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Finding quick and easy recipes to depend upon throughout your weight loss journey is essential for making your goals feel within reach while satisfying your cravings through delicious dishes. Many people often steer clear of cooking healthy meals for themselves due to the common misconception that you have to use nearly every dish in your kitchen and leave a significant mess in your wake in order to create meals that will allow you to lose weight and still taste good.
To dispel this myth, we rounded up four simple one-pan recipes you can make this week that offer ample protein, carbs, healthy fat, and plenty of veggies for a well-balanced diet that doesn’t require hours of clean up.
Sheet Pan Mediterranean Shrimp
Shrimp is an excellent source of lean protein which can help to increase satiety and limit cravings for hours after eating. This Mediterranean inspired dish is packed with antioxidants, vitamins, and minerals from a wide array of veggies which can help to promote healthy weight loss without sacrificing flavor—or making a mess of the kitchen.
Ingredients: Lemon, garlic, salt, black pepper, oregano, artichoke hearts, grape tomato, kalamata olives, red onion, zucchini, olive oil, crushed red pepper, raw shrimp, feta cheese, parsley, brown rice
Sheet Pan Balsamic Chicken with Potatoes and Carrots
Another protein rich meal perfect for weight loss, this one pan chicken and veggie recipe will fill you up while making for great leftovers throughout the week. Potatoes are an excellent source of healthy carbs, and roasted carrots are much easier to digest than their raw counterpart, especially when coated in delicious seasonings.
Ingredients: Boneless skinless chicken breast, carrots, baby red potatoes, olive oil, salt and pepper, garlic powder, basil, thyme, vinegar, honey, grated parmesan
One Pan Vegetarian Gnocchi
Gnocchi is a delicious Italian staple, and it doesn’t need to take hours of labor to create a healthy and filling meal surrounding this potato based pasta. Complete with white beans as a protein source and spinach, mushroom and tomatoes for some added density to the meal, this one pan dish will warm you from the inside out as cooler weather approaches.
Ingredients: Packaged gnocchi, olive oil, salt and pepper, red pepper flakes, mushrooms, tomatoes, spinach, white beans, parmesan cheese
Sheet Pan Salmon & Rainbow Veggies
Salmon is one of the healthiest sources of protein, and served alongside a rainbow variety of vegetables, this recipe will boost your immune system and keep you full as you work to achieve sustainable weight loss. Cruciferous vegetables such as broccoli have been known to improve digestion, and yellow squash is the ideal seasonal veggie to increase the volume of this meal with minimal excess calories.
Ingredients: Yellow squash, broccoli florets, red onion, olive oil, black pepper, salt, dijon mustard, honey, garlic cloves, lemon juice, skinless salmon fillets, grape tomatoes, lemon wedges
