3 Quick + Healthy Dinner Recipes That Are Better Than Frozen Burritos

If we were into dating our food, these are the dishes you'd marry. Loveable, reliable and so damn delicious, these quick and healthy dinner recipes from health coach, writer and creator of the blog Real Food Scout, Jenny Giles, are basically our edible soulmates when it comes to weeknight dining.

Here's what she said on Instagram recently. We felt it so hard and had to bring to you...

I get you. I do. 'Cause I’m you. You don’t want to cook after a long day. Or you don’t want to cook 'cause you don’t want to do dishes after the dreaded cooking. Most of our days are packed full and once the day ends, we're starving and just want to throw on those sweatpants we’ve been advised not to wear in public, pour a glass of wine (organic and biodynamic, of course) and have dinner delivered to our couch.

Instead of standing over a hot stove for 40 minutes, missing valuable Netflix watching time, I’ve got super simple, what I call “passive,” recipes that will change your life. If you can get a frozen burrito out of your freezer and onto a sheet pan, well then, you can make these recipes too. Even though we sometimes believe that opening a frozen burrito package and putting it in the oven takes less time than a healthy, fresh salmon dinner, it actually doesn’t. These sheet-pan recipes take the same amount of time and energy, or lack thereof, as that burrito, but with a much higher reward. Minimal cooking effort, minimal clean up and big, healthy, satisfying real food. You’ll feel so proud and you’ll want a gold star -- and I’ll make sure you get one.

These recipes also use pantry items I almost always have on hand like maple syrup, mustard and rice. A stocked, real-food pantry is a game changer and makes your shopping trip faster and less expensive too. All you’ve got to do at the store is grab some vegetables and fish or chicken. So, let’s spread some items on a sheet pan, drizzling with a little saucy goodness, put it in the oven and then, the best part… walk away. [olists num=1][olists num=2][olists num=3]

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