If you’re considering moving towards a plant based diet or even just reducing your intake of meat and seafoods, these plant based dinner recipes may provide a little inspiration to your meal planning.

While salads are naturally great options as plant based dinner recipes, there are also great plant based soup recipes and plant based side dishes on our list that elevate any meal. From veggie chili to hearty couscous recipes, these plant based recipes are as healthy as they are filling and delicious!

Will you be making any of these plant based dinner recipes? Have you already switched to a plant based diet? We’d love to hear from you!

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More and more people are enjoying a meat-free or limited-meat lifestyle these days. Not only is a vegetarian diet good for your heart health, it can also help prevent type 2 diabetes, lower blood pressure, and promote bone health.

From vegetarian breakfast casseroles to easy vegetarian casseroles for dinner, Paula has a surprising selection of healthy vegetarian casserole recipes, like a Mediterranean Cauliflower Casserole and a delicious pasta-less Eggplant Lasagna recipe.

Do you have some healthy vegetarian casserole recipes that you love? We’d love the recipes! Feel free to share them in the comments below!

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Ok, let’s address the elephant in the room—we know what you’re thinking. “Pork chops are tough!” “Pork chops are dry!” Well, not anymore, folks! These healthy pork chop recipes are not your grandmama’s pork chops. Years ago, the direction on this classic weeknight dinner was to cook pork all the way through to avoid getting trichinosis. But that “wisdom” has been debunked! Now you should just aim for an internal temperature of 145˚F. We highly recommend using a meat thermometer because pork chops can be very easy to overcook, which is what can cause them to be dry and tough. Once you cook these healthy pork chop recipes to the correct temperature, you may be surprised at just how succulent a pork chop can be!

Does your family love a good pork chop? What’s your favorite way to eat them? Will you be skipping the fried pork chops for one of these healthy pork chop recipes? Let us know all that and more in the comments below.

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You’ll find these recipes feature various cuts of pork, which all taste totally different! That’s one of our favorite things about pork—the cut changes the taste and texture entirely. It’s hard to believe they come from the same place! Plus, the recipes we’re sharing today include little to no added sugars, which is an important factor in making these healthy pork recipes, well, healthy.

All you need to pair with these recipes with pork are your favorite vegetable side dishes for a healthy, well-rounded meal. You can even add some veggies to a sheet pan with your pork for a great one-pot wonder—just be sure to roast everything in stages (your pork will take longer than potatoes, which take longer than most other veggies).

Will you be trying any of these healthy pork recipes? Let us know in the comments below which you’re most excited to try!

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Chicken is, naturally, a healthy option in the kitchen as it is a lean protein source, meaning it’s not an overly fatty protein option. Living in the South, we tend to get a reputation for enjoying our chicken prepared one way—with a Southern Fried Chicken recipe—and that’s far from the truth! Like everywhere else, chicken is a staple in our kitchens because it’s very versatile, so our recipe box has no shortage of healthy Southern chicken recipes, including some heart-healthy chicken recipes, like this Grilled Chicken with Rhubarb Salsa.

Just take a peek at our collection of recipes below for a taste of the wonderful healthy chicken dinner recipes the Deen Family has to offer! Do you have some great easy healthy chicken recipes to share with us, too? We’d love to hear ‘em! Leave them in the comments below. Happy (healthy) eating!

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When you hear that someone is vegetarian, your first assumption is that they must be healthy! And while many are, if vegetarians aren’t careful, it can be very easy to replace meat with bread, pasta, and other starches. So, that’s why we compiled our favorite healthy vegetarian recipes to make it easy!

From light snacks and nutritious breakfasts to easy vegetarian dinner recipes, like veggie burgers, zucchini boats, and healthy vegetarian side dishes, there are plenty of recipes to try out whether you live a meat-free life or just prefer to enjoy an occasional meatless meal. Even if you’re a self-proclaimed carnivore (we’re actually omnivores by nature), you may enjoy having these healthy vegetarian recipes. After all, we could certainly all use more vegetables in our lives and passing on eating meat for some meals won’t hurt us one bit.

Are you a vegetarian or do you just enjoy the occasional healthy vegetarian dinner recipe? Let us know in the comments below, along with your favorite healthy vegetarian recipes.

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An easy way to make ground beef recipes healthy, or at least healthier, is to choose a lean or extra-lean ground beef option instead of a fattier ground beef. This will automatically cut down on some fat and calories. We love taking classic recipes and finding ways to lighten them up—a skill we learned from both Paula and Bobby.

When compiling these healthy ground beef recipes, we took a page (and some recipes!) out of Paula’s lightened up cookbook, Paula Deen Cuts the Fat, to find recipes with some lighter substitutions. It’s amazing how a few small changes can make a big difference, isn’t it?

Do you have some favorite healthy ground beef recipes? We’d love to hear them. Feel free to share your recipes with us in the comments below. In the meantime, happy (and healthy) eating, friends!

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Another thing we love? Seafood typically cooks fast, but it cooks even quicker in an air fryer, making it a great option for a quick and healthy weeknight meal. In fact, it often cooks in as much time as it would take to preheat your oven, and if you can’t get behind that, we don’t know what to tell you!

Of course, the usual perks of cooking in an air fryer hold true when cooking air fryer seafood recipes, too—it uses less oil and fat, making it a healthier cooking method than many others.

Whether you’re looking for an elegant option, like Air Fryer Maple-Glazed Salmon with Pineapple Salsa; a delicious appetizer, like Air Fryer Coconut Fried Shrimp; or air fryer Southern seafood recipes, like Air Fryer Low Country Boil, Paula has great air fryer seafood recipes to try.

Looking for more great air fryer seafood recipes? Be sure to check out Paula Deen’s Air Fryer Cookbook. Don’t have an air fryer yet? Click here to shop Paula Deen Air Fryers.

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While we all know how to dress up a chicken with some herbs, we don’t always know how to dress up our veggies. That’s why we’re sharing side dish recipes that are as healthy as they are delicious. Plus, these recipes use an array of veggies, because we should keep our diets diverse to live long & healthy diets. As they say, we need to be eating the rainbow!

We’ve pulled together a dozen of our favorite healthy side dish recipes, and we think you’ll really like them. Whether you’re nuts about broccoli or crazy for carrots, you’re sure to find a few recipes that will make it into your family’s regular mealtime rotation.

What are your go-to healthy side dish recipes? Let us know in the comments section below!

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For us, our goal is to eat healthier. Working in the food industry, it’s hard to turn down cakes, cookies, fried chicken, creamed potatoes, and biscuits. But we’re taking a page out of Paula’s book—we’re enjoying those delicious dishes in moderation and supplementing them with healthy recipes that are still incredibly tasty.

From Acai Bowls and Cauliflower Crust Pizza recipes to delicious Pecan-Crusted Chicken Thighs and an Air Fryer Butternut Squash Salad recipe, we’ve got just what you need to create healthy, balanced menus for your family.

How many of you have resolved to eat healthier in the New Year? Let us know in the comments section. And while you’re at it, share any healthy recipes that you love there too.

Happy New Year!

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