How can you cook up a healthy dinner when you're hungry, and in a hurry? One simple way is to make sure that you always include the right foods to create your healthy meals. It's easier to ensure that all your dinners are healthy if you keep your store cupboard and freezer stocked with some nutritious basics.
Keep a supply of wholewheat pasta, brown rice, canned or dried pulses, nuts, seeds and cans of oily fish like tuna, salmon and sardines, plus frozen chicken breasts, diced turkey and fish fillets.
On this page you'll find a checklist of foods to include in a healthy meal.
Ideally you should serve wholegrain foods at every meal. Starchy foods (including potatoes) should make up around one-third of your daily food intake.Make the switch from refined versions of these foods gradually. You may find your family don't even notice - and if they're like mine, they could surprise you and say they even prefer the wholegrain version of some of their best-loved dishes.
Include these wholegrains in you dinner menus more often: wholewheat pasta, brown rice, wholegrain bread, wholegrain cous cous, quinoa.
Are you getting enough fresh veg? To hit the recommended five or more servings a day, get into the habit of serving two different vegetables at dinner. Find out more ways to include fresh fruit and vegetables in your diet.Serve a green vegetable like broccoli, peas or leeks, alongside a baked or broiled (grilled) tomato, some braised chopped mushrooms, or a sweet-tasting oven-baked onion. Serve vegetable accompaniments with everything, including pasta dishes which don't always merit a veggie.
Chop up a dish of raw vegetable crudites, or put together a little salad bowl and either serve these alongside your main dinner dish, or put them on the table ahead of mealtime for nibbling.
Explore healthy vegetarian recipes to add to your repertoire of meals. Roasted vegetable recipes are quick, easy and always popular.
Fresh fruit is a great ending to a healthy dinner. You can simply munch on an apple, or prepare a quick fruit salad with chunks of fresh pineapple and mango, tossed together in fresh orange juice. Vary the fruits you serve - banana one day, kiwi the next, baked pears on another.
Most people eat more protein every day than their body needs. As long as you're enjoying a balanced diet, there's every chance that you're getting enough protein. You probably don't need reminding, but fast foods and highly processed foods are a no-no in a healthy diet. Keep a check on fatty, salty or sugary foods and reduce the amount of sweets and snacks you eat.Return from Healthy Dinner to Healthy Eating Made Easy. Good Food MattersHome | Healthy Dinner Recipes
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