With everyone working so hard on maintaining their summer bod, we've been trawling through the internet looking for some easy, tasty and most important - healthy meals, for you to enjoy.
The best part, is the fact that you have to won't have to spend hours making these healthy summer recipes.
Parchment Tomato Pesto Salmon
Prep time: Under 5 minutes
This is a light & tasty dish, which takes minimal effort to prep.
You can find the recipe on Tasty's website
Or, in this video you can watch it being made, alone with 3 other healthy alternatives to the parchment baked salmon recipe.
Lemon & Yogurt Chicken Flatbreads
Time: Under 25 minutes
With a refreshing summery lemon & garlic marinade, this would work well on a barbecue.
All served this on flatbreads with yogurt.
The recipe is here on Better Home & Gardens website or watch the video below.
Healthy Potato and Beetroot Salad
Time: Under 25 minutes
This delicious and fresh tasting salad is perfect for a summers day.
Serve it with a dressing of your choice, but we would recommend trying it with this:
- Low fat crème fraiche
- 2tsp mayonnaise
- 1tsp grain mustard
- Juice of ½ lemon
- ½ tsp poppy seeds
Check out the full recipe on Bord Bia's website.
Chickpea and Summer Vegetable Stew
Time: 30 minutes
This light & simple to make stew is a great way to use fresh summer vegetables, in an easy one-pan meal.
The work load is minimal: A bit of chopping, followed by leaving it all to simmer.
Get this low calorie summer veg dish on My Recipes.
Chocolate Cashew Butter Fudge Pops
Even if you are on a heath buzz, it's still important to have a (healthy) treat.
So, why not wash down one of the above dishes with one of these ice cold treats.
These chocolate cashew butter fudge pops are perfect for a summers afternoon, and they're so simple to make - with only five ingredients:
- Canned coconut milk
- Cashew butter
- Cocoa or cacao powder
- Medjool dates
- Vanilla extract
The full summer treat recipe is on Fit Mitten Kitchen's website.
This is brought to you by Healthy Ireland.
This year they want you to boost your mood with healthy food.
