat and pesto salad is incredibly flavorful, topped with roasted cauliflower, crumbled goat's feta and a few basil leaves.

Pea fritters with asparagus and poached egg. Photo / Babiche Martens
Pea fritters with asparagus and poached egg. Photo / Babiche Martens

Make the most of frozen peas with these delicious fritters. We like to top ours with a rocket and asparagus salad and a poached egg.

A hearty chilli that marries carrot, celery and beans with a kick of chilli and paprika and luscious tomatoes. Serve this steaming over brown rice or a baked potato.

One-pot chickpea and pumpkin satay. Photo / Babiche Martens
One-pot chickpea and pumpkin satay. Photo / Babiche Martens

This versatile one-pot wonder can be enjoyed as a main or a side, though we think it’s particularly special with warmed sorghum, rice or naan.

This low-effort curry is rich, vibrant and satisfying. Top with a spoonful of raita, a yoghurt, cucumber and mint sauce, and mop up all the flavours with a side of warm roti.

Crunchy chicken, spinach and pine nut salad. Photo / Babiche Martens
Crunchy chicken, spinach and pine nut salad. Photo / Babiche Martens

Not just any chicken salad, this crunchy, nutty, citrusy version is easily thrown together, and really good.

Use your leftover brown rice to create these vege-packed rissoles. Bring them together with cos leaves and a zesty lime and tamari soy sauce dressing.

Vegetarian stuffed peppers with couscous. Photo / Babiche Martens
Vegetarian stuffed peppers with couscous. Photo / Babiche Martens

Stuffed peppers are underrated. Pack yours with this couscous, avocado, cucumber and tomato salad, or whatever takes your fancy (feta, crispy bacon and other herbs, perhaps), and serve with yoghurt.

Cauliflower rice creates the perfect base for this bake. The tasty mashed pumpkin, with a hint of feta, adds a surprise to the topping.

Super-quick poke bowl with tahini and soy sauce dressing. Photo / Babiche Martens
Super-quick poke bowl with tahini and soy sauce dressing. Photo / Babiche Martens

A two-step poke bowl with broccoli, carrot, cucumber, edamame, hapuka and avocado, a sprinkling of seaweed and a dash of nutty, salty tahini and soy sauce dressing.

Enjoy soba noodles with hot flaked salmon, edamame, cucumber, spring onion and a lush, sweet-spicy dressing.

Crispy snapper with tofu salsa. Photo / Babiche Martens
Crispy snapper with tofu salsa. Photo / Babiche Martens

This tofu salsa is simple and the perfect addition to crispy fish. It also goes well alongside chicken or as part of a tortilla wrap full of your favourite fillings.

This clever gratin recipe is the perfect opportunity to use up any root vegetables and is delicious served with a dollop of beetroot hummus.

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