Easy Healthy Dinner Recipes – 25 Ideas with Ten Ingredients or Less

Busy lives and quick prep meals usually go hand-in-hand. We’ve rounded up 25 healthy dinner recipes with ten ingredients or less. They’re all fast and simple to prepare with easy instructions.

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Healthy dinner ideas are always useful to have – especially on those busy weeknights! That is why we have compiled this list of easy weeknight dinners with less than 10 ingredients.

No fuss no muss. Let’s eat! Check out these 25 healthy dinner recipes.

Easy Chicken Dinner Recipes

This creamy, cheesy, low carb Chicken Broccoli Bake is an easy way to get a healthy, meal on the table. Use shredded rotisserie chicken breasts in this gluten free casserole to make it even easier!

Healthier chicken tenders cooked in a simple delicious sauce. These chicken tenderloins turn out tender, juicy, succulent, and flavorful.

This mouthwatering and cheesy Chicken Broccoli Potato Casserole recipe is a must-try. It is easy to make and packed with wholesome ingredients. This comforting dish is perfect for family dinners or potlucks!

This Easy Chicken Taco Salad recipe is just like you are sitting at your own Mexican restaurant. With fewer calories than your Taco Bell, you can’t lose! The salsa and ranch dressing is simple and delicious. The chicken is tender and full of flavour and I love the crunch from the corn chips. Gluten Free!

This Chicken Bean Soup is a mildly spiced, hearty dish that is packed with proteins and flavor. A savory chicken and bean stew with a surprise ingredient!

Easy Dinner Recipes with Beef

Satisfy those beef stir fry cravings with this simple hoisin beef, snow pea, and shiitake mushroom stir fry. This ‘feel good’ weeknight dinner recipe delivers flavour in record time.

This Asian Steak Bites and Potatoes features seared beef cubes and potatoes in a garlicky sauce. You can make this healthy skillet for dinner in less than 30 minutes.

This Taco Potato Casserole recipe with Ground Beef is a hearty and flavorful dish that combines the best of Tex-Mex and comfort food. Featuring layers of seasoned ground beef, diced potatoes, and shredded cheese, this easy-to-make casserole is perfect for a family dinner or potluck.

Taco style stuffed peppers with rice, ground beef, black beans, tomatoes, rice & corn! Sprinkle with cheese and bake in the oven. A quick, convenient dinner for a busy weeknight.

Thick, savory, and with a kiss of heat, here you have the Texas Roadhouse Chili recipe (copycat) from the iconic Texas Roadhouse restaurant chain.

Simple Pasta Recipes

If you haven’t tried making creamy pasta sauce using avocados, you’ve been missing out! A no-cook avocado pesto sauce comes together in minutes; toss with your favorite pasta – use brown rice or quinoa pasta for gluten-free! It’s a healthful meal that you’ll want to make again and again!

This tahini pasta is smothered in a luscious, creamy sauce. It’s easy to make and nutrient-dense yet decadent.

Parsley Parmesan Pasta recipe that takes 15 minutes to make and costs less than $4. Blend the parsley (or use other fresh herbs) with other simple ingredients to make a nut-free pesto sauce and then pour it on top of the pasta!  Add cooked ground turkey for added protein.

Pasta puttanesca is the ultimate pantry recipe! It has just a handful of ingredients and has a light yet totally satisfying tomato sauce with bold flavors. Tastes delicious on its own or as a side for pork chops.

Easy Weeknight Tuna Pasta Dinner is the quickest, most comforting weeknight dinner ever. I mean, it’s just the time to boil the water for the noodles (use whole grains!) and cook them. You simply toss it all together.

Easy Seafood Dinner Recipes

This sheet pan-baked salmon is a delicious healthy dish with tender, flaky salmon and the bright, fresh flavors of lemon and dill. It’s also one of the easiest recipes that you’ll ever find! It only takes a few minutes to put together and about 20 minutes to bake so it’s perfect for busy weeknights.

This Easy Lemon Garlic Shrimp recipe is made with only a few ingredients and packed with flavor. Make this from start to finish in only 20 minutes and have a healthy, filling, and satisfying meal on the table that the entire family will love!

This Healthy Tuna Casserole recipe is a classic dish that the whole family loves. Featuring a rich and creamy sauce, tender pasta, and a cheesy topping, you can’t go wrong. It is easy to make and even easier to eat!

A light low-calorie dinner with no compromise on flavour that is ready in less than 30 minutes? Yes, that’s possible! This Mediterranean Pan-Fried Sea Bass with Basil Pesto may be just what you are looking for. A healthy and delicious meal that only requires a few ingredients, this is a perfect midweek recipe that is both simple and luxurious.

Silky, creamy and so much flavour! Impress yourself by making this super easy, 20 minute healthy and creamy garlic prawn pasta!

Just a few ingredients and 15 minutes are all you need to make this healthy baked halibut!

Vegetarian Recipes

Peanut Tofu Bowls come together with a base of rice topped with baked tofu, crispy broccoli, strips of bell pepper, shredded carrots, and a drizzle of homemade peanut butter sauce. Substitute roasted cauliflower, zucchini, or green beans for variety.

This easy and healthy Red Lentil Dahl is packed full of flavor and comes together in minutes!

General Tso’s Tofu is made with crispy baked tofu covered in sticky-sweet-slightly-spicy ginger sauce. This is a healthier, vegan version of the popular takeout dish.

The easiest dinner ever: Mish Mash! Made with eggs and vegetables, it is full of healthy nutrients, especially if you use olive oil.

If you want a hearty, meat-free meal, you can’t go wrong with this veggie sausage and bean casserole that’s suitable for both vegetarians and vegans!

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