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
  • Breakfast
Photo of wheat bisks with a slice of toast with marmalade and a glass of orange juice
  • Vegetarian
  • Vegan
  • 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 pitta bread with houmous and a side salad
  • Vegetarian
  • Vegan
  • 511kcal
  • 5 mins

Pitta bread with houmous and a side salad

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  • Lunch
Homemade tomato soup and a wholemeal bread roll with lower fat spread, followed by a banana
  • Vegetarian
  • Vegan
  • 471kcal
  • 40 mins

Homemade tomato soup and a wholemeal bread roll with lower fat spread, followed by a banana

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  • Lunch
Photo of Homemade chicken and vegetable soup, a bread roll with lower fat spread, and a jelly pot
  • 393kcal
  • 5 mins

Homemade chicken and vegetable soup, a bread roll with lower fat spread, and a jelly pot

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  • Breakfast
Photo of Bowl of porridge, slice of wholemeal toast and lower fat spread, and a glass of fresh orange juice
  • Vegetarian
  • 338kcal
  • 10 mins

Bowl of porridge, slice of wholemeal toast and lower fat spread, and a glass of fresh orange juice

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  • Breakfast
Photo of a bacon roll with tomato ketchup and a glass of fresh orange juice
  • 390kcal
  • 5 mins

Bacon roll with tomato ketchup and a glass of fresh orange juice

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  • Dinner
Photo of cottage pie with vegetables
  • 396kcal
  • 60 mins

Cottage pie with vegetables, followed by a banana

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  • Dinner
Photo of oven baked haddock with oven chips and vegetables
  • 547kcal
  • 30 mins

Oven baked haddock with oven chips and vegetables

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  • Snack
image showing a glass of fresh orange juice with a packet of crisps and chocolate digestives
  • Vegetarian
  • 494 kcal
  • 5 mins

Glass of fresh orange juice with a packet of crisps and chocolate digestives

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  • Snack
Photo of a glass of fresh orange juice, mixed nuts and raisins
  • Vegetarian
  • Vegan
  • 294kcal
  • 5 minutes

Glass of fresh orange juice, mixed nuts and raisins

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  • Dinner
Photo of a pasta ratatouille bake with oatcakes and cheese
  • Vegetarian
  • 769kcal
  • 45 mins

Pasta ratatouille bake with oatcakes and cheese

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  • Lunch
Photo of an egg and cress mayonnaise baguette, fruit yogurt and skinny latte
  • Vegetarian
  • 819kcal
  • 15 mins

Egg and cress mayonnaise baguette, fruit yogurt and skinny latte

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Eatwell Everyday for practitioners

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