Healthy Recipe Ideas

Need some healthy recipes or new ideas to keep you from eating unhealthy convenience foods and junk food? It's easy to call for a pizza delivery or grab a quick burger especially if you are tired at the end of a long day.

But those foods are loaded with calories and cholesterol and leave you feeling even more worn out because they have very little nutritional value. Here are some healthy recipe ideas that are quick and easy while giving your body the nutrients it requires for good health.

Salads
Even if you are not great cook, you can easily create a salad that is not only enticing but loaded with vitamins. Simply chop up some favorite salad greens, cucumbers, tomatoes, carrots, zucchini, herbs and garnish with a few nuts.

Here is a healthy recipe to make your own salad dressing. Just mix herbs, like basil or thyme and a squirt of lemon or you can also create a low fat salad dressing by combining half an avocado with some herbs and lemon juice. Try to avoid croutons, bacon bits, whole milk products such as chesses, eggs, and other high-fat foods in your salads. If you do want to add meat to your salad, opt for skinless poultry.

Fruit Salads
Want a beautiful and an attractive healthy food recipe for salad that is very low fat? Just chop up some of your favorite fruits, berries, and lemons. If you are using apples or other fruits that tend to "brown" in your salad, a squirt of lemon juice over your salad will keep your fruit salad attractive and healthy. A fruit salad is an especially good choice for breakfast.

Sandwiches
Sandwiches are quick and easy to make and can be a healthy food recipe if you choose healthy breads, pitas or tortillas that are low in fats. Turn a sandwich into healthy food by using lots of vegetables on your sandwiches and avoiding highly processed deli and sandwich meats. Instead, use lean and skinless chicken or other poultry. Instead of fats or mayonnaise on your sandwiches, which can increase the fat content of you sandwiches considerably, choose to flavor your sandwich with avocados, mustard or even salsa.

Pastas
There are a number of pastas available, from fresh pasta or dried pasta to vegetable pastas and rice pastas. All can be made into delicious and healthy recipe meals in minutes. Simply cook the pasta in a pot, shred your favorite vegetables or cut them into very small pieces. Combine the vegetables with some chicken or vegetable broth and cook until vegetables are softer but still crisp.

Add the pasta and toss until the vegetables are the desired consistency. Add your favorite fresh herbs like basil and combine. This can be a very tasty combination and is still quite healthy for you. You can make similar meals with rice or even low-fat tofu.

Grilled Foods
Brushing vegetables and lean meats with lemon juice and herbs and grilling on the barbeque is a great way to enjoy fat-free, healthy foods that are easy and fast to create.

Lean Meat Dishes
When you have chosen your lean cuts of meat, you can make these foods even healthier by reducing the amount of fat you use in preparing them. For example, marinating poultry and other meats in lemon juice and fresh dill or in pureed fruits and vegetables is another way to turn regular recipes into healthy recipes and get plenty of flavors into your cooking without adding fat.

Healthy Smoothies
Combine your favorite fresh fruits in a blender with fresh fruit juice and a small squirt of honey. Combine until blended and you've got a recipe for healthy smoothies. This makes an excellent healthy dessert and it can also be a great quick breakfast on days when you are in a rush. Experiment with different fruit combinations to find different tastes.

Chilling or even freezing some of the fruit before serving can produce a nice chilled drink that is perfect for summer. If you are craving desserts, you can add a small amount of very low fat frozen yogurt to this recipe and use frozen fruits to get a tasty and healthy recipe alternative to ice cream and other desserts.

Healthy Desserts
Limiting desserts and snacks in general can help you control your weight. But sometimes you just crave a dessert and what fun is life without a few desserts? Fresh fruit is always a good choice and occasionally you can eat low-fat desserts. Things like angel food cake, fig and fruit bars, low-fat yogurt, fruit sherbert, Jello, puddings made with low-fat milk make healthy dessert alternatives.

However, these products still do often contain plenty of calories and some fats, so overindulging in these will certainly not allow you to lose weight. Also, make sure you read the labels and choose the brands with the least sugar, calories and fat salt that you can.

If you have recipes you cannot part with, just switch the ingredients to healthy recipe alternatives. It takes very little time and effort to turn any regular recipe into a healthy recipe, and the rewards are definitely worth it.

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