Stew and nutritious accompaniment that "improves rest"

No dinner ideas? The Spanish supermarket chain Mercadona gives recommendations of dishes that should prioritize at night. Learn here how you can make nutritious meals and still have a good night’s rest.

28/07/2026
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Ssit down when you go to bed? Not everything depends on the menu you choose for your dinners. However, there is something you can do for reduce the impact of your meals on sleep quality.

Know that it is not enough to know how to choose the right ingredients. The Spanish supermarket chain Mercadona provides some tips that “can help improve your dinners and rest”:

Dinner early: “So he avoids laying on a full stomach, so that digestion does not harm rest. The recommended is dinner at least two hours before bedtime to prevent discomfort”.

Stay hydrated: “Water is always the best option, as it helps improve digestion.”.

Chew the food well: “Eat slowly and quietly to favor digestion”.

Avoid spicy or irritating foods: “They can cause a bad digestion and worsen our rest.”.

Take note of some foods you can choose for a nutritionally complete dinner. You can combine, for example, these chicken and cudgete sticks with the broccoli sauté with almonds and feta cheese.

Chicken and crinkets recipe

Ingredients

350 grams of chicken loins
100 grams of courgette
1⁄2 orange
1 tablespoon of honey
1 teaspoon sesame seed

Method of preparation

1. Start by mixing honey and orange juice into a bowl.

2. Then cut well the lovebirds and the curgette, more specifically, into medium cubes.

3. Occasionally stick the chicken and the curget on stick sticks.

4. Season with salt and pepper and put the spikes on the plate at high temperature.

5. When you're almost there, you can brush both sides with the honey and orange preparations. Repeat the same operation a couple of times.

6. Sprinkle with a pinch of sesame seeds. Now you can take care of the follow-up!

Broccoli with almonds and feta cheese

Ingredients

400 grams of frozen broccoli
150 grams of feta cheese
1 garlic tooth
Lemon juice
25 grams of rolled almonds

Method of preparation

1. Cook the broccoli in water for 3-4 minutes.

2. In a large frying pan slightly brown the almonds on a string of olive oil. Add the cooked broccoli and saute for a few minutes in strong heat. Season with salt and pepper to taste.

3. Apart from crushing the feta cheese with a fork and mixing with a little squeezed lemon and grated garlic.

4. Plough the broccoli and finish with the feta cheese cream and you can enjoy it!

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