5 Easy Dinner Recipes, Including A Healthy Beet Grain Bowl

Monday: Sesame-ginger-beet quinoa bowl

Ready in 30 minutes
This healthy dinner bowl gets a mega-boost from freshly grated beets (they're loaded with minerals, nutrients and all-around veggie goodness). And the leftovers? They're the perfect work lunch. Get the recipe.

Tuesday: Baked puttanesca fish

Ready in 40 minutes
It's all about the zesty tomato, olive and garlic topping. This no-fuss recipe — cooked in a single foil packet — gives dinner a colouful mediterranean upgrade. Get the recipe.

Wednesday: Puttanesca fish stew

Ready in 40 minutes
For this recipe, it's all about the leftovers. Yesterday's baked puttanesca has had extra time to marinate, and those rich flavours speed up the normally lengthy stew-time you'd expect from this type of dish. Get the recipe.

Thursday: Bacon and mushroom pappardelle

Ready in 30 minutes
This creamy pasta with earthy mushrooms and fresh chives will make you feel like you're dining out tonight. Serve with crusty baguette and chilled white wine for the full effect. Get the recipe.

Friday: Chicken fried cauliflower rice

Ready in 40 minutes
Forget takeout! This stir-fry covers your cravings, while adding a healthy boost with one of our favourite food hacks: cauliflower rice. Get the recipe.

And don’t forget this printable grocery list! It has everything you need to buy, plus a few items to make sure you’re still stocked up on in the pantry.

And once you get the shopping is out of the way, it’s easy to cook along with us every night. (These easy dinner recipes are all ready in 40 minutes or less.) And leftovers — what leftovers? This simple set of recipes helps you use up any odds and ends when the week is over:

1. Dill.
French scramble

Whisk 3 eggs with 1 tbsp 35% cream and 1/8 tsp salt in a bowl. Season with fresh pepper. Cook eggs in 1 tbsp butter in a small frying pan over medium-low, stirring often, until just set, 4 to 5 min. Stir in 1 tbsp each sour cream and finely chopped dill. top with shaved parmesan.

2. 35% cream.
Salted milk chocolate squares

Pour 1/3 cup hot 35% cream over 2 cups milk chocolate chips set in a bowl. Stir until smooth. Add 1 cup crispy rice cereal. Scrape into an 8 x 8-in. pan lined with plastic wrap. Smooth and sprinkle with 1 1/2 tsp flaked sea salt. Chill for 1 hour. Cut into squares before serving.

3. Green onions.
Ultimate party dip

Toss 4 trimmed green onions with 2 tsp canola oil on a baking sheet. Broil until slightly charred, about 5 min. Whirl with 1 cup sour cream, 3/4 cup chopped cilantro, 2 tbsp mayo, 2 tsp lemon juice, 1/2 finely chopped red chili pepper and 1/8 tsp salt in a food processor until smooth. Serve with salted chips.

4. Ginger.
Passion fruit sundae

Combine 1 cup granulated sugar with 1/2 cup water in a medium saucepan over high. Cook, without stirring, until sugar is golden brown, 5 to 7 min. Remove from heat. Carefully pour in 1/2 cup 35% cream and 1 tbsp grated ginger, stirring until smooth. Let cool, 10 min. Layer with vanilla ice cream, toasted almonds and fresh passion fruit.

5. Fennel.
Fresh summer salad

Whisk 1 tbsp lemon zest with 2 tbsp each lemon juice and olive oil and 1/4 tsp salt in a large bowl. Season with fresh pepper. Stir in 1/2 thinly sliced fennel bulb, 1/2 cucumber, thinly sliced into half moons, and 255 g cherry tomatoes, halved, tossing until well coated.