The Top 6 Healthy Food Blogs to Follow Right Now

These dietitian-approved blogs will get you ready for your next meal

By Swabi Dabi, Richmond, VA

 Owner of Perfect Touch Auto Glass

April, 2021

Table of Contents

• Budget-Friendly

• Easy Meal Prep and Simple Recipes

• Comfort Food

• Ethnic Cuisine

• Kid-Friendly

• Vegan and Vegetarian

• On-Trend Diets

• Nutritious Desserts

• Sports Nutrition

• Gluten-Free

• Dairy-Free

Health and wellness bloggers let us into their lives and—in some cases—their kitchens. Through healthy food blogs, they share with us their innovative recipes, healthy eating strategies, behind-the-scenes-tips, and stunning food photos to both educate and inspire us.

Healthy Food Blogs 

There's only one problem—there are a lot of them out there. We searched high and low to find the best of the best within some of the most sought-after healthy food categories—kid-friendly meals, budget-conscious recipes, gluten-free living, and more. Here's how we chose these food blogs as the best of the best.

You’ll find that many of the selections are run by registered dietitians.

Mouth-watering recipes are great, but we also value credible, evidence-based information provided by bonafide experts in the field.

Additionally, these blogs provide a consistent flow of new posts featuring authentic and delicious content, actionable advice, and aspirational ideas for home cooks everywhere. Here are 40 of the best healthy food blogs you need to check out.

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Budget-Friendly

Beth Moncel, Budget Bytes

Real Food Real Deals

This blog was created by a “regular” mom who grew tired of feeding her family overly processed junk. Real Food Real Deals follows a four-point check for each recipe—real (avoids overly processed ingredients), easy (30 minutes or less), affordable (recipes include the cost breakdown) and flavor (because if it doesn’t taste good, who’s going to eat it?).

Real Food Real Deals takes traditional favorites and adds a healthy twist, like avocado deviled eggs or carrot and zucchini fritters.

Budget Bytes

Beth Moncel, the mastermind behind Budget Bytes, is a self-proclaimed food lover meets number cruncher, which is exactly what you need when you’re trying to eat well on a budget. Over her 10 years of blogging, Beth has created delicious recipes, how-tos, pantry staples, and meal prep content as well.

The best features of this blog? For starters, there’s an app—think step-by-step photos, built-in timers, adjustable servings, etc.—and each recipe includes the cost per recipe and cost per serving.

Plant-Based on a Budget

From delicious, wallet-friendly recipes to tips on the best vegan buys at Costco, Toni Okamoto and friends at Plant-Based on a Budget have you covered. For more guidance and interaction, the blog also includes meal plans and helpful videos.

Eating Richly

This easy-on-the-wallet blog also gets a thumbs up from kids. Parent duo Diana and Eric Johnson run Eating Richly, which features tasty recipes (whole wheat oatmeal fudge, anyone?) and also covers kid-friendly crafts and other ideas to create special, inexpensive moments with your family.

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Easy Meal Prep and Simple Recipes

Holley Grainger, Cleverful Living

Minimalist Baker

The absolute best part about the drool-worthy images on Minimalist Baker is that the recipes themselves are simple and easy to make. At least one of the following qualifiers is true for each recipe: takes no more than 30 minutes, requires just one bowl, and includes 10 ingredients or fewer. All of the recipes are plant-based and most are gluten-free to boot.

Stone Soup

The tagline for this blog? Six-ingredient dinners. Who doesn’t love that? Jules Clancy, the talent behind Stone Soup, has quick and delicious meals down to a science, which makes complete sense given that she started her career as a food scientist before becoming a full-time blogger and cookbook author.

Cleverful Living

Registered dietitian and busy mom, Holley Grainger, delivers on providing nutritious recipes and food ideas that are simple to make and that kids will love. She tackles this feat on her Cleverful Living blog by serving simple solutions and tips for everyday meals.

For example, her Shortcut Loaded Mashed Potatoes that start with refrigerated mashed potatoes (in other words, no peeling, boiling, or mashing) or the Slow Cooker BBQ Tender Roast recipe that offers tons of ideas for leftovers.

KISS in the Kitchen

That's KISS as in "Keep It Simple Shannon." Shannon Garcia is the author of KISS in the Kitchen, and her recipe ideas here live up to that moniker. Simple, easy, and nutritious. Bonus—most are gluten-free as well.

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Comfort Food

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