“Give dinner to the enemy, and eat breakfast yourself,” says popular wisdom. Meanwhile, today's pace of life dictates completely different rules to us. We don't often have breakfast in the morning, but we eat our fill in the evenings.
Is it correct? Of course not. And all because there is almost no time and energy left for evening cooking at the stove. Is there a way out? I'm sure there is. Take a look at my delicious and easy-to-prepare dinner recipes that we'll be talking about today. There will be exactly 20 of them, there will be plenty to choose from! I won’t say that these recipes will change your life, but they can make it better and richer.

Mushroom puree soup with potatoes
What could be faster and healthier for the stomach than hot puree soup? For mashed potato soup, I always take dry white wine, as it gives the soup a special taste and aroma.
Recipe: Take a large cast iron frying pan and heat 15 grams of olive oil in it along with 20 grams of butter. If you measure with spoons, it is approximately 1:1.5 tbsp. Add 250-300 grams of coarsely chopped potatoes and 1 chopped onion there, cover with a lid and cook over low heat for about 5-10 minutes. The vegetables should become soft. After this, add 350 grams of champignons in pieces and 1-2 cloves of chopped garlic. Pour in 1.2 liters of broth and 150 ml of wine. Cook for about 15 minutes until the potatoes are soft. The last step is to puree the finished soup in a blender, pour it back into the pan, bring to a boil and add a little parsley. I recommend serving in portioned bowls with cream or sour cream - it really tastes better!

Potato gratin
I always bake gratin in chicken broth along with cheese and onions. The dish never turned out soggy, dry or tasteless. For my family, gratin is almost a universal side dish.
Recipe: Salt and fry 2 onions in half rings in olive oil, while preheating the oven to 200 degrees. After 8-10 minutes of frying, pour ½ cup of chicken broth over the onion and steam for a couple of minutes. Grease a heatproof dish with butter, add one layer of potatoes (2-3 mm thick slices), onion half rings, thyme, salt and pepper and pieces of butter. Repeat two more layers of potatoes and above ingredients. In total you will need 1.5 kg of potatoes. Pour the broth over the top layer and place in the oven, sprinkled with chopped cheese (100 grams). Bake for 50 minutes. As soon as the broth has boiled away, the gratin can be considered ready to serve.

Crab crabs in batter
On the way home, you can stop by the supermarket and grab some crab sticks - a quick and tasty dinner will be guaranteed! Crab sticks in batter are perhaps one of the fastest quick dishes. They can even be served on a festive table, guests will lick their fingers!
Recipe: To begin, marinate crab sticks (500 grams) in a glass container, adding 2 teaspoons of vegetable oil, salt and pepper. For the batter, take 0.75 cups of warm milk and mix with 2 eggs, salt and pepper. Dip crab sticks in batter and fry in oil for 2-3 minutes on each side. Best served warm with lemon wedges and mayonnaise, sprinkled with herbs.

The easiest pie in the world
For dessert for dinner, I offer a simple pie recipe. To prepare it you will need no more than 1 hour.
Recipe: Beat 3 eggs with 150 grams of butter, add 200 grams of sugar, cinnamon and vanilla to taste. Mix with 175 grams of flour and be sure to add grated chocolate, which will give the pie a special taste. At the end of the kneading, add a little soda, quenched with lemon juice. Pour the dough into the mold and place it in the oven for 35 minutes, preheated to 200 degrees. Before serving, you can decorate with powdered sugar.

Stuffed champignons in the oven
What are the benefits of champignons? Yes, at least because they can be stuffed with any filling. So this dish will be an excellent alternative to dinner when you don’t want fish or meat. I advise you to buy mushrooms with large caps so that you can easily stuff them.
Recipe: Remove the stems from the caps and set aside separately, finely chopping them. Fry in a frying pan for 10 minutes along with pepper cubes (150 grams) and onions. Grate 100 grams of feta cheese and 50 grams of hard cheese, mix with vegetables. Boil mushroom caps for 10 minutes in salted water, place in a greased baking sheet, fill with filling and lightly grease with mayonnaise. Place in the oven to bake for 10-15 minutes.

Lazy dumplings
Why are dumplings called lazy? Yes, because even the laziest housewife can cook them - it only takes 20-30 minutes. In addition to the classic recipe for such dumplings, I offer an alternative topping option.
Recipe: Knead the dough from cottage cheese (500 grams), 1 egg, salt and 2 tbsp. sugar, form a “sausage” and cut it into circles. Boil in salted water and place the finished dumplings in a sieve to cool. Meanwhile, mix sour cream with lemon zest, egg yolk and separately beaten egg white, sugar and salt. Place the lazy dumplings in a buttered pan, pour over our topping and bake in the oven. Before serving lazy dumplings, you can sprinkle them with cinnamon and powdered sugar.

Salad with crab sticks, cucumber and cabbage
Who said you can't have salad for dinner? When it comes to a hearty salad with crab sticks, after just one serving you won't want any side dish or soup. Those people who love crab sticks in any form will especially like it.
Recipe: Cut 200 grams of crab sticks, 5 hard-boiled eggs and 300 grams of fresh cucumbers into large cubes. Mix with 100 grams of Chinese or white cabbage, onion and dill. Season with yoghurt or mayonnaise. Best served cold.

Fast pizza
Simply amazing pizza recipe! In just half an hour there will be two pizzas on the table at once. Naturally, the pizza filling can be anything, I’ll take sausage, smoked meat and bell pepper.
Recipe: First, let's knead the dough. Dilute 6 grams of dry yeast in 250 ml of warm milk, adding also salt and sugar, 3 tbsp. vegetable oil. While stirring, gradually add 450-500 grams of flour. Leave the dough in a warm place and make the filling. We cut everything into cubes so that the ingredients are mixed evenly: 2 medium tomatoes, 100 grams of smoked meat, 100 grams of sausage and 1 bell pepper. Also grate 200 grams of cheese separately on a coarse grater. Roll out the dough into two layers, place in a greased pan and add the filling. Bake each cake for 15-20 minutes at 200 degrees. That's it, the pizza is ready!

Potato casserole with onions and cheese
The dish looks like a pie and tastes like a potato casserole. Can be served as a side dish or as a main dish.
Recipe: We will prepare a casserole for 8 servings. Boil 5 potatoes and crush them. Meanwhile, beat 5 eggs in a bowl, add salt to taste and 50 ml of cream. Add our potatoes and stir everything until smooth. Also add 1.5 cups of grated cheese, 0.5 finely chopped onion, and a pinch of soda. Bake the resulting mass in the oven for 30-35 minutes at a high temperature of 230 degrees. The top should turn brown. Serve with melted butter, green onions and sour cream.

Spaghetti with zucchini
Since we're talking about zucchini, it wouldn't hurt to remember another simple dinner recipe. We're talking about spaghetti with zucchini.
Recipe: Heat 2 tbsp in a frying pan. vegetable oil and fry zucchini slices (3 zucchini) on both sides. Boil spaghetti in the usual way. Add the prepared zucchini to the spaghetti and also pour in the oil from the frying pan. Add chopped basil, pepper to taste, mix well and sprinkle with 100 grams of cheese - preferably Parmesan.

Pasta baked with meat and cheese
While I was writing the recipe for spaghetti with zucchini, I remembered another wonderful way to cook pasta. This time we will be making pasta casserole. This dish can replace a full dinner; you get a lot of pleasure from both the cooking process and the dinner itself!
Recipe: I start preparing the casserole with the sauce. You need to mix 100 grams of mayonnaise, the same amount of sour cream, milk, cheese, 3 cloves of chopped garlic, salt and pepper. Boil 500 grams of pasta and place in a baking dish. Pour the sauce over the pasta and mix thoroughly. Fry 500 grams of minced meat with 1 onion in a frying pan. Add tomato sauce, mix with fried minced meat and place on top of pasta. Sprinkle 200 grams of mozzarella cheese on top, cover with foil and place in the oven for about 15 minutes. Afterwards, I recommend removing the foil and leaving in the oven for another 10 minutes. Delicious, to be sure!

Crisp
This is not a recipe, but a real lifesaver for the housewife. We eat potatoes almost every day, and this recipe is a great way to diversify dinner and feed your family well.
Recipe: This is how I prepare crispy potatoes. Take small potatoes, peel and cut in half. Sprinkle with seasonings and dredge in cornmeal. Next, you need to put the potatoes in a mold, grease it with oil and bake at 180 degrees for 25 minutes. An appetizing golden crust should form. Serve with meat or salads. As you can see, it’s very simple, but so delicious!

Quick sausages in dough
The recipe is called that because the sausages are cooked in literally 30-40 minutes. And the trick is that we won’t bother with the dough, but fill them with batter. You'll see how delicious it will turn out!
Recipe: First, let's prepare the batter. Mix 2/3 cup flour with salt. Add 1 egg, 150 ml milk. It is important to mix all these components thoroughly so that there are no lumps in the batter. Meanwhile, preheat the oven to 220 degrees and bake sausages (400 grams) in a greased vegetable pan for 10 minutes. We take it out, fill it with batter and set it to bake for another 20 minutes. By the way, instead of sausages, you can safely take meatballs or sausage.

Vegetable stew made from potatoes and mushrooms
A completely and completely lean dish. Despite the fact that Lent is still far away, I advise you to try this stew. Firstly, it cooks quickly. Secondly, it doesn’t get boring.
Recipe: Peel 700 grams of potatoes and boil in water for 8-9 minutes. Drain and cut into large pieces. Then fry in a frying pan until dark golden brown. Add 2 cloves of garlic and 2 bell peppers, simmer for 3 minutes. For variety, you can take peppers of different colors. Add chopped tomatoes (3 pieces) and 100 grams of champignons, simmer for 5 minutes. Salt and add pepper. At the end of cooking, you can add a couple of spoons of tomato sauce, fresh basil or parsley. There are actually a lot of variations, and the taste is simply amazing!

Fried rice with egg
In our family, rice is the second most popular product after potatoes. It would seem that we have already tried everything, but no. I recently read an interesting recipe for fried rice with egg. The dish goes well both for breakfast and dinner - try it, experiment.
Recipe: Boil 400 grams of rice in salted water, remove excess water. Heat 2 tbsp in a frying pan. spoons of oil and fry champignon mushrooms in it. Add ready-made rice and green onions, pre-chopped. Fry for literally 2 minutes (no longer needed), add 80 grams of soy sauce and remove from heat. Separately fry the eggs and serve each family member or guest on top of fried rice. Believe me, a great combination!

Semolina
Do you know why many children did not like semolina porridge when they were children? Because their parents or grandparents prepared it incorrectly. Meanwhile, semolina porridge can be a great way to end the day. When you learn to cook, cook more, your family will definitely ask for more!
Recipe: Be sure to take a metal pan, pour a glass of water into it first, and then 400 ml of milk. Another rule is that the milk must be fresh and full-fat (0t 4 to 6%). Next, put the pan on the fire and bring to a boil. Make sure that the milk does not run away from you - this can happen in one second. Meanwhile, mix 3.5 tbsp in a cup. semolina, 1-2 tbsp sugar and a little salt. When the milk-water mixture boils, pour the semolina into the middle of the mass in a very thin stream (you should get a funnel). Stir regularly while pouring in the semolina, otherwise the porridge will turn out lumpy. Cook for 5 minutes at low boil. At the end add vanillin. Remove from heat, pour into plates and place a piece of butter in each.

Liver pancakes
Of course, you won’t be full with pancakes alone, but what’s stopping you from boiling noodles, rice or potatoes to go with them? It will be a royal dinner, and there will also be left for breakfast!
Recipe: Cut 500 grams of liver into pieces, chop vegetables into cubes (1 carrot, 1-2 onions). Grind the ingredients in a blender or meat grinder, beat in the egg. Add salt, pepper and 4-5 tbsp. semolina. Leave for 30 minutes for the semolina to swell. Form into cutlets and fry in a frying pan. If there is no side dish, you can eat it like a sandwich, placing the liver pancake on bread or a loaf.

Mushroom soup with meatballs
The recipe for another wonderful soup - light, tasty, with a pleasant aftertaste and rich aroma. It takes a little longer to prepare than all of the above dishes, but it’s perfect for dinner!
Recipe: Salt and pepper the minced veal. Boil the vegetables, cutting them into several medium-sized pieces: 1 carrot, 1 large onion. Roll the minced meat into lumps and throw them into boiling water, skim off all the scale that begins to appear. Add the mushrooms after the meat balls float to the surface and cook for another 20 minutes. It is better to take rice (2 tbsp) as a cereal. At the end of cooking, put a piece of butter in the pan and cover with a lid. Leave for 15-20 minutes so that the soup with meatballs is well infused.

Cheese flatbreads
Believe me, they really cook in 15 minutes! It doesn’t matter what filling you put inside - you can do without it at all. Flatbread can replace bread; you can have a hearty dinner with it with jam or use it as sandwiches, putting sausage or sprats on top.
Recipe: Mix 1 glass of kefir with 0.5 tsp. salt, the same amount of sugar and soda. Add 2 cups of flour and 1 cup of hard cheese (grated), knead the dough. Divide the dough obtained in this way into small balls and form a flat cake. I usually put ham inside, it all depends on your imagination. Fry over medium heat, cover with a lid.

Breakfast should be hearty, you can have both first and second meals for lunch, and dinner should be light. Before going to bed, you should not put too much stress on your stomach. What is the best thing to cook for dinner, what will be healthier for the body?

Rules for a healthy dinner

How to properly prepare an evening meal? It is necessary to give preference to protein foods and vegetables. It is best if you cook fish with salad or cottage cheese casserole with fruit. An omelette with vegetables works well. That is, the dishes should be light, but satisfying.

There are also rules that will help you prepare a healthy dinner:
the portion should be small - 200-300 g;
the calorie content of dinner should be approximately 300-400 kcal;
there should be twice as much vegetables and herbs as protein products;
food must be boiled, stewed or baked;
you need to eat no later than four hours before bedtime;
if you really want to eat, you can drink a glass of kefir an hour before bed, but this is already the second dinner, it should be very light.

What can you use to prepare dinner? Here are the main permitted products:
seafood - scallops, shrimp, mussels, squid, crabs;
eggs – you can cook them soft-boiled or make an omelet;
lean meat - rabbit, chicken, beef;
vegetables - cabbage, cucumbers, sorrel, celery, tomatoes, leeks, radishes, zucchini, pumpkin, bell peppers, carrots, beets, corn, eggplants;
fermented milk products with a low fat content - kefir, cottage cheese, fermented baked milk, yogurt;
fish - pike perch, carp, perch, pike, blue whiting, crucian carp, cod, trout;
whole wheat bread;
fruits and berries, except grapes and bananas;
warm low-fat milk.

Prohibited products:
mayonnaise;
porridge, except buckwheat;
potato;
legumes;
pasta;
sweets;
white baked goods.

The purpose of dinner is to supply the body with building material, that is, protein, for tissue repair. Therefore, you can eat protein, but it must be easily digestible, which is why you cannot eat fatty meats or high-calorie foods. We spend little energy during sleep, so complex carbohydrates (porridge, baked goods) should not be consumed in the evening. That is, fried potatoes with a fatty chop and mayonnaise are an example of how not to eat in the evening. But a piece of boiled or stewed chicken with a salad of fresh vegetables is perfect for an evening meal.

Dinner for weight loss

If you want to lose weight, you can't skip dinner. After all, the body will decide that it is necessary to store fat in reserve in case of hunger. As a result, after some time, instead of losing weight, extra pounds will be added.

To lose weight, you should choose the following products: any cabbage, apples, low-fat cottage cheese, kefir, yogurt, eggs (boiled or scrambled eggs), seaweed, and low-fat fish in small quantities. You can stew vegetables, cook an omelet with vegetables or herbs, boil a piece of fish and prepare a salad of fresh vegetables, cook a light vegetable soup. Or you can just drink a glass of kefir or fermented baked milk if you don’t really feel like eating.

It is useful to add spices and herbs to dinner dishes, which speed up metabolism. These are hot pepper, ginger, coriander, garlic, mustard, horseradish, cinnamon. For example, you can add cinnamon to kefir, and ginger to salad dressing.

If you want to eat something sweet in the evening, you can drink herbal tea with a spoon of honey. Mint, chamomile, linden, lemon balm are suitable. If you don't like herbal tea, you can simply brew green tea or try the original apple tea with cinnamon and orange.

Simple recipes for dinner

Here are some easy and healthy recipes for an evening meal.

Hot salad with zucchini
Finely chop three fresh cucumbers and a bunch of greens (cilantro, parsley), cut 200 g of olives in half. Cut two fresh small zucchini into medium cubes. Simmer 200 g of green beans in a frying pan with the addition of , then add the zucchini and simmer for another five minutes. Place hot vegetables in a salad bowl, add other ingredients and sprinkle with almonds.

Omelette
Beat two eggs. Chop a small onion, bell pepper, and finely chop the tomato. Place the onion in a frying pan, fry, then add the rest of the vegetables, simmer for a few minutes, pour in beaten eggs, salt and sprinkle with any spices. Cook over low heat, covered with a lid. Sprinkle with herbs before serving.

Fish with lemon
Cut the fish fillet into portions, add salt and pepper. Place on a baking sheet and place a few lemon slices next to it. Cook in the oven for about 15 minutes. Serve with basil and tomato salad.

Curd dessert
Mix 150 g of low-fat cottage cheese with any berries (strawberries, raspberries, blueberries, blueberries). Drizzle a teaspoon of liquid light honey on top.

So, for dinner you need to prepare light but satisfying dishes. Don't forget that you shouldn't eat right before bed. Then your health will be good and your figure will be slim.

A balanced diet for the whole day will provide the body with all the necessary elements, and in the evening you will be able to afford to eat something that is not only tasty, but also healthy, including for weight loss.

It is not recommended to refuse dinner. The body requires energy to maintain its vital functions (the functioning of all organs). He gets it from food. You will be sluggish and incapacitated in the morning if you don't eat. Calculate your evening diet so that the feeling of hunger does not bother you. To do this, you need to know the amount of time spent processing carbohydrates, proteins and fats. This determines how long they will remain in the digestive unit.

It takes 6 hours for protein to be digested in the stomach. During this entire time you will be full. Carbohydrates are broken down quickly, especially those that are easily digestible. Fats in the evening diet use only vegetable fats or from eating fish (preferably fatty).

Easy dinner for weight loss and its recipes

Make up your correct, and most importantly healthy, diet for the day, divide it into 4 parts and plan your last meal 3 or 2 hours before bedtime. At the same time, take into account your daily rhythm of life and the functional characteristics of individual organs that take part in the digestive process.

The liver, kidneys and pancreas reduce their function after 16 hours. Do not put large nutritional loads on these organs by eating carbohydrates and fats at dinner. Inadequate breakdown of them in this period of time will lead to deposits on the waist and sides and will add weight to you, which is not desirable in the process of losing weight. When planning your daily diet, stick to the required amount of calories recommended for women and men, taking into account their age category and lifestyle.

For weight loss, their total amount for working men is from 2 thousand to 2200, for women - from 1500 to 1800. For dinner, plan no more than 20% of the total diet. By observing the correct interval between all meals - 4 hours, you will not feel hungry in the evenings. Using different recipes, include a large portion of fresh vegetable salad and 200 grams of protein in your menu.

Basic Rules

Achieving quick weight loss results is difficult and wrong. The process must be gradual. For the first three days, by eliminating salt, you can lose up to 3 kilograms. In the subsequent period, without harm to health, they reduce weight by 400-500 grams. As this indicator increases, health problems associated with the endocrine system appear. An early dinner when losing weight, taking into account the prescription of a nutritionist and recipes for its preparation, can be the starting point for the entire process.

By keeping a 12-hour break between your last and first meals, you can easily lose weight.

• Drink a glass of water 20 minutes before dinner.
• Do not drink coffee an hour before and after meals (coffee affects the adrenal glands, which interferes with the full digestion process).
• Meal duration is 40 minutes.
• Eliminate salt completely from your diet. Replace it with a variety of seasonings that enhance taste buds and aid digestion.
• Chew thoroughly (the initial stage of the digestive process occurs when food is combined with the secretion of saliva, while simultaneously neutralizing consumer products).
• Use weight loss recipes in your dinner menu.
• A serving of the main dish is 300 grams (meat, egg, fish, cheese or cottage cheese).
• 100 – side dish of legumes or stewed vegetables.
• Pair your main course with a salad (to be eaten before you start your meal). Such nutrition is simply necessary for weight loss.
• Dinner in front of the TV, reading a book or sitting at the computer is not recommended.
• Eliminate carbohydrates completely, including bread and fruits (fruits contain acids that irritate reflex receptors, causing an increase in appetite).
• Compensate for the desire to eat within two hours before bed after eating with green tea or water (you can drink without limitation).
• To lose weight, use recipes with a protein product for dinner.
• Do not use animal fat for cooking.

The right dinner for weight loss and recipes for preparing it

Make a weight loss menu for a week that should include a protein product and stick to it. This will allow you to prepare food in advance and not experience discomfort from its absence during cooking. In your diet, we recommend using recipes that include products such as chicken or turkey breast, lean beef or lamb, fatty fish (the more fat it contains, the faster your internal body will be used up to process it), cottage cheese, cheese, egg or mushrooms. Steam them, bake them in the oven or boil them.

Use different names of weight loss products and recipes for their preparation, alternating them throughout the week. Pork was not included in the proposed list, as it contains a lot of hidden fat. Using chicken or turkey meat, remove the skin (it contains a lot of subcutaneous fat). Before starting your meal, eat a large portion of fresh vegetable salad, creating a base for the digestive process to begin. To refuel greens, we advise you to adhere to the following tips for the correct combination with weight loss products:

• For meat, chicken and turkey - low-fat sour cream, kefir or yogurt.
• For mushrooms and fish – vegetable oil with lemon juice.

To make dinner healthy and help you lose weight, use the following recipes:

Marinated veal

Cut a layer of meat 2 centimeters thick. The cut should be perpendicular to the direction of its grain. Beat one side of the meat with a hammer. Rub the workpiece on both sides with vegetable oil, sprinkle with black or red pepper and leave to marinate for 30 minutes (the time for marinating meat can be increased if the product is stored in the refrigerator). Do not add salt before cooking to preserve the product's juices. Further heat treatment is at your discretion.

Use a steamer, grill or foil for this. Vegetable oil will loosen the bond of meat fibers, which will significantly speed up the cooking time. Exactly this method of preparation, but without the additional process of tapping with a hammer, will ensure the integrity of the product's structure and will require more time for its preparation. This dish is perfect for dinner.

Fish dishes

The fillet of the product is pre-marinated by rubbing with vegetable oil, soybean, dry cilantro and ground black pepper. Do not add salt until ready. Use fatty pieces or fillets of sea fish (the fattier the selected varieties, the more vitamin - fish oil - you will get when consuming it). The time required for marinating is 30 minutes (the time can be increased if the product is kept in the cold). The fish cooks very quickly. If it is a grill, then you need to turn the pieces over, ensuring simultaneous heating on both sides until a light crust appears.

Using a steamer, you will have dinner within 15-20 minutes from the moment it boils. Baking in foil will take 20 minutes. If you are not using additional packaging, cook it on a meat tray. Before serving, pour lemon or orange juice over the fish and garnish with herbs.

Meatloaf

Recipes proposed by nutritionists may be different, but we recommend the following. Use a layer 1.5 centimeters thick with the cross-section of its fibers. Beat one side of it with a kitchen hammer, rub with vegetable oil, sprinkle with black pepper and any spices you prefer. Sprinkle the meat with lemon juice or rub with a piece of kiwi. Leave it to marinate in a glass or ceramic container for three or two hours.

After this time, take it out and place it on a flat surface. From one edge, from which you will wrap the roll, place the garlic cloves along the cut. Roll the meat into a tube and tie it with thread. Roll the roll in black sesame seeds and place in the oven to bake. On the shelf under the container with meat, place a baking tray with water (it will regulate the temperature and prevent the meat from drying out). Cook the roll for 45 minutes over medium heat.

Chicken roll

Different chefs offer different recipes for preparing the roll, but we recommend breast meat as the main product for its preparation. Open it using the layer-by-layer method with a knife. Start from the middle and gradually move your hand until you get a flat circle. Tap it with the back of a knife (this will separate the bundles), rub it with vegetable oil, sprinkle with black pepper and leave to marinate for 30-60 minutes. After this time, roll the chicken fillet into a roll. Prunes, garlic, a slice of lemon, walnut grains, dried apricots, pineapple or whatever you like are placed in its middle.

Tie the roll with thread and wrap it in foil. It is cooked at 180 degrees Celsius for 15-20 minutes. Garnish the dish with herbs and serve.

Chicken satsivi

Boil the breast until tender and drain the broth. Place it in a blender and blend with the ingredients listed below. Slice the breast while it is still hot and pour the prepared heated seasoning mixture over it. When the satsivi has steeped, you can eat it.

The quantity and list of products used is as follows:

• Breast fillet – 500 grams.
• Chicken broth – 300 grams.
• Walnut – 100 grams.
• Red wine - 50 grams.
• Wine vinegar - a teaspoon.
• Khmeli-suneli - 0.5 teaspoon.
• Garlic - 3 cloves.
• Ground black pepper and salt to taste.

Dinner will be beneficial for weight loss when you supplement it with salads prepared according to the recipes given below:

Greek

Combine iceberg cabbage, olives, grated cheese, cherry tomatoes and feta cheese, season everything with low-fat sour cream or yogurt.

Cabbage salad

Chop white or Korean cabbage (chumchi) into cubes. Grate the red carrots on a large shredder. Cut the white onion into cubes and sauté in vegetable oil. Separately prepare the composition, which you add to a hot frying pan and immediately turn it off.

For seasoning, squeezed garlic, red sweet and bitter peppers, ground cilantro and soy sauce are used. Passed onions combined with seasoning are combined with cabbage and carrots. Add lemon juice to the salad and mix everything.

Video: Easy dinner recipes for weight loss

Conclusion

If you decide to lose weight, use the recipes and recommendations proposed in the article. With the right and comprehensive approach to this problem, you will easily overcome all difficulties.

Anyone who has thought about losing excess weight has heard more than once that you should not eat food after 18-00. Actually this is not true. Experts say that canceling the evening meal can seriously harm the body. In order for the gastrointestinal tract to function normally, and at the same time to avoid excess weight, you need to prepare a diet dinner for weight loss. The right foods will help activate fat burning processes at night. The main rule of evening nutrition is to have dinner no later than 3 hours before bedtime.

What to eat for dinner to lose weight

To get rid of the problem of obesity, you need to follow many different rules. Many of them relate to evening meals, because the most dangerous thing for a person losing weight is fat deposition during the night's rest. To interrupt this process and achieve the opposite effect - burning calories - you need to strictly monitor what you eat in the evening. Follow a number of rules listed below, and there will be no problems with this:

1. Dinner should be light. The dish you prepare for the evening should consist of 97-98% fiber and protein. The normal amount of calories for a diet dinner is 300-350. Fried and smoked foods should be excluded. Fiber will improve the digestion process, and proteins will strengthen muscle tissue. Having received a light diet dinner in the evening, the body will quickly cope with it and send a signal to the brain that the feeling of hunger has been satisfied.
2. The amount of food eaten at dinner should be moderate. The normal amount of food for a woman is 250 g, for a man – 350 g.
3. Dinner should be eaten at an average speed, without being distracted by reading books or watching TV shows. When you eat, you must think about food, otherwise your body will need more food to receive a signal of fullness.
4. The BJU ratio should be normal. In addition to the caloric content of food, you should also evaluate the protein, fat and carbohydrate content in it. The normal ratio of BJU for a person losing weight is as follows: proteins - 15-35%, fats - 20-35%, carbohydrates - 40-65%. To stay within these limits, you must pay attention to the nutritional value of the products you use. Usually. On any factory packaging you will find a table with exact numbers.

The choice of products for cooking must be taken very seriously. By reading the table below, you will find out what you can and cannot eat in the evenings:

Allowed dishes	Prohibited foods
Stewed/boiled vegetables	Fatty meat (lamb, pork)
Dietary meat (turkey, rabbit, chicken breast)	Pasta
Fermented milk products without chemical additives/flavors/fillers	Pastries, pastries, sweets, cakes
Seafood	Potato dishes
Berries/fruits of all kinds	Mayonnaise, fatty sauces/gravies
Chicken/quail eggs	Fried foods
Lean fish (boiled/steamed)	Smoked meats

Recipes for a delicious diet dinner

With a little culinary ingenuity, you can turn a healthy weight-loss dinner into a unique delicacy. A ban on certain product categories should not make you feel limited. On the contrary, you need to understand that by refusing junk food, you are doing a good deed for the body. Proper nutrition can be delicious! The recipe examples you will find below will prove this fact!

Low calorie and light dinner

Do not know, ? Write down the recipe for chicken breast with vegetable side dish. This light dish will fill the body with healthy natural ingredients and provide a feeling of fullness. To prepare it, you will need the following ingredients:

• chicken breast – 450 g;
• cauliflower – 300 g;
• green beans – 60-70 g;
• green peas – 40-45 g;
• zucchini squash – 1 pc.;
• carrots – 1 pc.;
• peeled tomatoes – 150 g;
• onion – 1 pc.;
• garlic – 3 cloves.

Let's prepare a diet dinner quickly and tasty:

1. Boil the chicken breast.
2. Chop the vegetables and place them in a saucepan (if you don’t have one on hand, you can use clay pots).
3. Pour the cooked chicken broth over the vegetable mixture.
4. Turn on the burner to low heat and let the stew simmer for half an hour.
5. Eat one serving of stew and a medium piece of meat for dinner.

Protein

Many nutritionists consider this option to be the most correct. Proteins are quickly absorbed by the body and help strengthen many tissues. An excellent option for natural weight loss would be a serving of chicken egg noodles. To prepare this diet dinner, you will need the following:

• chicken breast – 140-160 g;
• chicken eggs – 2 pcs.;
• salt/spices – in moderation.

The process of preparing a diet dinner:

1. Boil the chicken in a small amount of water.
2. Beat chicken eggs and use them to make pancakes.
3. Cool the broth, chop the chicken meat with your hands.
4. Cut the egg pancakes into thin strips and place in a container with broth and chicken.
5. A portion of your diet dinner for weight loss is ready!

Hastily

Quick diet meals for weight loss will be useful for those people who do not have time to create exquisite culinary masterpieces. A good option would be a light omelette with tomatoes. In just 20 minutes you will have time to prepare and eat it. By the way, experts recommend including light omelets in the diet menu not only for dinner, but also for breakfast. So, to prepare this dish, you will need:

• medium-sized tomatoes – 3-4 pcs.;
• butter – 20 g;
• chicken eggs – 3 pcs.;
• salt/pepper – moderate.

The process of preparing a diet dinner for weight loss:

1. Peel the tomatoes and cut into thin slices.
2. Place the tomato pieces on the bottom of a greased frying pan.
3. Simmer for several minutes until juice appears.
4. Beat the eggs with salt and pour into the pan.
5. Reduce heat on the burner to low and set aside for 5 minutes.

Festive

If you have made a firm decision to watch your figure and have already developed the right diet, do not let special events derail your grandiose plans! Yes, during the holidays the tables are always crowded with a huge amount of food, but you will have a recipe for a wonderful dietary dish that will help you shed those extra pounds. It's about about a salad of shrimp and crab sticks. Plus, it can be prepared for a romantic dinner. If you are interested, write down the list of ingredients:

• chicken egg – 2 pcs.;
• sea ​​shrimp – 500-550 g;
• crab sticks – 220-240 g;
• dietary mayonnaise – 30 g;
• red caviar – 20-25 g;
• onions – 60-70 g.

Preparing a dietary dish for a gala dinner:

1. Boil chicken eggs, peel and chop.

2.Finely chop the crab sticks.

3.Cook the shrimp on a burner over medium heat in a saucepan with salted water.

4. Peel the onion, chop it, pour boiling water over it.

5.Drain the water from the shrimp and chop.

6.Combine the ingredients, add mayonnaise, mix.

7.The diet salad is ready!

Video: how to prepare the right dinner for those losing weight

The video attached below contains simple recipes with visual photo illustrations that will help you quickly and comfortably lose a few extra pounds. By following the recommendations of experienced chefs, you will learn how to prepare healthy turkey dishes and understand how to profitably use cottage cheese for dinner. After watching this video, you will learn what to eat for dinner to lose weight, and get a lot of valuable information about the rules of dietary nutrition for weight loss!

Turkey

Light salad

Cottage cheese dinner

In a slow cooker

All specialists in the field of nutrition, when describing nutritional plans for body correction, specify that in the evening you need to put as little stress on your digestion as possible. However, not everyone explains what you can eat for dinner on a diet so that you don’t crave forbidden foods later in the night and your body is full. What dishes will not contribute to weight gain, and how to eat properly in the evening?

What is weight loss

Reducing the calorie intake to almost zero, eating greens and drinking kefir is the path to erosive changes in the gastrointestinal mucosa, but not body correction, although weight may go away, but only water will be lost. Proper weight loss means burning fat reserves, i.e. effects on body quality dependent on nutritional quality. It is carried out by reducing the number of calories that a person should consume, but within reasonable limits. Giving food to the enemy in the evening, as the proverb says, is not worth it - the damage to digestion is too great: you just need to find out what it is - the right dinner for those losing weight.

What to eat for dinner to lose weight

Food can help burn body fat if it has the so-called. “zero” calorie content. This concept does not mean a literal 0 kcal, but the predominance of the amount of effort that the body will make to process it and obtain energy over the number of calories it contains. These foods can help you lose weight, but they're not the only foods you should eat for dinner to lose weight. The evening meal, according to doctors, must include very nutritious foods, but low in calories. These are mainly light proteins, but they are not always useful.

Dinner with proper nutrition for weight loss should include one of the following products:

• greens (fiber and low calorie);
• vegetables (especially cruciferous vegetables, i.e. cabbage), preferably fresh;
• spices (will accelerate metabolic processes).

The main principles of proper dinner

Breakfast and lunch raise significantly fewer questions than an evening meal, since nutritionists vying with each other to repeat that you should not overload the body before going to bed. To dig a little deeper and try to formulate an approximate filling of a plate of food, the following basic principles help:

• Try to eat 25-30% of your daily caloric intake in the evening.
• If possible, have 2 dinners - the last one will be 3 hours before bedtime, will be less than 10% of the daily calorie content of the menu and will be represented mainly by fermented milk drinks (ryazhenka, kefir, sourdough).
• The right dinner for weight loss is a reduced proportion of carbohydrates (simple carbohydrates are completely excluded) and the absence of high GI foods.
• You should not eat potatoes for dinner, just as you should not eat boiled beets and carrots in the evening if you hope to lose weight.
• If you really want to, take green fruits (or citrus fruits), because... the rest, when consumed for dinner, will interfere with weight loss.
• Do not overeat - the portion should fill you up, but not to the point of wanting to lie down and not move: imagine that after dinner you still need to jump. Can you? If the answer is yes, everything is fine.
• Do not mix cereals with protein at dinner (i.e. cook meat with herbs, not rice).
• If you have to drink alcohol, then only dry wine.
• The maximum serving of animal protein is 100 grams.
• Avoid sweets, sources of caffeine, and fatty/smoked meats for dinner.

What foods can you eat in the evening?

This question is of particular relevance for people attending events after work: it is difficult to completely refuse food here, it may look disrespectful, so you have to urgently decide which of the proposed ones will harm your figure to the least extent. For this situation, nutritionists advise giving preference to red wine and hard cheese. The ideal option is Parmesan and its “relatives”, i.e. types that are aged for a long time (from a year): they have low fat content and few carbohydrates.

As a classic dinner in the evening, you can eat foods that are low in calories and fat:

• boiled eggs (use without yolk);
• seafood;
• lean fish - mackerel, pollock, flounder;
• poultry meat;
• herbal teas;
• vegetables (preference for zucchini, cabbage, celery, pumpkin);
• legumes;
• hard cheese or Tofu;
• kiwi, apples, dried apricots, pineapple, prunes;
• fermented milk products;
• maybe a little honey;
• juices from vegetables/fruits that are made at home (i.e. no additives);
• Nuts and seeds are allowed in minimal portions for dinner - they have a high calorie content, but are very filling.

Dinner options

The choice of products for preparing an evening meal is completely determined by whether you will have a load today, or have already had it, or whether you lead a completely sedentary lifestyle. You will have to decide what you can eat, taking into account the calories you have already eaten, and even after answering the question of when you will go to bed. Universal dinner options, according to a number of nutritionists, are as follows:

• Cottage cheese casserole (only egg whites + low-fat cottage cheese, you can add a few sour berries) and natural yogurt.
• A serving of kefir or fermented baked milk (up to 500 ml), but it is better to leave this option for the second dinner, which is closer to bedtime.
• Smoothies (preferably vegetable ones, since fruits have a higher percentage of sugars that are dangerous for weight loss).
• Fish and seafood prepared without additional fats - you can bake, stew, boil, but do not fry. Juices, wine, and soy sauce are suitable for marinade.
• Stewed mushrooms.
• Turkey/chicken cutlets or meatballs that were baked in the oven or steamed.
• Omelet, but with a minimum of yolks or without them, supplemented with vegetables.
• Boiled chickpeas or lentils with stewed tomatoes, zucchini and a bunch of herbs.

Protein

Nutritionists are ready to advise this option for evening food only to people who have physical activity during the day. Then the protein will be used to build muscles, and will not be converted into fats, preventing you from losing weight. However, there are certain caveats here: a healthy protein dinner is a small (!) portion of boiled or steamed poultry or fish (the norm is up to 100 grams), and lettuce, dill or another type of greens. You can take a cucumber if you don't like animal protein without plant foods.

Light dinner for weight loss

Are you not exposed to physical activity, do you have an office job, don’t go for walks, and do you go to bed early? A delicious light dinner for weight loss in your case will exclude meat, because... it will not be digested and will poison the body, but fish (low-fat types) can. Seafood is also suitable for dinner. A serving of such protein should be about 50 g, and the rest of the plate will be taken up by vegetables. An alternative for losing weight can be an omelet (if you don’t value sea creatures), but always with products of plant origin.

Dinner after training

The main requirement for nutrition after exercise, if you are aiming to lose weight by burning fat, is to create a “window” between it and food. Dinner after a workout for weight loss should be done 1.5 hours later so that the calories you just ate are not used to replenish energy. Protein becomes the center of your plate, so here all options for meat or fish compositions, seafood, and cottage cheese dishes are allowed, but without fat. It is advisable that all products be low-calorie, i.e. 150-200 kcal, no more, and was not accompanied by cereals.

Diet dinner recipes

You can’t figure out how to put together a grocery set in the evening so that it’s healthy but tasty, and you can go to bed without feeling hungry? Take advantage of these recipes for dietary dishes, which are attractive due to the simplicity and low calorie content of ready-made food. The basis of these evening plate options are eggs, which are a mandatory menu product, and cereals - buckwheat and rice.

Omelette

• Cooking time: 7 minutes.
• Number of servings: 1 person.
• Calorie content of the dish: 104 kcal.
• Purpose: for dinner.
• Kitchen: homemade.

If you don’t like meat and fish in the evening, but without them you don’t know what you can eat for dinner while losing weight, so that you don’t have the desire to eat something harmful afterwards, try a light omelet. You can cook it in a frying pan, but it must have a non-stick coating, or you can cook it in the oven, but this will increase the baking time. Omelet for dinner exists in 2 variations: with milk (it is advisable that lactose be contained in a minimum amount, it interferes with weight loss), or with water. For taste and nutrition, add herbs or vegetables. You can throw in a couple of grams of hard cheese.

Ingredients:

• egg whites – 3 pcs.;
• 1.8% low-lactose milk – 50 ml;
• spinach – 100 g;
• tomatoes – 100 g.

Cooking method:

1. Chop the washed spinach and cut the tomatoes into slices.
2. Place in a hot frying pan, pour in the egg whites whipped with milk.
3. Place the lid on top and wait until the surface of the omelette sets.
4. Turn over and brown the other side. Roll into a log before serving.

Rice

• Cooking time: 35 minutes.
• Number of servings: 1 person.
• Calorie content of the dish: 114 kcal.
• Purpose: for dinner.
• Kitchen: homemade.
• Difficulty of preparation: easy.

Among the dinner options, nutritionists' recommendations occasionally include boiled rice, but not white, but only wild varieties. An excellent choice when losing weight would be black rice for dinner, which goes well with seafood. An additional advantage is the reduced calorie content of this cereal, so the serving size can be slightly increased. This is the best option for a woman who doesn’t eat enough vegetables.

Ingredients:

• black rice (dry) – 50 g;
• peeled shrimp w/o – 50 g;
• water – 210 ml;
• cucumber – 100 g;
• salt.

Cooking method:

1. Rinse the cereal until the water runs clear.
2. Cook for half an hour using stainless steel cookware. Add minimal salt – it’s best to avoid this for dinner.
3. Throw the shrimp into boiling water for a minute.
4. Cut the cucumber into slices and decorate the main dish.

Buckwheat

• Cooking time: 25 minutes.
• Number of servings: 1 person.
• Calorie content of the dish: 179 kcal.
• Purpose: for dinner.
• Kitchen: homemade.
• Difficulty of preparation: easy.

If you adhere to the principles of a healthy diet, it is advisable to avoid cereals in the evening when losing weight or consume them before 19-20 hours. Afterwards, you should not eat cereals, but there is an exception - you can eat buckwheat for dinner. This cereal, according to nutritionists, is an excellent fat burner, and is safe for people with food allergies (mainly to gluten). If you don’t know what you can eat for dinner while losing weight,...

Ingredients:

• buckwheat – 40 g;
• water – 170 ml;
• salt;
• butter – 5 g;
• green beans – 70 g.

Cooking method:

1. Cook the buckwheat by pouring it into boiling water for 25 minutes with the lid closed and low heat. Add oil (preferably without).
2. Separately, brown the frozen beans (the pan is dry). Serve without mixing.

Eggs

• Cooking time: 10 minutes.
• Number of servings: 1 person.
• Calorie content of the dish: 72 kcal.
• Purpose: for dinner.
• Kitchen: homemade.
• Difficulty of preparation: easy.

If, an hour after your main evening meal, you realize that the night is far away, hunger has made itself known again, and you cannot decide how to drive it away reliably and safely, boil eggs for dinner. However, they may not satisfy you alone, so it’s worth additionally going through the list of foods allowed when losing weight. Here you will need greens (check the availability in the refrigerator), sweet peppers, Tofu cheese (an alternative is Adyghe). You can serve this dinner with whole grain bread.

Ingredients:

• eggs 1 cat. - 3 pcs.;
• greens – 20 g;
• bell pepper – 70 g;
• Tofu cheese – 20 g.

Cooking method:

1. Boil the eggs. Technology is not important because... you remove the yolk. Cut the egg white lengthwise to form boat halves.
2. Grind pepper, cheese and herbs. Mix.
3. Place a teaspoon of this mixture into the egg white halves. Dinner for the night is ready!

Video: What to eat for dinner when losing weight