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Easy Weeknight Dinners

Short on time doesn’t have to mean being short on flavor… or health! These easy weeknight dinners range from classic comforts to throw-together bowls. All of which bring a delicious meal to your dinner table.

They’re dairy-free, gluten-free, healthy dinner ideas that the whole family will love.

Scroll through the recipes to enjoy healthy renditions of your favorites or get inspired by something new.

As a Certified Nutrition Coach, I strive to make healthy eating PRACTICAL. I truly believe that a delicious dinner doesn’t have to be boring but for moms, it does have to be simple!

This collection of easy weeknight dinners has everything from tender chicken meals in a slow cooker to 10-minute, sheet pan steak fajitas with bell peppers.

Some of the healthy dinner recipes are made to be paired with an easy side dish. Though most of them are complete meals in themselves. And all of them are delicious recipes ;)

 

Tips For Making Healthy Family Dinners EASY

Whipping up weeknight meals doesn’t come easily without a bit of pre-planning.

And trust me, chicken salad gets pretty boring after a while.

If you want to truly make healthy dinners WORK for you, and enjoy what you're eating, embrace a few of the following habits:

 

  • If you’re cooking two chicken breasts cook four (cook in bulk!)
  • Always have a grain or starch ready in the fridge (quinoa, rice, roasted chickpeas etc)
  • Use veggies twice (if you’re making easy roasted vegetables, make double and use the leftovers in a Buddha Bowl or quick pasta)

 

You don’t need to spend hours in the kitchen each Sunday getting ready for the week. But learning and implementing the meal prep basics will help keep dinnertime running smoothly.

 

Below you’ll find a ton of easy, dairy, and gluten-free weeknight dinners.

There is literally something for everyone and every occasion. Feel free to search specifics in the search sidebar. Please let me know if there is a style or idea you would like to see included and I’ll add it to my list!

I do add to my collection of dinner ideas frequently, so if you wish to receive new ideas straight to your inbox, subscribe to my weekly email list!

 

Spicy chicken bites in a cast iron skillet with green onions on top and a wooden spoon in the pan.

Spicy Chicken Bites

Black slow cooker with beef fajitas and bell peppers in it in a tomato sauce with ingredients around the slow cooker.

Slow Cooker Beef Fajitas (Gluten-Free)

Black slow cooker with beef and broccoli in it and a wooden spoon holding some of the gluten-free beef and broccoli.

Gluten-Free Beef And Broccoli Crockpot Recipe

Wooden spoon scooping our dairy-free chicken pot pie from a slow cooker.

Dairy Free Chicken Pot Pie In The Slow Cooker

Dairy-free chicken alfredo casserole in a clear casserole dish with green onions on top

Dairy Free Chicken Alfredo Casserole (gluten-free)

Chicken, bacon and broccoli in a casserole dish on a checkered wooden cutting board with a wooden spoon laying across it and green onions in a bowl and a blue linen beside it

Dairy-Free Chicken And Potato Casserole

Close up of a wooden spoon with slow cooker chicken alfredo with noodles, peas, chicken and sundried tomatoes on the spoon and the black slow cooker in the background

Dairy-Free Slow Cooker Chicken Alfredo

Pin image with text: three images of baked chicken, one pot alfredo pasta and steak fajitas with text about gluten free dinners

33 Dairy Free And Gluten Free Dinners

Baking tray with cooked steak, bell peppers, and veggies with a steel bowl of fresh tomatoes in the middle and flour tortillas folded to the side

Sheet Pan Steak Fajitas

Cast iron pan with tomato and sausage pasta on gluten-free noodles topped with green onions and spinach with a wooden spoon in the pot

One Pot Creamy Sausage Pasta With Tomatoes And Spinach

Featured image: sweet potato and black bean vegan burrito bowl in a white bowl with ingredients behind it and a yellow napkin beside the bowl

Vegan Sweet Potato And Black Bean Burrito Bowl

Featured image: healthy tofu scramble with red peppers, topped with parsley in a pan with a wooden spoon

Easy Tofu Scramble Recipe (Gluten-Free & Vegan)

Featured image with text: thai quinoa vegan stir fry in a blue bowl on a cutting board with limes, spiralized carrots and beets around it

Thai Quinoa Stir Fry With Beets & Carrots (dairy-free, gluten-free, vegan)

Gluten-free chicken breasts on a blue plate with rice and green beans and sauce in a white ramekin behind it

Maple Balsamic Slow Cooker Gluten-Free Chicken

Zucchini and tomato pasta with spinach in a white bowl with more in a pan behind it

Spicy Tomato Zucchini Noodles Pasta

Featured image with text: roasted vegetables, chickpeas and avocados on top of cauliflower rice as a Buddha bowl with chopsticks set along the bowl and a yellow linen

Roasted Veggie Buddha Bowl On Cauliflower Rice (vegan)

Pin image with text: chicken breast, potatoes, and brussels on a white plate with pickled onions beside iit and more potatoes and brussels on a pan behind it

Gluten-Free One Pan Chicken And Potatoes

Multiple turkey meatballs on parchment paper with a jalapeno, steel tin of sauce, toothpicks, and green onions around them.

Spicy Whole 30 Turkey Meatballs

Featured image: red and yellow quinoa vegan stuffed peppers in a glass baking tray

Spicy Quinoa Stuffed Peppers (easy + vegan)

chicken fajita burrito bowl on rice in a white bowl with lime on the side

Healthy Fajita Bowl For Easy Meal Prep (gluten-free)

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