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Don't have time to cook a healthy dinner? That's where skillet recipes come in. Toss some ingredients into a skilet and voilà—you've got an easy dinner with barely any cleanup and leftovers for days. What more could a girl ask for!? Check out 6 delicious skillet recipes you can make this week for easy weight loss.
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First, let's talk brekfast with this low-carb skillet cauliflower breakfast casserole recipe from Love and Zest. Subsitute cauliflower with just about any ingredient and you've instantly got a healthier meal. This recipe combines cauliflower with chicken, sausage, eggs, cheese, and more for a protein-packed start to your day.
Eggs in a skillet are a breakfast food no-brainer, but add some extra flavor with a low-fat hash recipe from Food Faith Fitness. Cook a fried egg with kale, squash, and peppers for a healthy, hearty breakfast dish you can whip up in 20 minutes.
Lemon chicken makes the perfect filling one-pan meal. Toss some veggies into the mix and you've got dinner and a side taken care of. Check out this lemon chicken and asparagus skillet recipe from Sweet C's Designs.
To get your pasta skillet fix, turn to low-cal alternatives like spaghetti squash or zucchini noodles, or just whole wheat pasta. Check out this 10-minute zucchini noodle and sausage recipe from The Slow Roasted Italian. For an actual pasta dish, try out this 20-minute lemon broccoli pasta skillet recipe from The Food Charlatan.
Like cauliflower, quinoa reigns supreme in terms of healthy ingredients. What's better than plain quinoa? Quinoa with chicken and broccoli, duh. Check out this recipe from A Spicy Perspective.
Craving tacos but want to lose weight? Ditch the taco shell and you can have the best of both worlds when you prepare the ingredients in a skillet. Save some cauliflower from the first recipe for this low-carb Mexican cauliflower rice skillet recipe from All Day I Dream About Food. You'll have to ditch the onions and tomatoes to cut back on calories, but you won't even notice a difference. Is it Taco Tuesday yet?
