This healthy meal plan
uses just 5 ingredients per recipe!
Making for an easy and delicious week of dinners with a short shopping list. Who doesn’t love that! Featuring Spring favorites such as asparagus, zucchini and tomatoes to name a few, each meal is fresh and totally delicious.
Bon Appetit!!!
INSTRUCTIONS
Step 1
Position racks in upper and lower thirds of oven; preheat to 450 degrees Fahrenheit.
Step 2
Place chicken in a medium saucepan, add water to cover and bring to a boil. Cover, reduce heat to low and gently simmer until an instant-read thermometer inserted into the thickest part registers 165degrees F, 10 to 15 minutes.
Step 3
Transfer the chicken to a clean cutting board and shred with 2 forks. Transfer to a large bowl.
Step 4
Meanwhile, place squash cut-side down in a microwave-safe dish and add 2 tablespoons water. Microwave, uncovered, on High until the flesh is tender, about 10 minutes. (Alternatively, place squash halves cut-side down on a rimmed baking sheet. Bake in a 400 degrees F oven until the squash is tender, 40 to 50 minutes.)
Step 5
Use a fork to scrape the squash from the shells into the large bowl. Place the shells on a broiler-safe pan. Stir 1 cup enchilada sauce, zucchini, 1/2 teaspoon pepper and 1/4 teaspoon salt into the squash and chicken. Divide the mixture between the shells; top with the remaining 1/4 cup enchilada sauce and cheese
Step 6
Bake on the lower rack for 10 minutes. Move to the upper rack, turn the broiler to high and broil, watching carefully, until the cheese starts to brown, about 2 minutes. To serve, cut each shell in half.
INSTRUCTIONS
Step 1
Position rack in lower third of oven, place a pizza stone or large pizza pan on the rack and preheat oven to 450 degrees F for at least 15 minutes.
Step 2
Meanwhile, combine 2 tablespoons oil and garlic in a small bowl; set aside. Trim asparagus spears to about 6 inches long; slice any thicker stalks in half lengthwise. Toss in a bowl with the remaining 1 tablespoon oil, 1/4 cup chives, salt and pepper.
Step 3
Roll out dough on a lightly floured surface to about a 14-inch circle.
Step 4
Carefully remove the pizza stone or pan from the oven and set on a heatproof surface, such as your stovetop. Place the dough on the stone or pan and brush with the reserved garlic-oil mixture. Arrange the asparagus in a circular pattern on the dough with the tips facing out. Top with cheese and the remaining chives.
Step 5
Carefully return the stone or pan to the oven and bake the pizza on the lower rack until crispy and golden and the cheese is melted, about 15 minutes.
INSTRUCTIONS
Step 1
Sprinkle salmon pieces with 1/4 teaspoon salt. Heat oil in a large nonstick skillet over medium-high heat. Add the salmon and cook until just opaque in the center, gently turning halfway, 4 to 7 minutes total. Divide among 4 plates. Remove the pan from the heat and immediately add lemon juice, butter, peppercorns and the remaining pinch of salt; swirl the pan carefully to incorporate the butter into the sauce. Top each portion of fish with sauce (about 2 teaspoons each).
Tips
Wild-caught salmon from the Pacific (Alaska and Washington) is considered the best choice for the environment because it is more sustainably fished and has a larger, more stable population. Farmed salmon, including Atlantic, should be avoided, as it endangers the wild salmon population.
To skin salmon, place fillet on a clean cutting board, skin side down. Starting at the tail end, slip the blade of a long, sharp knife between the fish flesh and the skin, holding the skin down firmly with your other hand. Gently push the blade along at a 30° angle, separating the fillet from the skin without cutting through either.
INSTRUCTIONS
Step 1
Preheat oven to 450 degrees F.
Step 2
Toss tomatoes on a rimmed baking sheet with oil, salt and pepper. Roast until they begin to burst, 12 to 15 minutes.
Step 3
Stir goat cheese and milk in a medium bowl until smooth. Season with pepper. Spread about 2 tablespoons of the mixture on each piece of toast. Top with some of the tomatoes and garnish with a drizzle of oil and/or capers, if desired.
INSTRUCTIONS
Step 1
Preheat oven to 450 degrees F.
Step 2
Slice and seed 1 lemon. Toss in a large bowl with Brussels sprouts, gnocchi, shallots, 2 tablespoons oil, 1/4 teaspoon pepper and 1/8 teaspoon salt. Transfer to a large rimmed baking sheet.
Step 3
Roast, stirring once or twice, until the gnocchi are plump and the Brussels sprouts are tender, 18 to 20 minutes.
Step 4
Squeeze juice from the remaining lemon. Return the gnocchi mixture to the bowl and toss with sun-dried tomatoes, the lemon juice and the remaining 2 tablespoons oil, 1/4 teaspoon pepper and 1/8 teaspoon salt.
Tips
Tips: Sunny yellow Meyer lemons have a distinctive sweet-tart floral taste. Find them in late winter and early spring in well-stocked markets. You can substitute for the juice with 2 parts lemon juice and 1 part orange juice.
Organic lemons are less likely to have traces of fungicides commonly used on citrus. So choose organic when cooking with lemon peel and zest.
INSTRUCTIONS
Step 1
Heat 2 teaspoons oil in a large nonstick skillet over medium heat. Add polenta and cook until hot, 3 to 4 minutes per side. Transfer the polenta to 4 plates.
Step 2
Meanwhile, heat the remaining 2 teaspoons oil in a large skillet over medium heat. Add chicken and peas, cover and cook, stirring occasionally, until the chicken and peas are hot, 2 to 4 minutes. Remove from the heat and stir in yogurt and pesto.
Step 3
Serve the chicken and peas over the polenta.
INSTRUCTIONS
Step 1
Heat 1 tablespoon butter in a large skillet over medium-high heat. Sprinkle scallops with salt and pepper; cook until golden brown on the bottom, about 3 minutes. Turn the scallops and add herbs and the remaining 2 tablespoons butter to the pan. Continue cooking, spooning the butter over the scallops, until browned on the bottom and just cooked through, 2 to 3 minutes more. Remove from heat and stir in lemon juice. Divide the scallops among 4 plates and spoon the lemon-butter sauce over them.
Tips
Note: Be sure to buy “dry” sea scallops (scallops that have not been treated with sodium tripolyphosphate, or STP). Scallops that have been treated with STP (“wet” scallops) have been subjected to a chemical bath and are not only mushy and less flavorful, but will not brown properly.