ThePrep: 20-Minute Mediterranean Dinners for Spring

CloseOur column, ThePrep, has everything you’ll need to make meal planning and meal prep as easy as can be. Sign uphereto get a meal plan delivered to your inbox every Saturday!With some warmer days in the weather report for this week, and the extra hour of evening sunlight, thanks to daylight savings, I’m looking forwards to some long after-work walks. Which means I’ll want dinner to be quick and easy. Enter these easy and delicious dinners....

January 18, 2025 · 10 min · 2054 words · Angela Miller DVM

ThePrep: 25-Minute Mediterranean Diet Dinners for Summer

Close With all the fresh summer fruits and veggies, there’s no easier time to lean into the principles of the Mediterranean diet, which research touts as one of the healthiest ways to eat. The delicious dinners in this week’s plan feature plenty of veggies, whole grains, healthy fats and lean proteins, packaged up in recipes that are ready in 25 minutes or less. Your Meal Plan The principles of the Mediterranean diet can be applied to any cuisine, not just to those traditional in the Mediterranean region, which is why you’ll see everything from Monday’sEasy Eggplant Stir-Fryto Friday’sGrilled Chicken Tacos with Slaw & Lime Crema....

January 18, 2025 · 2 min · 383 words · Makayla Mcintyre DVM

ThePrep: 30-Minute Dinners for Healthy Aging

In This ArticleView AllIn This ArticleYour Meal PlanSomething to Sip OnWhat’s Inspiring Me This Week In This ArticleView All View All In This Article Your Meal Plan Something to Sip On What’s Inspiring Me This Week CloseOur column, ThePrep, has everything you’ll need to make meal planning and meal prep as easy as can be. Sign uphereto get a meal plan delivered to your inbox every Saturday!Having some sort of after-work activity has always been important for me because it helps me wind down and take my mind off work—and research actually says that stress can have a significant impact when it comes toour brain health as we age....

January 18, 2025 · 10 min · 1978 words · Shawn Clayton

ThePrep: 30-Minute Soup, Salad and Other Light Dinners

CloseOur column, ThePrep, has everything you’ll need to make meal planning and meal prep as easy as can be. Sign uphereto get a meal plan delivered to your inbox every Saturday!After a very busy week, where there was quite a lot of takeout, my body’s telling me I need some fresh meals with lots of veggies. Our bodies do a pretty good job of letting us know what we need, so this week I’m answering with soups, salads and other light—but satisfying—meals that are ready in 30 minutes or less....

January 18, 2025 · 8 min · 1601 words · Maria Palmer DDS

ThePrep: 30-Minute Spring Dinners

Close Photo: Photography / Antonis Achilleos, Styling / Christine Keely, Ali Ramee Our column, ThePrep, has everything you’ll need to make meal planning and meal prep as easy as can be. Sign uphereto get a meal plan delivered to your inbox every Saturday! The trees are quickly filling out with leaves here in Vermont and I’m so ready for it! All the new growth has me excited and inspired to make some fresh new recipes—a shift from the cozy pantry dishes I’ve been making....

January 18, 2025 · 3 min · 475 words · John Flores

ThePrep: 400-Calorie Dinners for an Easy Week

Close Our column, ThePrep, has everything you’ll need to make meal planning and meal prep as easy as can be. Sign uphereto get a meal plan delivered to your inbox every Saturday! Last week was a busy one and with it came a bit of chaos and lots of thrown-together meals. Sound familiar? I know I’ll be feeling the need to recenter myself, especially after this holiday weekend. That means planning out and actually shopping for a week of healthy meals....

January 18, 2025 · 2 min · 420 words · Kristin Reed

ThePrep: 400-Calorie Dinners for Spring

CloseOur column, ThePrep, has everything you’ll need to make meal planning and meal prep as easy as can be. Sign uphereto get a meal plan delivered to your inbox every Saturday!Spring is here! Well, the rainy part of spring is here. But nonetheless, it’s here! And with it, are new cravings for light and fresh recipes that feel like spring. This week of healthy dinners delivers and features lots of lemon, herbs, greens and other bright flavors....

January 18, 2025 · 8 min · 1581 words · Brian Johnson

ThePrep: 400-Calorie Dinners to Help You Debloat After Thanksgiving

Close Our column, ThePrep, has everything you’ll need to make meal planning and meal prep as easy as can be. Sign uphereto get a meal plan delivered to your inbox every Saturday! After the big feast—plus all the yummy leftovers—it’s normal to feel a bit bloated. And while I have zero regrets about all the delicious food I’ve enjoyed, I am feeling a bit out of whack. While time is often what your body needs most to get back to feeling normal, research suggests there aresome foods that may help you debloatfaster....

January 18, 2025 · 3 min · 435 words · Steven Chen

ThePrep: 400-Calorie High-Protein Dinners for Summer

Close Photo: Jason Donnelly Our column, ThePrep, has everything you’ll need to make meal planning and meal prep as easy as can be. Sign uphereto get a meal plan delivered to your inbox every Saturday! A satisfying dinner that doesn’t leave me feeling sluggish is my ideal type of meal for warm summer nights! And this week of delicious dinners checks those boxes. They’re high in protein, delivering at least 14 grams per serving to keep you feeling satisfied all evening long, and they clock in right around 400 calories, so you’ll feel refreshed—not weighed down—after dinner....

January 18, 2025 · 3 min · 493 words · Miss Kelly Taylor

ThePrep: 400-Calorie Mediterranean Diet Dinners for Summer

CloseOur column, ThePrep, has everything you’ll need to make meal planning and meal prep as easy as can be. Sign uphereto get a meal plan delivered to your inbox every Saturday!With all the fresh, flavorful produce available, summer is the easiest time of the year to eat healthy. This week, I’ll be cooking up dinners that use plenty of fresh summer ingredients and follow the principles of theMediterranean diet—which research dubs one of the healthiest ways to eat....

January 18, 2025 · 10 min · 1939 words · Dr. Vanessa Young

ThePrep: 400-Calorie Mediterranean Dinners to Get Back on Track

CloseOur column, ThePrep, has everything you’ll need to make meal planning and meal prep as easy as can be. Sign uphereto get a meal plan delivered to your inbox every Saturday!I never thought 2020 would end, but here we are ringing in the New Year! Like many of you, I’m feeling excited for a fresh start and motivated to make the most of this year. This week of meals incorporates principles of theMediterranean diet—one of the healthiest ways to eat—with plenty of veggies, healthy fats and lean protein sources....

January 18, 2025 · 9 min · 1838 words · Kimberly Garrett

ThePrep: 400-Calorie Mediterranean Dinners to Kick Off a Healthy Year

CloseOur column, ThePrep, has everything you’ll need to make meal planning and meal prep as easy as can be. Sign uphereto get a meal plan delivered to your inbox every Saturday!Happy New Year! Although I don’t usually make resolutions, I do love the energy the new year brings. The idea of starting fresh is motivating, and it has me wanting to make the most of this year. So, to kick off this first week on a healthy note, I’ll be cooking up dinners that follow the principles of theMediterranean diet—which research dubs one of the healthiest ways to eat—with plenty of veggies, healthy fats and lean protein sources....

January 18, 2025 · 11 min · 2268 words · Michael Small

ThePrep: 400-Calorie Mediterranean Meals for Summer, Ready in 20 Minutes

Close Our column, ThePrep, has everything you’ll need to make meal planning and meal prep as easy as can be. Sign uphereto get a meal plan delivered to your inbox every Saturday! Your Meal Plan TheScallops & Cherry Tomatoes with Caper-Butter Saucethat kicks off this week of tasty dinners is full of fresh and delicious flavors. I absolutely love capers and have a jar on hand at all times to jazz up recipes....

January 18, 2025 · 3 min · 433 words · Joseph Newton