These light dinner recipes are easy on the stomach and low in calories, but will still leave you feeling satisfied. Featuring our favorite fresh ingredients, including salads, grilled lean meats, veggie bowls, and more, they are perfect for busy nights and save time on cooking and cleanup while delivering a wholesome, healthy meal everyone will love. Enjoy!

Garlic Butter Cod with Lemon Asparagus Skillet
This cod and asparagus recipe will have you enjoy a delicious and nutritious dinner! Garlic butter cod with lemon asparagus - Healthy, tasty, simple and quick to cook!

Blackened Shrimp and Asparagus Skillet (20 Minutes)
These delicious blackened shrimp and asparagus take less than 20 minutes to make! Get the secret to this restaurant quality dish you can easily make at home!

Healthy Chicken Pasta Salad with Avocado, Tomato, and Basil
A quick salad with rotisserie chicken, pasta, avocado chuncks, and juicy tomatoes. Enjoy for lunch or a light dinner at home!

Asado Chicken Breast with Sauteed Lemon Zucchini
Delicious Asado chicken breast recipe is a winner for dinnertime! Forget dry chicken: Boneless chicken breasts are marinated then grilled and served with sauteed lemon zucchini.

Cowboy Butter Chicken with Zucchini Noodles (15-Minute)
Easy and delicious butter chicken recipe with zucchini noodles - You'll want to sip the sauce by the spoon!

Shrimp Avocado Salad
This healthy shrimp avocado salad for two tastes crazy good and is loaded with the freshest ingredients.

Garlic Shrimp Skillet
We love making these shrimp when there's leftover rice to reheat. Perfect for a light dinner!

Grilled Chicken with Chili Lime Sauce
Kabobs are not only for gathering and cookouts! There are an overlooked option for a weeknight dinner: Marinate, thread, grill and you're done!

One Pan Shrimp and Asparagus
This one-pan shrimp and asparagus with lemon garlic butter is an easy 20-minute dinner with juicy shrimp, tender asparagus, garlic, herbs, and a touch of heat.

Salsa Chicken Lettuce Wraps
These chicken lettuce wraps are so delicious - Citrusy, sweet, spicy, and savory all in one, the salsa that goes with grilled chicken will steal the show. Perfect for a quick lunch, dinner, or meal prep!

Shrimp and Broccoli Foil Packs
This shrimp and broccoli foil pack meal is ready in under 30 minutes. Shrimp is seasoned to perfection with lemon, butter, garlic and herbs. The easiest way to bake shrimp in your oven!

Lemon Garlic Butter Chicken and Green Beans Skillet
We like chicken thighs for the flavor, but for a leaner version, you can also use chicken breasts. This light dinner is ready in 30 minutes - even less!

Garlic Butter Shrimp with Lemon Parmesan Cauliflower Rice
This Garlic Butter Shrimp is Super nourishing and easy to whip up. The shrimp and cauliflower rice combination is a winner!

Healthy Avocado Chicken Salad
This avocado chicken salad recipe is light, flavorful, and easy to make - Perfect Healthy salad recipe for your next barbecue or potluck!

Pan-Seared Tilapia in Tomato Basil Sauce
This fish dinner recipe is both healthy AND satisfying! This recipe works with any white fish: cod, halibut, sea bass, etc...

Lemon Garlic Butter Shrimp with Zucchini Noodles
This Lemon garlic butter shrimp recipe with zoodles is an easy and simple shrimp recipe that cooks in one skillet in just 10 minutes.

Garlic Butter Salmon with Lemon Asparagus
This seared salmon recipe with asparagus makes a delicious and nutritious dinner. Healthy salmon is quick to cook and ready in under 15 minutes!

Baked Salmon in Foil with Asparagus and Lemon Garlic Butter Sauce
This baked salmon in foil with asparagus is tender, juicy, and packed with lemon garlic butter flavor for an easy salmon dinner.

Tomato Spinach Sausage Pasta Recipe
Try this easy pasta dish for a great source of iron and enjoy it as a light lunch or supper.

Avocado Corn Salad Recipe with Feta
This light salad will make everyone happy - especially when you had a feast the day before!

Garlic Butter Shrimp and Broccoli Skillet
This garlic butter shrimp and broccoli skillet recipe is quick, simple, and big on flavor!

Avocado Shrimp Salad
Try this creamy and flavorful salad with shrimp and avocado, perfect for a quick lunch or a light supper.

Garlic Broccoli Stir-Fry with Pasta
This broccoli stir fry recipe with pasta cannot get easier or quicker! It's loaded with flavor and ready in less than 30mn.


Easy Cajun Pork Chops with Lemon Garlic Zucchini
Juicy Cajun Pork Chops with Lemon Garlic Zucchini ready and on your table in less than 20 minutes!

Baked Shrimp with Lemon Garlic Butter Sauce
This flavorful, low-fat shrimp casserole is easy to make and keeps very well in the refrigerator, so why not double the batch and have shrimp for light meal preps?

Grilled Salmon Recipe
This grilled salmon recipe is coated in a flavorful marinade -
A perfect healthy grilling salmon recipe that’s done in 20 minutes.

Blackened Chicken Salad
This blackened chicken salad recipe with avocado is crisp and full of flavor - Salad with chicken is the simplest and healthiest meal you can make!

Asian Noodle Salad
This Asian noodle salad is perfect for midweek lunches or larger gatherings.


Lemon Garlic Butter Chicken and Zucchini Noodles Skillet
So much flavor and so easy to throw together! This skillet chicken recipe with zucchini noodles will make your weeknight way easier.

Parmesan Spinach Mushroom Pasta Skillet
This parmesan spinach mushroom pasta is an easy 20-minute dinner with sautéed mushrooms, fresh spinach, garlic, and plenty of parmesan.

10-Minute Sheet Pan Steak with Lemon Zucchini
A light and easy midweek steak dinner recipe, with just a little hint of spice and heat. You'll love it!

Garlic Butter Chicken Bites with Lemon Asparagus
This chicken bites and asparagus recipe is a winner for dinnertime. So much flavor and so easy to throw together!

Garlic Butter Ground Turkey with Cauliflower
This Ground Turkey Cauliflower is a rich and indulgent bowl of comfort with a healthy twist!

Avocado Salad
Avocado Salad with Tomato, Eggs, and Cucumber is so easy to make! Fresh, healthy and super delicious, the best salad to add to your dinner table.

10-Minute Pizza Zucchini Noodles with Marinara Sauce & Pepperoni
A complete low carb meal you will feel great about eating!

Garlic Butter Chicken Bites with Zucchini Noodles
These delicious chicken bites recipe is so juicy and tender you'll eat them hot right off the pan!

Garlic Butter Sausages with Lemon Green Beans
This easy sausage recipe with green beans is a complete dinner made in just one-pan!

Healthy Roasted Chicken Parmesan Kale Salad
This wholesome chicken kale salad recipe is packed to the max with goodies!


Baked Shrimp in Foil Packets
These Shrimp in Foil Packets recipe make a healthy, nourishing dinner with hearty flavors!

Grilled Steak Kabobs
Skewers at the ready- these lightweight beef kabobs are marinated in soy sauce and Sriracha and served with lime slices.

Sausage, Pepper and Cauliflower Fried Rice
This sausage and cauliflower fried rice combines smoked sausage, bell peppers, onion, garlic, and cauliflower rice for an easy 20-minute skillet dinner.

Grilled Chicken Breasts with Lemon Garlic
Make the juiciest grilled chicken skewers with this easy chicken recipe. These grilled chicken breasts kabobs are made with marinated chicken and served with crisp asparagus for a complete low-carb, Keto-friendly dinner!

Spinach Salad with Mozzarella, Tomato & Pepperoni
This spinach salad is healthy and delicious - So simple and perfect for a quick lunch!

Grilled Chicken with Garlic Brown Sugar Sauce
A light chicken recipe with a modern twist that'll win over friends and family!

Grilled Zucchini with BBQ Sauce
Grilled Zucchini with the best BBQ Sauce is a quick and simple Grilled Zucchini recipe guaranteed to impress! Backyard barbecue, with a vegetarian twist!

Grilled Chicken Salad with Avocado and Feta
This grilled chicken salad is the best option for an easy weeknight meal for two!

Spring Roll Noodle Salad
This light dinner recipe can be made ahead and kept in the refrigerator until serving.

Pesto Chicken Pasta Salad
This Pesto chicken pasta salad recipe is like a circus of flavors at every bite!
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