6-Ingredient (or Less!) Dinners to Lower Inflammation (Weekly Plan & Shopping List!) With each of these dinners needing only six ingredients max, grocery shopping will be easy this week. By Megan Ginsberg Megan Ginsberg Megan Ginsberg is the Senior Editor for EatingWell. She has a keen eye for grammar, is always looking for new recipes to try and loves the satisfaction that comes from meal planning. Most of her 20-plus-year editing career has been focused on food-related content. EatingWell's Editorial Guidelines Published on December 13, 2024 Reviewed by Dietitian Jessica Ball, M.S., RD Reviewed by Dietitian Jessica Ball, M.S., RD Jessica Ball, M.S., RD, is the senior nutrition editor for EatingWell. She is a registered dietitian with a master's in food, nutrition and sustainability. In addition to EatingWell, her work has appeared in Food & Wine, Real Simple, Parents, Better Homes and Gardens and MyRecipes. EatingWell's Editorial Guidelines SAVE ALL RECIPES NEW! Save as a collection on MyRecipes Close I find that there’s so much to focus on at this time of year—holiday shopping and baking, cleaning and decorating the house, preparing for holiday travel or guests, running last-minute errands—that when it comes to dinnertime, it helps to streamline. That’s why, for this week, I selected recipes that all have six ingredients or less. This means I can pare down both grocery shopping and prep. And while the ingredient lists are short, these recipes are not only flavorful but they’re also packed with anti-inflammatory ingredients like fish, legumes and dark-colored produce. Anti-inflammatory foods have nutrients that can help prevent colds and the flu and also protect against a number of chronic conditions, including diabetes and heart disease. Let’s get cooking! Your Weekly Plan Sunday: Salmon with Potatoes & Horseradish SauceMonday: White Bean & Veggie Salad Tuesday: Broccoli, Cannellini Bean & Cheddar SoupWednesday: Black Bean Fajita Skillet Thursday: Baked Eggs in Tomato Sauce with Kale Friday: Stuffed Sweet Potato with Hummus Dressing Get the Shopping List See More Our column, ThePrep, has everything you’ll need to make dinner planning and grocery shopping as easy as can be. Nutritional needs differ from one individual to another, and we invite you to use these dinner plans as inspiration and adjust them as you see fit. Sign up to get a dinner plan delivered to your inbox every Saturday! 01 of 06 Sunday: Salmon with Potatoes & Horseradish Sauce Romulo Yanes; Food Styling: Torie Cox; Prop Styling: Claire Spollen When it comes to anti-inflammatory foods, salmon is one of the best choices. It is rich in antioxidants, omega-3 fatty acids and vitamin D, all of which can help reduce inflammation. The crispy red potato slices and the creamy horseradish sauce add complementary textures. Serve it all with some easy steam-in-the-bag green beans to round out the dish. View Recipe Save 02 of 06 Monday: White Bean & Veggie Salad The combination of white beans, avocado and mixed greens makes this salad an inflammation-fighting powerhouse. It comes together quickly with some chopped veggies of your choice added to the base ingredients. And it all gets tossed with a red-wine vinaigrette. The recipe makes one serving, but it’s easy to increase it (just make sure you add more to the shopping list, as needed). Serve it with a piece of whole-wheat baguette. View Recipe Save 03 of 06 Tuesday: Broccoli, Cannellini Bean & Cheddar Soup Photographer: Brie Goldman, Food Stylist: Annie Probst, Prop Stylist: Joseph Wanek This easy soup starts with cooking broccoli until tender, then adding beans and heating them through. Then the mixture is pureed with Cheddar cheese until silky and creamy. Broccoli contains sulforaphane, a compound that exhibits strong anti-inflammatory properties. Serve it with the rest of Monday’s whole-wheat baguette. View Recipe Save 04 of 06 Wednesday: Black Bean Fajita Skillet This quick dinner is like a deconstructed fajita, meaning there’s no tortilla. It’s packed with black beans—which have a pigment that contains anti-inflammatory antioxidant compounds—and bell peppers and onions. A little Southwest-style seasoning ties it all together. I like to add shredded rotisserie chicken to make it even more satisfying. View Recipe Save 05 of 06 Thursday: Baked Eggs in Tomato Sauce with Kale Ali Redmond Kale is a vegetable that offers many benefits, from disease-fighting phytonutrients, to vitamin A to support vision health, to calcium for bone health. And there are 9 whole cups of it in this recipe! The kale is cooked down in tomato sauce to create a base for poaching the eggs. It also makes a delicious mixture that’s perfect for sopping up with whole-wheat pita. View Recipe Save 06 of 06 Friday: Stuffed Sweet Potato with Hummus Dressing Ali Redmond You can’t go wrong with this stuffed sweet potato topped with kale, black beans and a hummus dressing. It is so easy to make, and every ingredient contains inflammation-fighting nutrients. Plus sweet potatoes are high in antioxidants and fiber to help support your gut health, too. While the recipe makes just one serving, it’s easy to make more (just make sure you add more to the shopping list, as needed). View Recipe Save 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. Explore more: Meal Plans ThePrep Was this page helpful? Thanks for your feedback! Tell us why! Other Submit