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Healthy and Delicious Ways to Eat All the Shrimp healthy dinner recipes and immediately feel disappointed, it's time to rethink your definition of healthy. Our good-for-you options include hearty stews, Shoes & Gear, fresh salads, Healthy and Delicious Ways to Eat All the Shrimp and so much more. The secret? Focus on the ingredients you include in each dish and creamy dairy-free sauce whole grains and complex carbohydrates over white refined carbohydrates, as well as low-fat and fat-free dairy, plus lean protein sources (think: fish fillets, chicken breasts, turkey or eggs). Say "yes" to beans, legumes, unsalted nuts, fresh herbs and dry spices. Now is the time to discover your new favorite veggies and experiment with different cooking methods (air fryer, anyone?)! We're sharing our best healthy dinners (with several low-calorie meals) to hopefully help you feel inspired to try something new. Plus, a lot of these recipes can also work if you are looking for a healthier lunch option.
Two-Cheese Roasted Veggie Fusilli recipe ready in less than 30 minutes, so it's easier-than-ever to whip something nutritious up when you're short on time. Plus, many meals are made with budget-friendly ingredients like healthy canned foods healthy dishes for two Good Housekeeping 30-Minute Dinners for every season, so you can save even more money by cooking with locally grown, in-season produce. Just base your menu on what you find at the farmers' market or on sale at the store that day. We also made sure to feature dishes that fit into a variety of diets, which include vegan recipes, vegetarian recipes, and gluten-free dinners — so you're covered, no matter your preferred eating style (or dietary restrictions!). Plus, we even have the perfect healthy dishes for two if looking for date night inspo ideas. All of these recipes have one thing in common, though: They make it easier (and tastier!) to eat healthier.
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Air Fryer Salmon Flatbreads
Raise your hand if you don't have an air fryer, yet. If your hand is up, go ahead and use it to order one of the best air fryers online stat. This popular countertop appliance is the secret to cooking up crispy foods sans the oil — plus, it makes flaky, tender fish in no time at all.
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Roasted Mediterranean Shrimp Bowls
Meal prepping is a great way to set yourself up for success when it comes to healthy eating. By cooking up a batch of grains, roasted vegetables, pickled red onions and seasoned proteins in advance, you're ready to mix and match your way to a delicious, nutritious dinner in 20 minutes or less.
Crispy Chicken and Buttermilk Salad
For a lightened-up take on fried chicken salad, coat breasts with crushed cornflakes and bake 'em before tossing with lettuce, fennel and cucumbers. We also skipped the bottled dressing and whipped up our own ranch-inspired version.
Green Goddess Sandwiches
This meatless meal is packed with 16 grams protein and 8 grams fiber per serving, so you know it'll keep you full. Plus, it's super portable and easy to eat on the go. Picnic, anyone?
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Beef and Lentil Meatballs with Chipotle Sauce
Let's take a moment to appreciate lentils — they are Should You Eat Before or After a Run and fiber, affordable and versatile. Plus, they're a great way to cut back on how much ground beef you use to make meatballs or meatloaf.
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Sesame-Crusted Salmon with Miso-Roasted Radishes
This umami-rich dish features just five ingredients. Radishes are roasted until slightly caramelized and golden brown, then tossed with its leaves until wilted. White miso, sesame seeds and a smidge of butter add so much flavor with little to zero effort required on your end. Stunning.
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Air Fryer Squash Soup
Cozy up with a big bowl of comfort that is good for you, too! This soup is packed with potassium-rich butternut squash and is easy to prep in advance and reheat. Just freeze soup (minus cream and seed topping) in an airtight container for up to three months. Thaw overnight in the fridge, then warm and top as desired.
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Paprika Chicken with Crispy Chickpeas and Tomatoes
Juicy tomatoes and a ton of garlic create a built-in sauce for chicken as everything roasts together on a single sheet pan.
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Two-Cheese Roasted-Veggie Fusilli
By making a few smart choices, you can serve up healthy pasta for dinner and call it health food. Choose whole-wheat or bean-based pastas, use cheese somewhat sparingly and add *all* the fresh produce into the mix. You can blend vegetables like cauliflower or butternut squash into a creamy dairy-free sauce. Or, throw tomatoes, onions and squash onto a baking sheet before tossing with cooked noodles, as we do here.
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Striped Bass with Radish Salsa Verde
If you buy radishes with the tops still attached, you can use any leftovers in salsas, sauces, and sautés. This weeknight-friendly fish dish features a herby salsa made with both the tops and chopped radishes. Serve it with a side of brown rice.
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Garam Masala Roasted Chicken and Cauliflower
Clean up is easy, thanks to this combination of cauliflower, chicken and jalapeños that are coated in a warm spice blend and roasted on a single sheet pan.
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Grilled Steak Tortilla Salad
Satisfy your taco recipe cravings with this salad, then add tortilla slices to your plate when you're done mixing it all together!
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Fish Tacos with Pico de Gallo
Here is proof that you don't have to sacrifice taste — or fun! — when eating healthy. To make this good-for-you 25-minute dinner, mahi-mahi fish fillets are coated in a garlicky cilantro marinade, then grilled, not fried, along with fresh limes. Top it all off with a fresh homemade pico de gallo. Yum!
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Chicken Marsala
There are a few pros to cooking your favorite restaurant or takeout dishes at home, but mainly, it ensures that you know *exactly* what ingredients are being used and you can control how much of what (especially oils) is going into the dish.
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Fish and Chips
Low-Calorie Zucchini Noodles That Will Make You a Forever Fan of Zoodles with a side of potatoes or fries, try coating cod fillets in crushed potato chips instead. Cook fillets in the air fryer for extra-crispy results sans the oil.
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Seared Coconut-Lime Chicken with Snap Pea Slaw
Step up an ordinary chicken recipe by pairing it with sliced raw snap peas.
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Roasted Feta Shrimp and Polenta
It may look fancy, but this shrimp and polenta recipe with oregano, garlic, red peppers, capers and white wine is easy enough to make on a weeknight.
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Creamy Spaghetti and Zoodles
While there was a time when zoodles seemed to always be front and center, we actually prefer to mix the zucchini noodles with fiber-filled whole-grain spaghetti before tossing 'em into a creamy, dreamy sauce.
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Grilled Pork with Charred Harissa Broccoli
Thirty minutes. Five ingredients. One fun (easy!) dinner.
Trish (she/her) is the deputy food editor at Good Housekeeping, where she covers all things food, from cooking trends and delicious recipes to top-tested kitchen products and grocery finds. She has more than a decade of experience writing about food for GH, Women’s Health, Prevention, Redbook, Woman’s Day, The Daily Meal and Food Network. When she’s not at the supermarket or trying out a new recipe, you can find her at the beach, in her backyard or on the couch — typically with a glass of wine in hand.
Zee Krstic is a content strategy manager for Hearst Magazines, focusing on SEO optimization and other editorial strategies for four brands, including Country Living, House Beautiful, ELLE Decor and VERANDA. He previously served as Health Editor for Good Housekeeping between 2019 and 2023, covering health news, diet and fitness trends as well as executing wellness product reviews in conjunction with the Good Housekeeping Institute. Prior to joining Hearst, Zee fostered a strong background in women's lifestyle media with eight plus years of editorial experience, including as a site-wide editor at Martha Stewart Living Deputy Food Editor Cooking Light. Zee produces service-based health coverage, as well as design and travel content, for Hearst brands on a contributor basis; he has written about food and dining for Time, Trish she/her is the deputy food editor at.
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