Eatwell Everyday

Eatwell Everyday brings together all the recommendations for a healthy balanced diet, showing what the Eatwell Guide can look like over the course of a week.

What is Eatwell Everyday?

Eatwell Everyday makes it simple to use the Eatwell Guide in your daily life. It shows you how to build healthier habits by turning the recommendations for a balanced diet into practical, everyday meal choices.

You’ll find two full weekly meal plans that show what healthy eating can look like. The menus highlight key principles, such as:

  • keeping foods high in fat, salt, and sugar to a minimum
  • basing meals on starchy foods like bread, rice, pasta, and potatoes
  • balancing your plate with plenty of fruit, vegetables, and wholegrains

Explore our weekly menus to see simple, realistic examples of a healthy, balanced diet.

Healthy meal ideas

You can also search through our delicious recipes to get meal ideas. Use the filters below to find healthy and easy-to-prepare recipes.

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Dietary requirements

As a general guideline, men typically need about 2,500 calories and women about 2,000 calories a day. Individual needs will vary based on age, activity level, and metabolism.

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  • Calories
  • Time to make
  • Vegetarian
  • Vegan
  • Dinner
Picture of prawn and tomato pasta and mixed vegetables
  • 506 kcals
  • 15 mins

Prawn and tomato pasta and a helping of mixed vegetables

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  • Lunch
Picture showing a baked potato with sweetcorn mayonnaise and an apple
  • 647 kcal
  • 10 mins

Baked Potato with tuna and sweetcorn mayonnaise filling and an apple

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  • Breakfast
Picture showing two wheat bisks and toast with lower fat spread
  • Vegetarian
  • 515 kcals
  • 5 mins

Bowl of wheat bisks and two slices of wholemeal toast with lower fat spread

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  • Snack
Picture of fresh orange, slice of toast with jam and a banana
  • Vegetarian
  • 263 kcals
  • 5 mins

Glass of fresh orange juice, a slice of toast with jam, banana

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  • Dinner
A picture of salmon with cous cous and vegetables
  • 706 kcals
  • 15 mins

Salmon with cous cous and vegetables

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  • Lunch
Photo of a cheese salad sandwich with a bowl of yogurt and dried fruit beside it
  • Vegetarian
  • 524kcal
  • 5 mins

Cheese and salad sandwich on wholemeal bread followed by yogurt and dried fruit

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  • Breakfast
Photograph of a glass of orange juice, a slice of toast and a bowl containing 2 wholewheat bisks with milk
  • Vegetarian
  • 437kcal
  • 5 mins

Bowl of wheat bisks, slice of wholemeal toast and marmalade, and a glass of fresh orange juice

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  • Lunch
Photo of an egg and tomato mayonnaise on a wholemeal roll with a low fat fruit yogurt and an apple
  • Vegetarian
  • 791kcal
  • 10 mins

Egg and tomato mayonnaise on a wholemeal roll, low fat fruit yogurt and an apple

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  • Breakfast
Photo of a plate of scrambled eggs, a slice of wholemeal toast and lower fat spread, and a glass of fresh orange juice
  • Vegetarian
  • 415kcal
  • 5 mins

Scrambled egg, slice of wholemeal toast and lower fat spread, and a glass of fresh orange juice

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  • Lunch
Photo of a baked_potato_with_tuna_and_sweetcorn_mayonnaise
  • 649kcal
  • 10 mins

Baked potato with tuna and sweetcorn mayonnaise filling

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  • Snack
Photo of an apple, orange, raisins and slice of toast with lower fat spread
  • Vegetarian
  • 351kcal
  • 5 mins

Apple, orange, raisins and slice of toast with lower fat spread

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  • Lunch
Photo of baked beans on a slice of wholemeal toast with low fat spread and grated cheddar cheese
  • Vegetarian
  • 400kcal
  • 10 mins

Baked beans, slice of wholemeal toast, with low fat spread and grated cheddar cheese

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Eatwell Everyday for practitioners

Find out how the Eatwell Everyday resource was developed, including the nutritional analysis behind the meals.