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The last meal of the day, always important to finish of your day with a nice meal that makes you feel good to tackle on your next day. Below are some amazing recipes that will get you hooked on eating healthy, without even noticing it. All recipes are for (1) serving, so if you are making for (2) just double the recipe. Got a healthy dinner recipe you would like to share? please e-mail us and we will post it here with your name.




Tilapia with Tomatoes (posted by adviceforlosingweight.com)
Ingredients:



2 fillets frozen tilapia (thawed)
2 tomatoes
2 garlic cloves
1 tablespoon parsley
4 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil
seal salt and freshly ground pepper


Heat oven to 400F, rube 1 tablespoon olive oil all over fish and place in the oven over foil for about 25 minutes. Meanwhile, peel garlic, finely chop and add to a mortal, mash garlic until smooth. Add parsley and pinch of salt and mash some more. Add 2 tablespoons olive oil to the mix and blend all together. Place cooked fillets on a dish and add the sauce evenly on top of both fillets. Cut the tomatoes into quarters and drizzle remaining olive oil over tomatoes and a pinch of salt and black pepper. More Info.


Cod in Tomato Sauce (posted by adviceforlosingweight.com)
Ingredients:



2 fillets frozen wild cod (thawed)
2 tomatoes
1/2 onion sliced
2 garlic cloves
1/2 cup white wine or 1/2 cup water
2 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil
1 tablespoon parsley
seal salt and freshly ground pepper



Heat oven to 400F, rube 1 tablespoon olive oil all over fish and place in the oven over foil for about 20 minutes. Meanwhile, heat remaining olive oil in a pan (medium heat), peel garlic and slice into medallions and add to the pan. After 1 minute add onion and mix together for about 2 minutes. Finely chop tomatoes and add to pan with a pinch of salt, pepper and parsley. Cook for about 5 minutes, until tomato has broken up and add the wine. Place cooked fish on top of mixture and cook for 10 minutes, turning fish once. Place the fish on a plate and add the sauce over fish. More Info.


BBQ Salmon with Asparagus (posted by adviceforlosingweight.com)
Ingredients:



1 fillet frozen salmon (thawed)
12 asparagus sticks
1/4 cup organic BBQ sauce
1 tablespoon extra virgin olive oil
seal salt and freshly ground pepper



Either light a BBQ or turn oven on at 400F. Rub 1/2 the BBQ sauce all over the fish and place on the grill or oven and cook for about 12 minutes BBQ or 20 minutes oven, turning at least once. Add the asparagus sticks to BBQ or oven and cook for about 15 minutes, until soft, turning frequently. Place cooked fish on a plate and add the remaining BBQ sauce over fish. Add cooked asparagus on the side and drizzle olive oil over them and a pinch of salt and pepper. More Info.


Paprika Shrimp with Roasted Potatoes (posted by adviceforlosingweight.com)
Ingredients:



10 large frozen shrimp (thawed)
1 medium russet potato
2 garlic cloves
3 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil
1 tablespoon Spanish paprika
1 teaspoon parsley
seal salt and freshly ground pepper



Heat oven to 400F. Clean potato in water and cut into 1/2 inch squares. Place potatoes in an oven proof baking sheet and add 1 tablespoon olive oil, pinch of salt and pepper and mix together. Put in oven and cook for about 50 minutes. Meanwhile, peel garlic, finely chop and add to a mortal and mash until smooth. Add a pinch of salt, paprika and parsley and 2 tablespoons olive oil and blend together. Place shrimp on foil and rub mixture all over and place in oven for about 15 minutes. Place shrimp on a plate with potatoes on the side. More Info.


Black Bean Soup (posted by adviceforlosingweight.com)
Ingredients:



1/2 can black beans (drained and washed)
1 tomato
1/2 medium onion
3 cloves garlic
1 tablespoon dry parsley
1 teaspoon Spanish paprika
2 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil
1/4 cup water
seal salt and freshly ground pepper



Put 1 tablespoon olive oil in a sauce pan, peel 2 garlic and cut into thin slices, place in the pan and cook in medium heat. Meanwhile peel onion and finely dice, add to pan once the garlic starts to change color from white to slightly brown, usually about 1 minute (don't over cook garlic!). Mix together and cook onions until soft (2 minutes). Wash tomato and finely dice, add to the pan. Add 1 pinch salt, 1/2 teaspoon pepper, paprika and parsley and mix all together. Cook for about 5 minutes, until tomato has broken up. Add 1/4 cup water and beans, mix all together and let simmer for about 5 minutes. Place bean soup in a bowl and add 1 peeled garlic (finely diced) and 1 tablespoon olive oil on top and mix in. More Info.


Paella (posted by adviceforlosingweight.com)
Ingredients:



7/8 cup medium grain rice
10 large frozen shrimp (thawed)
2 1/4 cups water
1 red bell pepper
handful of frozen green beans (thawed)
6 garlic cloves (peeled and finely diced)
1 tomato
1/4 cup canned lima beans (drained and washed)
1/4 cup extra virgin olive oil
pinch of Spanish saffron
1 tablespoon Spanish paprika
1/2 lemon
seal salt



Heat olive oil in a large skillet pan on medium heat. Cut bell pepper into thin slices and add to pan. Cook until browned and add green beans, cook until browned. Finely dice tomato and add to pan and cook until dissolved and add garlic. Cook for about 5 minutes and add lima beans, paprika and water and mix all together. Add the saffron, a pinch of sea salt and let simmer in medium heat for about 20 minutes. Add rice an evenly spread through pan and place shrimp on top. Stirring rice very gently, cook for about 15 minutes, or until water is almost dissolved and rice is done. Turn heat off and cover for 10 minutes. Remove cover and squeeze lemon over rice and serve at once. This recipe has (2) servings included. More Info.


Veggie Omelet with Toast (posted by adviceforlosingweight.com)
Ingredients:



2 slices whole wheat bread
3 eggs
1 tomato
1/2 avocado
1/4 onion
1/2 red bell pepper
1 tablespoon extra virgin olive oil
seal salt and freshly ground pepper



Heat olive oil in a medium size frying pan on medium heat. Beat 1 egg with 2 egg whites (crack one egg into a bowl and the on the other 2 eggs just use the egg whites and discard egg yolks) and a pinch of salt and pepper. Add egg mixture to pan and cook for about 2 minutes and turn over. Finely dice tomato, onion and bell pepper and add to one side of the egg and flip other side so veggies are covered. Cook for about 2 minutes and place on a plate. Cut avocado into thin slices and place on top of omelet. Toast both pieces of whole wheat bread and drizzle with olive oil and serve on the side. More Info.


Penne Pasta with Shrimp and Salad (posted by adviceforlosingweight.com)
Ingredients:



1 serving whole wheat penne pasta
8 large frozen shrimp (thawed)
3 tomatoes
6 garlic cloves (peeled and diced)
3 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil
1 tablespoon parsley
1 medium head romaine lettuce (washed, dried and cut into small pieces)
1/4 onion sliced
1 tablespoon balsamic vinegar
seal salt and freshly ground pepper


Heat oven to 400F and place shrimp on foil and cook for about 10 minutes. Cook pasta as directed in package. Meanwhile heat 2 tablespoons olive oil (medium heat) in a frying pan, add 5 minced garlic and cook for about 1 minute. Finely dice 2 tomatoes and add to the pan with a pinch of salt, pepper, and parsley, and cook until tomatoes have broken up, about 10 minutes. Drain pasta and add to pan with the sauce, add the shrimp. Mix all together and serve at once. Meanwhile place lettuce in a big bowl and add the onion, 1 tomato sliced in quarters, remaining garlic, remaining olive oil, vinegar, a pinch of salt, pepper, and mix all together. Serve salad on side. More Info.


Whole Wheat Pizza and Salad (posted by adviceforlosingweight.com)
Ingredients:



1 12" Boboli whole wheat thin crust
1/2 jar organic pizza sauce
1 ball fresh mozzarella
2 tomatoes
1/2 jar roasted red bell peppers
8 leaves fresh basil
1 medium head romaine lettuce (washed, dried and cut into small pieces)
1/4 onion sliced
1 garlic (peeled and finely diced)
1 tablespoon extra virgin olive oil
1 tablespoon balsamic vinegar
seal salt and freshly ground pepper



Heat oven as suggested by pizza crust package. Remove crust from packaging and place on foil paper. Spread pizza sauce evenly over crust. Cut cheese and (1) tomato into thin medallions and place over sauce evenly. Cut red bell pepper into thin strips and place over cheese along with basil leaves. Place in oven and cook as directed, about 25 minutes or until cheese in melted. Meanwhile place salad in a big bowl and add the onion, sliced tomato, garlic, olive oil, vinegar, a pinch of salt, pepper and mix all together. Serve salad on side. This recipe has (2) servings included. More Info.


Grilled Chicken with Tomato Salad (posted by adviceforlosingweight.com)
Ingredients:



1 frozen grilled chicken breast
2 tomatoes
1/2 onion sliced
1 hardboiled egg
1 tablespoon parsley
2 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil
1 tablespoon lemon-pepper
seal salt



Heat oven 400F. Place chicken breast on a piece of foil paper and rub 1 tablespoon olive oil all over and add lemon-pepper over oil. Place in oven and cook for approx. 35 minutes or until chicken is cooked throughout. Meanwhile, Cut each tomato into 4 quarters and place on a plate, place onions over tomatoes, slice egg into 4 quarters and place between tomatoes. Drizzle remaining olive oil over tomatoes, add a pinch of salt and parsley. Serve on the side. More Info.




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5 Healthy Recipe for Paella 307
6 Healthy Recipe for Black Bean Soup 312
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9 Healthy Recipe for Cod in Tomato Sauce 433
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