Seven healthy recipes for the last week of summer

Seasonal fruit and veg are surely the best part of summer, so before the season changes make the most of it with these seven healthy recipes.

A healthy way to eat pasta every night if your heart does so desire.

MONDAY

Are you one of those people who could easily eat pasta five times a week? Nope, just me? Well if you are and don’t want to admit, I’m telling you that now you can, by replacing the pasta with zoodles, a light, healthy zucchini alternative. Jacqueline Alwill’s mushroom pasta with zucchini noodles has all those Italian flavours you love but won’t leave you feeling weighed down, you know, if you do choose to eat it five times this week.

TUESDAY

These beef brochettes are easy to cook and easy to feed a small army with, which is nice.

Moroccan beef brochettes with pearl couscous salad is a simple yet hearty weeknight dinner that will easily feed the whole family. Why so simple? Because cooking anything on a skewer generally is. Pack the couscous full of fresh herbs and ripe tomatoes, that are absolutely blooming this time of year, and you’ll be making this dish as often as possible.

WEDNESDAY

Devour these fresh summer flavours before the season's end.

Watermelon chicken salad. That’s right, watermelon and chicken in a salad. No, don’t scroll past! When you taste this beautiful summer dish, boasting the perfect blend of sweet and salty flavours, you’ll want to hunt down some watermelon in the dead of winter because it’s just that damn tasty. But rather than doing that, just cook it on Wednesday (yes technically Autumn, but pretend you thought it was a leap year).

THURSDAY

Lamb chops are the perfect way to get kiddies eating their red meat. Credit: BestRecipesTeam

Marinated lamb chops are a token weeknight meal to be hoed into by the entire family. So easy to pack full of flavour this handheld dinner of sorts goes with veggies and sweet potato mash or your choice of salad.

FRIDAY

Apple cider vinegar is the health ingredient of the moment, and you can do more with it than just put it on your face (yep, people do that). Apple cider vinegar salmon with watermelon salsa is the perfect dish to wrap up what has been a very long summer. Cook these skewers up on the BBQ and enjoy outside while the weather’s still warm.

SATURDAY

There has never been an easier way to cook or eat salmon. Credit: delicious.com.au, Prue Ruscoe

If you’ve been following these meal plans, which I really hope you have been, you would have noticed that we have a thing for burgers here at news.com.au, veggie burgers in particular. These zucchini fritter burgers, with a spruiked-up mayonnaise and caramelised onion will ensure you never want to order a burger again.

SUNDAY

Nectarines and guacamole go together better than you thought.

Barbecued chicken tacos with charred nectarine salsa are not only summer on a plate but tacos just happen to be the perfect Sunday food regardless. Perfect at home, or picnic style outside or down the park, this recipe is going to be a go-to as long as nectarines are in season. Which is right now people, so hurry!

Originally published as Seven healthy recipes for the last week of summer