Healthy Dinner Plans For A Week
Even if life is hectic, dinner does not have to be. Instead of ordering takeout, try one of these nutritious 15-minute dinners on those weeks when you’re short on time. Healthy packaged ingredients and rapid-cooking foods are the secrets to keeping everything quick, as are basic cooking techniques. Here is a healthy dinner plan for a week.
Day 1: Soup with Crispy Halloumi and Curried Butternut Squash
Make a nutritious supper in minutes by using healthy convenience foods such as pureed vegetable soups. Here, we utilized canned butternut squash soup, spiced it up with curry powder, and topped it with delicious halloumi cheese. To complete the meal, serve with warm whole-grain pita bread.
Day 2: Smoky Maple-Mustard Salmon
If you haven’t already tried this super-speedy salmon dish, it’s a must. Dinner doesn’t get much easier or tastier than this. Salmon filets are topped with a smoky maple-mustard sauce and cooked for 15 minutes under the broiler. The maple’s sweetness counteracts the mustard’s tanginess, and the smoked paprika provides another dimension of flavor that compliments the salmon perfectly. Cut it into four-ounce filets after removing the skin. Serve with Easy Whole-Wheat Couscous and steamed green beans.
Day 3: Loaded Black-Bean Nacho Soup
Add your favorite nacho toppings, such as cheese, avocado, and fresh tomatoes, to a can of black bean soup. A pinch of smoked paprika gives a punch of flavor, but you may use whatever warm spice you choose, such as cumin or chili powder. When buying, try a soup with no more than 450 mg sodium per serving, as the canned soup has a high salt content.
Day 4: Teriyaki Chicken with Broccoli
The chicken and veggies are cooked in one pan with a simple homemade sauce and served over precooked brown rice to make this dish fast. You may replace the broccoli with any other vegetable you have on hand, such as carrots, snow peas, or green beans.
Day 5: Spanakopita Scrambled Egg Pitas
Thanks to the ease of frozen chopped spinach, crumbled feta, and quick-cooking eggs, this vegetarian supper comes together in about 15 minutes. Before nestling the scrambled eggs inside, we’ve added a savory burst of sun-dried tomato tapenade to pour over the whole-wheat pita. Basil pesto or sun-dried tomato pesto would suffice.
Day 6: Ravioli with Pesto, Spinach, and Tomatoes
This five-ingredient spaghetti dish is flavorful and easy to prepare. We minimize prep labor by using grape tomatoes, pre-washed spinach, and pre-made pesto, making this 15-minute Caprese-inspired ravioli the perfect midweek supper.
Day 7: White Bean & Avocado Sandwich
This substantial sandwich provides a delicious, quick, and easy dinner for hectic nights. Canned white beans are mashed to make a creamy protein-packed spread for a delightful sandwich that you’ll want to make over and over. Try the same method with canned chickpeas or black beans. Avocado, beans, greens, and whole-wheat bread combine to produce this vegetarian sandwich with 15 grams of fiber, which is more than half of what most people should strive for in a day.
