What are your go-to dinners?

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  • ForeverSunshine09
    ForeverSunshine09 Posts: 966 Member
    We rotate about 30-40 meals but, our top five are tacos, cubed steaks and potatoes, Anniversary chicken, crockpot chicken pasta, and spaghetti bake. Probably not the healthiest but they are super filling. My healthiest meal is usually lunch though.
  • drabbits2
    drabbits2 Posts: 179 Member
    Beans and rice--black beans or pinto--I do the dry ones in the crock pot so nothing added, then drain and put over brown rice. Add salsa, avocado, cheese if you like, chopped peppers, cherry tomatoes--whatever. I also eat a lot of cereal for dinner--sorry--not too creative...
  • lily083087
    lily083087 Posts: 21 Member
    1. Lightly seared white fish (flounder, cod, tilapia) sometimes herb crusted. Use cooking spray instead of oil to save calories & sautéed spinach with lemon juice and a little reduced fat feta cheese.
    2. Spaghetti squash with ground turkey marinara sauce and a touch of Parmesan cheese. (Very filling and delish)
    3. Broiled chicken with mashed cauliflower (I use almond milk and a tad bit of butter and garlic to purée) and sautéed green beans
    4. Roasted pork loin with sweet potatoes and asparagus.
    5. Asian ground pork lettuce wraps with water chestnuts , carrots, and homemade ginger hoisin soy sesame sauce, so good!

    Just remeber to use cooking spray (I like the coconut oil kind) instead of olive oil or butter, it will save so many calories! And Mrs. Dash is great for seasoning!
  • yayamom3
    yayamom3 Posts: 939 Member
    Last night I was exhausted and made the easiest dinner ever. I cooked one of those little steamers boxes of mixed veggies in cheese sauce and poured it over a leftover baked potato topped with Mrs. Dash. It was done in 5 minutes, and was so delicious and very filling for only 300 calories.
  • brb_2013
    brb_2013 Posts: 1,197 Member
    We're not fancy! The rotation includes:

    1. Stir fry, chicken or shrimp with a frozen bell pepper mix and rice.
    2. Bean chili, generally I don't add meat but tonight we will add ground turkey tonight and serve with side salad for extra veggies.
    3. Chicken breasts with fresh green beans and mushroom sautee. Can do many flavors with this.
    4. Salmon, been doing this with a pasta side and salad lately.
    5. Fajitas, either chicken or steak. I'm lazy and use sauce packets for this one. I make this with the same frozen bell pepper mix as my stir fry.

    Lazy easy dinners! But we are overall eating much less pasta and huge carb heavy dinners! We save pasta for weekends now.
  • cariduttry
    cariduttry Posts: 210 Member
    for this week, i made myself a huge batch of the old weight watchers skinny soup (basically low sodium stock with a can of no-salt-added tomato paste, and whatever non-starchy veggies you like) and am using that as the base to my suppers. i can add chicken, rice, beans, cheese, or any combo for a different dinner each night!
  • mylifeisbeautiful
    mylifeisbeautiful Posts: 292 Member
    brb_2013 wrote: »
    We're not fancy! The rotation includes:

    1. Stir fry, chicken or shrimp with a frozen bell pepper mix and rice.
    2. Bean chili, generally I don't add meat but tonight we will add ground turkey tonight and serve with side salad for extra veggies.
    3. Chicken breasts with fresh green beans and mushroom sautee. Can do many flavors with this.
    4. Salmon, been doing this with a pasta side and salad lately.
    5. Fajitas, either chicken or steak. I'm lazy and use sauce packets for this one. I make this with the same frozen bell pepper mix as my stir fry.

    Lazy easy dinners! But we are overall eating much less pasta and huge carb heavy dinners! We save pasta for weekends now.

    It sounds like we cool in a similar way :) I also use a lot of frozen bell peppers. Lately j have been crushing up frozen spinach (still in the bag) which results in super fine flakes that mixes nicely with rice!
  • mylifeisbeautiful
    mylifeisbeautiful Posts: 292 Member
    lily083087 wrote: »
    1. Lightly seared white fish (flounder, cod, tilapia) sometimes herb crusted. Use cooking spray instead of oil to save calories & sautéed spinach with lemon juice and a little reduced fat feta cheese.
    2. Spaghetti squash with ground turkey marinara sauce and a touch of Parmesan cheese. (Very filling and delish)
    3. Broiled chicken with mashed cauliflower (I use almond milk and a tad bit of butter and garlic to purée) and sautéed green beans
    4. Roasted pork loin with sweet potatoes and asparagus.
    5. Asian ground pork lettuce wraps with water chestnuts , carrots, and homemade ginger hoisin soy sesame sauce, so good!

    Just remeber to use cooking spray (I like the coconut oil kind) instead of olive oil or butter, it will save so many calories! And Mrs. Dash is great for seasoning!

    So many good ideas!!! I'm going to try the spaghetti squash this week :) thank you!
  • enterdanger
    enterdanger Posts: 2,447 Member
    My dinners have to be fast and kid friendly. Here is what we have about once a week.

    1. Some sort of rice or pasta bowl. (this lets my picky toddlers pick what they want in it and saves me a headache)
    2. Grilled chicken and a grilled veg (like asparagus)
    3. Tacos. You can never go wrong on taco night.
    4. Breakfast for dinner
    5. Something crockpot...like I'll wrap big potatoes in tin foil and let them steam in the crockpot all day. Then we have potato bar. Again, I like to give people choices so they don't b!tch at me.
    6. Pizza. For real. Pizza, like every friday.
    7. Big family Sunday dinner to make leftovers...this is our biggest meal. Like a roast, whole chicken, a ham...something I can use the meat in the rest of the recipes during the week. this always includes a veg, starch, and is the one day of the week we have a dessert. (last week I made chocolate silken pie (with tofu instead of dairy)
  • mylifeisbeautiful
    mylifeisbeautiful Posts: 292 Member
    enterdanger wrote: »
    My dinners have to be fast and kid friendly. Here is what we have about once a week.

    1. Some sort of rice or pasta bowl. (this lets my picky toddlers pick what they want in it and saves me a headache)
    2. Grilled chicken and a grilled veg (like asparagus)
    3. Tacos. You can never go wrong on taco night.
    4. Breakfast for dinner
    5. Something crockpot...like I'll wrap big potatoes in tin foil and let them steam in the crockpot all day. Then we have potato bar. Again, I like to give people choices so they don't b!tch at me.
    6. Pizza. For real. Pizza, like every friday.
    7. Big family Sunday dinner to make leftovers...this is our biggest meal. Like a roast, whole chicken, a ham...something I can use the meat in the rest of the recipes during the week. this always includes a veg, starch, and is the one day of the week we have a dessert. (last week I made chocolate silken pie (with tofu instead of dairy)

    Tacos! Yes-so good! Have you ever tried egg tacos with salsa? Really amazing :)
  • RachaelRenk
    RachaelRenk Posts: 116 Member
    Eggs (fried, boiled, whatever) and salad.
    Baked teriyaki salmon with a sriracha cream sauce over rice.
    Pasta is always so damn easy to make...
  • alexandriamccann26
    alexandriamccann26 Posts: 17 Member
    My go to easy dinner is slow cooker chicken tacos or quesidillas. Add chicken breast to crock pot, top w taco seasoning and add a can of rotel. Cook on low 6 hours then shred and drain excess fluid. Then I usually add a little taco sauce to the shredded chicken. For tacos just add to whole wheat tortilla and top with your favs. If doing quesidillas set oven to 400° spray bottom of quesidilla w cooking spray top w chicken and I usually add some diced Bell peppers and red onion, top that with shredded Mex cheese and then top w another tortilla. Spray that quesidilla w cooking spray. Bake for 6-8 min and flip and do another 6-8 min.

    This is deff my easiest and most family friendly recipe
  • alexandriamccann26
    alexandriamccann26 Posts: 17 Member
    I also like to do Thai curry chicken. Very easy, one pan dish and super low on calories and high in protein.

    Heat skillet over high heat, dice chicken breasts or thighs, add coconut oil to pan, add chicken sautee until 3/4 of the way cooked, add sliced red and green bell peppers and sliced red onion (any veggies would work) sautee for a few min until veggies soften some. Add a can of coconut milk and about 2 TSP (I like spicy so I normally use a little more) of red or green Thai curry paste. Mix together and simmer for about 15-20 min.

    Serve over rice or quinoa
  • lynn1982
    lynn1982 Posts: 1,439 Member
    Poached eggs with a heap of sauteed vegetables. I'm lazy.
  • puffbrat
    puffbrat Posts: 2,806 Member
    Protein, veg and carb
    Vegetable soup with pesto
    Quesadilla - black beans, corn, bell pepper, monterey jack, goat cheese, flour tortilla served with salsa
    Pastas - sausage and broccoli (no sauce), eggplant pesto, chicken tomato zucchini basil (no sauce)
    Fajitas, usually beef but sometimes chicken
  • WinoGelato
    WinoGelato Posts: 13,454 Member
    Last week I made a super quick meal that was really yummy:

    Sautéed shrimp over corn/black beans/peppers/onions (Southwest frozen veggie blend from Targe) and cilantro lime rice (Uncle Ben's Ready Rice with cilantro and lime juice) with a single serving of Wholly Guacamole.

    Less than 10 minutes and under 600 cals...

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  • mylifeisbeautiful
    mylifeisbeautiful Posts: 292 Member
    WinoGelato wrote: »
    Last week I made a super quick meal that was really yummy:

    Sautéed shrimp over corn/black beans/peppers/onions (Southwest frozen veggie blend from Targe) and cilantro lime rice (Uncle Ben's Ready Rice with cilantro and lime juice) with a single serving of Wholly Guacamole.

    Less than 10 minutes and under 600 cals...

    That looks amazing! Can you please be my chef? :) I have never eaten shrimp but those do look very tempting.
  • mpat81
    mpat81 Posts: 353 Member
    Shrimp or chicken stir fry with vegetables and noodles
    Flank steak, baked potato, tossed salad
    Fajitas
    Grilled chicken, steamed broccoli, rice or couscous
    Burgers and roasted red potato wedges
    Pasta with spinach, tomatoes, garlic and chicken sausage
  • ivanfawcettgibson
    ivanfawcettgibson Posts: 193 Member
    Keto friendly, bolognese, pizza topped chicken, curry, roast meat/bird, hunters chicken, aubergine (egg plant) pizza. All high sat fat and low carb.
  • Purplebunnysarah
    Purplebunnysarah Posts: 3,252 Member
    I do LCHF so here are a few of my recent meals:

    1. Taco salad with ground beef
    2. Chicken or tuna or canned salmon salad with avocado, spinach, mayo, and as many low carb veggies as I have in the fridge
    3. Cheeseburger (2 patties) in a lettuce wrap instead of a bun, side of veggies. Would work with Turkey, chicken or veggie burgers too
    4. Veggie omelette--a full pan of veg sautéed in coconut oil or butter, with 2-3 eggs added once the veg are mostly done, topped with cheese.

    I should add that I do 300-400 calories each for breakfast & lunch, and 800-1000 for supper (goal is 1800ish). I've lost 12+ lbs in the past 7 weeks. I eat a bit more on my more active days (as per Fitbit).

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