ThePrep: Easy 25-Minute Dinners for the Fall

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! My favorite way to end a busy weekday is either on the couch, watching a show with my husband, or on the phone catching up with my mom or an old friend. However, sometimes dirty dishes and pots get in the way of my post-dinner relaxation....

January 18, 2025 · 3 min · 530 words · Keith Heath

ThePrep: Easy 3-Ingredient Dinners for Spring

Close Photo: Carolyn A. Hodges, R.D. 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! I love spending time in the kitchen cooking meals from scratch, especially on the weekends. But I don’t always have the energy during the busy workweek. That’s where these three-ingredient dinners come in handy (three ingredients not including basics we all have in our kitchen, like oil, salt and pepper)....

January 18, 2025 · 3 min · 513 words · Susan Rodriguez

ThePrep: Easy Dinners You'll Want to Make All Summer Long

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 It’s not a holiday weekend in the summer without a burger, which is why I’ll be making a batch of juicyHoney-Mustard Turkey Burgerson Sunday. The homemade honey-mustard sauce adds lots of delicious flavor to the burger, and, in addition to classic burger toppings like lettuce, onions and tomatoes, I’ll be adding spicy pickles to mine....

January 18, 2025 · 3 min · 430 words · Peter Nguyen

ThePrep: Easy Summer Dinners from the Grill

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! It’s hard to believe that I’ve had the pleasure of writing this weekly column and connecting with you all for three years now. And what an interesting few years it has been! But the time has come for me to pass the reins on....

January 18, 2025 · 3 min · 458 words · Jamie Jones

ThePrep: Fast & Simple 5-Ingredient 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!I love a good shortcut dinner. Whether I have 10 minutes to get something on the table or an hour, I always like keeping things easy. And this week of easy 5-ingredient dinners is as simple as it gets. These flavorful recipes use five ingredients or less (not including basics you probably already have in your kitchen, like salt, pepper and oil) and prove that you don’t need much to make a great meal....

January 18, 2025 · 8 min · 1635 words · Eric Mullins

ThePrep: Gut-Healthy Dinners in Three Steps or Less

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! Cooking is one of my favorite activities to wind down, but it can easily turn out to be quite the opposite—especially if I haven’t planned ahead. That’s where weekly meal planning comes in handy. Making a plan ahead of time helps make it easy to eat healthy during the busy week, which, in turn, helps me feel my best....

January 18, 2025 · 3 min · 560 words · Shannon Molina

ThePrep: Healthy and Delicious Dinners for Christmas 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!I can’t believe Christmas week is here! Where did the year go? I’ll be hosting Christmas Eve for the first time this year, and I’m excited to cook up a delicious meal for my family. And while my focus this week is on the holiday, I do need a plan for the other days of the week....

January 18, 2025 · 10 min · 2062 words · Glenn Rivera

ThePrep: Healthy Dinners in 4 Steps or Less

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 This week I’m starting with a creamy and cozy dinner that’s perfect for fall weather—Sunday’s20-Minute Chicken Cutlets with Creamy Pesto Sauce. This five-star-rated recipe is made in just two steps and uses quick-cooking chicken cutlets to keep the total time to 20 minutes....

January 18, 2025 · 3 min · 539 words · Rebecca Dudley

ThePrep: Healthy Dinners with 5 Ingredients or Less

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! Cooking has always been a way I wind down from busy schedules and long to-do lists. And while I do love spending time making more complex dishes like ravioli from scratch, on most weeknights, I don’t have that kind of time....

January 18, 2025 · 3 min · 496 words · Wendy Brown

ThePrep: High-Protein 20-Minute Summer Dinners

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! July has been a jam-packed month. I attended a few weddings, had some fun get-togethers with family and friends and was even lucky enough to see all of my EatingWell colleagues in person, which is a big deal given that we live all over the country....

January 18, 2025 · 3 min · 524 words · Joseph Patel

ThePrep: High-Protein 400-Calorie Dinners for Winter

ClosePhoto: Jennifer CauseyOur 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!Proteindoes your body a lot of good. It builds healthy cells and repairs ones that are damaged, keeps your immune system in tip-top shape, and it helps you to feel fuller for longer after a meal. Combine that with 400-calorie dinners and you have yourself a week of healthy, satisfying dinners....

January 18, 2025 · 10 min · 2083 words · Jackie English

ThePrep: High-Protein 400-Calorie Meals

CloseProteindoes your body a lot of good. It builds healthy cells and repairs ones that are damaged, keeps your immune system in tip-top shape, and it helps you to feel fuller for longer after a meal. Combine that with 400-calorie dinners and you have yourself a week of healthy, satisfying dinners. These healthy high-protein dinners deliver at least 14 grams of protein at each meal and clock in right around 400 calories per serving, to help you feel your best all week long....

January 18, 2025 · 9 min · 1877 words · Megan Fischer

ThePrep: High-Protein Dinners for Summer

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! The easy, classic summer dinners in this week’s plan are just what I’m craving. Think juicy burgers, big green salads and plenty of tomatoes and mozzarella. Plus, they’re high in protein, delivering at least 14 grams per serving to keep you feeling satisfied all evening long....

January 18, 2025 · 2 min · 421 words · Jill Thomas