Skip to content

Top Navigation

Cooking Light Cooking Light
  • Recipes
  • Cooking 101
  • Eating Smart
  • Healthy Living
  • News

Profile Menu

Your Account

Account

  • Email Preferences

Manage Your Subscription

  • All Access Subscribers
  • Magazine Subscribers
  • Cooking Light Diet Subscribers
Login
Logout
SUBSCRIBE
Pin FB

Explore Cooking Light

Cooking Light Cooking Light
  • Explore

    Explore

    • 31-Day Healthy Meal Plan

      Our 31-day calendar of meals and tips shows you how to cook more and love it with fun, family-friendly meals that come together quickly and deliciously. Read More
    • Dinner Tonight: Quick and Healthy Menus in 45 Minutes (or Less)

      Hundreds of delicious recipes, paired with simple sides, that can be on your table in 45 minutes or less. Read More
    • Our Favorite Healthy Air Fryer Recipes

      Who ever said that chicken wings, doughnuts, and pizza couldn't be healthy? Read More
  • Recipes

    Recipes

    See All Recipes
    • Breakfast & Brunch
    • Lunch
    • Dinner
    • Drinks
    • Recipe Makeovers
    • Quick & Healthy
    • Diabetic
    • Gluten-Free
    • Vegetarian
    • Cooking Light Live
  • Cooking 101

    Cooking 101

    See All Cooking 101
    • Essential Ingredients
    • Cooking Techniques
    • Meet the Chef
    • Cooking Resources
    • Budget Friendly
    • Smart Choices
  • Eating Smart
  • Healthy Living

    Healthy Living

    See All Healthy Living
    • Weight-Loss
    • Health
    • Fitness
    • Home
    • Travel
    • Nutrition 101
  • News

Profile Menu

Your Account

Account

  • Email Preferences

Manage Your Subscription

  • All Access Subscribers
  • Magazine Subscribers
  • Cooking Light Diet Subscribers
Login
Logout
Sweepstakes

Follow Us

  1. Home
  2. Recipes
  3. Sunday Strategist: A Week of Healthy Dinners - July 17-21

Sunday Strategist: A Week of Healthy Dinners - July 17-21

July 12, 2017
Skip gallery slides
Pin
Credit: Photo: Caitlin Bensel
If you like having a healthy meal plan but want something customized to your dietary or caloric needs, check out The Cooking Light Diet. It’s a calorie-driven weekly meal plan—breakfast, lunch, snacks, and dinner—based on your dieting goals and food preferences. All of these recipes are from our new August issue. Look for one on a newsstands to find more delicious dinner inspiration.
Start Slideshow

1 of 6

Pin
Facebook Tweet Email Send Text Message

Monday: Seared Salmon Salad with Beets and Blackberries

Credit: Photo: Caitlin Bensel
View Recipe: Seared Salmon Salad with Beets and Blackberries

A lime-forward vinaigrette adds pucker and punch to the salmon and salad, rounded out by earthy-sweet beets and juicy blackberries. Mint with blackberries is a favorite cocktail combo that also works in a fresh entrée salad.

1 of 6

Advertisement
Advertisement

2 of 6

Pin
Facebook Tweet Email Send Text Message

Tuesday: Quick BBQ Chicken Thighs with Mashed Potatoes

Credit: Photo: Caitlin Bensel
View Recipe: Quick BBQ Chicken Thighs with Mashed Potatoes

We speed up this cookout classic by using boneless chicken thighs and a hot grill pan. Look for refrigerated mashed potatoes in the prepared foods aisle of the supermarket, usually with the refrigerated fresh pastas.

2 of 6

3 of 6

Pin
Facebook Tweet Email Send Text Message

Wednesday: Peach-Glazed Pork Tenderloin

Credit: Photo: Caitlin Bensel
View Recipe: Peach-Glazed Pork Tenderloin

A sweet and savory peach glaze caramelizes on the pork as it cooks to perfection in a grill pan. We cut the tenderloin in half crosswise for easier maneuvering and faster cooking, and we tent the pork with foil to hold in more heat while it's in the pan. You could also use a cast-iron skillet if you don't have a grill pan. Serve with Watermelon-Tomato Salad.

3 of 6

Advertisement

4 of 6

Pin
Facebook Tweet Email Send Text Message

Thursday: Avocado-and-Pea Salmon Tartines

Credit: Photo: Caitlin Bensel
View Recipe: Avocado-and-Pea Salmon Tartines

Elevate your avocado toast with silky smoked salmon for a lunch worth bragging about. This recipe delivers a double dose of heart-healthy unsaturated fats from both salmon and avocado, plus 35% of your daily fiber goal. Be sure to look for salmon that's labeled "wild Alaskan." That way you can be sure you're getting sustainable seafood.

4 of 6

5 of 6

Pin
Facebook Tweet Email Send Text Message

Friday: Chicken Thighs with Peperonata and Roasted Broccoli

Credit: Photo: Caitlin Bensel
View Recipe: Chicken Thighs with Peperonata and Roasted Broccoli

We’re amazed by what this recipe achieves in just 20 minutes: crispy bone-in chicken thighs; a sweet, tangy, and savory pepper topper; and roasted broccoli. Part of the speed comes from being efficient with your pans—the pepper mixture cooks in the same pan used to crisp the chicken skin (adding fantastic flavor), and the broccoli and chicken roast together on a single baking sheet. 

5 of 6

6 of 6

Pin
Facebook Tweet Email Send Text Message

Bonus Dessert: Triple Melon Cream Pops

Credit: Photo: Caitlin Bensel
View Recipe: Triple Melon Cream Pops

Turn the bumper crop of peak-season melon into crowd-pleasing cream pops. Floral honeydew, musky cantaloupe, and candy-sweet watermelon provide dazzling pastel colors, while a bit of yogurt lends creamy appeal.

6 of 6

Advertisement
Advertisement
Advertisement
Replay gallery

Share the Gallery

Pinterest Facebook

Up Next

    Share the Gallery

    Pinterest Facebook
    Advertisement
    Skip slide summaries

    Everything in This Slideshow

    Advertisement

    View All

    1 of 6 Monday: Seared Salmon Salad with Beets and Blackberries
    2 of 6 Tuesday: Quick BBQ Chicken Thighs with Mashed Potatoes
    3 of 6 Wednesday: Peach-Glazed Pork Tenderloin
    4 of 6 Thursday: Avocado-and-Pea Salmon Tartines
    5 of 6 Friday: Chicken Thighs with Peperonata and Roasted Broccoli
    6 of 6 Bonus Dessert: Triple Melon Cream Pops

    Share & More

    Facebook Tweet Email Send Text Message
    Cooking Light

    Magazines & More

    Learn More

    • Customer Service this link opens in a new tab
    • Advertise
    • Content Licensing
    • Accolades this link opens in a new tab

    Connect

    MeredithCooking Light is part of the Allrecipes Food Group. © Copyright 2023 Meredith Corporation. All Rights Reserved. Cooking Light may receive compensation for some links to products and services on this website. Offers may be subject to change without notice. Privacy Policythis link opens in a new tab Terms of Servicethis link opens in a new tab Ad Choicesthis link opens in a new tab California Do Not Sellthis link opens a modal window Web Accessibilitythis link opens in a new tab
    © Copyright Cooking Light. All rights reserved. Printed from https://www.cookinglight.com

    View image

    Sunday Strategist: A Week of Healthy Dinners - July 17-21
    this link is to an external site that may or may not meet accessibility guidelines.