Low-calorie Dinner Recipes

These healthy dinner recipes are a perfect way to end a busy day. All under 400-calories and easy to make from 400calorierecipes.com. For vegan, vegetarian, keto, paleo, gluten-free, or anyone in between.

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Soup Shrimp

Low Calorie Soup Recipe

Tom Kha Soup

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Tom Kha Ghai Recipe

Tom Kha Ghai Recipe: Flavourful and aromatic tom kha ghai is an addictive Thai soup the family will love. Creamy soup flavoured with ginger, lemongrass, and lime, with tender mushrooms and plump shrimp. This delicious Thai soup has a wonderful flavour and mild heat. Spice up your tom kha ghai a little more with a few drops of chili oil when serving. If serving for pescatarians, use vegetable broth rather than chicken broth.

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Peppers Ground Beef

Stuffed Pepper Soup Recipe

Pepper Soup Recipe

Ground Beef And Rice

Stuffed Pepper Soup Recipe

Stuffed Pepper Soup Recipe: If you love stuffed peppers, this stuffed pepper soup will become a new favourite! A savoury, tomato-based soup loaded with sweet bell peppers, ground beef, and rice that mimics delicious stuffed peppers. This soup is gluten-free, and can be made vegan by swapping the ground beef for Beyond beef or other plant-based substitute. Change the chicken broth for vegetable stock and you're set!

Fiddlehead Soup

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Fiddlehead Soup Recipe

Fiddlehead Soup Recipe: Spring's best fiddlehead soup is a satisfying way to fill up your tummy at lunch. Tender spring fiddleheads and vegetables in a savoury broth swimming with vermicelli noodles. This vegan soup is one of my favourite ways to enjoy fiddleheads. For anyone unfamiliar with fiddleheads, they have a "spring green" sort of flavour that's a bit nutty and akin to a cross between asparagus and baby spinach. This soup is vegan and gluten-free.

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Low Calorie Chicken Recipes

Chicken Mafé Recipe

Chicken Mafé Recipe: A staple recipe in Western Africa, this chicken mafé is full of flavour and perfect for dinner any night. Tender chunks of juicy chicken bathed in a tomato and peanut sauce with vegetables and aromatics. Perfect served over rice, couscous, or quinoa. This is a great recipe if you have leftover rice, couscous or quinoa. It's full of great vegetables, but more can be added or substituted. The perfect meal any day of the week.

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Peas And Corn

Tater Tot Casserole Recipe

Tater Tot Casserole Recipes

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Tater Tot Casserole Recipe

Tater Tot Casserole Recipe: Tater tot casserole is a quick and fun dinner idea for a busy household. Saucy ground beef with peas and sweet corn kernels topped with a layer of crisp and golden tater tots. An easy and fun meal for the whole family. This is a very simple dish. Try adding some broccoli or cauliflower with, the peas and corn. The addition of sautéed mushrooms is also a lovely flavour addition, just sauté the sliced mushrooms at the same time as the onion.

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Macaroni Goulash Recipe

Macaroni Goulash Recipe: An easy mid-week meal, macaroni goulash hits all the flavour points and gets you out of the kitchen fast. Al dente macaroni engulfed in a rich and meaty tomato sauce. This is a one-pot meal that is easily made on stovetop in under 30 minutes, or in an Instant Pot for delayed cook time. If this dish needs to be vegan, try using plant-based ground beef and vegan cheddar alternatives along with vegetable broth instead of chicken.

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Baked Tilapia Recipes

Baked Tilapia Recipe

Baked Tilapia Recipe: Flaky, lemony baked tilapia is a fish dish you'll want to make weekly. Flaky, mild-flavoured tilapia fillets, baked with spices and lemon for a simple meal the family will adore. Not only does this fish taste great, but it's a perfect mid-week meal. Fast to prepare, and minimal pans to clean up afterward. Perfect for pescatarians, and gluten-free.

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Creamy Vegan Mushroom Pasta Recipe

Creamy Vegan Mushroom Pasta Recipe: This succulent and creamy vegan mushroom pasta is a great filling lunch or dinner. Aromatic mushrooms bathed in a creamy sauce and nestled amid al dente pasta. This vegan pasta dish is so decadent you'll swear it wasn't vegan. If you're not vegan, the cashews and coconut cream can be omitted and replaced with a cup of heavy cream. The vegan parmesan cheese can also be substituted with real Parmigiana Reggiano if desired.

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Low Calorie Side Dishes

Curry Chickpeas

Vegan Chickpea Curry

Chickpea Curry Recipe

Homemade Curry

Vegan Chickpea Curry Recipe

Vegan Chickpea Curry Recipe: Thick and satisfying vegan chickpea curry is a hearty, healthy meal. Tender vegetables and chickpeas in a delectable curry sauce. This high fibre, high protein meal is just as hearty and filling as it is delicious. The vegetables are easy to substitute. Try using sweet potato, turnips, or squash instead of, or in addition to, the carrots and cauliflower. This is best served over rice, couscous, or quinoa.

Cabbage Tacos

Red Cabbage Coleslaw

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Cabbage Coleslaw

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Corn & Cabbage Tacos Recipe

Corn & Cabbage Tacos Recipe: A deliciously fresh take on an old favourite, these corn and cabbage tacos are perfect for lunch or dinner. Grilled corn, red cabbage coleslaw and deliciously crunchy vegetables come together in some of the best tacos to hit the table. Not all tacos have to have meat. Some of the best flavour combinations can be had with a little creativity. This recipe uses a couple of other recipes that I love to really make it sing, my red cabbage coleslaw, and my salsa verde.

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Meat & Egg Loaf Recipe

Meat & Egg Loaf Recipe: Meaty and protein packed, this meat and egg loaf is a hearty, keto-friendly dinner with minimal effort. Crisp baked bacon covering a ring of seasoned ground beef dotted with whole eggs. This is an incredibly easy, protein-packed breakfast or dinner that has everything. Those following a keto diet can reduce the number of carbs in this recipe by omitting the breadcrumbs, or using a keto alternative like pork crumbs.

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Greek Baked Salmon Recipe

Greek Baked Salmon Recipe: Wonderful flavours are imbued in this light and delicious Greek baked salmon. Fresh vegetables, olives, and marinated feta cheese topping flaky oven-roasted salmon. All the flavours of the Mediterranean come together in this light and delicious Greek baked salmon. This recipe is great for pescatarians and salmon lovers of all kinds. It's simple to make and those flavours really shine through.

Spring Dinner Table

Low Calorie Salad Dressing Recipes

Low Calorie Salad Dressing

Grilled Sweet Corn

Corn Salad Recipe

Grilled Corn Salad Recipe

Grilled Corn Salad Recipe: This grilled corn salad is the hint of summer every spring dinner table needs. Grilled sweet corn, hearty chickpeas, avocado, and cherry tomatoes tossed with a delightful lime dressing. A wonderful combination of flavours that bring a hint of summer to the dinner table. In this corn salad, I like to try to leave sections of the kernels attached to one and other if possible. The connected kernels hold the dressing for real pops of lime flavour.