Chicken and vegetable stir-fry
Fifteen minutes, crunchy vegetables and a sauce made from what's in your pantry.
- Total time
- 18 min
- Servings
- 2 servings
- Calories per serving
- 375 cal
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Light dinners that don't leave you hungry
Light for real, not hungry-light
Air fryer roasted vegetables
Fifteen minutes, plus a timing chart by vegetable so every one comes out just right.
- Total time
- 25 min
- Servings
- 3 servings
- Calories per serving
- 145 cal
Warm chickpea salad
Fifteen minutes and a complete dinner. Golden chickpeas are nothing like the ones from the can.
- Total time
- 15 min
- Servings
- 2 servings
- Calories per serving
- 385 cal
Zucchini and onion Spanish omelette
Juicy inside and not swimming in oil. The trick is getting the water out of the zucchini.
- Total time
- 32 min
- Servings
- 3 servings
- Calories per serving
- 240 cal
Roasted pumpkin soup
Roasted, not boiled. That one change makes it a completely different soup.
- Total time
- 45 min
- Servings
- 4 servings
- Calories per serving
- 165 cal
Light dinners that don't leave you hungry
Light doesn't mean skimpy. The dinner that goes wrong is the plate of vegetables that ends with the fridge door open at 11:30 p.m. The one that works has vegetables, yes, but also a decent serving of protein: that's what takes the hunger away and stops you waking up ravenous.
Here you'll find vegetable soups that hold their own, omelettes, stovetop stir-fries and fish that cook in the time it takes to set the table. Almost none take more than twenty minutes, because at 9 p.m. nobody wants a forty-minute recipe.
Questions
Frequently asked questions
Do carbs at night make you gain weight?
No. What makes you gain weight is eating more than you burn over the whole day, not the time you eat it. If it agrees with you and helps you sleep, having rice or potatoes for dinner is perfectly fine.
How many calories should a light dinner have?
Between 350 and 500 per serving is a reasonable range for most people. Below 300 it usually falls short and ends in snacking later.
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