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Healthy + Light Dinners

Eating a healthy light dinner recipe doesn't need to be a boring event.  Here you will find healthy light dinner recipes that are sure to please your senses like easy chicken gyros, healthy Mediterranean baked fish, and a light roasted eggplant gnocchi.

Teriyaki Chicken Bowl

A whole cooked air fryer chicken in an air fryer basket.

Air Fryer Whole Chicken

One half of a roasted air fryer spaghetti squash on a white serving plate garnished with salt and black pepper.

Air Fryer Spaghetti Squash

White serving bowl fllled with chicken, rice, and veggie souop seasoned with salt, pepper, and dried Italian seasoning.

Chicken and Rice Soup

Close up of a large white salad bowl filled with shredded Brussels sprouts, kale, avocado, grated carrot, pomegranate arils, tossed in a light lemon vinaigrette.

Shaved Brussels Sprout Salad

A bowl of soup made with cauliflower leeks and potatoes

Cauliflower Leek and Potato Soup (Dairy-Free)

White soup pot filled with chowder made using corn, zucchini, cauliflower, and light cream as the main ingredients.

Corn and Zucchini Chowder

Easy Chicken Gyros

20-Minute Chicken Gyros

Blue bowl filled with udon noodle soup made with bok choy, snap peas, green onions, and a poached egg.

Udon Noodle Soup

A person holding a bowl of food, with Roasted Red Pepper Soup and Tomato

Roasted Red Pepper and Tomato Soup

Large white bowl filled with chopped Mediterranean salad made with fresh veggies, artichoke hearts, avocado, chickpeas, feta cheese.

Mediterranean Salad

Three cooked salmon fillets in an air fryer basket after cooking.

Air Fryer Salmon

Honey garlic shrimp served with lemon slices set on top of cooked white rice and served with a side of cooked asparagus.

Honey Garlic Shrimp

Large white shallow bowl filled with easy egg drop soup recipe garnished with sliced green onions.

Egg Drop Soup

Large white serving bowl filled with red and green grapes mixed with cream cheese, sugar, sour cream, vanilla extract, and chopped pecans.

Grape Salad Recipe

Overhead images of a white serving dish filled with fresh shrimp cevice.

Shrimp Ceviche Recipe (Ceviche de Camaron)

WHite shallow bowl filled with fish ceviche.

Ceviche

Three ground turkey tacos filled with ground turkey taco meat and topped with tomatoes, lettuce, and cheese, on a small serving plate.

Ground Turkey Tacos

Platter filled with all of the ingredients for corn salad including corn, cucumber, feta cheese, artichoke hearts, and cherry tomatoes.

Fresh Corn Salad Recipe

A bowl of bruschetta chicken close up

Bruschetta Chicken

Six zucchini boats stuffed with ground sausage and topped with melted mozzarella cheese in a large white baking pan.

Zucchini Boats

Pan filled with cooked zucchini noodles with parmesan cheese.

How to Make and Cook Zucchini Noodles (Zoodles)

Air fryer chicken nuggets on a white plate with a side of buffalo sauce.

Air Fryer Chicken Nuggets

Top down image of a white shallow bowl filled with macaroni pasta, white beans, tomatoes, vegetables, in a light broth.

Pasta e Fagioli (Italian Pasta and Beans)

Balsamic vinegar salad dressing being poured into a white bowl filled with spinach, pear and feta salad.

Spinach Pear and Feta Salad Recipe

Zoomed in image of a white bowl filled with juicy shrimp and asparagus in lemon and garlic stir fry sauce.

Shrimp and Asparagus Stir Fry

Close up image of cashew Chicken in a large blue and white serving bowl garnished with sesame seeds and green onions.

Cashew Chicken

White baking dish filled with four baked chicken breasts covered with homemade honey mustard sauce.

Honey Mustard Chicken Recipe

White bowl filled with homemade chicken soup.

The Best Chicken Soup Recipe

Large white pasta bowl filled with penne pasta and mixed spring vegetables such as asparagus, bell peppers, zucchini, tomatoes, and sprinkled with parmesan.

Pasta Primavera Recipe

Overhead image of a large stainless steel skillet filled with cooked cannellini beans and spinach in a savory lemon and garlic sauce.

Cannellini Beans Recipe

Honey Dijon Chicken Foil Packets with chopped vegetables.

Honey Dijon Chicken Foil Packets

Two thinly sliced parmesan crusted chicken breast pieces on a small white serving plate garnished with chopped parsley and fresh lemon.

Parmesan Crusted Chicken

Image of a large salad bowl filled with orzo and arugula salad filled with feta cheese and grapes.

Orzo Arugula Salad with Feta and Grapes

Overhead image of a white bowl filled with homemade chicken and vegetable soup.

Chicken Vegetable Soup Recipe

Large baking sheet with four salmon fillets baked in a marinade of orange juice and lime juice and sweet chili sauce with muli-colored bell peppers and onions..

Chili Lime Orange Glazed Salmon Recipe

Ginger Garlic Miso Ramen Noodles with Poached Egg

Ginger Garlic Miso Ramen Noodles with Poached Egg

Moo Goo Gai Pan made with snow peas, water chestnuts, carrots, chicken, mushrooms, in a light sauce in a white shallow bowl.

Moo Goo Gai Pan Recipe

Image of a white bowl filled with fully cooked and prepared chana masala garnished with cilantro.

Instant Pot Chana Masala Recipe

Large shallow soup bowl filled with Instant Pot black bean soup and topped with crumbled white cheese, avocado, red onion, red chili flakes, and fresh lime wedge.

Instant Pot Black Bean Soup Recipe

Fall Quinoa Salad

A white bowl of Cucumber salad

Cucumber Salad Recipe

Skillet filled with fully cooked mahi mahi fillets cooked in a lemon butter sauce and garnished with fresh parsley.

Easy Mahi Mahi Recipe with Lemon Garlic Sauce

Large white serving platter topped with fresh leafy greens, sliced golden and red beets, bloof oranges, cooked wild rice, walnuts, and sliced radish.

Wild Rice Salad with Beets, Oranges and Whipped Lemon Ricotta

Juicy baked lemon chicken breast served on top of white rice with a side of cooked broccoli.

Baked Lemon Chicken Recipe

Large white shallow bowl filled with caldo de pollo made with chicken, carrots, corn, lime juice, potatoes, and zucchini.

Caldo de Pollo Recipe (Mexican Chicken Soup)

A bowl of food with broccoli

Asian Broccoli Salad

Cauliflower that has been processed into "rice" in the food processor.

How to Make Cauliflower Rice

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