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.

Healthy Dinner Recipe: Spice-Rubbed Pork Chops

Kana Okada

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Spice-Rubbed Pork Chops

Time: 40 minutes

Simple Sub: Replace the coriander with paprika or smoked paprika in the spice rub.

Serve with Lemon Green Beans: Steam 8 ounces green beans 5 minutes or until crisp-tender. Toss with 1 teaspoon
olive oil, 1 teaspoon grated lemon rind, and 1/4 teaspoon salt.

And Sweet Potato Wedges: Cut 1 large peeled sweet potato lengthwise into 10 wedges. Combine potato wedges, 1 tablespoon olive oil, 1/4 teaspoon garlic salt, and 1/4 teaspoon paprika; toss to coat. Arrange wedges in a single layer on a baking sheet. Bake at 500º for 16 to 20 minutes or until done, turning after 9 minutes.

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