Light dinners: 7 quick and healthy ideas for every day of the week

Something as common and everyday as eating can become complicated: many times we do not know how combine food, we always eat the same and we have run out of ideas, especially when looking for light dinners it is about.

The truth is that when we get into the mood of having a balanced and healthy diet, deciding what to eat for dinner and what we like, it can become a headache. But calm down, get inspired by this light dinner menu, with 7 ideas for a whole week.

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Why should we have a light dinner

Some of us fall into the error of thinking that only people who are on a weight loss plan should make light dinners, or that since your body does not gain weight, then you should not worry about your feeding. But the truth is that we should all try to make light dinners for good digestion.

Our metabolism digests food better in the morning, using all the energy they provide to function properly during the day. But as the hours go by, he needs less and less energy, as bedtime is approaching.

If you look at how your biological clock works you will notice that your intestines stop working at 10:30 pm, so what you have for dinner does not have much time to digest and it will stay in your body until the next morning.

A light dinner must therefore be in proportion higher vegetable content and medium protein content, whether vegetable or animal. Those who are lacking a little carbohydrates should take a small portion and make sure that they are not simple carbohydrates, such as refined flours. In that case a small toast of whole wheat bread is more than enough.

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Light dinners for a week

With this menu of light dinners for a week you can try delicious dishes, nutritionally balanced and that can inspire you to make your own variations.

1. Monday: Tomato soup

An excellent way to start the week after the excesses of Saturday and Sunday is to decide on a soup, because they are easy to digest and provide a good amount of nutrients, being excellent as light dinners.

Ingredients

6 tomatoes, 1 slice of cheese, ¼ onion, leek, basil and water.

Preparation

Start by washing all the vegetables. Take the tomatoes and remove their stem, then bring them to a boil in a pot of water, make sure the water covers the tomatoes. While boiling, chop the onion, leek and basil very small and fry them to your liking.

When the water in the tomatoes has boiled, remove it from the pot, and with the help of a fork and a knife remove the peel, you will see that it comes off very easily. Then put the tomatoes in the blender and blend. Finally, mix the soup that has been made by blending the tomatoes with the onion and basil.

It serves

Put the slice of cheese in a bowl and pour the tomato soup over it. Add half a teaspoon of olive oil and it is ready to drink.

Variations

You can include a toast of whole wheat bread to accompany this light dinner. Also if you prefer, you can change the slice of cheese for some shredded chicken.

2. Tuesday: Tortilla wraps

This is one of the easiest light dinners to prepareWell, it doesn't take any time and you can make countless variations with the same idea.

Ingredients

2 eggs, 2 slices of turkey ham, ¼ avocado cut into strips.

Preparation

Beat the eggs with a little salt and pepper to taste and prepare an omelette that is cooked enough. When it's done, transfer it to a plate and divide it in half, or if you prefer it into smaller bites, you can divide it into three lines. Now put the turkey ham, the avocado slices, roll up and that's it! You have a much healthier and easier to digest version of wrap.

Variations

Try changing the ingredients and include another type of ham, soft cheese, arugula, cherry tomatoes or whatever you want.

3. Wednesday: Mushrooms or mushrooms with cheese

This is another of the quick light dinners to make and excellent to share with friends.

Ingredients

1 tray of mushrooms, 2 slices of soft cheese, onion, leek, parsley and butter.

Preparation

Chop the onion, leek and parsley very small, and put a little butter to heat in a pan. Later Sauté the onion, leek and parsley in it. Add the mushrooms over medium heat and stir from time to time. When you see that they are close to being finished, add the cheese so that it melts on them and you will have them ready for dinner.

Variations

When the mushrooms are cooked, add the cheese and put them in the oven to gratin. You can also turn it into a montadito by putting the mushrooms on a toast of whole wheat bread.

4. Thursday: Avocado basket

We love avocado as an ingredient for light dinners, because its flavor is unmatched and gives us healthy fats and very good nutrients.

Ingredients

1 avocado, 1 can of natural tuna, ¼ onion and ½ red pepper, 1 tablespoon of olive oil and salt.

Preparation

Start by chop the onion and red pepper as small as possible. When you have it ready, mix with the tuna and add a pinch of salt and olive oil. Now, take the avocado, cut it in half and remove the seed, then remove the peel. Take the mixture and serve it inside the space that the seed has left in the avocado and you will have a light, delicious and colorful dinner ready.

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5. Friday: Zucchini Spaghetti

It is already Friday and maintaining enthusiasm with light dinners can be difficult for us. We want to meet up with friends and start the weekend with a group dinner. That's why we give you this zucchini spaghetti recipe, that you will surely love.

Ingredients

Zucchini and your favorite sauce or pasta sauce recipe.

Preparation

Actually, what we're going to do for this light dinner is swap the pasta for zucchini. For it, take the zucchini and cut it with the vegetable chopper, so that it is cut into strips like spaghetti.

If you don't have one, you can improvise with a potato peeler and make strips as thin as you can. When ready, boil them in water with a pinch of salt for a few minutes, and then serve them with your favorite pasta sauce.

6. Saturday: Avocado Toast

The famous avocado toast that we like so much at the time of brunch It is also an excellent dish for us to have as a light dinner.

Ingredients

1 whole wheat toast, 1 avocado, ½ tomato, ¼ onion, leek, feta cheese and salt.

Preparation

Put all the avocado in a bowl and mash it with the help of a fork or with a mortar, until it looks like a guacamole. Then add a pinch of salt and the finely chopped tomato and onion. Mix very well. Spread the guacamole on the toast and mount some feta cheese on it and dinner!

Variations

You can add turkey ham, or swap the feta cheese and ham for eggs. Whatever you prefer.

7. Sunday: Omelette

It is normal that on Sunday you don't really want to cook, that's why we leave a very simple recipe for light dinners for this day: an omelette or French omelette.

Ingredients

2 eggs, 2 slices of ham and 1 chopped tomato.

Preparation

He mixes the eggs in a bowl with a pinch of salt and pepper. He adds olive oil to a frying pan and heat. When the oil is ready, he pours in the eggs and allows a few seconds for the base to start cooking.

ThenAdd the tomato and the ham from the middle to one side of the omelette. When the egg is no longer almost liquid, he closes the omelette in half. Flip it over to finish cooking and it's done.

Variations

The best thing about the omelette is that you can make endless variations with cheese, mushrooms, peppers and the ingredients that you like the most.

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