Take a Breather with These Quick and Healthy Recipes for Busy Families

With busy schedules, cooking healthy meals at home can sometimes feel like an impossible task. But luckily, there are plenty of quick and healthy recipes that can help you save time in the kitchen while still giving your family balanced meals they’ll love.

Here are three great recipes to try out today, give these a shot with some meal planning and meal prep tips!

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Quick and Healthy Recipes for Busy Families

No-Bake Energy Bites

Cut out the caffeine and forget the coffee! Using just simple ingredients, you can whip up these energy bites within minutes. This is an easy, quick recipe thanks to AllRecipes is perfect to make when you don’t have time to mess around in the kitchen. When you need a quick burst of energy, grab one of these balls as an on-the-go snack.

Ingredients

• 1 cup rolled oats
• ½ cup mini semi-sweet chocolate chips
• ½ cup ground flax seed
• ½ cup crunchy peanut butter
• ⅓ cup honey
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract

Instructions

Combine oats, chocolate chips, flax seed, peanut butter, honey, and vanilla extract together in a bowl; form into balls using your hands. Arrange energy bites on a baking sheet and freeze until set, about 1 hour.

Veggie Frittata Cups

It’s important to get your daily egg, and this recipe by Show Me the Yummy combines healthy veggies in an egg-based frittata. Simply add some cheese before popping it into your oven to bake until golden brown. Fan of frittatas? Check out our other healthy frittata recipe here!

Ingredients

• 1 tablespoon olive oil
• 1 cup diced red or green pepper
• 1 cup diced yellow onion
• 2 cups packed baby spinach roughly chopped
• 1 cup mushrooms diced
• Garlic
• 4 large eggs

Instructions

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees and grease a nonstick muffin tin with cooking spray. Set aside.
• Heat a large nonstick skillet over medium heat.
• Once hot, add in oil, red pepper, green pepper, and onion, then cook for 5-7 minutes, or until peppers are tender, stirring regularly.
• Add in spinach and mushrooms and cook for an additional 2 minutes.
• In the last 30 seconds, add in garlic.
• Season with salt and remove from heat.
• Crack eggs/egg whites into a large 4 cup measuring cup, whisk together until smooth, then stir in the cooked vegetables.
• Pour the egg/veggie mixture evenly into the prepared muffin pan, then bake for 15-30 minutes, or until the tops are firm to the touch and eggs are cooked.
• Cool slightly and serve!

Bonus Idea: Two Bean Chili

Whether or not you're into meal prep, you can start dinner in less than 20 minutes with canned beans, store-bought chili seasoning, ground beef, onion, and garlic. For extra protein, sprinkle on shredded cheese before serving. To make it vegetarian-friendly, substitute crumbled tofu or tempeh instead of beef.

Chili freezes well—to have it ready to pop into your slow cooker for dinner later in the week or month, double or triple (or quadruple!) up on your batch size as easy meal prep now! Leftovers can be frozen for up to 3 months; thaw overnight in the fridge and heat through thoroughly before enjoying.

What’s your favorite easy, healthy recipe? Leave a comment!

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