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Monday meal plan: A week of healthy dinner recipes

COMING up with a week’s worth of healthy recipes can be a strain. So we’ve found seven delicious recipes to take the hard work out of meal planning.

COMING up with a week’s worth of interesting, delicious, healthy recipes can be a strain.

So we’ve found seven excellent recipes to take the hard work out of meal planning. You’re welcome.

Monday

The cheesy chorizo chicken and spinach recipe (pictured above) is such a great comfort meal for the first night of the working week. It’s super quick to prepare too. Click through for the recipe.

Tuesday

Quinoa, walnut, feta and pomegranate salad.
Quinoa, walnut, feta and pomegranate salad.

Quinoa is such a versatile ingredient and is a great base for this nutritious and tasty salad. The cooked grains are tossed in a balsamic and maple dressing while still warm, ensuring each mouthful is packed with flavour. Click through for the recipe.

Wednesday

Hoisin chicken with spiced couscous.
Hoisin chicken with spiced couscous.

This is a lighter version of the popular Asian dish. If you want you can also cook a bit more chicken and couscous so there are leftovers for the next day’s lunch. Click through for the recipe.

Thursday

Portobello mushroom pizzas.
Portobello mushroom pizzas.

These mini mushroom pizzas are great served with a crisp, healthy side salad for a light midweek meal. It’s also great to pass these veggies off as a pizza if you have fussy children. Click through for the recipe.

Friday

Chicken waldorf salad.
Chicken waldorf salad.

This is the perfect salad for a warm evening (and if you feel like treating yourself it goes really well with a dry white wine ... it is Friday night after all ... ) Click through for the recipe.

Saturday

Korean beef lettuce cups.
Korean beef lettuce cups.

This is a fun weekend dinner. Known as bulgogi, this style of marinated beef is ubiquitous in Korean barbecue restaurants. Click through for the recipe.

Sunday

Gado gado with sesame tempeh.
Gado gado with sesame tempeh.

This classic Indonesian dish is a great way to ingest a lot of healthy vegetables. Click through for the recipe.

Originally published as Monday meal plan: A week of healthy dinner recipes

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