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What Are Your Favorite Healthy Recipes?
I am looking for some variety for our new "healthy eating" dinner recipe rotation.
What are your favorites? I'm thinking lots of veggies, lean protein, whole wheat.
Please share!
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Re: What Are Your Favorite Healthy Recipes?
baked boneless skinless chicken breasts in low cal italian dressing with steamed broc and wild rice -about 600 calories per person - being generous with "sauce"
turkey tacos with tons of veggie toppings - 3 taco shells filled with turkey with seasoning, lettuce, onion, tomato, cilantro, pico/salsa, sometimes avocado - also < or close to 600 cals
Both sound delicious! I am very excited to try the chicken dish...
Do you just bake the chicken and then top with the salad dressing? I'm a horrible cook without recipes, so details, please!
I am doing weight watchers and just had the most wonderful sandwich that I kind of made up on my own.
I grilled 4 oz. flat iron steaks (very lean and very delicious) sprinkled with grill seasoning for flavor. I toasted some sandwich thins on the stovetop and while the buns were still warm spread a wedge of lauging cow cheese on the bun and served the steaks sandwich style.
It was delicious and so filling.
This was a spectacular recipe as well. I served it with rice and lettuce and fat free shredded cheese as a burrito bol of sorts and not on a tortilla. She has some awesome recipes on her website: https://www.skinnytaste.com/
Slow Cooked Pork Carnitas (Mexican Pulled Pork)
Gina's Weight Watcher Recipes
Servings: 8 ? Serving Size: 4 oz (1/2 cup) ? Points: 4 pts
Calories: 176 ? Fat: 7.7g ? Protein: 25.8 g ? Carb: 1.3 g ? Fiber: 0.1 g
Season pork with salt and pepper. In a medium saut? pan on medium-high heat, brown pork on all sides for about 10 minutes. Remove from heat and allow to cool.
Using a sharp knife, insert blade into pork, cutting small holes and insert garlic slivers. Season pork generously with cumin, adobo and garlic powder all over.
Pour chicken broth in the crockpot, add bay leaves and chipotle peppers. Place pork in crock pot and cover. Cook low for 8 hours. After 8 hours, shred pork using two forks and combine well with the juices that accumalated at the bottom. Remove bay leaves and adjust salt and cumin (you will probably need to add more). Let it cook another 15-30 minutes.
Whenever I have leftover chicken, I do a stirfy....super easy and healthy! Just toss a bag or 2 or frozen veggies in a wok for 5-10mins (whatever the bag says). toss the cooked chicken in w/ your dressing of choice (I usually use low cal italian dressing or a stir fry sauce) for a few extra minutes and all done!
You can also mix rice in, I usually don't though
Don't pass up the fish.
I know a lot of people don't 'like' fish- but it really depends on how it is cooked. And if you try a few different kinds- i am sure you will both find a fish you like. 'darker' fish have a more fishy taste- because they have more fish oil. 'whiter' fish have less fishy taste- ex tilapia.
there are very easy ways to make fish taste less 'fishy' ~ soaking in buttermilk for an hour or two before baking is a good one. or soaking in a mixture of vinegar, lemon juice and water.
we eat fish about 2-3x a week- even gisele loves it. very very good for you.
Grill Salmon , marinate in some Teryaki sauce top sesame seeds! This is yummy and so healthy! We usually serve coucous on the side or a steamed veggie
Grill Chicken, season with pepper, salt, garlic powder, and italian seasonings. I add a little BBQ sauce while it is cooking, almost done cooking actually.
Whole Wheat pasta, with a can of diced tomatoes, eggplant, zuccini, season with italiam seasonings and top with parm cheese.
This will be the second time I typed this due to ds turning my computer off right as I was about to hit "post" lol.
Any kind of fish is always good. I like halibut and mahi mahi alot. Halibut is usually really expensive though. They are both not super fishy and have a nice firm flesh. Cooked in a skillet with salt, pepper, and olive oil then sprinkled with lemon juice is easy and yummy.
We also made our own chicken nuggets alot while on south beach. Cut the chicken into nugget size pieces. Toss with whole wheat flour that you season with whatever (I usually did salt, pepper, paprika). Bake on a sheet pan with a small amount of olive oil at 400 until done (roughly 20 minutes). Make sure to flip halfway through.
Whole wheat penne with cannelini beans, tomatoes and garlic. Quarter tomatoes and remove seeds. Add tomatoes, whole peeled garlic cloves, salt, pepper and about 2T olive oil into a baking dish and bake at 350 until soft. Meanwhile boil pasta. Drain and rinse cannelini beans in a colander. When pasta is cooked drain right over beans to heat beans. Toss with tomatoes and garlic. Yummy.
I love mashed cauliflower as a sub for mashed potatoes...steam or roast the cauliflower, add it to the food processor w/ some milk, salt and green onions and pulse a few times. I also like mashed turnips - you pretty much make it exactly like you would mashed potatoes except you use turnips instead.
stir fry is great because it uses a ton of veggies. i like to make a sauce out of chicken broth, soy sauce, pineapple or oj juice, rice wine vinegar, fresh onions/garlic/ginger, red pepper flake and a little brown sugar thickened with corn starch.
spaghetti squash is a fun vegetable. i would never call it a "replacement" for pasta but its a nice alternative. i usually serve with a meat sauce and green salad.
i also love tzatziki sauce which is basically yogurt, dill, garlic and lemon juice. its great on chicken or fish.
sweet potato french fries (just sliced and baked in the oven) are an awesome side-dish that go well with anything. oh! and so are roasted brussel sprouts...just slice them and put them face down on a baking sheet, drizzle with olive oil, salt and pepper and roast them until they are nice and brown.
No, just put the chicken in a baking dish (sometimes lemon pepper on the chicken) and pour the dressing on top - kind of like a marinade. Cover in foil and cook on 400ish for 35 minutes-ish. Then spoon the dressing over the chicken (and broc) once it is served up We eat this once a week. Easy, quick, good, and healthy.
black bean burgers... super easy...1 can of rinsed black or red beans smooshed - I add diced green chillies-taco seasoning-shredded chedder-handful of breadcrumbs or wheat rice...form them into patties and either grill (on aluminum foil) or you can bake them or cook them in a saute pan...
I top them with diced avacado/tomato/red onion/squirt of lime salsa and either a bit of sour cream or plain yogurt with taco season mixed in. The other night we had it with chipolte ranch.
I peele and slice up potatoes and toss them in olive oil, salt and pepper and bake them for fries often.
Also...throw a few chicken breasts in the crockpot covered with salsa and beans - you could even add corn. Cook on low for 4-6 hours...shread the chicken up when done and serve it in wraps or over rice
Whole wheat spinach pizza - I get premade dough balls from trader joes - you can either use red sauce or just some olive oil on the crust - cover with frozen spinach, sliced tomatoes, mushrooms, onions...every now and again I sautee the spinach first in garlic and oil...add some italian sausage and sprinkle with moz. cheese... EASY
Sorry they are not exact recipes - I usually cook from my head.
Agree!