20 Easy Reset Meals to Feel Healthy and On Track
It was the holidays for 2+ months, then a food/work conference & a glorious 12-day vacation in Mexico. It's time to reset, regroup & cook healthy food at home. This is what I'm making in February! ✅
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Lean Protein + Fiber Filled Recipes for Satisfaction & Strength
One-Skillet Lemon Chicken with Farro 🍋👏🏻🧀 Chicken thighs, farro, and asparagus simmer in ONE skillet to produce a satisfying and complete meal with layers of FLAVOR from lemon juice, Dijon mustard, Parmesan cheese, and more! The chicken is tender and juicy, the farro is hearty, the asparagus is crisp-tender, and it’s all ready in 45 minutes. If you’ve never worked with farro, it’s easy or you can sub with another grain.
🥑🍤🥗 Cilantro Lime Shrimp Salad with Black Beans and Avocado is an easy, Mexican-inspired salad ready in 10 minutes! With tender, juicy shrimp, black beans, avocado, cilantro, and more are coated in a lime sauce, creating a fiesta in your mouth!
20-Minute Baked Cilantro Lime Chicken Breasts 💚 Super juicy, EASY, tender chicken that’s ready in 20 minutes and made on ONE sheet pan! Bursting with robust Mexican-inspired lime cilantro flavors that will make this an automatic family FAVORITE!
Chicken Broccoli Stir Fry 🥢🥦🧅 This Chinese-inspired stir fry recipe includes tender pieces of chicken, along with crisp-tender broccoli and other veggies, all coated in the best stir fry sauce! Ready in under 30 minutes, healthier AND faster than calling for takeout, and PERFECT for busy weeknights! The whole family loves this easy stir fry recipe!
15-Minute Sheet Pan Lemon Pepper Chicken 🍋💜 Fast, EASY, HEALTHY, and loaded with great lemon pepper flavor! A DELISH one-pan meal with zero cleanup that’s perfect for busy weeknights!
🥦🍗🫛🌶️ This EASY Sheet Pan Teriyaki Chicken and Vegetables recipe is ready in 30 minutes and full of rich Asian-inspired flavor! If you’re looking for a ONE PAN, no-fuss chicken dinner that’s high protein with healthy fiber, look no further than this chicken teriyaki with veggies that are easy to customize!
Shrimp Ceviche 🍤 The EASIEST way to make traditional shrimp ceviche and it tastes the BEST! Ready in 30 minutes, great as an appetizer, side, or as a healthy main course that everyone LOVES!
Plant-Based Protein
Smoky Roasted Chickpea Salad with Buttermilk Chive Dressing 🥗 An EASY salad with smoky roasted chickpeas, vegetables, kale, and topped with homemade chive-infused buttermilk dressing! An accidentally vegetarian, gluten-free, HEALTHY, and SATISFYING salad!
Zesty Quinoa Salad 🍅🍋🥗 includes sundried tomatoes, sliced almonds, and a burst of lemon for a salad that’s fast, EASY, and fresh! Lovely bright flavors and loads of texture in this clean-eating salad keeps you full and satisfied! Healthy never tasted so good! Tip – There’s no mayo, making this great for outdoor events or lunch boxes!
Thai Chickpea and Kale Curry — An EASY one-skillet vegan curry that’s ready in 15 minutes and has AMAZING Thai-inspired flavors! Low-cal, low-carb, and HEALTHY but tastes like hearty comfort food!
Spinach And Artichoke Quinoa Salad – All the flavors of classic spinach and artichoke dip are in this HEALTHY salad! The only thing that’s missing is tons of fat and calories! FAST, EASY, naturally gluten-free, vegetarian, and tastes DELISH!
Check out this Sweet Potato and Chickpea Coconut Curry! 🍠😍🎉 An EASY one-skillet curry that’s ready in 30 minutes and is layered with so many fabulous flavors! HEALTHY comfort food that tastes AMAZING!
🫒🧀😋 This Mediterranean Quinoa Salad is ready in 20 minutes with Mediterranean-inspired ingredients, including chickpeas, Kalamata olives, artichokes, and goat cheese, to give layers of flavor and texture in every bite! It’s naturally gluten-free and vegetarian, too!
Salads with Protein That Aren’t Boring
Twelve Superfood Salad 🥗🫐🥬🍇This superfood salad is packed with 12 superfoods! This is a great clean out the fridge meal and is easily customized to suit whatever you need to use up. Best of all you just FEEL so good eating it!
This EASY 15-minute Avocado Mango Shrimp Salad 🥑🥭🍍🍤 with tropical fruit, avocado, red onion, lime juice, cilantro, and plump JUICY shrimp will become a new FAVORITE! Healthy and light with an assortment of wonderful flavors in every bite that’s perfect for a snack, quick lunch, or casual summer dinner!
Chicken Avocado Black Bean Salad — A Mexican-inspired salad with tender chicken, black beans, creamy avocado, juicy tomatoes, cilantro, lime juice and more! EASY, ready in 20 minutes, HEALTHY, and packed with fiesta FLAVORS galore!
Roasted Brussels Sprouts Salad — A HEARTY salad that celebrates the flavors of fall including roasted Brussels sprouts and dried cranberries along with quinoa, chickpeas, spinach, and goat cheese! Perfect for lunch, a meatless main, or a HEALTHY side dish on your holiday table!
Steak Fajita Salad with Creamy Cilantro Lime Dressing — 🥗🍅🥑🌶️ Tastes like your favorite steak fajitas, but in fresh and crisp salad form! Mouth-watering sliced sirloin steak, crisp bell peppers, onions, and juicy tomatoes are layered over a bed of lettuce to really level-up your salad game! The homemade creamy avocado and cilantro lime dressing comes together in seconds and adds so much incredible FLAVOR! There are so many fresh Mexican-inspired flavors in this FAST and EASY salad!
Avocado, Black Bean, and Corn Salad with Lime-Cumin Vinaigrette — Everything tastes better with avocado! Easy, healthy and tons of flavor and texture from the corn, tomatoes, and black beans.
Tabbouleh — Never had it? Think couscous or quinoa mixed with vegetables, herbs, lemon and olive oil! Easy, no cooking required, healthy, and packed with so much flavor! (Great for outdoor events because there’s no mayo!)
Mexican Bean Salad with Corn 🍅🌽 Such a fast and easy recipe to make! Plus, it’s loaded with flavor and textures galore. Two kinds of beans, juicy corn and tomatoes, crisp peppers, and green onions are tossed in a lime-chili-cumin vinaigrette that’s perfectly light!

























This timing is perfect tbh. The way meal planning shifts right after a high indulgence period is such a real psyhcological reset, not just a nutrition one. I've noticed the combo of protein + fiber keeps cravings way more stable compared to just calorie restriction. The one skillet lemon chicken sounds ideal for those nights when I'm too tired to deal with multiple pans.