MyPlate Meals: 6 Quick & Easy Healthy Dinners

No Comments | Written on March 12, 2013 at 1:00 pm, by Lauren Jagnow

For anyone trying to maintain a healthy diet, dinnertime can be dangerous. You’re tired, you’re stressed, and it’s much easier to order a pizza or pick-up fast-food burgers on the way home than to cook a healthy and tasty dinner.

Before you start dialing your favorite take-out place, rest assured that it’s not only possible to make a quick and easy dinner at home but a healthy one, too. We’ve got the recipes to prove it!

Whether you want to try something different, such as an exotic Asian-inspired feast featuring cilantro chicken with peanuts and a side of sesame-coated veggies, or stick with a comfort food classic, such as spicy Sloppy Joes and sweet potato crisps, we’ve got just what you’re looking for.

Each of these recipes all take less than 30 minutes to prepare, and they are all low in fat, sodium, and calories. Last but not least, we’re even throwing in a few dessert options, too. When you’re on a roll with dinners like these, no need to lose momentum by finishing your evening with a calorie- and fat-laden dessert.

In fact, these dinner menus are so tasty, healthy, and stress-free that you might actually start viewing dinnertime as the most relaxing part of your day. And isn’t that how it should be?

Dinner no. 1

Spicy Sloppy Joes

with Potato Crisps

Kids are sure to love this fun and tasty comfort-food dinner. Little will they know that it’s also healthy!

Dinner #2

Sweet Mustard Halibut

with Cauliflower and Couscous Pilaf

and Roasted Mangoes with Brown Sugar Topping

This dinner is just exotic enough to be exciting but not so different as to be daunting. Best of all, it still takes less than 30 minutes to prepare.

Dinner #3

Cilantro Chicken with Peanuts

with Sesame Snap Peas with Carrots & Peppers

Break out the chopsticks for this Asian-inspired dinner. We love the blend of ingredients in these dishes; cilantro, peanuts, and sesame add delicious flavor and complexity without much effort.

Dinner #4

Five-Spice Steak Wraps

with No-Bake Peach Crisp

Meat-lovers, this one’s for you. These spicy and flavorful steak wraps prove that red meat can be healthy. The easy peach crisp is a sweet finish to this meal.

Dinner #5

Low-fat Vegetarian Chili with Rice

with Individual Blueberry Cakes

Nothing could be easier than this one-pot chili dinner. The blueberry cakes are a quick dessert, and also work well for breakfast the next morning!

Dinner #6

Chicken Dipping Sticks

with Broccoli Mac ‘n’ Cheese

This dinner proves that yummy and healthy don’t have to be mutually exclusive. We guarantee that this meal will become one of your kids’ favorites!

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Eat better now! Recipe.com is excited to work with Let’s Move!, the Partnership for a Healthier America, and USDA’s MyPlate to give anyone looking for healthier options access to a trove of recipes that will help you to create healthy, tasty meals.