Dinner Tonight: Quick and Healthy Menus in 45 Minutes (or Less)

These recipes, paired with simple sides, can be on your table in 45 minutes or less. Check back for additional recipes around the beginning of each month.

Dinner Tonight: Pork

Quick-cooking and easy to work with, lean cuts of pork can work in all sorts of dishes.

Chipotle Pork Tacos Recipe
Photo: Ellie Miller

Chipotle Pork Tacos

Time: 40 minutes

Flavor Hit: Cook tortillas over an open gas flame or in a grill pan for chargrilled flavor.

Serve with Radish and Fennel Salad: Combine 1 cup thinly sliced radishes, 1 cup thinly sliced fennel, 1/2 cup thinly sliced celery, and 1 tablespoon finely chopped niçoise olives in a large bowl. Combine 5 tablespoons fresh lemon juice, 2 teaspoons extra-virgin olive oil, 1/4 teaspoon salt, and 1/4 teaspoon black pepper. Drizzle juice mixture over radish mixture. Yield: 4 servings. CALORIES 48; FAT 2.7g (sat 0.4g); SODIUM 199mg

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