From creamy skillets to easy sheet-pan meals, these scrumptious and simple dinners comply with the Mediterranean food regimen, that includes elements like veggies, lean proteins, omega-3-rich meals and complete grains. Containing 575 energy or much less per serving, these dinner recipes will provide help to attain your dietary objectives. One of the best half? They arrive collectively in simply three steps or much less. Recipes like our Herb-Marinated Veggie & Chickpea Salad or our Creamy Rooster & Zucchini Casserole are so flavorful and easy, you’ll wish to make them time and again.
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Herb-Marinated Veggie & Chickpea Salad
Photographer: Jacob Fox, Meals Stylist: Sammy Mila, Prop Stylist: Joseph Wanek.
This herb-marinated veggie-and-chickpea salad is a refreshing, no-cook dish filled with contemporary flavors. It brings collectively crisp uncooked greens and fiber-rich chickpeas, all tossed in a zesty herb dressing that infuses each chunk. Because it requires no range or oven time, it’s good for heat days, meal prep or busy weeknights if you need one thing fast.
Ginger-Soy Zucchini Noodles with Shrimp
Photographer: Jacob Fox, Meals Stylist: Sammy Mila, Prop Stylist: Joseph Wanek.
These ginger-soy zucchini noodles with shrimp are a light-weight, flavorful no-cook dish that’s good for hotter days. Thinly sliced zucchini gives a crisp and refreshing base, whereas the sauce (made with ginger, soy and lime juice) provides daring and shiny flavors. Precooked shrimp make this meal quick and handy—simply toss every thing collectively and serve! It’s a contemporary, protein-packed bowl that comes collectively in minutes.
Creamy Rooster & Zucchini Casserole
Photographer: Victor Protasio, Meals Stylist: Chelsea Zimmer, Prop Stylist: Hannah Grennwood.
This creamy chicken-and-zucchini casserole is a comfortable dish that delivers all of the flavors of cacio e pepe with a twist! As an alternative of pasta, tender chopped zucchini and juicy rooster items are folded right into a peppery, tacky sauce, bringing on all of the savory flavors that followers of the traditional Roman dish love. It’s a easy, crowd-pleasing meal that’s simply as satisfying as a conventional creamy pasta dish.
Spicy Rooster & Cabbage Stir-Fry
Photographer: Robby Lozano, Meals Stylist: Jennifer Wendorf, Prop Styling: Josh Hoggle.
This stir-fry is a fast, daring dish that’s good for busy weeknights. Tender strips of rooster are cooked then tossed with crisp cabbage and spicy chili-garlic sauce that brings simply the correct amount of warmth. With simply 5 elements, it’s proof that easy can nonetheless imply flavorful.
5-Ingredient Avocado & Chickpea Salad
Photographer: Jake Sternquist, Meals Stylist: Sammy Mila, Prop Stylist: Gabriel Greco.
This avocado-and-chickpea salad is a contemporary, flavorful dish that comes collectively in minutes. Made with simply 5 elements, it’s so simple as it’s satisfying. Creamy avocado pairs completely with hearty chickpeas for a filling, plant-based meal. With no cooking required and minimal prep, it’s an ideal fast lunch or dinner.
Excessive-Protein Pasta Salad
Photographer: Robby Lozano, Meals Stylist: Julian Hensarling, Prop Stylist: Josh Hoggle
This high-protein pasta salad is a satisfying dish filled with plant-based protein from chickpea pasta and chickpeas, with an additional enhance coming from contemporary mozzarella cheese pearls. Tossed with contemporary veggies and flavored with zingy za’atar seasoning, this salad is ideal for meal prep, a fast lunch or a satisfying dinner.
Spinach, Broccoli & Mushroom Quiche
Photographer: Jen Causey, Meals Stylist: Chelsea Zimmer, Prop Stylist: Claire Spollen
This spinach, broccoli and mushroom quiche is a high-protein dish that works for any meal of the day. You’ll be able to take pleasure in it as a hearty breakfast, a light-weight lunch with a aspect salad, or perhaps a satisfying dinner alongside roasted greens. It’s one of the best ways to get your veggies and protein multi function straightforward dish!
Fajita-Stuffed Portobello Mushrooms
Photographer: Morgan Hunt Glaze, Prop Stylist: Claire Spollen, Meals Stylist: Chelsea Zimmer
These fajita-stuffed portobello mushrooms are the mash-up you’ve been ready for! This flavorful vegetarian dish fills roasted portobello mushroom caps with fajita-style veggies and black beans, giving them a lift of fiber and protein. High it off with melted cheese and Greek-style yogurt for a satisfying dinner.
Excessive-Protein Pasta with Peas
Photographer: Morgan Hunt Glaze, Prop Stylist: Claire Spollen, Meals Stylist: Chelsea Zimmer
This one-pot pasta with peas is filled with plant-based protein and a wholesome dose of fiber. The chickpea pasta is cooked with vibrant inexperienced peas and tossed with aromatic basil and a wealthy pesto sauce for contemporary taste in each chunk. Nutty toasted pine nuts present the proper crunch, including depth and texture.
Roasted Veggies with Halloumi & Chickpeas
Photographer: Morgan Hunt Glaze, Prop Stylist: Claire Spollen, Meals Stylist: Chelsea Zimmer
This sheet-pan halloumi, chickpea and veggie recipe is ideal for a weeknight dinner with straightforward cleanup. Chickpeas and halloumi present protein to make this dish filling and satisfying. Roasting every thing on the identical sheet pan creates crispy, caramelized bites that meld superbly with the creamy yogurt unfold beneath.
Creamy Lemon-Dill Rooster & Rice Casserole
Photographer: Morgan Hunt Glaze, Meals Stylist: Julian Hensarling, Prop Stylist: Abby Armstrong
This creamy lemon-dill rooster and rice casserole is pure consolation in a bowl, bursting with the brilliant, contemporary flavors of lemon and dill. Tender rooster and brown rice make it a satisfying, cozy dish everybody will love. Utilizing microwaveable rice is a game-changer for comfort. It cuts down on prep time, guaranteeing the dish comes collectively rapidly. In fact, you probably have it, leftover cooked brown rice will work simply as effectively.
Creamy Garlic Skillet Rooster with Spinach
Photographer: Brie Goldman, Meals Stylist: Holly Dreesman, Prop Stylist: Gabriel Greco
Fast-cooking rooster cutlets are coated in a garlic cream sauce, whereas spinach provides a lift of shade and diet to this straightforward one-skillet recipe.
Cauliflower Tikka Masala with Chickpeas
On this vegetarian riff on a preferred Indian dish, we swap in cauliflower and chickpeas for the rooster in tikka masala. The cauliflower’s nooks and crannies are notably good at absorbing all the extreme flavors of the sauce. Serve over rice for a simple wholesome dinner that’s prepared in simply 20 minutes.
Ginger-Dill Salmon with Cucumber & Avocado Salad
Photographer Victor Protasio, Meals Stylist Chelsea Zimmer, Prop Stylist Christina Daley
This ginger-dill salmon with cucumber and avocado salad is a light-weight, refreshing meal that doesn’t skimp on taste. Tender, flaky salmon is infused with the weird mixture of heat ginger and contemporary dill, making it the proper complement to the cool, creamy salad.
Curried Butter Beans
photographer: Jen Causey, meals stylist: Julian Hensarling, prop stylist: Josh Hoggle
Tender butter beans mix with pink curry paste and fragrant spices on this hearty plant-based dish. We use butter beans right here, however any white bean, like cannellini or navy, would work. Get pleasure from it by itself or serve it over brown rice or whole-grain noodles for a extra filling meal.
Za’atar-Roasted Rooster with Chickpeas
Photographer: Morgan Hunt Glaze, Prop Stylist: Abby Armstrong, Meals Stylist: Margaret Monroe Dickey
This za’atar-roasted rooster is bursting with vibrant flavors. Za’atar—a aromatic mix of dried oregano, thyme and/or marjoram, sumac and toasted sesame seeds—mingles with lemon and garlic, infusing rooster thighs and chickpeas with tangy, earthy and savory notes. This scrumptious meal is roasted on one sheet pan, making it not solely stuffed with taste but additionally straightforward to arrange and clear up, making a satisfying, hassle-free meal that’s good for busy nights.
Marry Me White Bean & Spinach Skillet
Photographer: Morgan Hunt Glaze, Prop Stylist: Abby Armstrong, Meals Stylist: Margaret Monroe Dickey
This Marry Me White Bean & Spinach Skillet is a unique tackle Marry Me Rooster—a dish historically made with rooster coated in a sun-dried tomato cream sauce. By swapping in fiber-packed white beans and spinach as the principle elements, we’ve given it a vegetarian spin. You’ll wish to sop up each final little bit of sauce, so serve this with a pleasant hunk of crusty whole-grain bread.
One-Skillet Garlicky Salmon & Broccoli
Photographer: Morgan Hunt Glaze, Prop Stylist: Abby Armstrong, Meals Stylist: Margaret Monroe Dickey
This one-skillet salmon and broccoli recipe is the proper 20-minute dinner for busy weeknights! This dish combines tender, flaky salmon with crisp, garlicky broccoli and bell pepper, all cooked in a single pan for simple prep and cleanup. Full of lean protein, omega-3s and a beneficiant serving of veggies, that is one recipe you’ll need on repeat!
