5 Healthy Swaps For Family Dinner
Dinner time is a difficult scenario for busy moms looking to eat healthier. Sometimes it feels like our only options are to:
A) force the family to eat the healthy recipe you spent hours searching for on Pinterest
B) make a healthy meal for yourself that you eat while your family chows down on pizza.
Both of these options suck, and they require us to do MORE work, buy MORE ingredients, and spend MORE time in the kitchen—A.K.A. things that no mom has time for. That’s why I always advise my clients to use healthy food swaps that make eating more nutritiously (almost) effortless.
Thanks to the power of the internet, you can find a healthy alternative for chicken wings, tacos, and even pizza!
Below are some of my favorite healthy food swaps for dinner. These easy healthy recipes are gluten-free, dairy-free and grain-free.
1. Love Pizza? Try Pizza Spaghetti Pie
This 5-ingredient recipe from PaleoMG will have you questioning if the pie you just pulled out of the oven actually came from Dominos. Squash is one of my favorite vegetables to use for swaps because there are so many things you can do with it!
2. Can’t Live Without Chicken Piccata? Try Lemon Artichoke Chicken
One-dish meals are the key to any overworked mother’s heart — and this recipe from Shazzy’s Sass does not disappoint. Add a little bit of crumbled bacon to make it even more savory.
3. Dying For Some Wings? Try These Crispy Chicken Wings
A good chicken wing is all about the crunch, which is what makes this recipe from The Delicious Antidote soooo good. Bound to be a fan favorite in your household!
4. Missing Your Favorite Mexican Restaurant? Try These Chicken Fajitas
Everyone loves Mexican food, so I’ve included not one but TWO delicious recipes swaps from JZ-Eats and Aberdeen’s Kitchen. For these (and any recipe really), I tell my clients to swap any dairy with avocado slices or guacamole to get that creamy texture.
Click here to get the JZ-Eats recipe.
Click here to get the Aberdeen’s Kitchen recipe.
5. Dreaming Of Tacos? Try These Beef Tacos
This yummy (and super-fast) recipe from Real Simple is something I recommend my clients to use as a base. You can add in 1 to 1 1/2 cups of finely chopped veggies to both “hide” veggies from kiddos and husbands but also to make this dish a little more nutrient-dense. Spinach, chard, or other greens that wilt easily will be easier to hide as well as mushrooms, carrots, or whatever veggies are about to go bad in the fridge.
Adding veggies into the beef is a great way to add nutrients and also cut back on produce waste.
Whipping up a nutrient-dense meal doesn’t have to be complicated! What are your favorite healthy food swaps for dinner?
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