Dieting can be hard. Whatever the reason for restricting your diet, it’s not easy to form your world around a specific set of ingredients. But we’re here to show you that following a diet, whether you’re vegan, vegetarian, flexitarian, or keto, can be easy and delicious too. All you need is the right guide. We’ve made breakfast, lunch, dinner, and even dessert just a click away for all types of diets. Each recipe encourages you to fill your table with nutritious foods that aren’t too out of reach either. So, feel free to start your dieting journey in 2026 with a helping hand. It’ll make your ease into your new lifestyle that much simpler.
Foster Your Dietary Health with These Recipe Guides
10 Vegetarian and Vegan Recipes for Meatless Monday
If you’re looking for somewhere to start with dieting but you’re worried about making big changes, start small with meatless Monday. Meatless Monday is all about switching out of the norm consistently till it’s second nature. Dive into Roasted Squash Tacos with Sriracha Mayonnaise, Cauliflower Steaks with Curry Leaf Oil and Red Wine Cherry Sauce, and even a Tempeh and Bok Choy Stir Fry. These recipes prove that vegetables are just as delicious and as filling as meat.
8 Recipes to Get You Started on a Flexitarian Diet
Wanting to dive deeper into veganism and vegetarianism but not rule out meat completely? Being a flexitarian encourages a mostly vegetable and fruit filled diet that allows for occasion, small amounts of meats. This means incorporating meats in healthy ways such as in our Beef Bulgogi Bowls that place it beside large portions of radishes, carrots, cucumbers, and kimchi. Or, try a Seafood Escabeche Salad that incorporates lean seafood like calamari, shrimp, and mussels with other plant-based ingredients.
Delicious Mediterranean Diet Recipes
The Mediterranean diet is one of the most popular in recent years and can make it feel as if you’re living along the coast of some of the most beautiful countries of Europe. It consists of focusing on heart-healthy ingredients to help low cholesterol and blood pressure. These recipes tend to include vegetables, whole grains, seafood, beans, nuts, seeds, and olive oil. As you stray away from red meats and processed sugars, you can look forward to meals like Salmon Poke with Yuzu, Wonton Noodle-Wrapped Prawn Lettuce Wrap, and Seafood Stuffed Poblano Peppers.
10 Keto-Friendly Recipes
Everyone’s heard about keto, and for good reason. A ketogenic diet means cutting out sugar, high-carb foods, beans, and more starchy vegetables. Instead, you want your plate to center on high fats for weight loss and increased energy. Think high protein, nutritious vegetables, and full fat dairy. For a keto diet, you’re going to want to stick to meals like Martha Stewart-Inspired Keto Chicken Roll Ups and Santa Maria-Style Dry Rub Lamb. But, there are ways to tweak recipes so you can still enjoy your favorite tastes. Try our Low Carb Keto Lemon Cranberry Quick Bread and Keto Pumpkin Donuts!
Healthy Dessert Recipes for Your Dietary Needs
Even though you’re on a diet, you still deserve to have your dessert and eat it too! Did you know there are desserts out there for those needing gluten-free, keto, and vegan options? Or, if you just want to take a small healthy step forward, there are recipes for that too. We’ve got a little something for everyone here and we cover as many categories as we can to bring you tarts, cheesecakes, cakes, pies, cookies, and much more. Bake up a Gluten-Free Whole Grain Apple Cider Layer Cake. Or, try your hand at whipping up a Vegan Berry Macadamia Cheesecake. The options are endless.
Story by Kylie Thomas
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