Quick Entrees: Healthy in a Hurry

Try these quick entrees when you’re hungry and in a hurry.

• Make whole wheat English muffin pizzas using pizza sauce and low-fat mozzarella cheese. Top with your favorite vegetables, such as mushrooms, chopped onion, chopped green pepper, tomato slices, broccoli florets, artichoke hearts... or anything else you like!
• Top Parmesan-flavored couscous or rice with cooked, chopped chicken and vegetables.
• Top pasta with marinara sauce and minced clams.
• Try mixing salad greens with whole wheat penne and the cubed low-fat cheese of your choice. Top with Caesar or Italian dressing – regular (small serving) or low-fat.
• Make quick-and-easy chili with ground turkey breast, canned kidney beans, tomato sauce, chopped onion, canned chopped tomatoes, and chili seasoning packet.
• Top whole wheat mini-bagels with peanut butter or low-fat cheese and a sliced apple.
• Stuff whole wheat tortillas with canned black beans, lettuce, salsa, low-fat shredded Cheddar cheese, and low-fat sour cream. Or swap out the sour cream with plain Greek yogurt.
• Microwave a potato and top with broccoli, cauliflower, and low-fat cheese or plain Greek yogurt.