Healthy food blogs and Instagram-worthy recipes inspire home cooks everywhere to prepare their own delicious and nutritious meals at home. But it's not just stunning food photography that amasses a following. Many people rely on healthy food bloggers for their innovative recipes, mindful eating strategies, nutrition tips, and kitchen hacks to improve their cooking skills and support their overall wellness.

With so many food blogs to choose from, it can be overwhelming to narrow it down. Especially when not all healthy food blogs are as nutritionally sound as they claim.1 That's why we curated this list of healthy food blogs featuring some of the industry's most talented influencers and nutrition experts. You'll find that many of these blogs are run by registered dietitians and feature credible, evidence-based nutrition and health information to educate, inform, and inspire their followers.

From kid-friendly meals to budget-conscious recipes to healthy desserts and gluten-free living, here are 40 of the best healthy food blogs you need to follow.

Budget-Friendly

Real Food Real Deals

Annemarie Rossi, a self-described “regular mom," started a blog to offer simple, healthy, and affordable alternatives to processed foods. Real Food Real Deals follows a four-point checklist 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?).

Budget Bytes

A self-proclaimed "food lover and number cruncher," Beth Moncel created Budget Bytes in 2009 after earning a college degree in nutritional science and working a low-paying job. She found herself unwilling to sacrifice healthy eating on a tight budget and began tracking the cost of her food, which cut her grocery bill in half.

More than 10 years later, Moncel's Budget Bytes boasts countless healthy, budget-friendly recipes, instructional how-tos, pantry staples, and meal prep content. Budget Bytes became a cookbook in 2014, and in 2016, the blog won the Best How-To Food Blog Award from Saveur magazine.

Plant-Based on a Budget

From delicious, wallet-friendly recipes to tips on the best vegan buys at Costco, Plant-Based on a Budget has you covered. Started by Toni Okamoto in 2012, a plant-based eater for more than 15 years, Plant-Based on a Budget features recipes by Okamoto and other guest bloggers.

For more guidance and interaction, the blog also includes meal plans and helpful videos. Okamoto is also the author of the 2019 book, "Plant-Based on a Budget: Delicious Vegan Recipes for Under $30 a Week, in Less Than 30 Minutes a Meal." 

Eating Richly

This easy-on-the-wallet blog also gets a thumbs up from kids. Parent duo Diana Johnson and Eric Johnson run Eating Richly, which features healthy, decadent recipes like Whole Wheat Oatmeal Fudge. The blog also covers kid-friendly crafts and other ideas to create special, inexpensive moments with your family.

Easy Meal Prep and Simple Recipes

Minimalist Baker

One of the best features about Minimalist Baker from food stylist and photographer Dana Shultz 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. Shultz is also the author of the 2016 book, "Minimalist Baker's Everyday Cooking."

Stone Soup

The tagline for this blog? Six-ingredient dinners. Jules Clancy of Stone Soup has quick and flavorsome meals down to a science. In fact, Clancy started her career as a food scientist before becoming a full-time blogger and author of the 2013 cookbook, "Five Ingredients, Ten Minutes."

Cleverful Living

Registered dietitian and mom Holley Grainger provides nutritious recipes and healthy food ideas that are simple to make and that kids will love. She tackles this feat on Cleverful Living by serving up simple solutions and tips for everyday meals.

For example, Grainger's recipe for Shortcut Loaded Mashed Potatoes starts with refrigerated mashed potatoes (in other words, no peeling, boiling, or mashing). The Slow Cooker BBQ Tender Roast recipe offers several ideas for healthy leftovers.

KISS in the Kitchen

The "KISS" in KISS in the Kitchen stands for "Keep It Simple Shannon," a phrase that blogger Shannon Garcia's father would always say to her. Garcia's healthy recipe ideas live up to that moniker. Simple, easy, and nutritious—and as a bonus, most are gluten-free as well.

Comfort Food

Cozy Peach Kitchen

Registered dietitian Cassidy Reeser puts a healthy spin on southern comfort food classics at Cozy Peach Kitchen. Her plant-based recipes range from Vegan Tater Tot Green Bean Casserole to Pot Pie with Tofu and Mixed Veggies. Indulge healthily with the Cherry Chocolate Nice Cream for dessert.

Emily Bites

Blogger Emily Green shows that "low-calorie" and "comfort food" can go hand-in-hand. Emily Bites delivers “lightened up” comfort foods that don’t compromise on flavor.