Eating a dinner that is around 500 calories can help promote weight loss.
To make it a full, satisfying dinner, serve over cooked brown rice.
If you like a spicy kick, add a few dashes of your favorite hot sauce at the end.

Alison Miksch
Chicken sausage with feta is especially good in this recipe.
Cooking lima beans in pancetta drippings infuses them with flavor.
And don’t forget the leftovers!

Alison Miksch
They make an easy weeknight dinner.
Make a double batch for lunches later in the week.
Lemon-Garlic Pasta with Salmon
Wondering what to do with leftover salmon?

This is a delicious and easy way to turn it into another weeknight-friendly, quick dinner.
Don’t forget to reserve some pasta waterits starch thickens the lemon-garlic pasta sauce and makes it silky-smooth.
Ingredients like oil-packed sun-dried tomatoes, briny Kalamata olives and toasty pine nuts help to build big flavor fast.

Feel free to swap in ground turkey for the beef.
Store-bought chicken meatballs keep the low-effort theme going all the way to the table.
Eggs are the base of the creamy sauce.

They don’t get fully cooked, so use pasteurized-in-the-shell eggs if you prefer.
Blackened Fish Tacos
These blackened fish tacos pack a punch.
Make these wraps ahead of time for a grab-and-go dinner.

A few wedges of warm pita finish off the meal perfectly.
Look for whole-grain brown-rice pad thai noodles to add an additional 3 grams fiber to each serving.
If you prefer another salad dressing, feel free to use that instead of our honey-mustard vinaigrette.

Add freshness with a handful of baby spinach at the end.
This recipe can easily be doubled to serve 2 and use the whole package of noodles.
BBQ Chicken Bowls
These BBQ chicken bowls are perfect for weeknight dinners.

Serve this healthy pasta dinner with crusty garlic bread and steamed green beans.

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