40 Healthy Dinner Recipes

It is January now and all the wonderful recipes and meals of the holidays are in the past. Time for us all to eat a bit healthier, so I bring to you this wonderful collection of 40 Healthy Dinner Recipes.

This is a great array of dinner time meals that everyone will be wanting to dive into. 

Having a healthy meal doesn’t mean that it has to be bland and boring. On the contrary a healthy meal can be bursting with flavor.

We have a lot to choose from here and have them broken down into vegetarian, seafood and poultry/beef.

A great selection of wonderful recipes that will fill your menu for January/February and beyond.

A lot of these recipes are good wholesome comfort food made healthy and are perfect for those busy nights now that everyone is back to work and school. 

How to Make Healthy Dinner Recipes

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White Soup Bowls

White Porcelain Dinner Plates

Extra Large Rimmed Baking Sheet

VEGETARIAN

Here is a selection of the best vegetarian recipes around. Easy weeknight meals that you can have made in no time. Simple recipes that have been tweeked over to the healthy side with lots of crunchy fresh veggies or veggies that have been slowly cooked, roasted or stir fried. 

These are recipes that not only you will love but your whole family can indulge in. Personally we eat vegetarian meals once or twice a week at the minimum and all of us love them. 

If you like a salad or soup can be used as a side dish also. I do love a main salad or a big bowl of soup though. That is a complete meal for me.

The satisfying part of these recipes is the added textures from veggies, nuts, chickpeas, pumpkin seeds, quinoa, pine nuts and more. 

CRUNCHY CHICKPEA PEANUT THAI SALAD

by Noshing With The Nolands

INSTANT POT STUFFED SQUASH

by Recipes from a Pantry

BAKED SPINACH MUSHROOM QUESADILLAS

by Dizzy Busy and Hungry

EASY CURRY PASTA AND VEGETABLES

by Dizzy Busy and Hungry

ZUCCHINI NOODLE PAD THAI SALAD WITH SESAME-CASHEW DRESSING

by Spoonful of Flavor

HARVEST BUDDHA BOWL WITH LEMON TAHINI DRESSING 

by Spoonful of Flavor

EASY GINGER COCONUT DETOX LENTIL SOUP RECIPE {VEGAN}

by Masala Herb

SKINNY MUSHROOM AND BARLEY RISOTTO

by Erren’s Kitchen

CHUNKY VEGETABLE SOUP WITH SMOKED PAPRIKA

by Saving Room for Dessert

INSTANT POT WEIGHT LOSS SOUP 

by Sweet & Savory Meals

SKINNY ALFREDO SAUCE 

by High Heels and Grills

SHEET PAN MAPLE BALSAMIC TEMPEH AND VEGETABLES

by Delish Knowledge

VEGAN PEANUT TOFU LETTUCE WRAPS 

by Delish Knowledge

MEDITERRANEAN BEAN SOUP RECIPE WITH TOMATO PESTO

by The Mediterranean Dish

VEGETARIAN THAI PEANUT ZUCCHINI NOODLES

by Flavor The Moments 

SEAFOOD

Seafood is another way to get some healthy fats and proteins into your diet. A quick and delicious meal can be made with fish and seafood. 

Shrimp can be high in cholesterol but it is low in total fat and almost no saturated fat at all. Prep time for most of these dinners is fast too, so try some of them this week!

SHRIMP SALAD WITH PINEAPPLE CRANBERRY LEMONADE

by Noshing with the Nolands

SPICY TUNA SUSHI BOWLS 

by NeighborFood

SHRIMP FOIL PACKS WITH ZUCCHINI {KETO, LOW CARB, PALEO, GLUTEN-FREE}

by Recipes From a Pantry 

SALMON NOODLE BOWLS 

by The Blond Cook

SHRIMP CAULIFLOWER FRIED RICE RECIPE 

by Cookin’ Canuck

MEDITERRANEAN SALMON FOIL PACKS

by Sweet & Savory Meals

DIJON BAKED SALMON 

by Downshiftology

ONE POT CAJUN SHRIMP AND QUINOA (GLUTEN FREE)

by Will Cook for Smiles

BEEF/TURKEY/CHICKEN

I love great easy fast healthy dinner recipes. Using turkey and chicken can be a healthy meal for sure but even the right serving of beef can be added in too.

I love taking one steak, cooking it to perfection, slicing it and sharing it with the family with lots of veggies like in our Mediterranean Steak Salad. 

Some of these recipes are very low carb too if that is what you are looking for. They are all easy dinner recipes though for any night of the week. 

Doing a little meal prep ahead of time can help you make easy dinners. Just setting aside 15 minutes to chop and prep some veggies or meat can help you in the final preparation.

This might be in the morning or night before or right when you get home. Then pulling a healthy dinner together can be a flash. Try some of these recipes, our Healthy Mini Pepper Low Carb Nachos are great for game day too!!

MEDITERRANEAN STEAK SALAD 

by Noshing with the Nolands

GLUTEN FREE BEEF STIR FRY 

by Cupcakes and Kale Chips

HEALTHY MINI PEPPER LOW CARB NACHOS 

by Noshing with the Nolands

THAI TURKEY BROWN RICE LETTUCE WRAPS

by A Cedar Spoon

PINEAPPLE TERIYAKI TURKEY MEATBALLS 

by Cupcakes and Kale Chips

HEALTHY SLOW COOKER BUTTER CHICKEN

by Noshing with the Nolands

CHILI LIME CHICKEN

by Courtney’s Sweets

BAKED CHICKEN FAJITAS RECIPE 

by Courtney’s Sweets

FIRECRACKER PINEAPPLE CHICKEN 

by Food Faith Fitness

WHOLE30 DRUNKEN NOODLES 

by The Movement Menu

20-MINUTE CHICKEN AND RICE SKILLET DINNER RECIPE

 by Home Cooking Memories

ONE SKILLET ITALIAN CHICKEN

by The Blond Cook

SHEET PAN HONEY BALSAMIC CHICKEN TENDERS AND VEGETABLES

by A Cedar Spoon

INSTANT POT CHICKEN STEW WITH FARRO {+ STOVE TOP DIRECTIONS}

by Cookin Canuck

EASY CHICKEN AND BROCCOLI STIR FRY

by Renee’s Kitchen Adventures

CHICKEN WITH CRACKED OLIVES AND HERBS

by The View from Great Island

EASY SKILLET LEMON CHICKEN RECIPE

by The Mediterranean Dish