3 Healthy Dinner Recipes I Ate While Losing 60 lbs Postpartum

Written By Mackenzie Bearden

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Are you ever stuck wondering what you should eat for dinner? Then maybe you get so hungry you end up eating something unhealthy? We have all been there!

I am going to share with you 3 healthy dinner recipes that I ate while losing 60 lbs postpartum. They are healthy, simple, and quick! I don’t know about you but I need quick and healthy meals with 2 kids under 2!

This post will cover:

  • 3 Healthy Dinner Recipes

  • Grocery List for Recipes

  • How to Stay Consistent With Eating Healthy

Let’s get right into the healthy dinner recipes, because that’s why you are here!

Chicken Enchiladas

what you will need:

  • 1 pound of chicken breasts- cooked and shredded

  • 1 can of cream of chicken soup (I use organic)

  • 1 cup of salsa

  • 1/2 tbsp of hot sauce (or to taste, if you want more/less spicy)

  • 1 cup of shredded cheese

  • Taco size flour tortilla shells (I use siete brand almond flour ones)

Recipe:

  • Preheat the oven to 350 degrees

  • cook your chicken breast. I put mine in the crock pot for 6 hours on low but however you want to cook it! Shred the chicken in a large bowl.

  • In the large bowl with the chicken, add in the cream of chicken soup, salsa, hot sauce, and shredded cheese. Mix until all combined.

  • In a baking dish lay out a tortilla, stuff the tortilla with the chicken mixture and fold tortilla over. Continue until all of the tortillas are stuffed, or as many as you want to make are complete.

  • Once all the tortillas have the chicken mixture in them, pour salsa over top of all of them. Then top with cheese.

  • Cover baking dish with foil, and put in oven. Bake for 40 minutes covered. After the 40 minutes, remove the foil and bake for an extra 10 minutes uncovered.

  • Serve and enjoy! Serve with toppings of choice!

Easy Mediterranean Chicken Bowls

what you will need

  • 1 pound of chicken breasts

  • 2 bell peppers

  • 1 red onion

  • 1 cucumber

  • 3 small tomatoes

  • avocado oil or olive oil

  • 1 cup of rice

  • spinach

  • taboulli

  • hummus

  • feta cheese

  • garlic powder

  • dill

  • salt

  • pepper

Recipe

  • Preheat oven to 400. Season chicken with garlic powder, salt, pepper, and dill. Bake chicken until cooked thoroughly.

  • Cut up bell peppers and half of red onion. Season the bell peppers and onion with garlic powder, salt, pepper, and dill. Bake the bell peppers at 400 degrees for 20 minutes. I like to bake my veggies in my 8 in 1 ninja foodi. It is my favorite kitchen essential. It makes food turn out perfect. Check it out on Amazon! I highly highly recommend. I use it everyday.

  • While the chicken, bell peppers, and onion are baking, prepare the cucumber salad. Chop up cucumber, tomatoes, and half of red onion very small in small bowl. Add in avocado oil, garlic, powder, salt, pepper, and dill. Mix well. Set aside. We will use this later when we assemble our bowl.

  • Cook rice as directed on packaging. Can omit if you want.

  • Assemble the bowl. Put spinach at the bottom of the bowl. Put some rice on the spinach or beside it. Add the peppers and onions to the bowl. Add chicken. Add the cucumber salad mixture on top. Finish by topping with hummus, feta cheese, and taboulli.

  • Enjoy!

Prosciutto Sandwiches

what you will need

  • Cibotta rolls

  • Prosciutto

  • Arugula

  • Tomatoes

  • Fresh mozzarella cheese

  • Balsamic glaze

  • salt and pepper to taste

Recipe

  • Start by cooking the prosciutto in a pan on the stove for just a couple of minutes.

  • Heat up cibotta rolls at 400 degrees for 3 minutes.

  • Cut tomatoes into slices.

  • Put prosciutto on cibotta rolls.

  • Top with arugula, fresh mozzarella, and tomatoes. Drizzle balsamic glaze over the top.

  • Enjoy! Pair with some homemade french fries or side salad!

Grocery list:

  • Chicken breast (2 pounds)

  • Can of cream of chicken soup

  • Jar of salsa

  • Hot sauce

  • Shredded Mexican cheese

  • Taco tortilla shells

  • 2 bell peppers

  • 1 red onion

  • 1 cucumber

  • tomatoes

  • avocado oil or olive oil

  • 1 cup of rice

  • spinach

  • taboulli

  • hummus

  • feta cheese

  • garlic powder

  • dill

  • Cibotta rolls

  • Prosciutto

  • Arugula

  • Fresh mozzarella cheese

  • Balsamic glaze

How to Stay Consistent With Eating Healthy

Healthy eating can be really heard to stick with. I get it. Especially if you are busy or in a rush. This is why planning out meals or meal prepping is so important!

Planning out my meals in advance has become a game changer for me. When I grocery shop and plan out meals beforehand, it is so much easier to eat healthy. This is because I have all of the ingredients I need to make yummy healthy meals!

Eating healthy also becomes easier when you keep it simple. Don’t over complicate it. The 3 meals I have above are all super easy but super yummy!

This 8 in 1 ninja foodi has become a real game changer for me when it comes to cooking. It makes cooking so much easier. It has so many different settings from bake, air roast, air fry, dehydrate, etc.! Oh, and it is a toaster too. I seriously use it everyday. Best kitchen item ever. Check it out on Amazon. You won’t regret it! And it is on sale right now, even better!

I am so excited for you to try these healthy, simple, quick meals! I hope you love them!

Mackenzie Bearden
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