Easy and Healthy Dinner Recipes: Delicious Ideas for Busy Weeknights
Are you tired of ordering takeout and looking for easy and healthy dinner recipes to try at home?
You’re in the right place! We’ve gathered 47 insanely delicious, budget-friendly, and simple dinner ideas that your whole family will love.
These recipes are perfect for busy weeknights and are packed with fresh, real ingredients.
Why Cook at Home?
Cooking at home not only saves you money but also ensures that you’re eating healthier meals made with real ingredients.
Plus, homemade meals can be just as delicious, if not more, than takeout. So, let’s dive into some fantastic dinner ideas that you can whip up in no time!
One-Pan and Quick Dinner Recipes
1. 15 Minute Garlic Butter Chicken Bites
These delicious chicken bites are insanely easy to make and perfect for busy weeknights. Seasoned to perfection and made using only one pan, they’re a breeze to clean up. Serve with some rice for a tasty, effortless dinner.
2. Slow Cooker Chicken Burrito Bowl
Craving Mexican? This slow cooker chicken burrito bowl is a must-try. It includes shredded chicken, rice, beans, corn, avocado, and a drizzle of cilantro lime dressing.
3. Parmesan-Crusted Chicken Sheet Pan Dinner
This one-pan meal includes roasted potatoes, garlic green beans, and parmesan-crusted chicken. It’s a delicious and easy dinner option that comes together quickly.
4. Sausage and Veggie Skillet
This colorful one-pan dinner features bell peppers, zucchini, corn, and cilantro. It’s ready in just 30 minutes and is both visually appealing and delicious.
Healthy and Flavorful Dinner Ideas
5. Healthy Sesame Chicken
This healthy sesame chicken is high in protein and low in carbs. Serve it with some quinoa and veggies for a filling and nutritious meal.
6. BBQ Chicken Skewer Salad
This salad includes chicken, corn, avocado, lettuce, tomatoes, black beans, and other simple ingredients. It’s a perfect summer dinner that you’ll want to have again and again.
7. Black Pepper Chicken
This easy-to-make recipe includes juicy chicken, vegetables, and a delicious black pepper sauce. It’s a family favorite that’s sure to please.
8. Air Fryer Salmon Bites
Love salmon? These air fryer salmon bites are coated in a delicious lemony garlic butter and take only 10 minutes to make. Serve them in a salad or with some rice.
Comforting and Filling Dinner Recipes
9. Stuffed Bell Peppers with Ground Beef & Brown Rice
These stuffed bell peppers are made with homemade tomato sauce, cheddar cheese, garlic, onions, paprika, ground beef, rice, and tomatoes. They’re incredibly flavorful and satisfying.
10. Tex-Mex Chicken and Zucchini
This low-carb recipe includes chicken, zucchini, beans, tomatoes, corn, bell peppers, and lots of melty cheese. It’s perfect for a crowd or family dinner.
11. Garlic Parmesan Chicken
This garlic parmesan chicken features an insanely delicious sauce with lots of garlic, parmesan cheese, and a white wine reduction. It’s perfect for date nights or special occasions.
12. Street Corn Chicken Rice
This filling and healthy meal is made with grilled chicken, Mexican street corn, cilantro, and rice. It’s completely customizable, so you can add any other toppings you’d like.
13. One Skillet Salmon with Lemon
This one-pan dinner includes salmon, spinach, and Parmesan cheese. It’s a perfect weeknight dinner that comes together quickly.
14. Crockpot Chicken Pot Pie
This comforting chicken pot pie is filled with lots of chicken and vegetables, drenched in creamy chicken gravy. Serve it with some biscuits on the side.
15. One Pan “Marry Me” Chicken Orzo
This recipe includes tender chicken breasts, sun-dried tomato sauce, and delicious orzo. It comes together insanely fast and calls for only one pan.
16. Ground Turkey Teriyaki Stir Fry
This 30-minute ground turkey teriyaki stir fry is both sweet and savory. It’s perfect for meal prepping and busy weeknights.
17. Asian Glazed Turkey Meatballs
These turkey meatballs are coated in a delicious sticky sauce. Serve them with a bowl of rice and some vegetables for a complete meal.
18. Stuffed Pepper Casserole
Made with Italian sausage, peppers, salsa, rice, and melty cheese, this casserole dish is incredibly filling and has LOTS of cheese.
19. Cheesy Chicken Crescent Rolls
Stuffed with a bunch of shredded chicken, delicious cheese, and the perfect amount of seasoning. You can serve this with a side salad or some veggies.
20. Southwest Chicken Wrap
This recipe takes only 30 minutes to make and includes black beans, corn, bell peppers, and a few other simple ingredients you probably already have in your pantry.
21. Hot Honey Chicken Bowl
If you love spicy, savory, and sweet all mixed into one, then this is your meal. It includes sriracha, honey, rice, carrots, zucchini, squash, avocado, and some lime.
22. Greek Chicken Bowls
These Greek chicken bowls are incredibly flavorful and are packed with veggies. You can easily meal prep this recipe for work or busy weeknights.
23. Jennifer Aniston Salad
If you love crunchy and plant-based meals, this is the one for you. It has quinoa, chicken/vegetable broth, chickpeas, cucumber, pistachios, feta cheese, and lemon dressing.
24. Mediterranean Salad with Cucumber, Tomato, and Onion
This flavorful salad comes together in just 10 minutes! It’s perfect for when you’re too lazy to make an extravagant dinner or need a quick lunch.
25. Spicy Salmon Bowls with Coconut Rice
This spicy salmon bowl includes salmon, cucumber, sesame seeds, avocado, chives, rice, and a few other simple ingredients.
26. Tuscan Chicken and Spaghetti Squash
This dish is incredibly creamy, tasty, and very easy to make. It’s made with chicken, sun-dried tomatoes, spinach, heavy cream, butter, and Parmesan cheese.
27. Sheet Pan Shrimp Recipe
Made with zucchini, cherry tomatoes, and shrimp, there is nothing quite like this dish. Cleanup is made easy since it requires only one sheet pan and about 20 minutes of your time.
28. Teriyaki Chicken in Air Fryer
This teriyaki air fryer chicken recipe is one I’m dying to try. It’s low in carbs, low in fats, and requires minimal effort. You can serve it with a bowl of rice and some broccoli for an amazing weeknight dinner.
29. Sweet and Spicy Ground Turkey & Broccoli Bowls
This recipe is sweet, spicy, and insanely flavorful. It requires very minimal prep work and comes together very quickly.
30. Crunch Roll Sushi Bowl
If you love the Sushi crunchy roll, then you’ll love this too! It’s made with rice topped with imitation crab, cucumber, avocado, cilantro, toasted panko crumbs, and topped with a drizzle of eel sauce and spicy mayo.
31. Cheesy Buffalo Chicken Stuffed Bell Peppers
This recipe is honestly so easy and delicious! It’s made with peppers, shredded chicken, buffalo sauce, and cheese.
32. Tortellini Caprese Salad
If you love pasta salads, then you need to try this out. It includes tomatoes, spinach, basil, and obviously tortellini. It requires very little effort and tastes amazing.
33. Healthy Cheeseburger Bowls
These cheeseburger bowls are actually healthy, filling, easy to make, and dietitian-approved. It includes tomatoes, dill pickles, banana peppers, sharp cheddar, ground beef, and fries.
34. Skirt Steak Rice Bowls with Chimichurri Sauce
If you are looking for filling, flavorful, and healthy dinner recipes, then these skirt steak rice bowls with chimichurri sauce are just what you need.
35. Asian Chicken Crunch Salad
Looking for recipes you can meal prep? This is a great one. It has lots of veggies, sesame chicken, and a peanut dressing that you’ll love.
36. Spring Roll Salad with Spicy Ginger Dressing
Love spring rolls? If so, you are going to really love this spring roll salad. It’s made with rice noodles, sweet pepper, carrot, cucumber, cabbage, mint, cilantro, and a tasty spicy ginger dressing.
37. Hibachi Chicken with Fried Rice
This includes lots of veggies like mushrooms, zucchini, and peas. It also includes eggs and lots of delicious seasoning to make it flavorful.
38. Sweet Chili Shrimp with Asparagus
As someone who does not even like asparagus, this recipe is changing my mind for sure. If you want something quick and easy, this is the recipe you need to make. It’s all made on a sheet pan and takes less than 30 minutes.
39. Healthy Baked Chicken Parmesan
If you love chicken parmesan but are looking for a healthier version, stop your search because I’ve found it.
The chicken parmesan is baked instead of fried which makes it a lot healthier since you’re not using a ton of oil. Serve with some pasta and enjoy!
40. Coconut Chicken Rice Bowl
This coconut chicken rice bowl has everything you want and more! It is packed with protein, is gluten-free, dairy-free, and is great for meal prep as well.
41. Tomato Spinach Sausage Pasta Recipe
Pasta is easily my top two favorite meals. I could eat it every day for the rest of my life and I won’t be tired of it.
Spare 30 minutes of your life and make this incredible dish that’ll have everyone asking for seconds.
It’s made with Italian sausage, tomatoes, spinach, garlic, and a drizzle of olive oil.
42. Chicken Shawarma Bowl
This recipe includes cucumbers, chicken, cherry tomatoes, salad greens, cilantro, olives, red onions, and lots of flavorful seasonings.
You can also add some feta cheese and sliced almonds.
43. Cilantro Lime Pasta Salad
Here is another incredibly tasty and easy pasta salad recipe for all pasta salad lovers.
It includes lots of veggies, avocado oil, and is coated in creamy cilantro lime dressing. This makes for the perfect summer weeknight dinner.
44. Egg Roll in a Bowl
Egg roll in a bowl is incredibly easy to make (only 30 minutes!) and has lots of delicious veggies like shredded cabbage and carrots.
It also has soy sauce and other Asian seasonings. And my favorite part about this recipe is, it only requires one pan!
45. Chicken and Broccoli Pasta
Chicken and pasta by itself is obviously a match made in heaven, mix in some veggies and you’ll have yourself an incredibly delicious and healthy dinner. Grate some Parmesan cheese on top and serve!
46. Baked Chili Lime Salmon Bowl
This recipe includes lots of veggies, salmon, and avocado, and has a drizzle of tahini dressing. This makes for a tasty, quick, and easy weeknight dinner the whole family will enjoy.
47. Healthy Spicy Chicken and Roasted Vegetable Bowls
Last but not least, we have this amazing healthy spicy chicken and roasted vegetable bowls that you won’t get enough of.
It includes bell peppers, cauliflower, sweet potatoes, and lots of chicken. It’s seasoned to perfection and is very high in protein.
Conclusion
Cooking at home doesn’t have to be complicated or time-consuming. With these easy and healthy dinner recipes, you can enjoy delicious, nutritious meals without spending hours in the kitchen.
Whether you’re looking for one-pan dinners, comforting dishes, or meal prep ideas, there’s something for everyone in this collection.
So, what are you waiting for? Try out these recipes and let us know your favorites! Happy cooking!
