A CELEBRITY chef ha s developed new healthy recipes as part of an online tool to help people use up ingredients lingering in their fridge.

John Gregory-Smith has partnered with Weight Watchers Reimagined, which has launched a What’s In Your Fridge tool as part of its new myWW+ app.

The tool offers thousands of recipe suggestions at the touch of a button, so people can make healthy meals from scratch, based on the contents of their fridge.

The Sunday Brunch star has created exclusive recipes and tips on how to use the top three ingredients Brits are buying in January... bananas, broccoli and spinach.

John said: “Healthy food shouldn’t be a chore, so I’m here to show you how to turn those everyday ingredients that you have lurking in your fridge into something fantastic.

“I’ve developed a range of dishes, packed with flavour, which you’ll want to revisit time and time again.

“The What’s in Your Fridge feature on the myWW+ app is very simple. It does the hard work for you so that getting stuck into a more healthy way of eating is a doddle.

“I’m excited for my recipes to join the line-up.”

It comes after research by Weight Watchers Reimagined which found that Brits tend to pack their fridges with healthy ingredients in January, but then spend an average of one hour and 13 minutes looking at them throughout the week.

In the study, 48 per cent of UK respondents said they had tried and failed to stick to a new healthy eating regime, while a quarter said they did not know enough healthy recipes.

It means 3.5 million heads of broccoli, 13.7 million bananas and 3.4 million bags of spinach are going off and are left uneaten, according to the research.

However, Brighton residents are more motivated to be healthy in January compared to other parts of the UK, according to the study.

The research shows people in Brighton are more likely to buy the top three healthy ingredients, with 70 per cent of respondents buying bananas and 68 per cent saying they would have broccoli, compared with 59 per cent and 57 per cent nationally.

But across the UK, a third of respondents said they think everything in their fridges “looks boring” in January, while just over a third of those under 34 admitted putting healthy ingredients in their trolley “to look good”.

Anna Hill at Weight Watchers Reimagined said: “Eating healthy does not mean you need to deprive yourself of the meals you love.

“When it comes to kick-starting a new health regime there is often a disconnect between buying healthy foods and finding the right recipes.

“The WW programme focuses on recipes and ideas for all tastes and budgets, so you can continue to enjoy the dishes you love using healthy ingredients. Our myWW+ app offers our members the tools to help make their weight loss journeys even easier and more successful, and the What’s In Your Fridge tool is just another way to do this.”

To find out more, visit weightwatchers.com