Getting a takeout for dinner is probably the most common food habit for most of us, and the unhealthiest too. You can’t imagine what those processed foods do to your system at night. For all those who wish to take the healthier route to the dinner meal, these recipes are the perfect choice.
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Healthy Dinner Recipes For Two
Dinner is one of the only meals that a couple can sit down at and eat in the company of each other. So why not make this one meal you have together healthy yet luscious? If you are out of ideas on how to prepare a healthy meal for your next dinner, don’t just go out or get some takeout food. Give these healthy dinner recipes a try and they will surely be the ideal meal to share with your significant other.
1. Scrumptious Lemon Chicken
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Ever feel that the dinner time creep up on you? For all those times, this easy to make yet incredibly tasteful lemon chicken is ideal. With some lemon marinade, lemon sauce and chicken skillets, it is nothing short of a perfect dinner meal.
Recipe Source: traceysculinaryadventures
2. Stuffed Chicken Roll-ups & Wild Rice
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These rolled up chicken skillets will make you like your fingers twice. Add some blanched spinach and mozzarella cheese to the chicken skillets and cook them in butter. Cook the wild rice according to the instructions and serve together.
Recipe Source: reservation4two
3. Chickpea Cakes With Cabbage Salad
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A light and healthy dinner recipe, this dinner meal will change your mind about vegetarian meals. Mash the chickpeas and add the ingredients to make the cakes and fry them over medium heat.
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Recipe Source: skinnyms
4. Moroccan Chicken With Chickpeas
Add a Middle Eastern taste to your dinner nights with this authentic slow-cooked Moroccan chicken recipe. Serve the lip smacking chicken with chickpeas and brown rice for a fulfilling dinner meal.
Recipe Source: skinnyms
5. Lasagna Rolls
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Having a whole dish of Lasagna on the dinner table may be a bad idea if you two are going healthy. This Lasagna dinner meal is well proportioned, easy to prepare and comes with all the delightful spices and herbs.
Recipe Source: skinnyms
6. Black Bean & Corn Tacos
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Easy to prepare and incredibly tasteful, this healthy take at Mexican cuisine will be a dinnertime favorite. With very few ingredients such as corn, black beans, onions, chilies and soft tacos, everything will be ready in no time.
Recipe Source: skinnyms
7. Tuna Casserole
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A healthy version of the perfect dinnertime meal, this tuna casserole is still mouthwatering. With low fat cream cheese and reduced fat cheese, you can have all the taste with much less fattening ingredients.
Recipe Source: skinnyms
8. Mexican Vegetarian Loaf
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This is one of the comfort food you and your vegetarian partner can thoroughly enjoy. Filled with kidney beans, black beans and kernel corn, this vegetarian loaf is packed with proteins and fibers.
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Recipe Source: skinnyms
9. Broccoli & Shrimp Pasta
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For those nights when you have nothing but a couple of ingredients, meals like broccoli & shrimp pasta can be a delight. Fry some shrimp on medium heat, steam broccoli, add few spices and voila! The perfect makeshift dinner meal is ready.
Recipe Source: megherbert
10. Italian Turkey Salad
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This dinner recipe makes the ideal healthy meal for two, with no compromise on taste. Cut up the turkey into bite sized pieces, steam the peppers, add Italian mixed salad greens and your meal is done.
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Recipe Source: bhg
Healthy Dinner Recipes For Kids
Taking care of kids is no easy job, and looking after their food habits is even tougher. Children love gobbling down unhealthy junk food which is so easily available these days. As parents, we should play our part as their personal nutritionist and make sure that they eat healthy.
1. Healthy BBQ Chicken Pizza
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This pizza is a devious disguise to make sure that kids enjoy eating their vegetables. With a pizza crust made from cauliflower puree, cornmeal and eggs, the BBQ chicken pizza has never been healthier.
Recipe Source: pinchofyum
2. Baked Zucchini Rounds
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Kids love unhealthy potato chips, so why not give them something healthy yet tasty to snack on? Cut the Zucchini into thin rounds, place some parmesan cheese on top and bake them to make the perfect snack meal.
Recipe Source: fivehearthome
3. Baked Onion Rings
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Kids love crispy onion rings but this fast food item can also be made in a healthy way. Cut the onion into rings, dip them in egg wash and then in seasoned bread crumbs before you bake them.
Recipe Source: superhealthykids
4. Honey Cinnamon Roast Sweet Potato
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Sweet potatoes are packed with nutrients but kids run at the sight of it. Cut the sweet potatoes into cubes, add honey, cinnamon and olive oil and bake them until golden brown. Their taste buds will never know what hit them.
Recipe Source: bunsinmyoven
5. Baked Carrot French Fries
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It isn’t just kids who love munching down on oily French fires. This delightfully simple recipe involves cutting carrots into thin sticks, oiling and baking at 450F. With the same crisp yet none of the unhealthy oil or starch, it is a win for the kids as well as the parents.
Recipe Source: momables
6. Wheat Banana Pancakes
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Children love pancakes so much, they would have it for every meal if they could. With this healthy alternative pancakes with whole wheat, bananas and some Greek yogurt, kids can enjoy their favorite pancakes with all the good ingredients.
Recipe Source: sallysbakingaddiction
7. Banana Blueberry Muffins
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Muffins are delicious but they are packed with processed flour which isn’t good for the body. Whip up a batch of healthy blueberry muffins with some white whole wheat flour, mashed bananas and Greek yogurt.
Recipe Source: sallysbakingaddiction
8. Butter And Banana Sandwich
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The classic peanut butter and jelly sandwich is loved and adored by kids and adults everywhere. This healthy take uses half sliced bananas as base, natural peanut butter topped with almonds and raisins for the perfect healthy snack.
Recipe Source: talesofakitchen
9. Crispy Cauliflower Tots
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If you just can’t get your kids to have their vegetables, this flavorful disguise will do the trick. With cauliflower florets, eggs, cheese and breadcrumbs, these crispy cauliflower tots will be demanded on the dinner table very often.
Recipe Source: skinnytaste
