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.
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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
INSTANT POT STUFFED SQUASH
BAKED SPINACH MUSHROOM QUESADILLAS
EASY CURRY PASTA AND VEGETABLES
ZUCCHINI NOODLE PAD THAI SALAD WITH SESAME-CASHEW DRESSING
HARVEST BUDDHA BOWL WITH LEMON TAHINI DRESSING
EASY GINGER COCONUT DETOX LENTIL SOUP RECIPE {VEGAN}
by Masala Herb
SKINNY MUSHROOM AND BARLEY RISOTTO
CHUNKY VEGETABLE SOUP WITH SMOKED PAPRIKA
INSTANT POT WEIGHT LOSS SOUP
SKINNY ALFREDO SAUCE
SHEET PAN MAPLE BALSAMIC TEMPEH AND VEGETABLES
VEGAN PEANUT TOFU LETTUCE WRAPS
MEDITERRANEAN BEAN SOUP RECIPE WITH TOMATO PESTO
VEGETARIAN THAI PEANUT ZUCCHINI NOODLES
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
SPICY TUNA SUSHI BOWLS
by NeighborFood
SHRIMP FOIL PACKS WITH ZUCCHINI {KETO, LOW CARB, PALEO, GLUTEN-FREE}
SALMON NOODLE BOWLS
SHRIMP CAULIFLOWER FRIED RICE RECIPE
MEDITERRANEAN SALMON FOIL PACKS
DIJON BAKED SALMON
ONE POT CAJUN SHRIMP AND QUINOA (GLUTEN FREE)
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
GLUTEN FREE BEEF STIR FRY
HEALTHY MINI PEPPER LOW CARB NACHOS
THAI TURKEY BROWN RICE LETTUCE WRAPS
PINEAPPLE TERIYAKI TURKEY MEATBALLS
HEALTHY SLOW COOKER BUTTER CHICKEN
CHILI LIME CHICKEN
BAKED CHICKEN FAJITAS RECIPE
FIRECRACKER PINEAPPLE CHICKEN
WHOLE30 DRUNKEN NOODLES
20-MINUTE CHICKEN AND RICE SKILLET DINNER RECIPE
ONE SKILLET ITALIAN CHICKEN
SHEET PAN HONEY BALSAMIC CHICKEN TENDERS AND VEGETABLES
INSTANT POT CHICKEN STEW WITH FARRO {+ STOVE TOP DIRECTIONS}
EASY CHICKEN AND BROCCOLI STIR FRY
CHICKEN WITH CRACKED OLIVES AND HERBS
EASY SKILLET LEMON CHICKEN RECIPE
Stacie says
Thank you so much for sharing these recipes! I’ve been trying to give my family more healthy meals, but I’ve been running out of ideas.
Brianne says
Much appreciated that you’re sharing some amazing recipes. The more the merrier! I’m now fully stocked with fresh meal ideas!
reesa says
I am ready for some new recipe inspiration!! I will use these to make my next meal plan!
Amy says
Those quesadillas look amazing! I really love all these naturally colorful options here!
Scott says
Definitely stalking the vegetarian section. We’re trying to cut down on meat for one meal a day and need stuff to fill us up!
Emily says
What a great roundup! I’m saving this for when I need inspiration. I love that you included vegetarian recipes!
Catalina says
I promised myself to eat healthier this year! These 40 recipes will help me for sure. They all look so inviting and delicious. I need to put on my menu this week.
Tricia | Saving Room for Dessert says
This is just what I need! So much inspiration and wonderfully delicious recipes. PINNED!
Jennifer says
This is a great list of recipes. I will definitely have to check it out!
Kristin says
We’re definitely focused on clean eating over here right now. Thanks for all the great recs!
Helene says
That’s the best collection of recipes I have come across! These are all meals I would love to prepare soon. Can’t wait to try them out.
Ashley | Spoonful of Flavor says
So many tasty recipes here! I am going to try the acorn squash for dinner this week and the salmon sometime soon too. Thanks for including my recipe too!
sue } the view from great island says
Healthy food is pretty food, and these are all gorgeous!