No-cook dinner for hot nights.
Under 30 min · Vegetarian · Healthy · Cheap
Healthy Dinner Ideas
We tag a dinner as healthy when half the plate is vegetables or legumes, the protein is lean, and nothing is deep-fried: the plate model recommended by the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health and USDA MyPlate.
24 recipes, fastest first.
A no-cook sushi-bowl riff from two cans.
Under 30 min · Healthy · Cheap
The glaze reduces in the same pan in under three minutes.
Under 30 min · Healthy
Two cans and a spice jar become dinner for four.
Vegetarian · Healthy · Under 30 min · One pot · Cheap
Everything can be prepped ahead and assembled in two minutes.
Healthy · Under 30 min · Family
Beans get a five-minute head start so both finish together.
Sheet pan · Healthy · Under 30 min
Lime-dressed cabbage adds crunch without mayo.
Under 30 min · Healthy
Rinsing quinoa removes the bitter coating.
Vegetarian · Healthy
Coating chicken in a little cornstarch keeps it tender.
Under 30 min · Healthy
Lean, fast and one pan.
Healthy · Under 30 min · One pot
Eggs poached in spiced tomato: a pantry dinner that looks like brunch.
Vegetarian · Healthy · One pot · Cheap
Red lentils need no soaking and melt into a thick sauce in twenty minutes.
Vegetarian · Healthy · Cheap · One pot
A cornstarch coat is what makes tofu crisp in a skillet.
Vegetarian · Healthy
The quick tzatziki is just grated cucumber and yogurt.
Healthy
Mashing a few beans makes it creamy without cream.
One pot · Healthy
Covering the pan steams the sweet potato through first.
Healthy · One pot
Spread it thin or it steams instead of charring.
Sheet pan · Family · Healthy
Simmering in sauce keeps lean turkey from drying out.
Family · Healthy
Potatoes go in first because they need longer than broccoli.
Sheet pan · Healthy · Family
Poaching the chicken in the broth seasons both at once.
Healthy · Family · One pot
A home for the half-bags of vegetables at the back of the fridge.
Vegetarian · Healthy · Cheap · One pot
High heat caramelises the cauliflower; do not crowd the pan.
Sheet pan · Vegetarian · Healthy
Sweet potato thickens and sweetens the chili without meat.
Vegetarian · Healthy · One pot · Cheap
Halving the peppers lengthwise cuts the bake time and makes portions easy.
Family · Healthy