Easy and irresistible dinner ideas

Bolognese pizza with egg

Pizza is a classic of fast dinners and, depending on what you put on it, it doesn't have to be very heavy (and if you don't check out our formula to get a low calorie pizza). In this case, to save time, we have taken a ready-made pizza dough, placed it on the baking tray lined with parchment paper, and covered it with bolognese sauce and mozzarella. Then, you bake it in the oven preheated to 250 ° for 12-15 minutes. And halfway through cooking, you crack an egg in the center. Easy right?

Stuffed courgettes

Stuffed vegetables are one of the most popular and easy dishes to make (although it seems otherwise). You just have to cut the zucchini, wash them, cut them in half lengthwise and empty them. Then, you cook them for 3 minutes, cool them in water with some ice cubes, and drain them well. While the oven is preheated to 180 ^or prepares a vegetable stir - fry with chopped meat and use it to fill. Place them in an ovenproof dish and bake for 15 minutes. To facilitate the process, you can use a vegetable ratatouille that is already made in a "safe food" plan.

Egg and ham croquettes

Croquettes can save you a meal or dinner in no time if you have them prepared in advance. To make these ham and cheese, you just have to mix a béchamel, with boiled egg and chopped serrano ham, coat them with egg and breadcrumbs, and fry them. If you want a less greasy version, you can also bake them instead of frying them, as we have done in our light turkey croquettes. And if you have given up on making them because they never come out right, don't miss the tricks to make the same croquettes and prevent them from breaking.

Asparagus cake, tomatoes and cottage cheese

While the oven is preheating to 200 °, line a 20 cm pie tin with a chilled puff pastry disc. Top with sautéed leek, sautéed asparagus and some tomatoes cut in half. Salt and pepper, spread cottage cheese or another cheese cut into small cubes on top, sprinkle with a thread of oil and bake for about 25 minutes, until the puff pastry is golden. Garnish with aromatic herbs and serve.

Hamburger with tomato and pickles

Few things are as appetizing as a hamburger, and depending on the ingredients you use to cook it, it doesn't have to be a sin. These, for example, are made from veal and we have combined them with a burger bread made from seeds, tomato slices and pickles. To make you feel better at night, you can roast the tomato slices and they will be easier to digest. And if you have doubts about whether you can eat burgers on a diet, this interests you.

Eggplant stuffed with rice

To make them, we have cut some aubergines in half, we have made some cuts in the pulp and we have baked them for 20 min at 180 °. Then we have let them cool a little, we have emptied them with the help of a spoon, and we have mixed this pulp with a basmati rice with vegetables that we had left over from a meal. Finally, we have filled the aubergines with the mixture, baked them 5 min at 180 ° and that's it.

Pasta soup

Heat a broth that you already have prepared (or pre-cooked) until it starts to boil, add the pasta that you like the most, cook it for the time indicated by the manufacturer, and rectify the salt point if necessary. While cooking, wash the parsley, dry it well with kitchen paper and chop it very finely. Once cooked, divide the soup into bowls and sprinkle the parsley on top. If you want to give it an Italian touch, you can add some grated cheese. And if you want an oriental touch, use noodles instead of the old pasta.

Puff pastry cake with ham, cheese and vegetables

Preheat the oven to 180o. Spread a sheet of puff pastry on the plate lined with parchment paper. Fold the edge of the dough in, about 1 cm, and brush the edge with the whipped yolk. Then poke the center several times with a fork. Put it in the oven and cook it for 10 minutes. Remove and let it temper. Top with ham shavings, cheese cubes and vegetables (tomatoes, roasted vegetables or even pieces of fruit). Bake again for 5 more minutes at the same temperature, remove, let it rest for about 5 minutes and serve.

Spinach Lasagna

In a refractive source, put a finger of béchamel. Top with a layer of cooked lasagna noodles. Top with a mixture of cooked spinach and crumbled cottage cheese. Put another layer of plates of lasagna and spinach plates with cottage cheese. Top with one more layer of lasagna plates, cover with béchamel sauce, sprinkle cheese on top and bake for 18 to 20 minutes in a preheated 200 ° oven.

Broccoli casseroles with egg and salmon

Preheat the oven to 180 °. While it is heating, cook broccoli sprigs along with a sliced garlic in salted water for about 7 minutes. Cut some slices of smoked salmon into thin strips. Beat three eggs together with a little chopped parsley and a pinch of salt and pepper. Divide the broccoli into refractory casseroles, put the salmon on top, pour in the egg, sprinkle with a little grated cheese, and bake for 5 minutes until the cheese begins to brown and the egg sets. You can substitute the salmon for ham, prawns, eels, mushrooms … Discover more recipes with broccoli.

Chicken rolls with ham and vegetables

On some chicken fillets, put a slice of Serrano ham. Roll up and secure with string or toothpick. Brown them in a frying pan with a thread of oil. Once golden brown, add tomato sauce, diced vegetables, a little wine if you want, and cook covered for about 10 minutes. To decorate, you can sprinkle some aromatic herbs on top. Besides being a good idea for dinner, it is one of those dinners that you have ready in a few minutes (and they are not canned!).

Cabalacín rolls with chicken and vegetables

Cut a zucchini into thin slices lengthwise and blanch them in boiling water for a few minutes to soften. Then take some asparagus tips and diced peppers and carrots and sauté them. Also cut the chicken into strips and sauté it. Then, take a refractory dish, put a bed of tomato sauce and on top the zucchini rolled with vegetable sticks and the chicken strips in the middle (if you want to hold them with a toothpick so they do not open) and grated cheese on top. You only need to bake them for 15 minutes at 200 ° and that's it. More tricks to cook in the oven, here.

Turkey cutlet with roasted vegetables

The trick to making this recipe in the blink of a stove is to cook the potatoes first in the microwave. Wash them well without removing the skin, pierce them with a fork, put them as is in a microwave container, and cook them on full power for 4-5 minutes. Take them out, let them cool a bit, cut them into slices and grill them on a griddle along with tomato slices and onion strips. And finally, you put it together with the grilled turkey chops that you may have made at the same time as the vegetables. As you can see, it has no mystery.

Spinach cream with boiled egg

In a pot, sauté a leek and a carrot. Then add about 500 g of fresh spinach and a potato cut into small cubes. When the spinach has reduced, add vegetable broth until all the vegetables are well covered. Cook for 15-20 minutes (until the potato is cooked) and mash. To accompany and make the dish more complete, you can add boiled egg (in this case they are quail), some slices of toasted almonds, and if you want an exotic touch, some fresh spinach leaf sautéed in oil.

Hake and vegetables in papillote

Cut 4 large rectangles from parchment paper. Scrape off 2 carrots and sprout 1 zucchini. Wash both and break them into thin sticks. Wash the hake, salt and pepper it and spread it out on the paper along with the vegetables. Add a little white wine and oil to each packet. Close and bake for 12 minutes at 180 °. Open them carefully, so as not to burn yourself with the steam. To dress, you can use a mixture of parsley, garlic and pine nuts crushed with oil, or another dressing that you like.

You have already seen in our dinner ideas thatthere are many options when you don't know what to eat at night. Although there is much controversy about what a perfect dinner should be, since it depends a lot on what you have eaten throughout the day and your physical activity, there are some basic principles.

X-ray of the perfect dinner

It should be light but not sparse.
Complete, because your body continues to work at night, but without falling into excesses
And digestive, to facilitate rest.

Good (and bad) dinner company

Cooked vegetables, better than raw. At night it is preferable to take the vegetables cooked, steamed or in the form of creams. The salad can be indigestible.
Fish, better than meat. Fish is also more digestive. And among the meats, the white ones are better. But it is not true that dinner should be richer in protein. 60-80 g of fish or chicken is enough.
Cooked fruit. You can lightly cook apples, pears, bananas or peaches in the oven, in the microwave, or grill them.
Yogurt. It's a classic as a dessert for dinner, but by no means can it become the only thing you dine on.
Infusions . Yes, as long as they are relaxing and digestive. It is not time to make a revitalizing tea, for example.