Teriyaki Beef and Broccoli with Rice – Use either regular or cauliflower rice

Sloppy Joe Sweet Potatoes with Quick Vinegar Slaw – Sub regular potatoes for sweets if your crew doesn’t like sweet potatoes. Serve with your favorite salad and dressing if they don’t like slaw.

Salsa Chicken Salad – Transform this into tacos or or taco salad by layering ingredients in tortillas or adding chips to the salad.

Italian Chicken Sheet Pan Dinner with Lemony Arugula Salad

BBQ Bacon Turkey Burgers and Sweet Potato Home Fries – These burgers whether you serve them on a GF bun, in a lettuce wrap or as a salad are so great. For those in your fam who eat gluten, use any sort of bun you want.

Egg Roll in a Bowl with Sriracha Mayo – You may already have this one in your repertoire. It’s pretty popular for good reason and we LOOOOVE it. The Mayo makes it!

Chile Verde Rice Bowls – This is so comforting for these cold days. You can use either cauliflower or regular rice.

Warm Thai Inspired Chicken Zoodle Salad –“Peanut” sauce, shredded chicken, zucchini noodles and lots of other veggies make this warm salad perfect for lightened up winter dinner.

Tex-Mex Taco Rice Bowls – All the usual Taco Tuesday suspects on rice (cauliflower or regular).

Pasta with Veggie Packed Meat Sauce – Your choice of pasta (GF, regular or zucchini noodles) with Veggie Packed Meat Sauce

Chicken Bacon Ranch Twice Baked Potatoes with Carrot and Celery Sticks – Everyone’s favorite flavors made healthy with a little green on the side.

BBQ Chicken Wraps – BBQ chicken with an easy pineapple salsa wrapped in gluten-free tortillas or lettuce wraps

Zuppa Toscana – Just like Olive Garden’s famous soup, but more nutritious and dairy free (or not if you eat dairy!)

Southwestern Shepherd’s Pie – Smoky ground turkey filling with lime-scented sweet potato topping.

Chicken Burrito Bowls – Smoky spiced shredded chicken with sauteed peppers and onions over cilantro lime rice and all the usual toppings. You can use either cauliflower or regular rice.

Shredded Chicken and Citrus Salad – A very light and flavor-packed dinner that comes together quickly. Perfect for when you’ve had heavier meals earlier in the day.

Beef and Vegetable Soup – Blanket in a bowl and super easy to make.

Korean Beef Bowl – Sweet orange scented sauce with seasoned ground beef, simple veggies and rice.

Winter Pesto Bacon Chicken and Veggies – Kale pesto permeates chicken, potatoes and broccoli for a sheet pan dinner that’s a winner.

Buffalo Chicken Spaghetti Squash – A family favorite for sure! Chicken with prepared buffalo sauce stuffed into Spaghetti Squash boats drizzled with ranch and topped with bacon. (Feel free to use baked potatoes or sweet potatoes if you prefer.)

In-n-Out Animal Style Potatoes – IYKYK, if you don’t, trust me…this is good! Ground beef, mustard caramelized onions, lettuce, tomatoes and pickles piled onto halved potatoes. Serve with carrot and celery sticks if you want more veggies.

Red Chile Beef Enchiladas with Cucumber, Avocado and Lime Salad. – These enchiladas are a fave and come together fast if you’ve meal prepped the beef. The salad is storebought lettuce mix, cucumbers, avocado and lime dressing. Optional: Pickled Red Onion.

Jerk Chicken Taco Bowls – Jamaican Jerk Spiced chicken and mango pico de gallo over rice (your choice of cauliflower or regular) will bring a little of the tropics to your winter day.

Southwestern Chicken Soup – Similar to tortilla soup but with a red chile base for a smoky and slightly spicy flavor. All the toppings, too.

Teriyaki Burgers with Sweet Potato Home Fries – All you would expect in teriyaki but on a burger and the sweet potato home fries are addictive. You may want to make extra for breakfast.

Market Hash – Ground beef, potatoes and frozen veggies make a delicious, quick dinner. Feel free to add eggs and salsa if you want to.

Creamy Lemon Chicken Soup – This ultra light soup has a creamy lemon chicken broth, lots of veggies and shredded chicken.

Chile Verde Bowls – Chile Verde over Rice with all the usual accompaniments.

Italian Turkey Burgers and Rosemary Fries – Herbed turkey patties with marinara and sauteed mushrooms. The Rosemary fries are amazing. You will make a rosemary oil that can be stored in fridge, so make extra!

Naked Wonton Meatballs with Sesame Roasted Broccoli – Meatballs that have all the ingredients of wonton filling and are so good.

Italian Pepper Chicken and Pasta – Cooked Chicken with bell peppers, pepperoncini (pickled mild peppers), and olives in marinara sauce over your choice of noodles.

Buffalo Chicken Salad – Mild Buffalo shredded chicken with Ranch, bacon and all the veggies.

Taco Potatoes – Mexican seasoned ground turkey loaded into baked sweet or regular potatoes topped off with all the taco toppings.

Thai Turkey Larb Salad – This has been a favorite for all those who have tried it. It’s a balanced mix of mango, flavorful ground turkey and lots of veggies.

Chicken and Bacon Hash – Shredded chicken and bacon hash with potatoes and veggies, all drizzled with an herby, creamy dressing. Adding a fried egg or two on top never hurts either.

Chimichurri Chicken Fried Rice – This Brazilian take on chicken fried rice is easy and gives you all the vibes of fried rice, but with an herby bright flavor.

Super Quick Ground Beef and Veggie Beef Stir Fry – With quick cooking ground beef and no-prep veggies, this comes together easily in 15 minutes. Serve with either cauliflower rice or regular rice.

Retro Taco Salad – Back from the 80’s, this is the classic with taco meat, beans, tomatoes, green onions, cheese (regular or dairy free), black olives (optional), tortilla chips (regular or Siete grain free) and either Paleoized “Catalina” dressing (that sweet and tangy dressing that always tasted weirdly good on this salad) or your favorite salsa.

Pepperoncini Chicken Tacos – A mash up of Italian Beef (have you watched Bear on Hulu?) and Shredded chicken tacos.

Chicken Pot Pie Soup – You can serve this as is, or with my grain free biscuit recipe below. (Make biscuits before you start the soup, or make on your meal prep day.) With or without a bread element, it’s delicious and hearty. Perfect for this shoulder season where it’s winter one day and spring the next.

Pesto Turkey Burgers – Turkey patties with pesto and salty feta topped with Bacon, pesto mayo, tomato and arugula. Use gluten free buns for the classic burger. Or sub iceberg lettuce leaves for lettuce wrapped burger. My favorite way is to make a bowl and top with the burger and mayo.

Turkey Chili Stuffed Potatoes – My chili recipe has some secret ingredients that make it uber flavorful! Stuff it into baked sweet or russet potatoes and top with cheese, green onions and sour cream or ranch. Serve with carrot, cucumber and/or celery sticks and extra ranch.

Chicken Enchiladas Verde – Creamy chicken stuffed tortillas with the easiest salsa verde recipe (3 ingredients in a blender!) Served with a simple slaw and avocado slices.

Chicken Salad Salad – It’s not a typo. It’s classic chicken salad with pecans and cranberries on top of a mixed green salad with apple slices and an easy balsamic dressing. One of our very favorite salads!

Somewhat Traditional Shepherd’s Pie – Using ground beef instead of lamb, this traditional comfort food is always good especially while we’re still having a few chilly days. You can definitely use ground turkey if you prefer.

Panamanian Beef and Coconut Rice – This is like a less spicy chili. It has green olives in it which is traditional, but you can totally leave them out. The coconut rice is TOTALLY delish, but you can also make this with cauliflower rice instead of regular rice. NOTE for those doing meal prep: Follow the directions in the actual recipe this week, not the regular meal prep rice recipe. You will be using coconut milk instead of water.

Garlic Butter Chicken and Veggie Sheet Pan Dinner – This super easy dinner takes a basic dinner up to restaurant quality. The quick garlic butter mixture (and rolling technique) is one you will want to make in batches and keep in freezer.

Simplified Chicken Pad Thai – I learned this not-quite-so authentic version of Pad Thai from a a sweet Thai lady in California. It doesn’t use all the unusual ingredients most of us don’t keep in stock, but instead very common ingredients to make the almost drinkable sauce. I like to use the Shirataki noodles or cabbage in place of rice noodles for less carbs but you can use the fettucine sized Pad Thai noodles (AKA Rice Sticks) that you find in the Asian food area.

Bacon Sloppy Joes with Sweet and Sour Slaw– I saw this at a restaurant and couldn’t resist recreating it. It’s sort of a mashup of sloppy joe and a barbecue sandwich. Feel free to use turkey, chicken or beef as they will all be delicious with the bacon added. For grain free, use a baked potato or sweet potato instead of bun.

Loaded Meatzza with Lemony Arugula Salad – This is the ultimate meat-lovers’ pizza as the crust is even made out of meat. You can load it up with all the toppings you normally eat on pizza, or just use lots of pepperoni and cheese (regular or dairy free). Don’t skip the salad as it offsets the richness of the Meatzza.

Chicken Enchilada Stuffed Peppers – All the goodness of Red chile enchiladas in a pepper. If you don’t like stuffed peppers, feel free to use another veggie or use only ½ cup of enchilada sauce in the filling and fill tortillas then top with remaining enchilada sauce and more cheese.

Loaded Wedge Salad – Sort of like a Cobb had a baby with a Wedge. It’s based on a salad I had in San Francisco that was so good, I haven’t stopped thinking about it. If you don’t like cutting up a wedge, just make a chopped salad.

Taco Turkey Burgers with Sweet Potato Fries– Taco seasoned turkey burgers with cheese, guac and salsa mayo. Serve on regular or GF bun or make into a lettuce wrap or salad. Maybe a new Taco Tuesday riff?

Turkey and Green Bean Stir Fry – This stir fry has become a favorite in our house. Using ground meat cuts out the step of slicing meat so it comes together very quickly. Serve over rice or cauliflower rice.

Mediterranean Chicken Power Bowls – Mediterranean spice blend seasoned chicken with roasted potatoes and veggies over mixed greens with Tzaziki (cucumber yogurt sauce)

Green Chile Chicken Quesadillas with Simple Mexican Salad – The ultimate Texas comfort food. Use regular, grain free or gluten free tortillas (our faves are Siete Cassava and Coconut tortillas) and your favorite cheese (we use either raw milk cheddar or Violife dairy free). The salad is like what you get on the side at many TexMex restaurants with the addition of Jalapeno ranch to make it less of a garnish and more of a true salad.

Zucchini Caprese with Wilted Spinach Salad – These zucchini boats are so taste with a meat mixture resembling meatballs and served alongside a wilted spinach salad.

Greek Style Gyro Wraps – All the flavors of a Greek Gyro without having to spit cook a large cut of meat. Use your favorite flatbread or tortillas. Of course lettuce wraps are always welcome if you’re keeping carbs low.

Honey Mustard Chicken and Veggies – This delicious combo is super kid friendly. Feel free to serve the veggies separate for the picky ones. You could also add some potatoes if you like.

Spring Veggie and Pesto Pasta Salad – So much green!! Pesto, arugula and asparagus team up with chicken for the healthiest pasta salad ever. If you’re limiting carbs (because…swimsuits?) use thickly sliced zucchini instead.

Asian Lettuce Wraps– As close to PF Chang’s lettuce wraps as possible. The optional toppings make them even more flavorful so use as many as you like.

Chile Bacon Burgers and Oven Fried Zucchini – Turkey or Chicken Burgers with bacon and green chiles cooked right in. My Healthier Chick Fil A and oven fried zucchini is yummy and lower carb, but feel free to sub sweet potato or russet fries instead.

Sesame Noodles with Chicken – One of my kids favorites when they were little. The noodles can be served room temperature or cold so they are great for leftover lunches.

BBQ Chicken Salad – BBQ seasoned and sauced chicken with corn salsa, romaine, tomatoes and ranch.

Basil Burger Stacks – Burgers stacked with sliced tomatoes, fresh mozzarella, and pesto on ciabatta rolls. Keep it simple by serving these burgers with your favorite potato chips. Look for those fried in avocado oil for the healthiest option.

Tex Mex Burrito Bowl– Taco spiced ground beef, pinto beans, cheese, fresh salsa, and lettuce layered over cilantro lime rice.

Jalapeno Popper Chicken Salad Wraps – All the goodness you find in a jalapeno popper made into a creamy chicken salad. Served over spinach, cucumber and tomato salad

Thai Basil Fried Rice – Cubed chicken and lots of veggies folded into either cauliflower or jasmine rice with all the familiar Asian flavors and a ton of basil for a distinctly Thai flavor.

Italian Sloppy Joes – Quick Italian ground turkey ragu on basically garlic parmesan rolls! How bad can that be?? Serve with a quick Italian inspired slaw.

Larb Style Turkey, Bacon, Ranch – Based very loosely on the Thai Larb Salad (ground meat salad served on lettuce wraps) This is ground turkey mixed with bacon, ranch dressing and cheese served in lettuce cups. Sounds weird, tastes delicious.

Chicken, Asparagus and Potato Sheet Pan Dinner – So easy! You’re going to have chicken ready to go for the Southwest Chopped Chicken Salad after making this.

Southwest Chopped Chicken Salad – This drinkable walnut dressing sounds crazy, but it is so good. It makes the salad.

Feta Burgers with Greek Salad – Burgers filled with feta and Greek spices. Served with traditional Greek Salad and topped with Tzaziki sauce.

Italian Beef and Pesto Rice Skillet – Jasmine rice combined with pesto topped with Italian herb flavored ground beef and veggies.

Stacked Chicken Enchiladas with Cilantro Lime Slaw – Chicken and cheese layered between tortillas with Sour Cream Sauce (dairy free version included)

Chicken Berry Salad – Cubed chicken salad with blueberries and pecans over spinach and romaine salad. (Might want to make double for easy lunches!)

Turkey Bacon Ranch Burgers with Quickles – Burgers made from ground turkey, bacon and ranch spice blend topped with cheese, bacon, tomato, avocado and ranch.

Pesto Turkey Stuffed Zucchini with Confetti Rice - Pesto sauced turkey stuffed into roasted zucchini boats and topped off with more parm served with Confetti Rice or simple arugula salad.

Buffalo Chicken Salad (or Wraps) – Buffalo sauced shredded chicken rolled into wraps with ranch or blue cheese dressing, celery and carrot slaw and chopped bacon.

Thai Peanut Chicken Crunch Salad – All the flavors of a Thai salad with herbs, peanuts (or cashews), chicken and a sweet lime dressing.