We’re on to Week 2 already! How was your first week of healthy meals? I’d love to hear from you if you’re meal planning and would especially like to hear what kind of dishes you’d like to see included here. I know feeding the family is tricky sometimes when there are so many varied tastes so I’m picking recipes that are fairly universal.
Let’s get started because I’m excited about these beautiful dishes from my blogger friends!
MONDAY
Savory Roasted Chicken and Vegetables | No Gojis No Glory
This fantastic chicken recipe is going to get you excited about cooking! If you’re wanting to save time, cook this on Sunday. Heck, you can cook two and let the family devour this on Sunday night and use the leftovers for lunches if you like. If you choose to cook this on Monday, there is only 20 minutes prep time so it’s not as daunting as you would think. Roasting chicken, ham, turkey and roast beef seems to be a little intimidating for some but it’s the best thing you can do for yourself. The oven does all the work. And your family is going to swoon when you put this on the table!
TUESDAY
Quick Zesty Herb Tilapia | Two Purple Figs
Everyone likes tilapia, right? You’re going to fall in love with a 15 minute tilapia dinner! When served on a bed of quinoa, you’ve got a light, fluffy, deliciously healthy dinner and time to spend with the family instead of the pots and pans.
WEDNESDAY
Chicken Penne Florentine | Simply Fresh Dinners
Use the leftover chicken for this 30 minute fresh dinner. Whole wheat or quinoa pasta is the good choice for your best nutritional value. Kids love lots of color in the meals!
THURSDAY
Roasted Butternut Squash Black Bean Chili | Good Life Eats
Can you believe this scrumptious bowl can be on your table in 25 minutes? Truth! You’re going to love the fact that this is vegetarian, filling and full of protein. Only 7 ingredients so it’s budget-friendly as well. What more can you ask for!
FRIDAY
Homemade Pizza | The View from Great Island
This takes less than an hour and can be a fun project to work on with the kids as you’re all kicking back after a long week. Promoting cooking skills and nutritional knowledge is essential to young children and this is a great way to do it without being preachy. Besides, after they are finished university, you don’t want them moving back in with you because they can’t cook for themselves! Delicious!
Good luck this week 🙂
14 Comments
Stephanie
January 15, 2016 at 10:38 amEverything looks delicious, my friend! Thank you for inspiring us to eat healthy 🙂 If eating healthy means enjoying meals like this than I am all in! 🙂
Have a fabulous weekend, Robyn! Love ya!
Robyn
January 16, 2016 at 7:56 amThanks, Stephanie. Isn’t it great that we can have such deliciousness and still eat nutritiously? Enjoy your weekend too, friend! xoxo
Anita Rivera
January 16, 2016 at 6:08 amGOODNESS! I don’t know which dish to choose for tonight….the chili or the pizza! It is going to be a bone-chiller this weekend so maybe the chili will be best. HI FRIEND!!!!!
Robyn
January 16, 2016 at 7:55 amI love pizza on a Friday night, Anita. It’s actually going to get milder here this weekend but we had a wicked week of snow. I’m emailing you this weekend. We are so overdue for some chat and laughs!
Hope
January 16, 2016 at 9:26 amHello Robyn,
I would have never guessed that it was YOU who left me a comment saying that you were not good at baking. YOU are an amazing cook! I so love your blog! It is very inspiring!
Thank you for visiting me and leaving my your sweet comment.
🙂 Hope
Robyn
January 16, 2016 at 11:06 amLOL, thanks so much, Hope, but baking is not something I do very often although I have resolved to do more of it in the new year. You are too kind
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GiGi Eats
January 16, 2016 at 10:56 amThat chick looks MIGHTY SEXY if you ask me!!
Robyn
January 16, 2016 at 11:07 amHaha! I thought so, too. The girl that made it is pretty darn amazing, too 🙂
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cheri
January 16, 2016 at 3:47 pmGreat line-up of recipes, love that they are all so colorful and healthy.
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Marla
January 17, 2016 at 11:08 amHi Robyn,
These all look so tasty and healthy. I especially love the Roasted chicken savory with vegetables – that sounds fabulous. Thanks for sharing on Real Food Fridays. Pinned & tweeted!
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Marla
January 20, 2016 at 3:23 pmHi Robyn,
Just a note to let you know that I have chosen your posts as one of my features for this weeks Real Food Fridays blog hop that goes live every Thursday @ 7pm EST. Thank you sharing your posts and helping us on our mission to make this world a little bit healthier every week.
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Mindy
January 24, 2016 at 6:04 pmThat pizza looks delish and I will be checking out the chili recipe. I make something similar – a black bean/sweet potato chili that is spicy and yummy. My husband will prefer your ham from your week #3 plan : )
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Christine | No Gojis, No Glory
January 27, 2016 at 7:24 pmHey girl! I’m loving this new meal plan series you’ve got going on. I went through a few of the other posts and the recipes look amazing. I can’t wait to start sampling… Thanks for including my chicken
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