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
Photo of a bowl of tinned lentil soup and a plate of salmon with potatoes and vegetables
  • 748kcal
  • 20 mins

Bowl of tinned lentil soup and salmon with potatoes and vegetables

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  • Dinner
Spicy chicken and butter-bean stew with brown rice and grated cheese
  • 810kcal
  • 40 mins

Spicy chicken and butter-bean stew with brown rice and grated cheese

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  • Snack
Photo of grapes with a slice of toast with lower fat spread
  • Vegetarian
  • Vegan
  • 220kcal
  • 5 mins

Grapes and a slice of toast with lower fat spread

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  • Snack
Photo of a banana, apple, and slice of toast with lower fat spread
  • Vegetarian
  • Vegan
  • 305kcal
  • 5 mins

Banana, apple, and slice of toast with lower fat spread

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  • Snack
Photo of an orange, banana and a slice of toast with lower fat spread
  • Vegetarian
  • Vegan
  • 317kcal
  • 5 mins

Orange, banana and a slice of toast with lower fat spread

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  • Snack
Photo of mixed nuts, raisins, and grapes, slice of toast with lower fat spread
  • Vegetarian
  • Vegan
  • 461kcal
  • 5 mins

Mixed nuts, raisins, and grapes, slice of toast with lower fat spread

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  • Breakfast
Photo of a bowl of wholegrain breakfast flakes, slice of wholemeal toast and jam, and glass of fresh orange juice
  • Vegetarian
  • 416kcal
  • 5 mins

Bowl of wholegrain breakfast flakes, slice of wholemeal toast and jam and a glass of fresh orange juice

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  • Snack
Photo of a packet of crisps, banana, and slice of toast with lower fat spread
  • Vegetarian
  • Vegan
  • 438kcal
  • 5 mins

Packet of crisps, banana, and slice of toast with lower fat spread

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  • Dinner
Photo of a beef curry with brown rice, raita, naan bread and poppadoms and a fruit salad
  • 931kcal
  • 60 mins

Beef curry with brown rice, raita, naan bread and poppadoms, followed by a fruit salad

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  • Dinner
Photo of spaghetti bolognese with garlic bread, a side salad and a fruit salad
  • 844kcal
  • 50 mins

Spaghetti bolognese with garlic bread, a side salad, followed by fruit salad

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  • Dinner
Photo of roast chicken with potatoes and vegetables, homemade apple crumble and a pot of plain yogurt
  • 885kcal
  • 2 hours

Roast chicken with potatoes and vegetables, homemade apple crumble and a pot of plain yogurt

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  • Lunch
Photo of a bowl of tomato soup with a bread roll
  • Vegetarian
  • Vegan
  • 300kcal
  • 10 mins

Bowl of tinned tomato soup and a bread roll with lower fat spread

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Eatwell Everyday for practitioners

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