Meal ideas
15 easy dinners for busy weeknights, each with its cooking time and the calories, protein, carbs and fat per serving. Cook one tonight, or let Supper Buddy plan your whole week and build the grocery list.
High-protein weeknight dinners
Five weeknight dinners with 35 g of protein or more per serving, each on the table in 40 minutes or less.
- Sheet-pan lemon garlic chicken with green beans (35 min, about 430 cal · 41 g protein · 12 g carbs · 24 g fat)
- Turkey taco rice bowls (30 min, about 560 cal · 40 g protein · 62 g carbs · 15 g fat)
- Garlic shrimp with white beans and spinach (20 min, about 380 cal · 38 g protein · 30 g carbs · 12 g fat)
- Beef and broccoli stir-fry (25 min, about 520 cal · 38 g protein · 50 g carbs · 17 g fat)
- Baked salmon with lemony quinoa (30 min, about 540 cal · 39 g protein · 32 g carbs · 27 g fat)
30-minute family dinners
Five kid-friendly dinners that take 30 minutes or less, from quesadillas to honey garlic pork chops.
- Black bean quesadillas with corn salsa (25 min, about 520 cal · 24 g protein · 58 g carbs · 21 g fat)
- Sheet-pan sausage, peppers and potatoes (30 min, about 540 cal · 22 g protein · 38 g carbs · 33 g fat)
- Pesto chicken pasta with peas (25 min, about 640 cal · 39 g protein · 66 g carbs · 24 g fat)
- Honey garlic pork chops (25 min, about 420 cal · 36 g protein · 22 g carbs · 20 g fat)
- Cheesy chicken and rice skillet (30 min, about 560 cal · 38 g protein · 50 g carbs · 21 g fat)
Cook once, eat twice
Five dinners made to double: cook a big batch once and have leftovers for lunch or a second dinner.
- Big-batch turkey chili (50 min, about 380 cal · 33 g protein · 36 g carbs · 11 g fat)
- Slow cooker chicken tortilla soup (6 hr, about 330 cal · 30 g protein · 34 g carbs · 8 g fat)
- Baked ziti with spinach (55 min, about 520 cal · 26 g protein · 62 g carbs · 18 g fat)
- Slow cooker pulled pork (8 hr, about 360 cal · 34 g protein · 14 g carbs · 18 g fat)
- Roast chicken and vegetables (1 hr 20 min, about 520 cal · 42 g protein · 26 g carbs · 27 g fat)