These 8 healthy recipe websites are all great sources for delicious healthy food. There is no shortage of recipes on the internet, so how do you know where to find the best ones? Let this list be your guide to finding healthy recipes you will want to eat over and over. Having spent a lot of time scouring the internet for good healthy recipes, I can say this list is probably all you’d ever need. Of course, that’s not to say you shouldn’t use other sources, use all the sources you want! But, these 8 websites should have everything covered when it comes to healthy recipes.
What I Look for in Healthy Recipe Websites
What are the factors that make these healthy recipe websites good? Firstly, the recipes need to actually be healthy (and delicious). There’s a lot of misinformation out there when it comes to healthy eating, so it’s important to know what to stay away from. Next, the quantity and variety of recipes provided. Giving lots of options is a good thing in this case. Many people like variety in their diet, and also, providing a wide array of options means it’s more likely there are recipes for more special diets and meal plans. Finally, the user experience needs to be decent. The website should be easy to navigate, and you should be able to find the kinds of recipes you want. All the websites listed have recipes sorted by category, and some even have filtering and searching functionality. Now, let’s get into the list!
These are the Best Healthy Recipe Websites
Well Plated by Erin
Well Plated by Erin is a fantastic website for finding healthy recipes. You can find collections of recipes broken down by course, method, protein, diet, budget friendly, kid friendly, and more. There are tons of great recipes, and what I love most about this website is how much detail there is for the recipes. What I mean is, the page for each recipe explains the purpose of each ingredient, offers ideas for substitutions or variations, gives advice on the best methods and other tips, and gives additional ways to serve and store the food. Additionally, features such as printing, saving, doubling or tripling, nutrition information, and sometimes even videos are also provided. There’s something for everyone at Well Plated by Erin.
Eating Bird Food
Eating Bird Food may sound unappealing, but I promise you this website offers so many great healthy recipes. The recipes at Eating Bird Food focus on “eating a wholesome diet focused on real foods –without labels.” There are a lot of plant-based recipes, but plenty of recipes with fish and lean meats as well. Using the website is very similar to Well Plated by Erin. Recipes are sorted by many of the same categories, and follow a very similar format. Many of the same details and features are provided, so be sure to check out Eating Bird Food for even more variety than what is offered by Well Plated.
Skinnytaste
Skinnytaste is another website very similar to the ones listed above, but offers slightly fewer features and a little less detail. One benefit over the previously listed websites is the recipe filtering feature. Instead of just searching by category, you can filter by course, main ingredient, and cooking method all at once. This means you can really narrow down the recipe list to find just what you’re looking for. Overall, Skinnytaste is another fantastic website for finding healthy recipes.
EatingWell
EatingWell is a bit different than the healthy recipe websites listed above, but it is still a great source for finding tasty dishes. The functionality and user experience in finding recipes isn’t as good on EatingWell compared to the previous websites. But, EatingWell offers a lot more than the recipes. The other websites do too, but EatingWell goes a lot further in that direction. Recipes seem secondary to all the other nutrition and lifestyle guides they offer. You can only find recipes sorted by course and diet, and then typically within lists in those categories. The recipes aren’t formatted quite as nicely as the other websites, but quite a few of the recipes offer more details in regard to the nutrition. If you’re into healthy eating and want to learn more, EatingWell is a great website to check out!
Love & Lemons
Love & Lemons is very similar to the first 3 websites listed, probably most similar to Skinnytaste due to the filtering feature. There is a bit less variety to be found, and less options to filter by, but the recipes follow a similar format. The recipes offer plenty of detail, but if you want to double or triple a recipe, you’ll have to do the math yourself. You can find plenty of recipe lists however, which can be a fun and useful way of finding new recipes. All the recipes are vegetarian or vegan, so if you’re looking for meat, you’ll want to skip this website. However, if you are following a vegetarian or vegan diet, this can be a great place to look for recipes and not have to filter through meat recipes.
MedlinePlus
MedlinePlus is a US government website from the NIH, making it a very trustworthy source for healthy recipes. The website isn’t fancy, but gets the job done. The recipes are broken down into a few categories, course, diet, and food type are the most common. MedlinePlus’s doesn’t offer near the number of recipes offered by the previously listed websites. The recipes also lack a lot of the same details and features as well, but don’t let that dissuade you from visiting. The included nutrition labels are very nice, and nutrition experts thoroughly vet all the recipes, giving you peace of mind.
Mayo Clinic
The Mayo Clinic offers a variety of healthy recipes on its website. This website is probably most similar MedlinePlus, it isn’t fancy, doesn’t have a vast quantity of recipes, and doesn’t offer many features (or pictures!), but it comes from a source you can trust. The Mayo Clinic sorts recipes into more comprehensive categories than MedlinePlus, including main ingredient, number of servings, diet, course, and method. The dietician’s tips included with every recipe is a nice touch, but the overall detail in the recipes is lacking. Nevertheless, the Mayo Clinic is still a great trusted source for healthy recipes.
Clean Eating Kitchen
Clean Eating Kitchen offers a lot of great recipes, but they’re a bit more difficult to navigate to. There are filtering options, and the categories are not as useful as those in other websites. The recipes are very detailed though, and offer all the same features found in Well Plated and Eating Bird Food for example. A lot of air-fryer and InstantPot recipes can be found on Clean Eating Kitchen, so if you have those tools at your disposal, this could be a great website to find healthy recipes using them.
One Last Healthy Recipe Website
While I don’t offer any recipes on this website, this post about healthy pizza is probably the closest I’ve got. If you’re interested in learning how you can make pizza a healthy food, go check out that post.
