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!
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Shiitake mushroom and pork soup dumplings
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Fried noodles, chicken and buk choy
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Chilli chicken sang choy bow
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Chicken koftas with fig & seed pilaf
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Layered vine leaves, eggplant and lamb
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chow mein
Fast and delicious, chow mein is a dreamy midweek feed.
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Beef, white bean and zucchini pizza
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.
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Eggplant bolognese bake
For a great low-carb version of lasagne, this hearty and delicious eggplant bolognese is perfect. It’s a great all in one meat and three veg dish that will have the hungry hoards flocking to the dinner table.
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Healthy sausage rolls
The tasty morsels are a great way to sneak in some extra vegies without the kids noticing.
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Silverbeet and pork rolls
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Sichuan-style gai lan and pork mince
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Lemon chicken rissoles
These zesty lemon chicken rissoles are full of flavour, take less than 30 minutes to make and are perfect for lunch or dinner.
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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.
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Mini meatloaves with sour cream and roasted garlic mash
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.
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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.
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Hoisin pork rissoles with asian coleslaw
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.
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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
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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.
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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.
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Mongolian lamb mince with wombok
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.
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Asian-style pork meatball salad
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!
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Chicken and sage meatballs with cabbage and pear
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.
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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.
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Chicken san choy bow
Make this easy chicken san choy bow for your next weeknight meal. A full-flavoured chicken mince and shiitake mushroom filling wrapped in crisp lettuce leaves. Yum.
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Mince and rice stuffed capsicums
Mince and rice stuffed capsicums
Filled with a flavourful savoury mince mixture and baked until they soften and go sweet, these stuffed capsicums will have you going back again and again.
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Larb gai (spicy chicken salad)
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Indian rice pilaf with spiced beef
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.
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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.
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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.
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Feta and olive greek meatloaves
Satisfy your tastebuds with these delicious feta and olive greek meatloaves.
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Chicken koftas with fig & seed pilaf
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Rocket and tomato lamb burritos
Rocket and tomato lamb burritos
A delicious light Mexican inspired meal for the whole family to enjoy putting together.
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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!
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Roasted eggplant with spiced lamb
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.
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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.
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Pork and sage meatballs with cabbage and pear
Pork and sage meatballs with cabbage and pear
Golden meatballs and colourful vegetables tossed with sweet fried pear slices – this dish makes a heavenly lunch or dinner.