Dinner tonight can be light yet satisfying with these easy, flavorful recipes.

Creamy Spinach Pasta

This might be one of the creamiest light pasta dishes you’ve ever had!

The mascarpone cheese adds a richness to the spinach pasta that’s unexpectedespecially in a healthy pasta recipe.

15-Minute White Bean, Kale & Kielbasa Soup

Photo: Brie Passano

If you want an additional vegetable, stir in some roasted cauliflower florets.

Serve with brown basmati rice or warm naan.

You’ll have a warming winter soup on the table in no time!

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Brie Passano

If you’re free to’t find frozen artichoke hearts, sub in drained canned artichoke hearts.

Steaming the cubed sweet potatoes in the microwave cuts way down on total cook time.

Toaster-Oven Quesadillas

We love finding new ways to use our kitchen tools and appliances.

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Ingredients like oil-packed sun-dried tomatoes, briny Kalamata olives and toasty pine nuts help to build big flavor fast.

Cooking the salmon at a high temperature helps speed up the cooking in this healthy dinner recipe.

Look for pre-sliced mushrooms to speed it up even more.

Black Bean-Quinoa Bowl

They are so tasty no one will miss the meat or dairy.

We added beans to amp up the fiber and protein for a fast and healthy dinner.

Serve this healthy pasta dinner with crusty garlic bread and steamed green beans.

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3-Ingredient Sweet Potato & Brussels Sprout Hash with Apple Chicken Sausage

Carolyn A. Hodges, R.D.

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15-Minute Salmon & Creamy Orzo with Spinach & Mushrooms

Brie Passano

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3-Ingredient Mediterranean Farro Bowl

Carolyn Hodges