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7 Best Post-Workout Dinner Ideas

Looking for quick and easy meals that taste great? Try these muscle-building suppers that also boost exercise recovery.

Tanya Zuckerbrot
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The workday is finally over and you have just finished 45 minutes of sweat-drenching, stress-busting exercise.  Now your stomach is rumbling and the burning question is, “What’s for dinner?”  

Ideally, a post-workout meal  is a mix of muscle-building protein and energy re-fueling carbohydrates, but your late-day meal should have slightly less carbohydrates than one you would eat after a morning or noon workout. The reason: We are less active at night, and while we need enough carbs to replenish our glycogen stores, we don’t need extra energy when we go to sleep.  Try these seven quick and easy meal ideas to get the perfect balance of protein and carbohydrates and boost your exercise recovery.
 

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7 Best Post-Workout Dinner Ideas

Chicken Sausage over Whole Wheat Penne Pasta with Tomato Sauce & Broccoli

Pre-cooked, low-fat chicken sausages (with 3g fat or less) are a quick and tasty way to treat your muscles to the protein they need. Wind-down and dig-in Italian style by throwing sausage pieces over a cup of whole-wheat pasta, topped with tomato sauce and bits of broccoli. Broccoli is key, because this vegetable powerhouse is a great source of a sulfur compound that eases post-workout inflammation and helps relieve joint pain.

Nutritional Information: 1 Chicken Sausage, 1/3 cup Whole Wheat penne pasta with 1/2 cup tomato sauce, 1 cup broccoli: 280 calories, 5g fat, 1.5g saturated fat, 21g protein, 30g carbs, 8g fiber

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