Healthy Dinner Recipes
- Chicken Breasts with Mushroom Cream Sauce
Ingredients:
2 boneless chicken breasts, trimmed
cup chicken broth
2 tablespoons cream
1 cup mushroom caps, thinly sliced
1 minced medium shallot
2 tablespoons minced fresh chives
1 tablespoon canola oil
teaspoon ground pepper
2 tablespoons dry white wine
teaspoon salt
Coriander leaves - for garnishing
Method:
Chicken Breasts
Marinate the chicken well with salt and pepper. Heat the canola oil in a pan, drop into it the chicken breasts and cook both sides well until it turns golden-brown. Remove from heat, place in a plate covered with foil and keep aside.
Mushroom Cream Sauce
Heat the canola oil in a shallow pan and add the shallots. Cook until it starts emitting its fragrance and then add the mushroom caps to it. Cook them until they turn tender for around 2 minutes. Pour the dry white wine into the pan, simmer and cook for a minute and a half. Then, pour in the chicken broth and cook until it reduces to half its quantity. Add the cream and chives to this, simmer and cook for about 2 minutes.
Transfer the chicken breasts from the plate to the pan and let it cook well in the mushroom sauce. Coat the chicken breasts with the remaining mushroom sauce and garnish with fresh coriander leaves. Serve with rice or garlic bread. Your easy healthy dinner is ready!
- Peanut-Ginger Pasta
Ingredients:
8 ounces whole-wheat spaghetti
cup smooth peanut butter
1 teaspoon minced ginger
12 ounces fresh vegetables like broccoli, carrots and green peas
1 teaspoons chilly-garlic sauce
2 tablespoons soy sauce
Method:
Boil a large pot of water and put the spaghetti into it. Once it turns tender, add the fresh vegetables and let them cook. In the meanwhile, make the sauce by whisking together the peanut butter, chilly-garlic sauce, soy sauce and minced ginger in a large bowl. Once the spaghetti and vegetable have cooked well and are tender, remove them from the heat and drain. Keep aside one cup of the drained water. Rinse the spaghetti and vegetables in cool water and add the drained water to the sauce and mix well. Toss the spaghetti with the sauce and serve hot.
- Baked Chicken with Rice
Ingredients:
1- cups cooked white rice
1 lb. boneless chicken breast
2 cups frozen corn
2 eggs
1- cups whole wheat bread crumbs
1- cups cooked brown rice
cup canned black beans, rinsed and drained
Method:
Heat the oven to 425F. In a bowl, whisk together the eggs and one tablespoon of water. Cut the chicken breast into strips and dip the strips into the whisked eggs. Then, coat the chicken strips with the bread crumbs and put it to bake for around 12 minutes. Cook the beans and corn in a microwave until they turn tender, for around 2 minutes. Serve the baked chicken with the mixed brown and white rice along with the beans and corn.
- Porcini - Parmesan Frittata:
Ingredients:
2 cups dried porcini mushrooms
1 tablespoon olive oil
6 large egg whites
teaspoon salt
cup preshredded Parmesan cheese
teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
4 eggs
Method:
Place the mushrooms in a pan, add some water and let it cook for around 2 minutes. Once they are a little tender, remove them from the pan and pat them dry with a paper towel. In a bowl, add the eggs, salt and pepper and whisk well. Add the mushrooms and the Parmesan cheese and whisk well. Heat some olive oil in a shallow pan and pour the frittata mixture. Cook for around 3 minutes till the egg turns brown and then turn over to the other side and cook until the side turns brown. Serve with whole wheat bread.
Try out these really easy healthy recipes and enjoy a nutritious and tasty dinner every night!
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