10+ High-Fiber, High-Protein Heart-Healthy Dinner Recipes

10+ High-Fiber, High-Protein Heart-Healthy Dinner Recipes

With these balanced and delicious dinner recipes, you value your heart health. Each recipe corresponds to our heart -healthy nutritional parameters and focuses on ingredients that contain little sodium and saturated fats, while lean protein, healthy fats and fiber -rich vegetables are in the foreground. In addition, these dishes with at least 15 grams of protein and 6 grams of fiber per serving are filling. Recipes such as our protein-rich noodles with peas or our chicken fajita soup are great options for a tasty, nutritious dinner.

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Lemon orzo-tuna salad with broccoli

Leigh Beisch


This pasta salad and tuna salad mashup gives broccoli a color and texture thrust. Plenty of Kalamata olives ensure a salty bite. Make sure to carefully monitor the cooking of the pasta, as Orzo can become porridge from Al Dente in a minute. If in doubt, let it drain a little earlier so that it becomes softer in lemon dressing.

Protein -rich pasta with peas

Photographer: Morgan Hunt Glaze, Requisite Stylist: Claire Spollen, food stylist: Chelsea room


This one-pot pasta with peas is packed with herbal protein and a healthy portion of fiber. The chickpea noodles are cooked with bright green peas and refined with fragrant basil and a rich pesto sauce in order to give each bite a fresh taste. Nutty roasted pine nuts ensure the perfect crunch and give depth and texture.

Chicken-saving soup

Photographer: Morgan Hunt Glaze, props stylist: Hannah Greenwood, food stylist: Sally McKay


This chicken-saving soup combines the rich flavors of a traditional chicken-farming-juicy seasoned chicken, spicy marinara sauce and hearty parmesan cheese-with the warmth and comfort of a soup. It is the perfect dish for the cool days when you want something familiar with a funny, innovative variant! We love the strong taste explosion, which Parmes sanchips offer as a side dish, we are also welcome to add freshly grated Parmesan.

Get married, white bean salad

Photographer: Jen Causey, food stylist: Emily Nabors Hall, props stylist: Hannah Greenwood.


This marry me salad with white beans is a bright, flavor-intensive dish in which you can hardly fall in love with and that is inspired by Marry Me Chicken. Delicate white beans are refined with sun -dried tomatoes, fresh basil and a creamy dressing that collapses with every bite. It can be prepared quickly and is perfect for the preparation of meals, for picnic or as a combination with grilled meat.

Chicken Fajita soup

Photographer: Morgan Hunt Glaze, food stylist: Margaret Monroe Dickey, Requisite Stylist: Priscilla Montiel


This chicken fajita soup combines the living, smoky aromas of traditional fajitas with the cozy warmth of a soup. This versatile dish is perfect for a cozy dinner and can be easily adapted to your preferences. To increase the heat, add a chopped Jalapeño to the vegetable mixture. You can replace the roast chicken with another protein, such as a remaining steak, or prepare it vegetarian by using broth without chicken meat and replacing the chicken with tofu.

Slow cooker chicken and brown rice with roasted corn and black beans

Photographer: Greg Dupree, food stylist: Ali Ramee Riquisite stylist: Christine Keely

With plenty of seasoning made of ground cumin, cayenne pepper and peppers and the pinch of Saibling, which gives the dish to the court, you will not miss the tanning step in this simple recipe to take away. If no frozen roasted corn is available, replace it with normal corn.

3-ingredient Farro-Bowl with roast chicken

Carolyn Hodges

To prepare this hearty grain bowl, get a salad set from the supermarket. Then give farro and chicken over it to get a protein-rich lunch or dinner that is finished in a few minutes.

Spinach and fried egg grain shells

Photographer: Antonis Achillos, props stylist: Shell Royster, food stylist: Ruth Blackburn

Wheat berries, a nutty-tasting whole grain with pleasantly tough consistency, are the basis of this hearty breakfast bowl recipe. The fiber -rich grain can be frozen very well. So cook a portion of it to keep them for salads, bowls and more. With spinach, peanuts and an egg garnished, these bowls ensure a filling breakfast. Sprinkle with a crushed red pepper for additional sharpness.

Buffalo chicken chilli from the slow cooker

Jason Donnelly


If you like Buffalo Wings, you will love the aromas of this warm, hearty chillies that can be easily prepared in the Slow Cooker. Sour cream helps to reduce the heat, but you can also use natural yogurt.

Teriyaki chicken pan

Photographer: Brie Goldman, food stylist: Addlyn Evans, props stylist: Gabriel Greco


In the food department of the supermarket, look for a pre-cut paprika onion mix. It helps to save preparation time with five ingredients with this quick dinner. For this simple dinner you need hot brown rice that is perfect when you have leftovers. If not, search for microwave -safe brown rice or frozen brown rice to keep the preparation minimally.

Extra crispy eggplant-saving

Photographer: Fred Hardy, food stylist: Jennifer Wendorf, props stylist: Shell Royster


This eggplant Parmesan is creamy in the middle and has a crispy panko crust on the outside. To know when your eggplant is cooked perfectly, sting with the tip of a vegetable knife. The knife tip should slide through with little resistance. If it feels a little too tough in some places, it takes a few more minutes in the oven. You can turn the baking sheet from front to rear for even tanning.

Slow-Cooker Chile-orange-Hühnchen-Tacos

A Taco evening favorite! Chicken breast without bone is cooked at a low level and slowly cooked in a chipotle-orange sauce until they are tender, and is then combined with a fresh avocado-orange sala.