healthy dinner ideas

Come home from work, it’s 7pm.. okay, now what to cook for dinner? After getting home late from working all day, the last thing I want to do is make a complicated dinner! I’m listing some healthy dinner ideas below so you can cook an easy weeknight dinner!

Couscous and Chicken Sausage

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Ingredients:

Near East Couscous (Parmesan flavor)

Al Fresco Chicken Sausage

Steps:

1. This recipe is super easy! Just follow the instructions on the couscous box (make sure to put the right amount of water in or it’ll be runny) and sausage, then add both in a bowl. In 7 minutes, your healthy meal will be done!

Chicken Balsamic & Couscous Meal

Ingredients:

1 1-1/2 lbs raw chicken tenders

Mozzarella cheese (I like the ones that are already pre-cut)

1 avocado

1 tomato

Salt & pepper

Near East Couscous (Parmesan flavor)

Steps:

1. Preheat oven to 350 and add salt/pepper to chicken and mozzarella cheese to chicken then cook for 45 minutes
2. Cut Avocado and Tomato and add on top of chicken
3. Cook couscous (follow instructions on box)

Chicken Taco Bowls

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Ingredients:

1 1-1/2 lbs raw chicken tenders

Salt & pepper

1 avocado or Guacamole

1 tomato

Romaine Lettuce

Light Sour Cream

Pack of Rio Rancho Tostada bowls

Fat Free Mozzarella Cheese

Steps:

1. Preheat oven to 350 and add salt/pepper to chicken then cook for 45 minutes
2. After chicken is done, toast shells in oven (follow instructions on box)
3. Add cheese, lettuce, avocado or guac, tomato, sour cream and any other toppings you want!
   
   

Egg, Avocado & Sweet Potato Bowl

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Ingredients:

Eggs

Sweet Potatoes

Avocado

Steps:

1. Add oil to pan to heat up
2. Cut up sweet potatoes in thin slices and add to a bowl
3. Then add spices salt, pepper, garlic powder, paprika to sweet potatoes slices
4. Add sweet potatoes to pan once oil is heated up, and cover for 10 minutes until they are crispy
5. Poach or fry egg sunny side-up
6. Cut up avocado. Add all to bowl with sweet potatoes

Easy Fajita Bowls

Ingredients:

Rio Rancho Tostada bowls

Salt & pepper

1 1-1/2 lbs raw chicken tenders

Black beans

Corn

Green & Red Peppers

Fat Free Mozzarella Cheese

Light sour cream

Steps:

1. Preheat oven to 350 and add salt/pepper to chicken then cook for 45 minutes
2. While chicken is almost done cooking, add oil and vegetables to pan on the stove to cook
3. After chicken is done, toast shells in oven (follow instructions on box)
4. Add cheese, sour cream, veggies, and any other toppings you want!

Shrimp Vegetable Low Mein 

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Ingredients:

BirdsEye Oriental Stir Fry Veggies (can get these in the vegetable freezer isle)

Shrimp

Low Mein Noodles

Steps:

1. Defrost shrimp (can use fresh shrimp, I like frozen because it’s cheaper and lasts longer)
2. Follow instructions on Birdseye Oriental Stir Fry Veggies
3. Boil water and add low Mein noodles
4. Add oil to pan and cook shrimp for 2 min on each side
5. Add to large bowl

Egg Low Mein

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Steak Strips

Eggs

Low Mein Noodles

Green and Red Peppers

Corn

Steps:

1. Cook steak strips on the stove
2. Boil water and add in Low Mein Noodles- cook to test when they’re ready
3. Sauté green peppers, red peppers and corn on stove until crisp
4. Cook egg sunny side up
5. Combine all into a bowl and add egg on top

Chicken Avocado Salad

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Ingredients:

Romaine Lettuce

Avocado

Bolthouse Farms Ranch Dressing (I also like the Avocado one or ceaser is really yummy too!)

Smoky Bacon Cheese

1-1/2 lbs Chicken ( You can buy raw chicken tenders to cook or use a rotisserie chicken)

Broccoli

Salt & pepper

Steps:

1. If cooing raw chicken, preheat oven to 350 and add salt/pepper to chicken then cook for 45 minutes
2. While waiting for the chicken to cook, cut 1 broccoli and 1 bacon cheese block and add to bowl
3. Combine 1 bag of romaine lettuce, 1 avocado, and boathouse farms ranch dressing (use a decent amount, but not the entire bottle)
4. Once chicken is done, add in and sir.

Thanks so much for reading! What’s your go-to easy dinner recipe? I hope you enjoyed reading my post on healthy dinner ideas and hope it’ll make it a lot easier for you to make some healthy and easy weeknight dinners.

Don’t forget to check out my blog on 5 tips to take your workout to the next level for more tips on staying healthy!

XO,

Emma