These easy Whole30 dinner recipes will help you have a successful and delicious Whole30 experience! They’re easy to prepare, easily adaptable, and so tasty!
What is Whole30?
I already have a complete guide to Whole30 available (complete with helpful tools, tips, and grocery store recommendations) – it’s perfect for beginners, so I won’t recap all of that, but we’ll do a quick overview.
You can also learn everything you’d like on the official website (I always frequent the website each time I do a Whole30) but basically, it’s 30 days without added sugar, sweeteners (natural and artificial), grains (gluten and non-gluten), legumes (peanuts, peas, and soy included), dairy, gluten, and alcohol. It’s a lot of vegetables, eggs, meat, and avocados. You can also eat fruit and nuts (except peanuts), and sweet potatoes and regular potatoes.
FAQ
Yes, you can! Sweet potatoes and regular potatoes, but not potato chips, and not fries unless you’re making them yourself. Try these amazing sweet potato fries!
Okay truthfully, I only included this question because I love popcorn. The answer is no, though, folks.
Snacking is technically discouraged on Whole30. However, if you can make it through an entire 30 days without a snack, I applaud you. Especially if you work out daily like I do. If you’re going to snack, it’s best to have a snack that includes protein and fats. I loved RX Bars as a snack!
Important to note: Some of the recipes here may NOT appear to be Whole30 compliant at first glance. However, if we included them in the list, it means we talk in the post about EASY adaptations you can make to make them Whole30 compliant. This is helpful when preparing meals for a family dinner where not everyone might be following the Whole30 meal plan.
About these Easy Whole30 Recipes
You can browse my entire collection of Whole30 recipes (as well as many other special diets in my recipe index), but in this post we’re highlighting some favorite entrees and main dishes. We cover breakfast, lunch, and dinner in this list.
This Whole30 Chicken Thighs sheet pan dinner is an entire flavorful, healthy, and easy to make meal on one single sheet pan! Whole30 or not, make it tonight!
Healthy chicken piccata isn’t breaded, but it still has all the flavor of the original. Plus, it’s ready in less than 30 minutes using your pressure cooker!
Instant Pot Chili is healthy, adaptable and easy to make. Read all my tips to make it your perfect chili recipe – spicy, mild, vegetarian, Whole30, Paleo, not Paleo, whatever you like, I tell you how to make it happen in this recipe! You can even make it in the slow cooker or on the stove!
Sheet pan fajitas are great for busy weeknights and also great for bigger crowds! You’ll love this easy, hands-off approach to fajitas! This recipe is for chicken fajitas but you’ll also find tips for steak, vegetarian, and shrimp fajitas!
Lemon Salmon with Dill is ready in less than 30 minutes, it’s healthy, flavorful and so ridiculously easy to make.
So creamy and satisfying, this carrot ginger soup made with coconut milk will warm you up inside and out.
Pizza, spaghetti, and squash? Sounds unlikely, but wait for the explosion of flavor when you try this surprisingly easy pizza stuffed spaghetti squash!
Bruschetta chicken is the perfect summer chicken recipe and it’s made in one pan! Browse all the adaptations to make it your own.
Cozy, comforting, and made so quickly and easily under pressure, this Instant Pot beef stew will become an instant favorite.
This cozy and comforting Instant Pot Chicken Noodle Soup is made easily and quickly in your pressure cooker. It’s comfort food at its best!
This one pan sausage dinner is the perfect 30 minute meal on a night when you want a nutritious meal but you really don’t feel like cooking!
This Mini Turkey Meatloaf sheet pan dinner are for those meat and potato lovers out there! This is a complete meal, all on one sheet pan! You’re going to love this for an easy weeknight meal!
Slow Cooker Moroccan Chicken Thighs cook all day while you’re busy doing other things. They’re super flavorful, filling, and nutritious.
This easy five ingredient, one-pan pizza chicken is a weeknight lifesaver. It’s a crowd-pleaser of a dinner!
Stuffed acorn squash, with farro, sausage, and cheese, plus apples and dried cherries, is a delicious mix of sweet and savory. It’s a fall favorite!
Fall inspired Instant Pot Shakshuka is easy, healthy and so delicious. Get some crusty bread to dip in the tomato sauce and eggs and you’re ready to dig in!
Even if you’re not doing a Whole30, this Whole30 Sausage is a breakfast WIN! It’s full of flavor and protein and it’s super easy to make thanks to a couple shortcuts. You’ll be so happy to know exactly what’s going into your breakfast sausage!
This egg white frittata is loaded with the great flavors of green chiles, scallions, cheese, and spinach. It’s a healthy vegetarian start to your day and it’s packed with protein!
This easy roasted butternut squash soup is full of flavor and is ultra-creamy, without any cream or butter! It’s the perfect fall soup.
Juicy and flavorful, this spice rubbed pork tenderloin recipe is hands-down our family’s favorite way to prepare pork tenderloins.
Slow cooker shredded chicken that only takes 3 ingredients. Easy, versatile and delicious.
This turkey soup with zucchini noodles comes together in 20 minutes — it will end up in your weekly rotation.
An Italian classic made MUCH lighter with ground turkey and zucchini noodles. You can eat this hearty meal with no guilt at all!
