What to cook for dinner
The quickest answer: see which protein you have — chicken, fish, eggs or legumes — then add a grain and two vegetables. Below are fourteen ready combinations with cooking times; each opens a full recipe.
Fourteen dinners from what you already have
Rice with chicken breast and cucumber≈ 10 min · 🍗 Chicken breast · 🍚 Rice (brown or parboiled) · 🥒 Cucumber · 🫒 Olive oil
Buckwheat with chicken breast and tomato≈ 15 min · 🍗 Chicken breast · 🌾 Buckwheat · 🍅 Tomato
Potatoes with chicken breast and broccoli≈ 20 min · 🍗 Chicken breast · 🥔 Potatoes · 🥦 Broccoli
Vegetable stew with bell pepper and chicken breast≈ 20 min · 🍗 Chicken breast · 🌾 Bulgur · 🫑 Bell pepper
Whole-wheat pasta with chicken breast and spinach≈ 10 min · 🍗 Chicken breast · 🍝 Whole-wheat pasta · 🍃 Spinach
Sweet potato with chicken breast and green beans≈ 20 min · 🍗 Chicken breast · 🍠 Sweet potato · 🫛 Green beans
Vegetable stew with eggplant and tomato and chicken breast≈ 25 min · 🍗 Chicken breast · 🍆 Eggplant · 🍚 Rice (brown or parboiled) · 🍅 Tomato
Vegetable stew with pumpkin and chicken breast≈ 20 min · 🍗 Chicken breast · 🎃 Pumpkin · 🌾 Bulgur
Vegetable stew with zucchini and chicken breast≈ 20 min · 🍗 Chicken breast · 🥒 Zucchini · 🌱 Quinoa
Vegetable stew with white cabbage and chicken breast≈ 20 min · 🍗 Chicken breast · 🥬 White cabbage · 🥔 Potatoes
Buckwheat with eggs and cucumber≈ 15 min · 🥚 Eggs · 🌾 Buckwheat · 🥒 Cucumber
Vegetable stew with zucchini and eggs≈ 20 min · 🥚 Eggs · 🥒 Zucchini · 🍚 Rice (brown or parboiled)
Buckwheat with eggs and mushrooms≈ 15 min · 🥚 Eggs · 🍄 Mushrooms · 🌾 Buckwheat
Eggs with cauliflower≈ 10 min · 🥚 Eggs · 🥬 Cauliflower · 🧀 Hard cheese
Every dish follows the healthy plate method: half vegetables, a quarter grains or potatoes, a quarter protein. The site works this out and tells you what the plate is missing.
None of these match your fridge?
Tick what you actually have and the builder makes a dish from your own ingredients, offering three versions of different effort.
Build your dinner →What can I cook for dinner in 15 minutes?
Use ingredients that need no long cooking: eggs, canned tuna, cottage cheese, ready legumes. Add raw vegetables and bread or pre-cooked grains. The builder has time filters for 10 and 20 minutes.
What to cook for dinner without meat?
Lentils, chickpeas, beans, eggs, tofu and hard cheese all give complete protein. Lentils with carrot and tomato, or chickpeas with bulgur and cucumber, take 20–25 minutes.
Are grains fine for dinner?
Yes. In the healthy plate method a quarter of the plate is whole grains: buckwheat, brown rice, bulgur, quinoa. They digest more slowly than white bread and keep you full until morning.