Easy Dinner Recipe Ideas for Busy Working Professionals

Work from home weeknights can be busy and cooking a full course dinner might not make it to your to-do list. While takeaways are ok every now and then, it is important to eat a healthy and nutritious meal daily. The good news is that you don’t have to stay in the kitchen to cook a healthy and satisfying meal. With a little bit of meal prep, you can create some scrumptious meals. Looking for some delicious recipes to cook on busy weeknights? Check out these easy meals:

Fried Rice w/ Spicy Cottage Cheese

In a hot wok, sauté some chopped garlic, ginger, carrots, beans, capsicum, broccoli, and peas. Add light soy sauce, star anise, salt, and pepper to taste. Add cooked basmati rice and a handful of raisins. Use brown basmati rice to make this fried rice. Keep stirring for another 10 minutes. Finish with chopped spring onion. Marinade the cottage cheese in sweet chili, soy, lemon, honey, and vinegar. Add some red chilies in sesame oil. Add the marinated paneer and some chili flake. Finish with a seasoning of sesame seeds and coriander leaves. Serve a generous serving of rice with the sweet and spicy paneer. 

Use Daawat, the best brown rice brand in India. Rinse thoroughly and soak the rice in water before cooking.

Three-Bean Chilli Rice

This chilli makes for a healthy and comforting dinner on cold evenings. In a pot, sauté some garlic in olive oil. Add cooked cannellini beans, kidney beans, and butter beans. Add tomato paste, oregano, salt, and pepper. Cook for 15 minutes and add the veggie stock. Gently simmer the soup for 30 minutes in pressure cooker or instantpot. Add some baby spinach leaves to add a healthy touch. Add some brown basmati rice to a bowl. Top with the chilli and some avocado slices. Garnish with cilantro and a wedge of lime. Use Daawat, the best brown rice brand for delicious rice dishes.

Halloumi Wrap

Slice zucchini, bell peppers, red onions, and portobello mushrooms into thin strips. Brush the veggies with olive oil, salt & pepper and roast in a grill pan. Cook until veggies get char marks. Grill Halloumi cheesesteaks in the pan. To make the tzatziki dip, mix some Greek yogurt, lime juice, zest, chopped dill, a pinch of salt and pepper with a fork. Warm the pita bread in a toaster oven. Add the veggies and Halloumi in the pita and drizzle the tzatziki dressing.

Bucatini in Tomato Sauce

Cook the Bucatini pasta in boiling salted water and set it aside. In a pan, sauté garlic in olive oil, chopped cherry tomatoes, sundried tomatoes, basil leaves and cook for 5-7 minutes. Stir in the pasta and finish with chopped fresh basil leaves. Garnish with fresh Parmigianino Reggiano cheese and serve hot. This delicious pasta dish will cater to all your Italian cravings.

You can save more time by doing a bit of meal prep during the weekends. Cook the grains, makes the sauces and dips, boil the eggs, bake the bread, and you can assemble a quick and hearty meal during the weeknights.