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49 Low Effort and Healthy Dinner Recipes
Easy Healthy Dinner Ideas: 49 Low Effort and Healthy Dinner Recipes
1. Lemon Garlic Butter Chicken and Green Beans Skillet
This easy chicken thighs recipe is a snap to fix and cook. Chicken and green beans are cooked in one skillet for easy prep and the flavor combination is amazing. With only 25 minutes of total work, this nourishing chicken meal makes weeknight dinners a breeze.Get the recipe
2. Sheet-Pan Maple-Dijon Sausage and Fall Veggies
This easy sheet pan dinner is loaded with seasonal vegetables and protein. You'll love the combo of roasted veggies and the smokey flavor of sausage. Try it for a quick and easy dinner at home!Get the recipe
3. 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
4. Sheet Pan Shrimp Fajitas
This effortless shrimp fajita recipe is baked on a single sheet pan for an 100% hands off dinner! Throw bell peppers, onion, and shrimp on the rimmed baking sheet, sprinkle fajitas seasoning, olive oil, toss to combine, and bake in a hot oven for less than 10 minutes.Get the recipe
5. Garlic Butter Chicken Bites with Lemon Asparagus
This easy chicken recipe with asparagus is a winner for dinnertime. Chicken bites are so juicy, tender, and delicious youll eat them hot right off the pan! This low carb, keto-friendly one-pan chicken dinner is ready in under 30 minutes. So much flavor and so easy to throw together! Get the recipe
6. Creamy Garlic Tuscan Salmon With Spinach and Sun-Dried Tomatoes
Another easy dinner idea: Smothered in a luscious garlic butter spinach and sun-dried tomato cream sauce, you wont believe how easy, fast and simple it is to cook salmon this way! These deliciously seasoned, Tuscan salmon filets are juicy and tender on the inside with perfect crisp edges. Get the recipe
7. One Pot Chicken and Vegetables Skillet
This one-pot chicken breast recipe with vegetables takes 20 minutes to make and will wow your family with its fantastic flavor! Get the recipe
8. Garlic butter Steak Bites with Lemon Zucchini Noodles
So much flavor and so easy to throw together! Sirloin steak cubes are marinated and cooked to perfection in a delicious garlic butter sauce and served with healthy, low carb zucchini noodles. Ready in 30 minutes or less, this easy healthy recipe will make all of your family go crazy! Get the recipe
9. Parmesan Chopped Salad
This parmesan chopped salad is light, flavorful, crunchy, and takes only 5 minutes to throw together. Enjoy for a light and easy dinner or lunch at the office!Get the recipe
10. Garlic Butter Turkey Meatballs with Lemon Zucchini Noodles
An easy and nourishing skillet meal that keeps carbs low and morale high for dinner!Get the recipe
11. Honey Garlic Chicken Bites
This honey garlic chicken recipe is a wonderful quick dinner idea for busy nights that you can serve over rice, pasta, or zucchini noodles or for meal prepping.Get the recipe
12. 15-Minute Garlic Butter Chicken with Parmesan Cauliflower Rice
Crispy, soft and SO delish! These thin chicken cutlets served with rich and fragrant cauliflower rice are just perfect for those busy weeknightsGet the recipe
13. Healthy Chicken Pasta Salad with Avocado, Tomato, and Basil
This healthy chicken pasta salad is loaded with tomatoes, avocado, and fresh basil. Get the recipe
14. 15-Minute Lemon Garlic Butter Steak with Zucchini Noodles
So much flavor and nearly IMPOSSIBLE to mess up! Delicious juicy marinated steak and zucchini noodles cook up together in just one pan for a quick low carb meal youll be crazy about.Get the recipe
15. Cilantro Lime Shrimp with Zucchini Noodles
Shrimp and zucchini noodles make a perfect low-carb option when youre looking for a quick, light dinner thats packed with flavor.Get the recipe
16. Pineapple BBQ Chicken Foil Packets in Oven
So easy and packed with tons of flavor. Moist and tender chicken breasts are cooked to perfection in foil packets with sweet pineapple and delicious summer veggies. Youll love the simplicity!Get the recipe
17. Tomato Spinach Shrimp Pasta
A low effort, nourishing dinner ready in just 30 minutes. Al dente pasta is tossed with spicy grilled shrimps, tomatoes, fresh spinach, garlic, and a drizzle of olive oil. This healthy meal will become your new favorite for busy weeknights!Get the recipe
18. Garlic Butter Chicken Bites with Lemon Zucchini Noodles
These delicious chicken bites are so juicy and tender you'll eat them hot right off the pan!Get the recipe
19. Crisp-Tender Baked Garlic Chicken with Potatoes
Loaded with garlic and delicious roasted potatoes, chicken is incredibly crisp-tender and totally fool-proof. This healthy recipe will become a staple in your weekly meals rotation.Get the recipe
20. Baked Honey Garlic Salmon
A whole salmon fillet coated in honey mustard garlic sauce gets baked in foil and broiled to a flaky finish. A no-fuss, healthy dinner recipe on the table in just 25 minutes! Get the recipe
21. Juicy Garlic Pork Stir-Fry
This quick pork stir-fry recipe is an easy way to get dinner on the table in less than 20 minutes tonight!Get the recipe
22. Honey Dijon Chicken and Veggies Foil Packs
These honey dijon chicken and veggies foil packs make for a savory and nourishing dish. Chicken fillets are steamed with spices and veggies, perfect for a quick and healthy dinner.Get the recipe
23. 20 Minute Healthy Sausage and Veggies One-Pot
This one-pot sausage and veggies is a down home, healthy, inexpensive, and delicious meal that youll love to make again and again.Get the recipe
24. Lemon Garlic Butter Salmon in Foil with Pineapple
This healthy lemon garlic butter salmon is a breeze to make and the method of cooking it all together in a foil pouch seals in moisture and keeps the sweet aroma intact. A no-fuss weeknight dinner with no clean up!Get the recipe
25. Healthy Teriyaki Shrimp with Zucchini Noodle
A delicious, low-carb, healthy weeknight dinner made with spiralized zucchini and shrimp with teriyaki sauce and toasted sesame seeds. This stir fry is so quick and easy to make, and takes less than 20 minutes in total!Get the recipe
26. Sheet Pan Garlic Butter Chicken and Asparagus
Crisp at the perfection, this simple one pan meal will have your family gathering around the table in no time on a busy weeknight!Get the recipe
27. Lemon Garlic Herb Shrimp in Foil Packets
Enjoy the hearty flavors of a nourishing dinner with these lemon garlic herb shrimp in foil packets. This quick, healthy dinner is so easy to make, anyone can do it!Get the recipe
28. One-Pan Tomato Spinach Tortellini
Easy, healthy and family friendly, on the table in 20 minutes. This delicious comfort food is the perfect answer to your weeknight dinner prayers!Get the recipe
29. Sausage, Pepper and Cauliflower Fried Rice
A nutritious blend of flavors for a delicious dinner ready in 20 minutes. Cauliflower rice is a wonderful low-carb substitute and it cooks so quickly.Get the recipe
30. Quick Pesto Chicken Pasta
Youll be delighted by this pesto chicken pasta, packed full of mediterranean flavors. A fresh and easy dinner, ready in 30 minutes.Get the recipe
31. Spicy Shrimp with Garlic Parmesan Broccoli Mash
Packed full of flavor, this low carb, paleo dinner will blow you away. Spicy, savory shrimp are cooked just right, until theyre perfectly tender, and served on top of a creamy broccoli mash specked with parmesan. Dinners ready!Get the Recipe
32. Roasted Harissa Chicken Breasts
This quick, wholesome recipe for chicken breasts is downright simple. Just rub chicken breasts with harissa and bake in the oven. Lovers of spicy flavors will be delighted!Get the recipe
33. Easy Pesto Baked Pork Chops
These baked pork chops stand on the healthier side of the scale. Put them on the menu and you're sure to make a hit.Get the recipe
34. Zucchini Noodles in Creamy Tomato Sauce
Try these zucchini noodles for a low carb comfort dinner that will be on your table in less than 20 minutes!Get the recipe
35. One-Skillet Mediterranean Gnocchi
Now you can enjoy a super fast and delicious meat-free meal at home. This mediterranean inspired gnocchi and vegetables skillet will surprise you by its association of textures and flavors. Get the recipe
36. Quinoa and Cucumber Noodles Salad With Avocado Dressing
Loaded with quinoa, this protein-rich salad will quickly become a weekday staple.Get the recipe
37. Spicy Honey Garlic Salmon
This Spicy Honey Garlic Salmon is perfect for a quick weekday evening: smother your pan seared salmon fillets with a garlic honey mustard glaze and dinner is ready in under 20 minutes! Say hello to your new favorite healthy dinner!Get the recipe
38. Balsamic Honey Skillet Chicken Legs
This crisp chicken skillet makes for a crazy-easy dinner with a punch of flavor. 2 to 3 serving; ready in 30 minutes only.Get the recipe
39. Stuffed Tomatoes with Chicken Quinoa
These healthy quinoa stuffed baked tomatoes are filling, delicious and incredibly nutritious! Chicken and quinoa make for a nutritious combo, rounded up with the juicy tomatoes.Get Recipe
40. Chicken Breasts & Asparagus Foil Packets
Keep all the good-for-you nutrients with this healthy dinner option using parchment pockets to steam chicken and asparagus. This simple and healthy cooking technique will save your dinner!Get the recipe
41. Spicy lime Chicken with Herbed Quinoa.
This garlic lime chicken tenders and quinoa is a whole and satisfying meal, perfect for a dinner for two.Get the recipe
42. Basil Garlic Chicken with Spicy Tomato Sauce
A healthy family dinner full of flavors and ready in 30 minutes.Get the recipe
43. Quick Chickpea Chicken Soup
Yummy and HeartyA simple and comforting chicken soup with tons of flavor. The addition of chickpeas makes it very satisfying without bulking up on calories.Get the recipe
44. Spicy Harissa-Glazed Salmon with Yogurt Sauce
Salmon is so easy to cook comparing to other types of fish. Here's a sweet and spicy dish, perfect for a quick dinner after a long day at work.Get the recipe
45. Cashew Whole Cauliflower Curry (Slow Cooker)
A filling main course packed with good-for-you nutrients. Throw cauliflower in the slow cooker with plenty of spices and forget it until it's dinner time. Did we mentioned it is vegan?Get the recipe
46. Garlicky Cajun Carrots Mushroom Chicken
This one skillet chicken with garlic cajun sauce is perfect for a midweek dinner with minimal fuss. After a good braise with sweet carrots, bell peppers and mushrooms, pop the spicy chicken skillet in the oven for 20 minutes for additional crispiness.Get the recipe
47. Crock Pot Potato Carrot Beef Stew
This stew using ground beef cooks faster than regulars chunks of meat. A quick, comforting dinner, yet easy on your waistline.Get the recipe
48. Grape Tomato and Basil Pasta
This grape tomato and basil pasta comes together in less than 15 minutes, making for a delicious and super easy dinner your family will love, especially kids.Get the recipe
49. Carrot Turmeric Red Lentil Stew
A flavorful vegetarian dinner option ready in 20 minutes from scratch.Get the recipe
50. Baked Chickpea Tomato Eggplant Cups
Try this wholesome meal loaded with plant-based protein.Get the recipe
51. Healthy Baked Tandoori Chicken
Healthy and delicious Indian flavors you can enjoy right in your home. The recipe is pretty straightforward and the flavors are crazy delicious!Get the recipe
52. Bacon Egg and Spinach Fried Rice
This nourishing fried rice is loaded with bacon and spinach and only takes 20 minutes to make! Customizable with any of your favorite ingredients, it makes for a quick dinner everyone will love.Get the recipe
53. Baked Quinoa Pork Chops
This tasty, simple, and satisfying one pan pork chops quinoa for two proves cooking healthy doesnt have to be expensive or a giant time suck.Get the recipe
54. Oven Roasted Salmon with Zucchini Noodles
Roasting is one of the fastest and easiest ways to prepare salmon. Crispy on the outside and juicy inside, these healthy oven roasted salmon fillets with cajuns spices over zucchini noodles are ready in less than 20 minutes. Get the recipe
55. One-Pan Cajun Chicken
Starches, veggies, proteins, all on the same pan: A simple, easy dinner, loaded with flavor.Get the recipe
56. Grilled Chicken Cabbage Salad with Raspberry Balsamic Dressing
This balanced combo keeps you both refreshed and satisfied throughout hot summer days.Get the recipe