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    Healthy Easy Dinners And More

    Power through the week with these easy, satisfying, and nutrient-packed dinner ideas.

    Prep ahead with versatile meals like poaching a whole chicken, giving you endless options throughout the week, or whipping up juicy turkey burgers in under 30 minutes. These dishes are designed to fit seamlessly into your busy schedule.

    And don't forget about nourishing soups, perfect for a quick reheat or satisfying salads that make light and easy lunches. Enjoy!

    Comforting Meals

    • A large pot containing a whole raw chicken covered with water, next to fresh chopped vegetables like celery, leek, carrots, onions, and a pot of salt.
      Fall-off-the-bone poached whole chicken (meal prep)
    • A large pot containing an Italian red sauce with beef meatballs.
      Tender Italian Meatballs In Tomato Sauce (No Breadcrumbs)
    • A beautiful dish with a whole chicken and potatoes topped with a healthy gravy.
      Slow Cooker Chicken And Potatoes With A Healthy Gravy
    • Two black plates filled with a hearty potato and beef stew.
      How To Make An Amazing Instant Pot Beef Stew
    • Cast iron skillet pork chops with apples, squash and pan juices served on a table.
      Juicy Cast Iron Pork Chops With Apples And Squash
    • Chunky swede soup with chicken legs in a large pot.
      Swede Soup (Rutabaga) With Chicken Legs
    • Creamy paprika chicken with plantain chips.
      One Pan Coconut Chicken With Plantain Chips
    • A large plate filled with three roasted chicken drumsticks, sweet potatoes, and a green salad with romaine lettuce, cucumbers, and cherry tomatoes.
      Healthy Baked Chicken Drumsticks (Easy Sheet Pan Dinner)

    Satisfying Soups

    These hearty soups are not only easy to make but can serve as a full meal and are nutritious and delicious.

    • Two bowls filled with Straciatella soup with tortellini next to a large pot of soup, extra Parmesan cheese and wooden spoons on the side.
      Nourishing Stracciatella Soup (Italian Egg Drop Soup)
    • Two plates of bock choy soup with pork and noodles and garnished with chili peppers, peanuts, and hard-boiled egg.
      Easy Ginger Bok Choy Noodle Soup With Pork
    • A spoon resting in a red tomato based vegetable soup topped with parmesan cheese.
      Homemade Vegetable Soup (Hearty, Healthy, Easy)
    • Two bowls filled with yellow squash soup, topped with Parmesan cheese and served with extra cheese and bread on the side.
      Healthy Butternut Squash-Zucchini and Rosemary Soup

    Healthy Pasta Or Low-Carb Noodle Recipes

    • Shrimp with Shirataki noodles tossed in a green pesto sauce and presented in a large skillet.
      Low Carb Noodles with Shrimp & Garlicky Cashew Pesto
    • A close-up of two stacked wooden bowls with the bowl on top filled with a pumpkin spinach pasta.
      Creamy Vegan Pumpkin Pasta
    • A garlic spinach pasta recipe with peas in a large Dutch pan topped with Parmesan Cheese.
      Easy Spinach Garlic Pasta With Peas
    • A large Dutch oven pan filled with sausage and broccoli rabe pasta.
      Easiest-Ever Sausage Broccoli Rabe Pasta with Potatoes

    Nutritious Salads

    • A large serving plate with a tuna cucumber salad with ricotta cheese.
      Fresh Tuna Cucumber And Ricotta Cheese Salad
    • Two wooden spoons resting in a large plate filled with a healthy chicken salad with olive oil.
      Easy And Healthy Chicken Salad Recipe (No Mayo)
    • Creamy arugula and cabbage salad with sweet mini tomatoes and pickles served on a plate.
      Cabbage And Arugula Salad With Crunchy Pickles
    • Large acorn squash salad with dressing on a serving plate.
      Air Fryer Roasted Acorn Squash Salad With Easy Dressing

    Amazing Smoothies

    Enjoy these filling smoothies for breakfast, as a snack, or as a post-workout drink. They will keep you satisfied and are delicious.

    • Frothy and chocolaty smoothie drinks topped with fresh pineapple slices.
      Chocolate Pineapple Collagen Smoothie
    • Two creamy chocolate mango smoothies topped with chocolate chips and fresh mango slices.
      The Best Chocolate Mango Smoothie Recipe
    • A persimmon smoothie topped with cinnamon, nuts, and garnished with fresh persimmon slices.
      Easy Creamy Persimmon Smoothie (Dairy-Free)
    • A chocolate coffee smoothie in a small glass jar surrounded with coffee beans and oat snacks.
      Easy Collagen Coffee Recipe (Healthy Coffee Smoothie)

    My favorite

    Juice Recipes

    Perfect to start the morning

    • An orange carrot ginger juice in a glass served on a serving board with the ingredients in the background.
      Refreshing Carrot Orange Ginger Juice
    • Fennel juice served in glasses.
      Fennel Juice With Celery And Pineapple
    • Grapefruit juice served in glasses.
      Tangy Homemade Grapefruit Lemon Carrot Juice
    • Celery pineapple juice served in a tall glass.
      Celery And Pineapple Juice With Ginger

    Healthy Easy Breakfast Ideas

    • A stack of cheese waffles on a plate.
      Amazingly Flavored Low Carb Almond Flour Breakfast Chaffles
    • Coffee chia seed pudding in mini cups, topped with walnuts, chopped banana, and coconut flakes.
      Coffee Chia Seed Pudding For Breakfast
    • Two cups filled with broth and topped with fresh Rosemary leaves.
      A Hearty Slow Cooker Bone Broth
    • An opened cooked platano filled with eggs and seeds next to a green fruit salad.
      Healthy Plantain Breakfast
    • Bone broth hot chocolate in a cup surrounded by chocolate wafers.
      Warm Spiced Bone Broth Hot Chocolate
    • Golden brown clusters of steel-cut oats granola in a jar next to a small granola bowl with berries.
      Homemade And Crunchy Steel Cut Oats Granola
    • Rhubarb muffins stacked on top of each other on a plate.
      Easy Almond Flour Rhubarb Muffins Recipe
    • Two toasts on a plate with peanut butter, cottage cheese, fresh berries and a drizzle of honey.
      Peanut Butter Cottage Cheese Toast With Fresh Berries

    More Easy Dinners You Might Like

    • Bowls filled with cooked rice, small tomatoes, avocado slices, fried edamame beans, fried plantains, and topped with chimichurri sauce.
      Avocado Plantain Rice Bowl Recipe with Edamame Beans
    • A pizza with polenta crust and veggie toppings
      Polenta Pizza Italian Style (with alternative topping ideas)
    • A closeup of a large skillet filled with sauteed shrimp and leeks.
      Easy and Healthy Garlic Shrimp with Leeks
    • A fork resting on a plate with a piece of baked salmon and a bit of baby broccoli, arranged next to a slab of the pierced in baked salmon and baked broccoli with a sprig of baked thyme on the side.
      Buttery Baked Salmon with Baby Broccoli
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    –Fannie Farmer

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    Comforting Easy Meals


    • A beautiful dish with a whole chicken and potatoes topped with a healthy gravy.
      Slow Cooker Chicken And Potatoes With A Healthy Gravy
    • Two black plates filled with a hearty potato and beef stew.
      How To Make An Amazing Instant Pot Beef Stew
    • Cast iron skillet pork chops with apples, squash and pan juices served on a table.
      Juicy Cast Iron Pork Chops With Apples And Squash
    • Two terracotta bowls filled with a meat sweet potato and stew.
      Sweet Potatoes and Spicy Chorizo Stew
    • A large Dutch oven pan filled with sausage and broccoli rabe pasta.
      Easiest-Ever Sausage Broccoli Rabe Pasta with Potatoes
    • Two bowls filled with Straciatella soup with tortellini next to a large pot of soup, extra Parmesan cheese and wooden spoons on the side.
      Nourishing Stracciatella Soup (Italian Egg Drop Soup)

    Trending Recipes

    • A large pot containing a whole raw chicken covered with water, next to fresh chopped vegetables like celery, leek, carrots, onions, and a pot of salt.
      Fall-off-the-bone poached whole chicken (meal prep)
    • A large pot containing an Italian red sauce with beef meatballs.
      Tender Italian Meatballs In Tomato Sauce (No Breadcrumbs)
    • A plate neatly filled with baked chicken wings and garnished with celery and parsley.
      Marinated Chicken Wings
    • Oven baked lollipop drumsticks on a serving plate.
      How To Make Amazing Chicken Drumstick Lollipops
    • A plate containing cauliflower rice and topped with fall of the bone beef ribs.
      Super Flavorful Easy Beef Short Ribs Slow Cooker Recipe
    • Two bowls filled with yellow squash soup, topped with Parmesan cheese and served with extra cheese and bread on the side.
      Healthy Butternut Squash-Zucchini and Rosemary Soup

    “Cooking can cure almost anything.”

    –Michelle Dockery

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