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12 recipes you’ll love from Eat Yourself Healthy by Jamie Oliver

by Rachel Deeley

published on 11 September 2025

We all know and love Jamie Oliver‘s knack for creating easy, vibrant and flavour-packed recipes with fresh ingredients – and now, he’s making it even easier to follow a healthy lifestyle in a way that’s sustainable and manageable with Eat Yourself Healthy, his first cookbook dedicated to improving long-term health, and a Channel 4 TV series of the same name.

Eat Yourself Healthy is not only a cookbook, but also an indispensable nutritional guide. Alongside numerous recipes, you’ll find Jamie’s healthy hacks for shopping, eating, living and sleeping, getting your seven fruit and veg a day, and a two-week meal plan to help kickstart your healthy eating journey.

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To give you a taste of some of the brilliant dishes and tips you’ll find inside, we’ve rounded up some of our favourite recipes from the book’s chapters covering breakfast, lunch, dinner, weekend meals, healthier sweet treats, and drinks.

Breakfast

Dukkah Poached Eggs

Featuring high-fibre sweet potatoes, fresh parsley and juicy cherry tomatoes, this 14-minute recipe is perfect for breakfast or brunch.

Extraordinary Brekkie Smush-in

This sweet topper for sourdough toast features dates, quick-caramelised banana, peanut butter and greek yoghurt for the ultimate satisfying breakfast.

Lunch

Prawn & Noodle Salad

This vibrant salad is packed with a medley of contrasting flavours and textures. Better yet, it takes just 10 minutes to make.

Tuna & Broccoli Pasta

This simple, satisfying quick-cook pasta is an ingenious way to use fresh lasagne sheets.

Dinner

Tasty Salmon Couscous

Crispy fried salmon, wholesome couscous, colourful veg and a refreshing basil-infused yoghurt come together for a quick and easy mid-week dinner.

Chicken, Bean & Rice Bake

This easy one-tin traybake features crispy chicken thighs on a bed of high-fibre cannellini beans, wholegrain rice, and veg, flavoured with warming and fragrant harissa paste.

Weekend meals

Healthy Fish & Chips

Panko breadcrumbs and sweet potato make for delicious healthy swaps in this lighter take on a comforting classic.

Crispy Steamed Veggie Buns

Ideal for sharing over a family meal, these versatile steamed buns are a great way to use up any leftover veg in your fridge.

Healthier sweet treats

Choccy Fro-yo Sandwiches

Made with tangy raspberries and Greek yoghurt, warming ginger, oatcakes, and an indulgent drizzle of dark chocolate, this five-ingredient sweet treat is perfect for satisfying your ice cream cravings.

Blueberry Muffins

Sweet, nutritious and tasty, these versatile berry muffins are great for making in batches so you always have an on-the-go snack.

Drinks

Morning Kickstarter

This punchy blend of spices, ginger, lemon, honey and fresh mint comes together for a make-ahead morning drink that helps you start your day feeling fresh and invigorated.

Green Goddess Smoothie

Drink your greens with this refreshing smoothie flavoured with banana, lime, nut butter and coconut water – with the addition of spinach and avocado for a dose of fibre and healthy fats.

Find all of the recipes from Jamie’s Channel 4 series, Eat Yourself Healthy, here.

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