It’s not that my family eats a lot of bad-for-us food. It’s just that I think we should eat MORE of the good-for-us kinds of food. I’m searching for the best, easy healthy dinner recipes for my Healthy Summer Dinners collection at Foodie.com. To me, a healthy dinner means a meal that includes things like wholesome grains, fruits, vegetables and lean protein.
I was asked to create a Sunday Dinner ideas collection for Foodie.com. Although this is a sponsored opportunity, all opinions are entirely my own. And I had a great time looking for yummy food ideas to share with my family and yours!
During the week, a sit down dinner with the entire family can be hard to come by. But the weekends are a different story around here. We let the kids help us decide what we should cook, then we go grocery shopping together. Sometimes the entire family even helps me make dinner. Dinner on Sunday is the perfect chance for us to try new recipes together. We are a pretty casual crowd – so please don’t expect me to set out the fine china.
Take a look at my growing collection of healthy recipes, and let me know what you think. Everything on my list takes an hour or less to make. Note: I include slow cooker meals, even though the actual cook time on those is longer…slow cooker meals usually don’t involve much prep time and are some of the easiest dinners to make.
How do you help your family eat healthy dinners? What are some of your favorite healthy dinner ideas?
Jo-Ann Brightman says
You have a lot of good choices here. The one I want to try first is the Turkey, apple and smoked gouda press.
Dawn says
That burger looks really good. I will have to look through your recipes very soon!
Sarah @ Must Have Mom says
Healthy orange chicken sounds fabulous!
Katy Rawson says
Grat ideas! I generally love comfort food onthe weekends, but that doesn’t work for my diet. The tacos look so delicious!
Liz Mays says
Recipes the family will eat is KEY. I want to try the mango chicken tacos. They sound so good!
Heather @ It's a Lovely Life! says
These all look awesome! It’s so true that the recipe doesn’t matter if no one is eating it! These all look like they would be huge hits with my family!
Linette says
All of these recipes sound delicious, but the salmon sounds wonderful! Great collection!
Brandy says
What a great collection of recipes. The tacos look amazing!
Nancy Lustri (StyleDecor) says
I love salmon, but how do you get your kids to eat it? That’s awesome – so healthy too. I didn’t touch salmon until I was about 30 yo lol. The other three dishes everybody would eat in my family. Great choices! 🙂
Nicole says
My kids’ favorite way to eat salmon is when it has been covered in brown sugar and butter. I guess that negates the healthy benefits of salmon…but it tastes amazing that way! 🙂
Amber Edwards says
Those look so delicious! We usually do a potluck dinner with the husbands family every Sunday after church. But I love these healthier choices. I should try some next week for sure!
marina says
My family loves a good pizza and yes, we LOVE those lettuce wraps. Yummy!
Pam says
The lettuce wraps look tasty! I see several recipes in this that my family would love.
Melanie a/k/a CrazyMom says
Great ideas.. we love to have a family dinner on Sunday and love when it is simple but delicious.. great collection. Will pin it so I can make sure we give the mall a try, bet there is something for everyone in my family on the list. Thanks for sharing
SHauna says
That pizza with tomatoes and basil looks amazing. I can almost taste it now.
Michele Brosius says
Quesadillas are usually my go to healhty meal. You can fill them with veggies and cheese and their ready in a few minutes. yum!
melissa says
So many great choices. I love finding healthy items that my kids would actually eat.
Jenn says
Everything looks really tasty! I love finding new recipes on Foodie.com, it’s such a great way to keep track of recipes too. I have to go add that salmon to my Sunday Dinners collection, it looks yummy!
Tammi @ My Organized Chaos says
Orange chicken – now there’s something I haven’t made in a long time! I need to try this one, thanks!
Angela S says
I am so trying that P.F. Changs lettuce wraps recipe. I have never made that at home before.
OurFamilyWorld says
I love your picks for healthy Sunday dinner recipes! So many delicious options!
Marysa says
These are all great recipes! I like to have a collection on hand, including ones that are quick and easy in case I’m not prepared 🙂
Chrysa says
What a great bunch of choices. Those tacos look awesome!
Jennifer Medeiros says
I always try to cook a healthy meal for my family. You gave some awesome recipes ideas for new meals.
Tara says
Sundays are a family dinner day for us too. And salmon is a favorite in our house!
Brett says
omg apple and smoked gouda in a sandwich. that’s genius. and i would love one!
Amy Desrosiers says
Wow, these look like some flavor packed meals that I would love to eat every night of the week!
mel says
What great choices! These all look so good!
Ellen Christian says
Yum! That salmon looks absolutely delicious!
Kelly Hutchinson says
Oh my goodness the pizza and salmon look absolutely delicious!
Jennifer Soltys says
Great choices for sure! I like to put minimal effort into dinners on Sunday!! That salmon one looks really good for spring, too!