Weight Watchers Dinner Recipes Under 7 Points are set up to keep you within your daily Smart Points. We’ve all had those days where somehow our daily Smart Points are wiped by lunch. That’s OK! You’ll love any one of these dinners, and none of them will empty your SmartPoints Budget. They’re also great options when you’ve got an eye on a fancy dessert or happy hour with friends.
So you indulged on a high-Smart Points breakfast and lunch and found yourself snacking all day. It all adds up and now your dailies are depleted and it’s dinnertime. You’re hungry. What now?
While you could easily pick up something from a fast-food chain, you don’t have to ditch your best intentions and suffer a setback. For help when impatience, indecision, and the grumbles compel you to forgo your diet, keep the recipe list below handy. It features loads of delicious entrée ideas featuring every main dish under the sun. Ground turkey? You got it. Chicken breasts? Bet you’ve never had them like this before!
1. Roasted Chicken with Squash and Peppers
2 Smart Points
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Yes, you can put dinner on the table in five minutes if you plan ahead. You can make this meal easy by buying a rotisserie chicken and roasting a big batch of vegetables to enjoy throughout the week. Serve at room temperature or reheat. We love the combination of roasted chicken, whole-grain mustard, baby bell peppers, and acorn squash that’s been flavored with fresh herbs and lemon juice. This recipe is designed for one, but you can easily scale it up if you’re serving friends or family, especially if you have the roasted veggies on hand already. Try with cooked onions or butternut squash if you want to mix things up a bit.
2. Chili-Rubbed Salmon with Mango-Peach Salsa
6 Smart Points
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Serve this summery dish over salad greens for an easy weeknight supper. The fresh mango-peach salsa pairs beautifully with rich and flavorful grilled salmon. But, it would also be equally delicious with a mild-tasting fish like halibut or grouper or other lean protein options like chicken, pork, or even flank steak. Since the fruit salsa will hold-up well in the refrigerator for about 3 days, plan to make extra to partner with baked tortilla chips to enjoy as a snack later in the week. You can use a different stone fruit like a nectarine or plum in the place the peach if you’d like.
3. Chicken Cobb Salad with Creamy Avocado-Lime Dressing
4 Smart Points
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This deli-favorite gets a Caribbean spin with grilled Jerk chicken and a green dressing made with avocado and cilantro. And, we’ve added pineapple, corn, and red bell pepper for a true coastal vibe. This salad is loaded with color, texture and a great balance of spicy and sweet. The ingredient list is long, but the end result is well worth it. Marinate the chicken overnight to amp up the jerk flavor. Since the recipe makes a large yield, it’s a great salad to prepare when you’re planning on feeding a crowd. It’s hearty enough to enjoy as a meal but you could also pair it with crispy multigrain tortilla chips.
4. Lemon-Sage Roast Turkey Breast
3 Smart Points
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A roasted boneless turkey breast is a cook’s secret weapon. It is less intimidating to prepare than a whole bird, and it’s also perfect for smaller holiday tables that don’t warrant a whole bird. If you are cooking for a crowd, you can cook two or more of these. Sage works wonderfully here, with its pine-like aroma and sweet, somewhat bitter flavor. It has greenish-gray, spear-shaped leaves that are soft to the touch. The roasted garlic also makes this meal pretty magical. The cloves soften and develop a golden color and mellower flavor. Here, it’s used as the base for a delicious gravy.
5. Grilled Cod Fillets with Lemon-Dill Butter
3 Smart Points
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Grilling the fish over lemon slices topped with dill adds a fantastic flavor to this dish. Don’t be intimidated by grilling fish. The layer of lemon slices is all you need to prevent the fish from sticking to the grate. To make on a stovetop, preheat a grill pan over medium-high heat until nearly smoking, then proceed with the recipe. The combination of butter, lemon, and dill creates a sophisticated sauce that comes together in minutes yet tastes like you spent hours making it. Serve this dish with grilled asparagus.
6. Chicken Piccata Stir-Fry
4 Smart Points
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In this quick stove-top dish, classic Italian chicken piccata meets Asian stir-fry when prepared in a wok along with the addition of soy sauce, string beans, and peanut oil. A light coating of cornstarch gives this chicken a nice brown color and a crispy exterior and it also aids in thickening the sauce. Lemon brightens the flavor of this stir-fry and should be added once the food is plated. If an acidic ingredient like lemon juice is added to the wok, it will ruin the pan’s patina. For variation, small broccoli florets would make a good swap for the beans.
7. Roasted Greek-Style Chicken and Vegetables
4 Smart Points
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Chicken breasts, artichoke hearts, grape tomatoes, and zucchini are seasoned with fresh lemon, dried oregano, chopped garlic, and olive oil and then roasted in the oven all at once on one pan. It really doesn’t get much more convenient than that, and you can have a hearty dinner on the table ready to go in just 35 minutes. We love the combination of flavors, textures, and colors that this easy recipe provides. Turkey cutlets can also be used instead of chicken breasts if you want to mix things up a bit—just add them to the pan about 5 minutes into the cooking time because they can cook more quickly than the vegetable mixture.
8. Veggie ‘Pasta’ with Lemon, Chives, and Goat Cheese
2 Smart Points
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There’s no actual pasta in this recipe, but spiralized vegetables do a fabulous job of mimicking the real deal. This is the best time to invest in a spiralizer if you don’t have one, as it’s one of our favorite ways to prep veggies. The squash, carrots, and shallots are first sautéed in chicken broth, then flavored with goat cheese, lemon zest, and lemon juice for a punch of citrusy brightness. Stir in the chives, season with salt and pepper, top with more cheese, and your delicious pasta substitute is ready to go. You’ll love how supremely satisfying this recipe is without all the extra calories and carbs.
9. Grilled Miso-Glazed Cod
3 Smart Points
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This miso-based marinade makes an amazing glaze for grilled cod. Pair with grilled scallions, drizzled with low-sodium soy sauce and sesame oil for a complete meal. If you don’t have a fish basket, line an area of your grill with foil to prevent the fish from sticking. Or broil the fish instead. Cod makes an excellent choice for grilling. When the fish begins to flake and turn opaque, it’s time to flip it. Use a wider spatula when turning the fish to help prevent the fish from flaking apart when turning. Serve this dish with roasted carrots or broccoli.
10. Moroccan Chicken Tagine with Eggplant, Peppers, and Chickpeas
4 Smart Points
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Tagines are a slow-simmered staple in Moroccan cuisine. Hearty, comforting, and complex in flavor. This version is anchored with chicken, eggplant, peppers, onion, and chickpeas and studded with dried apricots that rehydrate and plump as they cook, infusing with the fragrant spices in the cooking liquid. The eggplant roasts while you prepare the rest of the stew and gets added in once it’s browned. When selecting eggplant, look for small to medium-sized ones that seem heavy for their size; have smooth, shiny skin; and are free of soft spots. Pair this tagine with couscous, rice, or a bed of baby spinach.
11. Garlicky Shrimp with Broccoli and Toasted Breadcrumbs
3 Smart Points
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Toasted Japanese breadcrumbs mixed with lemon zest elevate the flavor of this shrimp dish. Toasted Japanese breadcrumbs make an unusual but excellent topping for this dish. Also try the breadcrumbs on pasta, in place of grated cheese. This can also be made with broccoli rabe instead of broccoli. This dish makes an excellent one-dish meal and comes together in just 20 minutes. You can serve it over rice or soba noodles if desired.
12. Caribbean-Spiced Mahi Mahi with Sweet Potato Hash
4 Smart Points
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Enjoy a tasty and delicious meal with your loved ones. Learn how to make Caribbean-Spiced Mahi Mahi with Sweet Potato Hash & see the Smartpoints value of this great recipe.
13. Italian Meatballs
3 Smart Points
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Fresh herbs combine with lean ground beef for an easy meatball recipe with a range of applications. Since this recipe uses lean ground beef, which traditionally contains about 7% fat, we’ve included lightly browned onions in the meat mixture to add flavor and moisture. When sharping the meatballs, be careful not to overwork the mixture as you form the balls, which will make them dense and tough. You’ll also want to keep the size of the meatballs consistent to ensure even cooking. Serve these bite-size morsels as an appetizer or hors d’oeuvre, or combine with pasta or rice for the main course. They’re also great stirred into soup.
14. Nut-Crusted Mahi-Mahi
3 Smart Points
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This Mahi Mahi recipe sounds fancy, but it’s super easy to make, takes about 20 minutes total, and works well with just about any thin fish fillet and any kind of nuts. We like macadamia nuts here for their rich and buttery flavor and because they pair well together with the panko, and mahi-mahi is firm enough to stand up to the dredging and roasting. But feel free to experiment with whatever’s in your fridge or pantry—you could also try striped bass with pecans or salmon with pistachios.
15. Stir-Fried Spicy Ginger Shrimp with Sugar Snaps
4 Smart Points
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At less than 30 minutes from fridge-to-table, this stir-fry is tastier, healthier and faster than Chinese take-out. Ask your fishmonger for deveined shrimp. If that is not available, the easiest way to devein shrimp is to use a shrimp deveining tool, available in the supermarket near the seafood. Excess water will turn your stir-fry into a braise so make sure to pat your shrimp and peas dry before adding to the pan. Skip the rice and add a crunchy green salad with a low-calorie ginger dressing and some shredded carrots and sliced green onions to finish this meal.
16. Pan-Fried Flounder
4 Smart Points
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This crispy-coated fish fillet, featuring cornmeal, Parmesan cheese, and fresh thyme, is better than fast food. You can serve with homemade fries or fresh sliced tomatoes alongside a real treat. Just keep in mind that cooking times will vary depending on the size of your fillets. Small fillets will cook in about 4 minutes total, flipped once when cooked on the stove. But if you use 1 large fillet, we recommend that you cook it for 3 minutes on the stove, then place it under the broiler for 3 minutes until nice and golden brown. This will cook the top side since the larger fish fillet will be too difficult to flip. Broilers vary widely in intensity, so keep an eye on the fish constantly after a minute or two.
17. Broiled Steak and Peppers with Easy Spicy Green Sauce
3 Smart Points
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This broiled meal features cumin and oregano-spiced steak and peppers with a spicy green salsa sauce. Extras make fantastic sandwiches.
18. Classic Skinny Meatloaf
6 Smart Points
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This classic meatloaf recipe will be a family favorite for years to come. Mix ground beef, onion, bell pepper, and a few more ingredients to create a tasty blend for your meatloaf. Serve with your favorite sides.
19. Apple-Braised Chicken
5 Smart Points
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This easy one-pan supper pairs juicy chicken breasts with a tangy apple-onion compote. It’s a wonderful autumn-inspired meal and a great way to make use of freshly picked apples. Serve it with whole wheat or regular couscous to help absorb some of the delicious pan sauce. Couscous cooks in a matter of minutes so it’s a terrific, fast side dish. You can swap in broth for water when you make the couscous to amp up the flavor.
20. Lemon-Herb Roasted Salmon
5 Smart Points
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Give salmon fabulous flavor with fresh herbs, lemon zest, and lemon juice in this easy entrée that’s ready in about 30 minutes. We used pink salmon fillets because they are less fatty than some other salmon varieties like coho and sockeye salmon. When the salmon flakes when pierced with a fork, that’s a good indicator it’s done. Be sure to zest the lemon before you juice it. You will need about 2 lemons to produce enough zest and juice for this recipe. We love the mix of fresh herbs in this dish, but this recipe is versatile, and you can use whatever mix you like; rosemary and basil would also work beautifully. For a little heat, stir some red pepper flakes into the herb mixture.
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