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15 Healthy Chicken Recipes To Make Weeknight Dinners Easy

By chef Henry

Here are my top healthy chicken recipes to make weeknight dinners easy! These meal ideas pair this lean protein with vegetables, whole grains, and olive oil, plus minimal cheese and processed ingredients.

Chicken Greek Salad

Need fast meal ideas that are also healthy? As a Mediterranean diet expert, chicken has become one of my favorite ideas for a quick and healthy meal: it’s a lean protein that’s relatively low calorie for the protein and nutrients it provides.

The healthy chicken recipes recipes below are all recipes I make on a weekly basis for my family (I have two school age kids), using either chicken breast, chicken thighs, and ground chicken. All of these are family favorites! Trust me, it was hard to narrow it down!

What Are Healthy Chicken Recipes?

So many chicken recipes out there that include loads of cheese, heavy cream, or processed cans of soup.

For my definition of healthy chicken recipes, I pull from the Mediterranean diet: these are recipes that feature lots of vegetables, whole grains, olive oil as the cooking fat, and nothing processed! The chicken is well seasoned using spices and herbs, with no seasoning packets or canned soup required.

15 Healthy Chicken Recipes To Make Weeknight Dinners Easy

Easy Healthy Side Dishes To Pair

So the chicken is just one part of a healthy meal, of course! Here are my top fast and healthy side dishes to serve along side. It’s important to add more vegetables and fiber to your meal, so instead of bread consider these healthy side dishes! I’ve listed them in order of timing to make it easy to plan:

Legumes

Side Vegetables

Salads

Whole Grains



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