Food

65 Clean-Eating Dinner Recipes for the New Year and Beyond

New year, new menu

By Melissa Kravitz Hoeffner

Updated Dec 30, 2024

Additional reporting by
Lizzy Rosenberg & Taryn Pire
Nutritionally reviewed by
Dr. Felicia D. Stoler, DCN, MS, RDN
clean-eating dinner recipes: vegan slow cooker detox coconut soup

Meet the Experts

  • Keri Glassman, MS, RD, CDN, is the founder of Nutritious Life and Nutritious Life Studio, which give individuals the opportunity to get certified online for jobs in the health and wellness industry. She has authored four best-selling books and is regularly featured on national television programs, like The Today ShowGood Morning America and The Rachael Ray Show, for her nutrition expertise.

What Is Clean Eating?

Words like “clean” can be really confusing when making food choices, because they don’t always mean the same thing to every person (or brand). But if you ask our expert, clean eating means choosing whole, unprocessed foods as much as possible. Glassman encourages us to choose “naturally nutrient-dense foods,” adding that clean eating “is mostly plant-based by default.” Think vegetables, fruits, nuts, seeds, whole grains and unprocessed meat, poultry and dairy. (It’s a lot like the Mediterranean diet, TBH.)

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