Kickstart 2026 with our favourite Eat Well recipes

Start the year off right with a collection of our favourite Eat Well recipes, created in collaboration with our in-house nutritionists, to help you eat a healthy, balanced diet. Whether it’s a hearty breakfast, a light lunch, or a nourishing dinner, these recipes are delicious and easy, all while meeting our evidence-based nutrition standards. Eat Well is our health seal of approval that’s a shortcut to healthy choices, so you can feel good about what you're putting on your plate. Eat Well is our health seal of approval that’s a shortcut to healthy choices, so you can feel good about what you're putting on your plate.
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Whatever you fancy cooking, we've got a recipe to inspire you. From speedy midweek meals to budget-friendly family dinners and weekend treats, let us help you cook and eat better, every day.
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Marks & Spencer
Whatever you fancy cooking, we've got a recipe to inspire you. From speedy midweek meals to budget-friendly family dinners and weekend treats, let us help you cook and eat better, every day.

Breakfast

Brain-supporting cherry granola bowls

Heather Taylor – M&S Recipes Team

These gorgeous granola bowls are made with gut-supporting kefir and high protein yogurt, plus a generous dollop of our Brain Food Super Seeded Nut Butter, which contains omega-3. Make a batch of the chia seed frozen fruit compote in advance to make this recipe quick to whip up on busy weekday mornings.

Gut-supporting high fibre smoothie bowl recipe

Heather Taylor – M&S Recipes Team

Brighten your morning with these colourful smoothie bowls, packed with kefir, fresh fruit, and multigrain oats to support gut health. We recommend topping with golden kiwis and blueberries for extra fibre, but feel free to use whatever fruit you have on hand.

Lunch

Roasted fajita-spiced cauliflower wraps

Flo Bischoff – M&S Recipes Team

For a lunch that’s both light and flavour-packed, try these fajita-spiced cauliflower wraps. When roasted to perfection, the cauliflower brings a satisfying bite with a little smoky spice.

Red pepper tortilla with chilli pesto aioli

Heather Taylor – M&S Recipes Team

Onions, peppers and potatoes are slowly sautéed and then combined with free-range eggs for a tapas-night fave, hearty brunch or good-value midweek meal. Take it to the next level by serving with a creamy pesto aioli.

Chilli sardines on toast

Heather Taylor – M&S Recipes Team

Beetroot and horseradish are a mouthwatering combo. With rich sardines and crunchy seeds piled on top, this is a healthy, hearty lunch or dinner that’s ready in a matter of minutes, and is great if you’re looking to eat more oily fish.

High protein chicken bagels recipe

Heather Taylor – M&S Recipes Team

Prep a batch of the filling for these bagels on a Sunday – with shredded chicken, sundried tomatoes and preserved lemons, it packs a flavour punch. Load into toasted high-protein bagels for a speedy lunch, or use to fill sandwiches or jacket potatoes.

Quick pea, spinach and coconut soup recipe

Heather Taylor – M&S Recipes Team

This light yet satisfying soup makes eating your greens easy. Frozen peas and spinach are simmered with herbs and creamy coconut milk, then served alongside Nutrient Dense super seeded crackers, hot smoked salmon, and labneh for added protein.

Dinner

Harissa cod traybake with grapefruit salsa

Flo Bischoff – M&S Recipes Team

This fiery harissa baked cod is a bold mix of bold savoury and citrus notes. Topped with rich and nutty tahini, this dish will have you coming back for more.

Curried root vegetable fritters with mango chutney yogurt dip

Heather Taylor – M&S Recipes Team

Golden, crispy fritters made from hearty root vegetables and spices, served with a cooling yogurt dip and tangy mango chutney.

Veggie aubergine parmigiana

Flo Bischoff – M&S Recipes Team

This lighter version of a classic Parmigiana features layers of tender aubergine, rich tomato sauce, and a sprinkle of cheese for a satisfying, comforting dish.

Chicken and turmeric ramen

Flo Bischoff – M&S Recipes Team

Make a healthy choice for dinner without skipping the comfort. This hearty chicken ramen is made with frozen chicken bone broth, for a rich depth of flavour without the prep time. Simmer with pre-cooked chicken fillets and plenty of fresh veg.

Creamy Thai-spiced chickpea soup

Heather Taylor – M&S Recipes Team

This fragrant soup will warm your cockles – just the thing for chilly winter mornings. A jar of red Thai curry paste is a brilliant shortcut ingredient that gives the chickpeas and veggies an instant flavour boost.

Healthy cottage pie recipe

Heather Taylor – M&S Recipes Team

We’ve given the comfort food favourite a better-for-you upgrade in this easy recipe. Think cauliflower in the mash, extra veggies in the sauce and lean 5% fat beef mince.

High fibre dal recipe with air fryer tikka tofu

Heather Taylor – M&S Recipes Team

Hit your 30g daily fibre goal with this creamy dal. Red lentils and yellow split peas are simmered with fragrant spices and topped with gnarly tikka-spiced tofu.

Healthy turmeric cod parcels recipe

Flo Bischoff – M&S Recipes Team

Taste buds in need of a shake-up? Bake turmeric-spiked cod with fresh veggies, fragrant chillies and herbs in this vibrant, healthy midweek meal. Swap the cod for haddock, salmon or sea bass if you like.

High protein salmon and green goddess butter beans

Flo Bischoff – M&S Recipes Team

If you’re always looking for new ways with the salmon fillets you buy week after week, try serving them with creamy green goddess butter beans. This recipe is high in protein, a source of fibre, and carries our Eat Well health seal of approval.

Healthy chicken and pearl barley soup

Flo Bischoff – M&S Recipes Team

This soul-warming, high-protein chicken soup recipe packs in plenty of veggies, tender chicken and comforting pearl barley. It’s brilliant for batch cooking, so double up the recipe and stash in the freezer to use on manic weeknights – you’ll thank yourself later.

Nutrient-packed fibre toasts recipe

Heather Taylor – M&S Recipes Team

Load up our Nutrient Dense super seeded oaty breads with delicious, nutritious toppings, from speedy beetroot dip with hot smoked mackerel to green tahini beans and jammy eggs, for a healthy snack or light lunch.