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Lighter Meals

Eating a “lighter” meal shouldn’t feel like punishment!  I make these salads, bowls, soups, seafood, chicken, or vegetable-heavy dinners when I want something that feels a little cleaner and lighter but is still fun to eat.

cream colored bowl filled with mussels in white wine sauce garnished with chopped parsley and bread

Mussels in White Wine Sauce

classic wedge salad with tomato blue cheese and bacon on a grey plate

Classic Wedge Salad

Weeknight Roast Chicken Dinner

Peri Peri Chicken

Ground Beef Gyro

Healthy Meal Prep That Actually Tastes Good

Moroccan Ground Beef Stew

Chili Crisp Peanut Noodles

Beef Pad Kra Pao

Weeknight Banh Mi

Tlyuda

Greek Chicken Souvlaki

Weeknight Dan Dan Noodles

Crunchy Tacos

20 Craveable Meals, 1 Hour

5 Ingredient Tostada

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