400-Calorie 20-Minute Dinner Plan

 

The secret to making it happen is to keep things as simple as possible, whether you're attempting to lose weight or just need to get a healthy meal on the table. These dinners can be ready in 20 minutes. You may quickly prepare a healthy dinner using simple shortcut ingredients (such pre-made ravioli and pre-chopped vegetables) and quick cooking methods.

Additionally, these dinners have 400 calories, which can help with weight loss. Simply adhering to 400 calorie dinners every night can help, rather than tracking calories all day. These tasty, 400-calorie dinners can be prepared in 20 minutes whether you're trying to lose weight or not.

Day 1: Butternut Squash Ravioli with Chicken Sausage & Kale

 

What's the trick to enhancing the flavour of store-bought butternut squash ravioli? Butternut Squash Ravioli with Chicken Sausage & Kale Add plenty of caramelised onions, crisp greens, and apple-chicken sausage. Feel free to omit the sugar that we use in order to have the onions caramelise more quickly (just cook the onions a bit longer if you do). Purchase chopped, pre-washed kale to reduce preparation time. It all comes together to provide a quick dinner that can be made in 20 minutes.

Total: 408 calories

Day 2: Creamy Lemon Pasta with Shrimp

 

Yogurt works well as a substitute for cream in the sauce of this simple pasta dish, "Creamy Lemon Pasta with Shrimp." Yogurt should only be warmed, not boiled, and some pasta cooking water can be added to thin it out. This easy 20-minute dinner recipe pairs shrimp with whole-wheat pasta that has been brightened with lemon and fresh basil.

Total: 403 calories

Day 3: Skillet Eggs with Sausage & Tomato Aioli

 

When you're in a hurry, this breakfast-for-dinner recipe for fried eggs in a skillet with sausage and tomato aioli is a no-brainer substitute for takeout. Cleaning up is simple because both the eggs and the sausage are cooked in the same pan. This simple meal recipe has a lot of kale, which adds calcium, vitamins, and fibre. To further reduce prep time, choose a bag of kale that has already been cleaned and chopped. Serve for a 20-minute midweek supper with whole-grain bread and a straightforward tomato aioli.

Total: 390 calories

Day 4: Easy Italian Wedding Soup

 

Forget the marble-sized meatballs that are commonly seen in this soup when making an easy Italian wedding soup. They are large, flavorful, and quite satisfying in this simple dish. To keep this quick supper at 20 minutes total, we advise choosing a healthy frozen meatball brand rather than preparing your own.

Total: 415 calories

Day 5: Chicken Cutlets with Sun-Dried Tomato Cream Sauce

 

This recipe demonstrates how to prepare chicken cutlets with double the taste in just 20 minutes. They are served with a sun-dried tomato cream sauce. This nutritious dinner meal makes use of a jar of sun-dried tomatoes in two different ways. The chicken is sautéed in the aromatic oil they are packaged in, and the tomatoes are added to the cream sauce. Give this dinner a finishing touch by adding 1 cup of riced cauliflower to get each serving up to 400 calories.

Total: 404 calories

 

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