Welcome to the Better Living recipe collection, 160+ tested recipes organized by category so you can find exactly what you’re looking for, fast.
We’ve been cooking, testing, and publishing recipes since 2002, covering everything from quick weeknight dinners and healthy low-carb meals to indulgent desserts, holiday cocktails, and authentic Mexican tacos. Whether you’re looking for easy dinner ideas the whole family will love, gluten-free recipes that don’t compromise on flavor, or impressive appetizers for your next party, you’ll find them here.
Our Better Living recipe categories include desserts (cookies, cakes, pies, and frozen treats), dinners (mains, soups, pasta, and seafood), drinks (smoothies, bubble teas, cocktails, and wellness tonics), appetizers and snacks, Mexican and taco recipes, healthy and low-carb recipes, holiday and seasonal recipes, and baking (breads, scones, and muffins). We also maintain a dedicated gluten-free recipe hub with 75+ options across every category.
Use the category links below to jump to what you’re looking for, or scroll through the full collection. New recipes are added regularly, so bookmark this page and check back often.
160+ recipes  · 8 categories  · Updated regularly
Dinners
Drinks
Appetizers & Snacks
Mexican & Tacos
Healthy
Holiday & Seasonal
Baking
Gluten-Free Hub →
01 / Desserts
Better Living Desserts
41 recipes covering cookies, cakes, pies, custards, frozen treats, and more. Our biggest category and the one readers come back to most.

Cookies & Bars
8 recipes
Cakes, Tarts & Custards
10 recipes
Individual Chocolate Lava Cakes
Low-Carb Pumpkin Spice Crème Brûlée
Cranachan (Scottish Whisky Cream Dessert)
Pies, Crisps & Seasonal
8 recipes
Frozen & No-Bake
5 recipes
More Dessert Recipes
Collections & roundups
02 / Dinners
Better Living Dinners
33 recipes covering seafood, chicken, pork and beef mains, pasta, eggs, and soups. Easy weeknight dinners and meals worth making on a Sunday.

Seafood & Fish
8 recipes
Chicken
5 recipes
Pork, Beef & Mains
10 recipes
Pasta & Pizza
4 recipes
Eggs & Veggie
4 recipes
Soups
4 recipes
03 / Drinks
Better Living Drinks
31 recipes covering smoothies, bubble teas, wellness tonics, hot drinks, and cocktails. Something worth sipping for every season.

Smoothies & Protein Shakes
5 recipes
Wellness Shots & Tonics
3 recipes
Bubble Tea
5 recipes
Hot Drinks
8 recipes
Cocktails & Mocktails
10 recipes
04 / Appetizers & Snacks
Better Living Appetizers & Snacks
23 recipes covering party dips, stuffed bites, nachos, boards, spring rolls, and shareable snacks for game day, holiday entertaining, or any night.

05 / Mexican & Tacos
Better Living Mexican & Tacos
15 recipes covering authentic carne asada, Baja fish tacos, pork tacos, shrimp fajitas, chicken enchiladas, nachos, and Mexican street corn. Real flavors built from scratch.

06 / Healthy
Better Living Healthy Recipes
16 recipes covering low-carb meals, keto desserts, protein shakes, gut-health tonics, and clean swaps for the foods you already love. No bland, no boring.

07 / Holiday & Seasonal
Better Living Holiday & Seasonal
20 recipes for Thanksgiving, Christmas, Valentine’s Day, Easter, St. Patrick’s Day, Cinco de Mayo, Mardi Gras, and the 4th of July.

08 / Baking
Better Living Baking
Banana bread, pumpkin bread, blueberry scones, pumpkin spice scones, French macarons, air fryer donuts, keto waffles, and gluten-free pizza dough. Recipes that make the kitchen smell incredible.

About Our Recipes
Better Living has been publishing recipes since 2002, starting with travel-inspired dishes and growing into a full recipe library covering everything from authentic Mexican cooking to low-carb baking and wellness drinks. Our recipes are written for home cooks who want real flavor without unnecessary complexity.
Many of our recipes are naturally gluten-free, and we maintain a dedicated gluten-free recipe collection with 75+ options. We also cover low-carb and keto recipes throughout the dessert, drink, and healthy categories above.
New recipes are published regularly. If you make something from this collection, we’d love to hear about it. Drop a comment on the recipe post.
Gluten-Free
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75+ tested recipes across every category, all in one dedicated hub.
New recipes added regularly. Bookmark this page and check back often.



