Looking For Specific Meal Plans
We offer a couple of specific meal plans to meet your needs:
- Healthy Family Meal Plan some healthier options to help you stay on track with your goals
- 30 Minute Dinners Meal Plan short on time? These are our favorite recipes that take only a few minutes!
- Instant Pot Meal Plan for all our Instant Pot lovers a plan that uses a lot of pressure cooker recipes
- Gluten-Free Meal Plan if you are looking for recipes without gluten, this is for you!
Now onto the free meal plan!
Happy cooking, dinner club!
Sheet Pan Vegetable Coconut Curry Rice
When this one-pan wonder comes out of the oven, the onions will be caramelized, the raisins will be plump, the veggies will be tender and the room will fill with the smell of what Jerrelle Guy likes to call “sheet-pan potpourri.” Before everyone starts digging in, make sure to hit it with a heavy sprinkling of chopped cilantro and a nice squeeze of lemon.
Chicken Katsu With Ginger Rice
The perfect trio: Lightly breaded chicken, vibrant ginger and bok choy rice, tangy Katsu sauce. Prepared in about half an hour, this Asian inspired dish establishes layers of flavors through seemingly simple ingredients like ginger, bok choy and rice. Once married together, though, each ingredient shines in a special way. Pair it with the crispy fried chicken and youll have an array of unparalleled flavors and textures.
Get the Recipe: Chicken Katsu with Ginger Rice
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Pork Tenderloin With Sugar Snap Pea Salad
List of underrated summer veggies: Sugar snap peas, sugar snap peas and, uh, oh yeah, sugar snap peas. These green goddesses are crisp, sweet and perfectly palatable on their own, with a bit of hummus or even pickled! If youre a sugar snap peas newbie, start off with this Pork Tenderloin with Sugar Snap Pea Salad. The pork tenderloin is juicy on the inside with a nice crust on the outside and is accompanied by a special sugar snap pea salad. Its not your average peas and carrots, but rather a dainty little salad of watercress, steam snap peas, steamed carrots and sliced almonds, dressed with a parsley-mustard-garlic vinaigrette.
Get the Recipe: Pork Tenderloin with Sugar Snap Pea Salad
Vibrant Spring Broccoli Buddha Bowl From Half Baked Harvest
Why We Love It: Theres a lot to unpack here. This bowl is packed with nutritious ingredients like sweet potatoes, broccoli, quinoa, and avocado that are so easy to throw together for a delicious, hearty weeknight meal. It practically comes together in no time.
Hero Ingredient: Dont skimp on the turmeric ginger vinaigrette. This anti-inflammatory dressing brings all kinds of zesty flavor to the mix that really brightens up this combo. Plus, you can use it on other salads/bowls or enjoy it with raw veggies .
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Avocado Sweet Potato Tacos From Love & Lemons
Why We Love It: Vegetarian tacos are a great way to incorporate more veggies into your diet and these are definitely a winner. Black beans, sweet potato, and avocado wrapped in a corn tortilla and topped with creamy avocado yogurt sauce, pickled red onions, and fresh cilantro is a recipe for success and dinner. Squeeze a little fresh lime juice over the top and enjoy your new weeknight favorite.
Hero Ingredient: Avocado Greek yogurt sauce is the perfect creamy topping for these tacos. Drizzle generously.
Sage Rubbed Pork Chops With Warm Apple Slaw
This Sage Rubbed Pork Chops with Warm Apple Slaw recipe is an alternative take on the classic pork chops and apple sauce. With a perfectly cooked chop seared on all sides, then finished in the pan with a mixture of apple, onion, carrot and cabbage, this dish is hard to beat. But adding the warm apple slaw on the side hits the dish out of the park. If youre looking to streamline the recipe, buy precut slaw mix instead of breaking down your own carrots and cabbage.
Get the Recipe: Sage Rubbed Pork Chops with Warm Apple Slaw
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Healthy Chicken Dinner Recipes:
Check out these Healthy Chicken Breast Recipes for 50+ healthy chicken dinner ideas! We love cooking with chicken during the week! Its one of our favorite proteins. These healthy chicken dinner ideas are all easy to make and taste amazing! We get all of our chicken from ButcherBox. Its so tender and has a minimal amount of fat on it!
Healthy Chicken Pot Pie Recipe is the perfect light dinner. Learn how to make chicken pot pie in under an hour for a delicious meal!
Grilled Teriyaki Chicken gets grilled to perfection for a healthy, easy dinner! Perfectly sweet and tangy!
Lemon Chicken Soup is a delicious dinner idea. An easy dinner that can be made in the instant pot, crockpot or on the stove. Lemony and healthy!
Healthy Orange Chicken is the most popular recipe on our site. Have you tried it?
Baked Chicken Tenders are a favorite in our house. You cant go wrong with pairing them with our Healthy Baked French Fries!
Healthy Chicken Pot Pie Soup is SO cozy and delicious.
Crock Pot Chicken Fajitas take only 10 minutes of prep and 8 ingredients for a protein and veggie packed dinner that your family will love!
Instant Pot Chicken Fried Rice is the perfect quick, one pot dinner. Its done in under 30 minutes. Perfect for busy weeknights!
Baked Boneless Chicken Breasts that are so juicy and delicious and the perfect protein for dinner or meal prep!
Buffalo Chicken Meatballs are the best meal or snack! They are perfect for an appetizer or meal prep. Healthy & delicious!
Sheet Pan Chicken Parm With Garlic Bread And Broccoli
People who love chicken Parm know that it, like lasagna, is a wonderfully satisfying recipe that requires a lot of work. The process of breading the chicken, frying in oil and finishing everything in the oven can be an exhausting feat. Not this recipe! Tender chicken smothered in sauce and mozzarella, a healthy veggie side dish and garlic bread: It just takes one sheet pan but has all the goodness.
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Why We Love Meal Planning:
Our mom has been planning family dinners each week for almost 40 years!
She taught us at a young age that a little planning can go a long way.
Meal planning is great at helping you:
- Save money you know exactly what to buy at the grocery store and dont end up buying ingredients you dont need or dont use
- Make your life easier its so nice to know exactly what you are going to feed your family each day. No need to stress over what to make for dinner at 3 pm each day!
- Eat healthier if you are trying to feed your family a little bit better, planning your meals will help you be prepared each day and have everything to you need to make your family a delicious dinner you can eat together!
If you love our recipes, be sure to join our where we are always sharing what we make for dinner!
Tools For Getting Healthy Dinners On The Table Quickly:
These are my favorite kitchen tools. We use them almost every day!
- A crockpot is great because you can set it + forget it. We have tons of healthy crockpot recipes on our site.
- Instant Pot I dont love my instant pot as much as my crockpot, but it is great for making soups, or cooking grains like rice or farro
- Food processor You can get a food processor for under $15 on Amazon. It makes chopping veggies SO QUICK. Heres the one I have I swear I couldnt live without it!
- Mixer We love our mixer for making meatball batter, or for shredding chicken. Its one of our favorite kitchen tools
- Knife Having a good, sharp knife can make all the difference in the kitchen. If youre cutting with dull knives, its going to take longer to cut all those veggies! This is the knife I use every day. Its easy to control and works beautifully! You can read all the 5 star reviews here.
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What Is A Healthy Dinner Recipe
In our opinion, a healthy dinner recipe is:
- a balanced meal of protein, vegetables + fats.
- made of real food (minimally processed/packaged foods
Your definition might be a little bit different from ours but we think this is a great base, and its how we cook our meals. Many of these recipes are also paleo, whole30, gluten and dairy free in case you follow those diets!
French Chicken With Creamy Mustard
Why We Love It: Transporting you right to the French countryside, this comforting roasted chicken is the perfect dish to share when you crave an upscale home-cooked meal. Satisfying and healthy, the chicken is complemented by a creamy cauliflower puree and to-die-for dijon and white wine sauce. The puree is just as creamy as mashed potatoes and the sauce seriously deserves a medalor at least a little praise from whoever you eat it with.
Hero Ingredient: Creamy mustard-white wine sauce is the shining star of this meal. Garlic, shallots, dijon, and white wine = no shame in eating it straight out of the pan.
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Southwest Lentil Patties With Creamy Lime Dressing
After I posted about BBQ Baked Lentils, a few people noted that they had never used lentils except for in salads and soups. To be honest those and Indian dishes are where my mind immediately goes when I think about lentils too. But you probably wont see much in that respect as I continue explore the world of lentils over the next two weeks. First, because two weeks worth of soup, salad, and Indian food would be boring both to read and to eat. Second, because I wanted to look at this as an opportunity to challenge myself. To think outside the box and come up with some really fun and creative recipes. Rest assured, if the recipes aren t delicious you wont see them here.
Since lentils are so often used in Indian and Middle Eastern cuisine, I decided to mix things up and try using them in a southwest style dish. I also wanted to play with texture a little, so these southwest lentil cakes were born! I really loved the way these turned out they actually reminded me a little of falafel. I was nervous that they might be dense and dry, but I shouldnt have worried. The slightly crispy outside gave way to a light and fluffy center that was full of moisture. The creamy lime dressing played up the Southwest flavor of these patties ad balanced out some of the heat from the jalapenos that I added to them.
Tomato Pasta And Butter Sauce
This spaghetti is delicious and easy to make with just a few ingredients.
Its a simple, delicious pasta that tastes as if it came from the kitchen of an Italian grandmother.
It may be a bit drier than youre accustomed to, particularly if you add optional bread crumbs, but that doesnt take away from the taste or yumminess.
Shrimp scampi is one of the fastest and simplest methods to transform shrimp into a complete and easy dinner.
It takes less than 25 minutes to prepare, and you can easily source the ingredients.
Linguine, shrimp, lots of butter, grated Parmesan, delicious white wine, and herbs are all you need to make this delicious meal.
This type of pasta dish is light, lemony, and delicious, and so simple to make.
Its not like most pasta youve had before, and the flavor is difficult to describe.
Try it for yourself and discover how delicious it is. Plus you can prepare it in less than 30 minutes.
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Salmon And Asparagus Foil Packs With Garlic Lemon Butter Sauce
Whip up something quick and delicious tonight! Salmon and asparagus are baked together with a rich buttery sauce in individual foil packs. The bright lemon flavor pair perfectly with butter, and garlic adds a pungent touch to this wonderful care-free dinner. This easy oven baked salmon in foil recipe is a winner! Get the recipe
Sweet And Tangy Chicken Burgers
These flavorful burgers get rave reviews and are remarkably easy to put together. Sauteed onion and yogurt keep the lean chicken patties moist while a blend of pantry spices makes them deliciously fragrant. Widely used in Middle Eastern cooking, pomegranate molasses adds a subtle touch of sweetness to these mouthwatering patties.
Get the Recipe: Sweet and Tangy Chicken Burgers
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Easy Dinner Recipes For Two
Looking for simple dinner recipes for two? Youve come to the right place!
It can be hard to come up with something new, exciting, and delicious for dinner every night.
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If youre like me, you probably find yourself falling into the same old routines that get boring pretty quickly.
Hopefully, these 35 recipes can help bring a little excitement back to your table.
If youre looking for a healthy, delicious pasta dish, this is a great option.
It pairs grilled chicken and spaghetti noodles with asparagus, red peppers, and plenty of seasonings.
Its a light but flavorful meal, perfect for recreating that iconic Lady and the Tramp spaghetti moment, minus all the mess.
Shrimp scampi is one of the quickest, easiest ways to turn shrimp into a full meal.
It takes 25 minutes to make, and the ingredients are pretty common.
All youll need is linguine, butter, shrimp, parmesan, white wine, and various herbs and seasonings.
This Tuscan chicken has only seven carbs per serving, and its exploding with flavor!
The chicken breast is tender and juicy, and the sauce is creamy and garlicky.
If you enjoy sweet wine, this dish pairs wonderfully with a sparkling moscato.
Tips For Cooking For Two
Before getting into the recipes, here are a few of my top tips for cooking healthy dinners for two.
Prep ahead. It may sound like a chore at first, but meal planningmakes healthy eating easier. You dont have to make everything on Sundays and eat the same recipe on repeat. But sometime on the weekend, take a little time with your partner to chop onions, peppers, carrots, or celery to cut down on prep and clean up during the week.
Shop with waste prevention in mind. Buy smaller packages of protein foods such as chicken or salmon that spoil quickly, or be ready to portion some out and freeze it. Keep an inventory of what you have to prevent duplicate purchases. With fewer people to feed, you can make the most of pre-cut vegetables and salad mixes without breaking the bank.
Consider one-pot meals. Sheet pan, skillet, and multi-cooker/Instant Pot meals often require less fuss and less clean up in the kitchen. On busy weeknights, easy clean up is key. I cook. You clean. The next night, let’s switch. Sound good?
Create leftovers on purpose. Youve heard the saying, cook once, eat twice. Though you can do this when cooking for any number of people, its one of my favorite tricks to make healthy meals for two more accessible using the same effort.
These next eight smart strategies for creating a healthy dinner for two can help you mix it up as you start building your repertoire of weeknight meals.
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Blackened Salmon With Lima Bean Smashed Potatoes
Rich in flavor when prepared simply, salmon is a very versatile fish that absorbs flavor well, which is why this Blackened Salmon with Lima Bean Smashed Potatoes is the dinner you need in your life. The fish is heavily rubbed with a spicy combination of paprika, thyme and cayenne pepper to deeply season it and create a beautiful crust on its exterior when it hits the heat. Paired with a bright lima bean smashed potato side, this dish is the ultimate dinner for a busy weeknight.
Healthy Tuna Grain Bowl With Turmeric Sweet Potatoes And Spicy Yogurt Dressing
This healthy grain bowl is loaded with fresh ingredients and vibrant flavors, thanks to the tangy, spicy yogurt sauce and turmeric-roasted sweet potatoes. Plus, you can easily make this dish from pantry staples and long-lasting freezer items. Serve with an extra squeeze of lime juice for a nutrient-packed and sustaining meal.
Get the Recipe: Healthy Tuna Grain Bowl with Turmeric Sweet Potatoes and Spicy Yogurt Dressing
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Grilled Chipotle Pork Tacos With Red Slaw And Brown Sugar Pineapple
Combine the best of both worlds, savory and sweet, by serving succulent grilled pork tacos with chunks of pineapple. The sweetness of the fruit will perfectly complement the heat from the chipotle chile powder in the pork rub.
Get the Recipe: Grilled Chipotle Pork Tacos with Red Slaw and Brown Sugar Pineapple
Healthy Beef Dinner Recipes
Red meat is high in iron and protein. While it often gets a bad rep for being high in fat we love to enjoy beef in moderation. Our favorite beef is from ButcherBox. Its grass fed + grass finished. You can see all of our best Ground Dinner Ideas with even more recipes!
Paleo Beef Stew = total comfort food. Such an easy dinner in your crockpot!
Easy Taco Casserole is a delicious weeknight dinner. Made in under an hour with tortillas, this ground beef casserole is the best!
Taco Soup has all the delicious flavors of tacos in a soup! Make it in the crock pot, instant pot or on the stove. Perfect for a quick healthy dinner!
Vegetable Beef Soup is a perfect easy dinner that is packed with protein and veggies! It can be made in the crockpot, Instant Pot, or on the stove.
Stuffed Pepper Casserole is so yummy! A healthy dinner that is made in one pan in under an hour! Gluten free & delicious.
Instant Pot Beef Stew is a recipe everyone will love! This soup is delicious, healthy, hearty and so tender from the pressure cooker.
Homemade Hamburger Helper is easy, healthy and delicious this is a quick meal your family will love!
Stuffed Bell Pepper Soup is all the flavors of stuffed peppers in a soup! Loaded with veggies and can easily be made in the crockpot, instant pot, or on the stove!
Easy Steak Fajitas look AMAZING! We love fajitas.
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