Quick & Easy Weeknight Dinners for Better Blood Sugar (& Shopping List!)

• These easy, flavorful dinners are designed to help keep your blood sugar steady all week long.
• Each recipe uses simple, nourishing ingredients—like sweet potatoes, salmon and leafy greens—for balanced, satisfying meals.
• With mostly one-pan or quick recipes, you’ll enjoy less prep time and easy cleanup while eating well every night.

Ensuring that your meals are nutritious and well balanced can help you keep your blood sugar levels more stable and avoid spikes (and subsequent crashes). That’s where this week’s dinners come into play. They’re all designed to help support healthy blood sugar levels while keeping you fueled and satisfied. Even better, they’re all quick and easy to make and packed with flavorful ingredients, from lemon and capers in a chicken piccata casserole to honey mustard brushed on salmon fillets for a simple sheet-pan dinner. To make meal planning easy, you can save all the recipes on MyRecipes. Then you’ll be able to find them quickly when you’re ready to shop and cook.

Your Weekly Plan

Sunday: Chicken Piccata Casserole
Monday: Ground Beef & Sweet Potato Skillet 
Tuesday: Sheet-Pan Honey Mustard Salmon & Vegetables
Wednesday: Rosemary Chicken with Sweet Potatoes 
Thursday: Hearty Tomato Soup with Beans & Greens 
Friday: Paprika Baked Pork Tenderloin with Potatoes & Broccoli

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Chicken Piccata Casserole

Photographer: Morgan Hunt Glaze, Prop Stylist: Shell Royster, Food Stylist Jennifer Wendorf

Chicken piccata usually requires several steps and dishes to prepare, but this casserole version streamlines the work. After cooking the chicken, you cook orzo right in the same pan and then add in some kale for a complete meal.

Ground Beef & Sweet Potato Skillet

Photographer: Jake Sternquist, Food Stylist: Sammy Mila, Prop Stylist: Gabriel Greco

It takes just five ingredients to make this flavorful dinner of ground beef and sweet potatoes. Incorporating some onions and green bell peppers means it’s packed with veggies. Serve it with a mixed greens salad on the side—use your favorite dressing.

Sheet-Pan Honey Mustard Salmon & Vegetables

Photographer: Hannah Hufham, Food Stylist: Giovanna Vazquez

A sweet and tangy glaze of honey mustard dresses up salmon fillets for this simple dinner. Onions and Brussels sprouts get a little head start in the oven before the salmon joins them so everything’s done at the same time. The salmon is rich in omega-3 fatty acids, which are a type of unsaturated fat that can help reduce inflammation.

Rosemary Chicken with Sweet Potatoes

Chicken breasts and sweet potatoes seasoned with lemon and rosemary make a perfect fall dinner. We call for the fresh diced sweet potatoes you can find in the produce department (frozen would work too) for convenience and ease. Serve it with precooked brown rice.

Hearty Tomato Soup with Beans & Greens

Tomato soup is always a cozy soup-season hit, and adding cannellini beans and kale to it makes it hearty and satisfying. Some garlic, Parmesan and crushed red pepper ensure that this 10-minute soup has plenty of flavor. Serve it with whole-grain bread.

Paprika Baked Pork Tenderloin with Potatoes & Broccoli

The red pepper sauce is the star of the show here, as it dresses up the pork and vegetables. The potatoes, broccoli and pork all cook on the same sheet pan for easy cleanup. Serve some leftover whole-grain bread from Thursday’s dinner on the side.

I wish you all a great week, and I hope you enjoy this dinner plan. If you try a recipe, remember to add a review.