Healthy family meals to kick off the new year

Eating healthily doesn’t have to mean compromising on flavour, or just eating salad every day.

These healthy family meals are super-satisfying and packed with goodness. It will be clean plates all round!

SUPER GREENS CANNELLONI

Cannelloni is a total family classic already, but this turbo-charged veggie version is packed with leafy greens, chilli-spiked tomato sauce, and a blitzed ricotta replaces the usual cheese sauce. A healthy family meal that everyone will love.

CHICKEN FAJITAS

Sticking to super-lean chicken breasts is key to making these fajitas a healthy family meal, and also provides us with a great source of protein, ensuring our  muscles stay strong and healthy.

SUPER SHEPHERD’S PIE

Shepherd’s pie is proper weekend comfort food. But this version is packed with veg and uses a mixture of swede and potatoes for the mash. Lean minced lamb works a treat here, and gives us a bumper hit of vitamin B12, keeping our immune and nervous systems healthy.

JUMBO FISH FINGERS

You might not think of fish fingers as being a healthy family meal, but these jumbo salmon fish fingers are a cut above. Fish, especially salmon, is packed with omega-3 fatty acids, which are essential for keeping blood cholesterol healthy. Make a big batch, then stash in the freezer for an instant fish supper.

BAKED SWEET POTATOES

Jacket potatoes are a proper crowd-pleaser, but these have a little nutritional advantage: sweet potatoes are a non-starchy carb, meaning they could towards your 5-a-day, plus they provide loads of nutrients including the mighty vitamin C.

Head over to the Family Food Hub on the Jamie Oliver website for some more tasty dinner time inspo.