5 healthy fakeaway meals to cook yourself and save money

Forget takeaways, fakeaways is the way to go. Often the thought of takeaways is better than the reality.

By the time your food has been delivered and served on the family table – it’s far from the picture you see in adverts. Yes burgers, you know we are talking about you with your sad limp lettuce, greasy meat pattie, soggy burger bun and not to forget the cold chips on the side.

To avoid disappointment and the sluggish feeling that often accompanies a greasy meal, why not try cooking a ‘fakeaway’ at home? Cooking a delicious fakeaway meal is not only a healthier option, it will save you money too!

Here are our 5 favourite fakeaways that will satisfy your cravings.

	Pizza and caesar salad You won’t believe how easy it is to make this pizza base from scratch until you try it! What’s more, the pizza recipe is quick to make and ready in under 30 minutes – and you can customise your pizza toppings to suit everyones tastes – no extra cost for half and half
	Beef and veg sausage rolls Our sausage roll recipe will show you that it’s actually not ‘a long way to the top (of health) if you want a sausage roll’. Each serve provides 1 of the recommended 5 serves of vegetables!
	Burgers and potato salad Fancy a burger night? Why not try our vegetarian burgers paired with creamy potato salad.  Make a batch and freeze extra burger patties to use as a quick high protein lunch option at a later date.
	Chicken burrito bowls Ready to eat in 20 minutes.  That’s less time that it would take for a delivery service to drop off a sub-standard meal. You simply cannot go past our chicken burrito bowl recipe for an easy, tasty and healthy lunch or dinner.
	Fried rice Help save the planet and use up the vegies that have been neglected at the bottom of the fridge shelf or pop in some frozen vegies that are lurking in the freezer rather than letting them go to waste.  This recipe is packed with vegies (two serves per portion) and will be a hit with the family!

For more recipes, visit Healthy Lunchbox.