20 Low-Calorie, Heart-Healthy Dinners in 20 Minutes

Reviewed by Registered Dietitian Jessica Ball, MS, RD

These dinner recipes are quick and delicious options to add to your rotation. At 575 calories or less per serving, these dinner recipes will help you meet your nutrition goals and come together in just 20 minutes. They’re also made with heart-healthy ingredients like vegetables, whole grains, and legumes while being lower in sodium and saturated fat, making them a great choice if you’re looking to support heart health. You’ll want to try options like our Lemon Garlic Pasta with Salmon and our Superfood Grain Bowls for healthy, tasty meals that come together quickly.

Chickpea and Quinoa Grain Bowl

Robby Lozano

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It seems like grain bowls come in as many variations as there are stars in the sky, and there’s no wrong way to make one! But we prefer to keep things classic and simple with hummus, quinoa, avocado, and lots of veggies!

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Lemon Garlic Pasta with Salmon

Wondering what to do with leftover salmon? Here’s a delicious and easy way to turn it into another quick and easy weeknight dinner. Don’t forget to reserve some of the pasta water: its starch thickens the lemon-garlic pasta sauce and makes it creamy.

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Stuffed Sweet Potatoes with Hummus Dressing

Ali Redmond

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Hearty yet simple to make, this stuffed sweet potato with black beans, kale and hummus dressing is a fantastic 5-ingredient lunch for one.

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Vegan Superfood Grain Bowls

Photographer: Fred Hardy, Food Stylist: Margaret Monroe Dickey

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This nutrient-dense grain bowl recipe comes together in 15 minutes with a few cooking shortcuts like pre-washed kale, microwaved quinoa, and pre-cooked beets. Make them ahead of time to keep them on hand for easy lunches or dinners on busy nights.

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Vegetarian wrap with coriander hummus

These healthy multi-grain wraps are topped with mixed greens, chopped cucumber, tomatoes, and red onions, along with feta cheese and homemade cilantro hummus. To save time, the hummus can be made up to 3 days in advance and refrigerated until you’re ready to make the wraps.

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Beef and Bean Sloppy Joes

This healthy, hearty recipe for the comfort food classic swaps out the beans for some of the meat to boost fiber by 7 grams. We also reduced the sugar and ketchup in this Sloppy Joe reimagining to save you 12 grams of added sugar.

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Rainbow Cereal Bowl with Cashew Sauce

This vibrating bowl is packed with nutrients that will keep you full for hours. Look for pre-cooked lentils in the refrigerated section of the produce aisle.

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Green Goddess Salad with Chickpeas

In this cucumber, tomato, Swiss cheese and chickpea salad recipe, a healthy green goddess dressing is made with avocado, buttermilk and herbs. The extra dressing is delicious served with grilled vegetables.

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Grilled Blackened Shrimp Tacos

Give your juicy shrimp tacos a Cajun kick with spices and a quick sear on a hot grill. An easy avocado puree adds creaminess to cool the spicy flavor.

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Penne with tuna and sun-dried tomatoes

Need a quick, tasty and colorful pasta dish? This penne pasta dish for two combines leeks, baby spinach, tuna and sun-dried tomatoes. It’s ready in just 20 minutes!

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Pasta with shrimp and pesto

Using a packet pesto sauce mix saves time in this 20-minute recipe with flavorful shrimp and orzo.

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Black Bean and Cheese Wraps

These easy wraps are filled with black beans, corn, red pepper and creamy cheese. They cook quickly in a panini press.

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Chicken, quinoa and vegetable bowl

With 19 grams of protein, this one-dish meal will keep you feeling full and satisfied for hours.

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Roasted Vegetable and Black Bean Tacos

These hearty vegan tacos are quick and easy to make, perfect for busy weeknights. They’re so tasty, no one will miss meat or dairy.

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Homemade Chicken Curry Bowls

There’s no need to spend hours preparing curry. With the help of our Sheet Pan Chicken Meal Prep (see related recipe) and some cooked whole grains, you can whip up these meal prep bowls in just minutes!

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Pan-fried steak with crispy herbs and escarole

This easy dinner takes just 20 minutes to make, which means pan-seared steak can be a weeknight meal. Cooking the herbs in the pan with the steak releases their flavor, infusing it into the meat while creating a crispy topping.

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Chicken with ginger and soy vegetables and brown rice

This quick and easy meal combines tender-crisp vegetables, brown rice and chicken in a savory ginger-soy sauce. Not in the mood for soy and ginger? No problem. We’ve included two easy variations with lemon and Italian flavors.

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Linguine with creamy white clam sauce

Ripe tomatoes and fresh basil give this quick recipe tons of flavor. Serve this healthy pasta dinner with crusty garlic bread and steamed green beans.

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Crunchy Chicken and Mango Salad

This Asian-inspired salad gets a delicious crunch from the sugar snap peas and Chinese cabbage. Spice up the dressing with a little sambal oelek, an Indonesian hot sauce that you can find at most major supermarkets and Asian grocery stores.

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Poached cod and green beans with pesto

This easy one-pan fish recipe cooks the cod right over fresh green beans and uses the same pan to make a flavorful sauce. The result is perfectly flaky fish, tender-crisp vegetables, a flavorful pan sauce, and very little cleanup.

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