If you’ve followed me or my blog for any length of time, you already know that I’m really not a super talented chef in the kitchen.  I mean, I think if I had the patience to read and follow a recipe I would be golden, but patience has never been my strong suit and so therefore I am incapable of making a recipe that has more than 5 ingredients or steps.  I am definitely a creature of habit, too, and make a lot of the same things over and over (thankfully my husband doesn’t seem to mind), and so today I am going to share 3 easy & healthy dinner recipes that are in that line up!

3 Easy & Healthy Dinner Recipes

Southwest Chicken Bake

Craig & I really love any type of Mexican food or TexMex type food… so this Southwest Chicken Bake is definitely a favorite.  It has more than 5 ingredients but don’t worry, all you have to do is layer them in a baking dish.

Ingredients

• chicken breasts (we use 2 since there are 2 of us but however many you can fit in your dish is fine)
• 1 taco seasoning packet
• 1 green pepper
• 1 orange pepper
• 1 yellow pepper
• 1 can black beans
• 1 can corn
• shredded Mexican cheese
• avocado (for topping)

Directions

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees and slice your peppers
• Place your chicken breasts on the bottom of your baking dish
• Put taco seasoning on top of the chicken breasts
• Then layer: corn, black beans, peppers
• Drizzle olive oil over
• Sprinkle cheese on top of everything
• Bake for 40-50 minutes or until chicken reaches an internal temperature of at least 165 degrees.
• Serve with sliced avocado on top, if desired!

Ground Turkey & Broccoli Skillet

At first glance, this might look really boring and bland BUT the secret is in the seasoning here, my friends.  We use the McCormick’s Steak Seasoning on the broccoli and ground turkey and it honestly makes it taste so much better than you’d think this plain old dish would be!  This is a super lean dinner, too…but it’s also so filling because of the protein and the fiber in the broccoli.  I know it doesn’t look like much but honestly it’s one of my faves.  If you wanted you could easily pair this with a brown rice or quinoa for some carbs.  If this is too bland for you, add some of your favorite pasta sauce to it! We’ve done a basil marinara before and it’s really good!

Ingredients

• Ground turkey
• Broccoli (we use the frozen steamable kind! Makes it easier)

Directions

• Heat drizzle of olive oil in skillet on medium high heat
• Steam broccoli in microwave
• Add ground turkey and cook until browned, using steak seasoning as desired
• Add broccoli to skillet and combine

Veggie Bowl

I’ve shared veggie bowls on my blog before but since the veggies I use tend to rotate AND because it’s so easy, I feel like it’s worth sharing again.

 Ingredients

• Diced sweet potatoes (we buy pre-diced kind, but it’s probably equivalent to 2 sweet potatoes if you want to cut yourself)
• Brussels Sprouts
• Quinoa (we use the microwavable kind usually, just easier)

Directions

• Preheat oven to 450 degrees
• Put sweet potatoes on greased baking sheet (I use avocado oil to grease) and I like to season with rosemary and sea salt.
• Slice brussels sprouts
• You can either add the brussels to the baking sheet to roast with the sweet potatoes, OR, you can sauté them.  We generally prefer to sauté because they get crispier.  For that, you’ll sauté in olive oil on medium-low heat for about 30 minutes (or until they’re as crispy as you like) while the sweet potatoes cook.  Those usually take about 30-40 minutes.
• Once everything is all done, throw it in a bowl and that’s it!

I hope these 3 easy & healthy dinner recipes are helpful to you and if you make them, please be sure to post a picture on Instagram and tag me @besshcarter so I can see!

Click here to read a previous post I shared with more easy, go-to dinners & recipes I make!

xo,

Bess