Once you add your herbs, spices, veggies and carbohydrate of choice, it can be super healthy and flavoursome. To show you how you can include more mince in your healthy recipes, here is a selection of our favourite chicken, beef, lamb and pork recipes. We’ve also included some lean turkey mince options to cut down on fat and kilojoules. Dinner that’s healthy and tasty? Tick!
Mince & rice stuffed capsicums
Stuff your face with these!
Chow mein
Fast and delicious, chow mein is a dreamy midweek feed.
Chilli chicken san choy bow
There’s an allure to san choy bow that everybody seems to love, yet few people actually cook it at home.
Chicken koftas with fig and seed pilaf
Fragrant koftas with crunchy pilaf for a tasty weeknight meal.
Pork and sage meatballs with cabbage and pear
Have a ball.
Lemon chicken rissoles
What do you call this, darl? Rissoles.
Chicken san choy bow
Dinner all wrapped up.
Larb gai (spicy chicken salad)
Not for the faint-hearted.
Fetta and olive greek meatloaves
Satisfy your tastebuds with these Greek-style mini meatloaves.
Eggplant bolognese bake
For a great low-carb version of lasagne, this hearty and delicious eggplant bolognese is perfect.
Sichuan-style gai lan and pork mince
Spice up tonight’s dinner with this Sichuan-style gai lan and pork mince.
Indian rice pilaf with spiced beef
This Indian-inspired soft rice with spicy beef makes for an aromatic, flavour-packed side or main dish for those left craving more.
Jacket sweet potato sloppy joes
Loaded with body-fuelling nutrients, these loaded sweet potatoes are a quick and easy dinner option and an excellent way to use up leftovers.
Roasted eggplant with spiced lamb
Silky eggplant and crunchy cauliflower topped with spiced minced lamb – delish! This dish is a stand out winner for a quick and easy midweek dinner. And it’s great for diabetics.
The green turkey burger
Take this delicious lettuce wrapped burger to the next step and veg it up! Replace turkey patties with pan-fried haloumi or fried flat mushrooms.
Chicken and sage meatballs with cabbage and pear
Healthy dinners don’t have to be dull! These lean chicken meatballs from The Australian Women’s Weekly’s ‘Fast Favourite Dinners’ cookbook are served with a big portion of veg for a satisfying meal.
Asian-style pork meatball salad
With Thai-spiced meatballs, vermicelli noodles and a sprinkle of crunchy, chopped peanuts, this tasty salad is anything but boring. For added kick, slice up a chilli and toss through the salad – yum!
Mongolian lamb mince with wombok
A quick and easy mince dish packed with classic Asian flavours, this beautiful recipe is perfect for midweek family dinners. Serve with rice or noodles for a filling meal.
Sumac meatballs and potatoes with garlic yoghurt
The kids will love tucking in to this delicious dish! With sumac-spiced beef meatballs, chunky potato pieces and a garlicky Middle Eastern yoghurt sauce, it’s the ideal dinner for the family.
Pork meatball laksa
Easy pork meatballs are a welcome addition to this fragrant coconut soup, while rice noodles and snow peas add bulk and nutrition. It’s a modern Asian dish at its tastiest.
Tortilla cups with spicy beef
Spicy beef and beans are topped with cheese and quickly baked in tortilla cups for this tasty Mexican-style meal
Spicy lamb, spinach and fetta pizzas
Packed full of flavour and spice, this Moroccan style lamb pizza is perfect for lunch – They’d also make great party and picnic food.
Rocket and tomato lamb burritos
A delicious light Mexican inspired meal for the whole family to enjoy putting together.
Paprika and lime pork enchiladas
Spicy, sour, tangy paprika and lime pork enchiladas – this deliciously fresh and flavoursome Mexican inspired dish is ticking all the boxes!
Hoisin pork rissoles with asian coleslaw
Sweet and spicy, crunchy and tender blend in this flavoursome Chinese dish of pork rissoles in hoisin sauce with coleslaw and crisp noodles.
Middle eastern-style pizza
Packed full of flavour and spice, this Middle Eastern style lamb pizza is perfect for wowing your guests. This dish is divine served topped with Greek yoghurt and sprinkled with fresh mint, parsley and sumac.
Mini meatloaves with sour cream and roasted garlic mash
These hearty baked meatloaves, infused with HP sauce, herbs and accompanied by creamy mashed potato, make for a satisfying winter family meal.
Lebanese lamb burgers
Add some spice to your classic burger with these lamb mince patties, filled with chilli-paste, garlic, and topped off with some Greek-style yoghurt.
Silverbeet and pork rolls
You can prepare silverbeet leaves up to 1 day ahead. Store in an airtight container in the fridge. Bring to room temperature 10 minutes before filling. You’ll need 3/4 cup long-grain white rice to make 2 cups cooked. For a vegetarian option, omit mince and replace with 2 x 400g cans rinsed brown lentils. Note
Healthy sausage rolls
The tasty morsels are a great way to sneak in some extra vegies without the kids noticing.
Beef, white bean and zucchini pizza
With a thin base and thin slices of zucchini, this is a crunchy pizza that combines simple yet stunning flavours for an easy and delicious meal.
Layered vine leaves, eggplant and lamb
Baharat is an Arab spice mix which usually contains allspice, black pepper, cardamom, cloves, dried coriander, cumin, nutmeg and chilli. Note
Sang choy bow
The trick to becoming a stir-fry pro, is making sure you have all the ingredients ready to-go before you begin frying.
Shiitake mushroom and pork soup dumplings
Dumplings can be assembled, then frozen in an airtight container up to a week ahead. Steam dumplings for 12 minutes from frozen. Soup dumplings or xialongbao, as they are called Yum Cha restaurants, are a shanghainese speciality. They are commonly filled with minced pork and a firm, gelatine-rich stock, which turns to a soup when […]
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