Dinner should always consist of healthy ingredients. There are healthy recipes that are easy to prepare.
It takes only twenty to thirty minutes to prepare a healthy dinner. Just make sure to plan the menu ahead and organize the ingredients in advance. Write down the menu for the week, and create a shopping list from there.
Many health-conscious people are fond of low carb dinners. With a little research, there are lots of sumptuous dinners that can be prepared. Healthy foods are after all equally delicious. Being healthy does not mean being boring.
Dinner is often considered the main meal of the day, when the family is gathered complete. Prepare healthy foods that everyone at the table will surely like. Dinner will be an enjoyable feast and a time to look forward to before the day ends.
Here are suggested recipes that take only 20 to 30 minutes to prepare:
Healthy Beef Skillet:
Ingredients:
1 Tbsp paprika
1lb top round beef
1 ½ tsp oregano
½ tsp chili powder
¼ tsp garlic powder
1/8 tsp red pepper
¼ tsp black pepper
1/8 tsp dry mustard
3 C shape onion slice
8 red-skinned potatoes
2 C beef broth
2 large carrots, chop into thin, 21/2-inch strips
2 large garlic
Instructions:
- Slice the beef thinly across the grain into long thin strips, measuring to about 1/8 inch long and 3 inches wide.
- Combine oregano, paprika, garlic powder, chili powder, dry mustard, red pepper and black pepper. Coat strips of meat with the spice mixture.
- Spray to a large non-stick skillet.
- Preheat the pan and place it on high heat.
- Add the meat.
- Cook and stir for about 5 minutes.
- Add onion, potatoes, garlic and broth and cook over medium heat for 20 minutes.
- Stir in carrots and lay green mustard. Cook until the carrots are tender, or for about 5 minutes.
- Serve the beef skillet in large serving bowl with crusty bread for dunking.
Oven Fried Chicken
Ingredients:
1 tablespoon Dijon mustard
½ cup butter milk
2 cloves garlic
1 tablespoon hot sauce
2 ½ to 3 pounds chicken legs trimmed and chop into drumsticks and thighs, skin removed
2 tablespoons sesame seeds
½ cup whole wheat flour
1 ½ teaspoon paprika
1 teaspoon baking powder
1 teaspoon dried thyme leaves
1/8 teaspoon salt
Olive oil cooking spray
Freshly ground pepper
Directions:
- Whisk mustard, buttermilk, hot sauce and garlic in a shallow glass dish until well blended.
- Add the sliced chicken and turn over to coat. Cover and marinate in the refrigerator for about 8 hours.
- Preheat the oven at 425 degrees Fahrenheit. Line the baking sheet with foil. Place a wire rack in the baking sheet and coat it with the cooking spray.
- Whisk sesame seeds, flour, thyme, paprika, salt, pepper, and baking powder in a small bowl. After that, place the flour mixture in a large sealable plastic bag or paper bag.
- Place one or two pieces of chicken at the paper bag and shake to coat.
- Spray the pieces of chicken with cooking spray.
- Bake the marinated chicken until it becomes golden brown (40 to 50 minutes)
- Serve in a large bowl.
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A slice of pizza once in a while won't do you any harm. What's important is a person's average food intake over a few days, not just in a single meal. So if you eat a less-than-healthy meal once in a while, try to balance it with healthier foods the rest of that day and week.
But if pizza (or any fast food) is all you eat, that can lead to problems. The most obvious health threat of eating too much fast food is weight gain — or even obesity.
But weight gain isn't the only problem. Too much fast food can drag a person's body down in other ways. Because the food we eat affects all aspects of how the body functions, eating the right (or wrong) foods can influence any number of things, including:
It's actually easier than you think to make good choices at a fast-food restaurant, the mall, or even the school cafeteria. Most cafeterias and fast-food places offer healthy choices that are also tasty, like grilled chicken or salads. Be mindful of portion sizes and high fat add-ons, like dressings, sauces or cheese.
Here are some pointers to remember that can help you make wise choices when eating out:
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This menu features a quick and easy recipe for chicken cacciatore, a warm spinach salad and a sugar-free white cake with various topping options, to finish off the meal. Quick, easy, and healthy, too. Try this meal. You'll be glad you did.
This menu features a quick and easy recipe for chicken cacciatore, a warm spinach salad and a sugar-free white cake with various topping options, to finish off the meal. Quick, easy, and healthy, too. Try this meal. You'll be glad you did.
EASY CHICKEN CACCIATORE
2 tbsp olive oil
2 lbs boneless, skinless chicken breasts and/or thighs
1 cup thinly sliced onion
1 cup thinly cut strips of green bell pepper
1/2 cup diced celery
2 tbsp Tomato Basil Garlic blend (such as Mrs. Dash)
1 - 14 1/2 oz can diced tomatoes, undrained
1/2 cup red cooking wine
Cooked whole-wheat thin spaghetti for 4 to 6 servings.
Heat oil in large skillet. Add chicken and cook over medium heat on both sides until lightly browned. This should take about 5 minutes per side. Remove from pan and set aside. Add onion, bell pepper, celery and spices to skillet. Cook over medium heat 3 to 4 minutes until vegetables are tender, stirring occasionally. Stir in tomatoes and red wine. Return chicken to skillet with vegetables and cook over medium heat 6 to 8 minutes or until chicken is no longer pink in center. Serve over cooked spaghetti.
WARM SPINACH SALAD
1 bag (approx. 7 oz) baby spinach leaves
1/2 cup salad croutons (non-fat preferred)
1/4 cup white vinegar
1/4 cup water
1/4 cup Dijon mustard
3 tbsp SPLENDA Granular
5 slices bacon
1/4 cup chopped red onion
2 cloves garlic, peeled and minced
Wash spinach leaves well, remove stems and drain in a colander. Place in a salad serving bowl and add croutons. In a small mixing bowl, blend together water, vinegar, mustard and SPLENDA. Set aside.
Over medium-high heat, fry bacon in saucepan until crispy. Drain well on paper toweling. In same pan, put onion and garlic; cook 1 to 2 minutes. Add vinegar mixture, return bacon to pan and simmer another 1 - 2 minutes. Pour over spinach and croutons and mix well. Serve immediately while still warm.
This is a good diabetic salad as the carbs and protein are basically equal and a 1 3/4 cup serving has only one gram of sugar.
QUICK WHITE CAKE
1 2/3 cups sifted cake flour
2 tsp baking powder
1/8 tsp salt
1 cup Equal Sugar-Lite
1/2 cup solid shortening
2 egg whites
3/4 cup 2% milk
1 tsp vanilla
Preheat oven to 350 degrees
In a medium mixing bowl, combine flour, baking powder, salt and Equal. Blend together well. Add shortening and egg whites. Using an electric mixer, at low speed, mix into flour mixture. Add milk and vanilla and beat at medium speed for 3 minutes or until smooth. Spray a 9 x 13 inch baking pan with non-stick cooking spray. Pour batter into pan and bake at 350 degrees for 30 - 35 minutes until a toothpick inserted in center comes out clean.
Topping suggestions:
Cut into squares and top each square with a dollop of sugar-free whipped topping, and fresh berries of your choice.
Mix a small package of your favorite flavored gelatin mix according to package conditions. As cake begins to cool, poke holes in cake with a large fork. Pour 1/2 of the gelatin mixture over cake. Refrigerate. Refrigerate the remaining gelatin until lightly set. Using mixer, mix gelatin into one small carton sugar-free whipped topping. Spread over cake. Keep in refrigerator until serving time.
Enjoy!
A grandmother with diabetes along with other autoimmune diseases, Linda likes to share with others what she has learned about dealing with her diseases. For more of her recipes and writings, visit her website at
http://diabeticenjoyingfood.squarespace.com. She also has a Vintage Recipe Blog at grandmasvintagerecipes.blogspot.com
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Chinese-style meals are not only tasty, they are usually quick, easy, inexpensive and healthy. In my vintage recipe collection I have two great recipes to share.
Chicken and Vegetables Chinese is definitely a recipe that has the above mentioned attributes. It is easy to make, doesn't take much time, the ingredients aren't expensive, and it makes six servings of only 200 calories each. That's a pretty good deal!
CHICKEN AND VEGETABLES CHINESE
1 lb boneless, skinned chicken breast cut into 1 1/2" pieces2 cans chicken broth or 4 to 5 chicken bouillon cubes dissolved in 3 cups boiling water1/2 cup raw rice2 tbsp soy sauce1/4 tsp ground ginger2 cups sliced carrots1 cup sliced green onions1 small can chinese vegetables, drained1/2 cup cooking sherry1 clove minced garlic1/4 tsp sage1/2 cup sliced celery1/2 cup sliced green pepper (bell pepper)6-oz pkg frozen pea pods or peasBrown chicken in a large Pam sprayed pan. Add broth, rice, sherry, soy sauce, garlic and ginger. Simmer, covered, 15 minutes. Add remaining ingredients and simmer until tender. Makes 6 servings of about 200 calories each.
Sweet and Sour Pork slow cooks for one hour but otherwise is a quick recipe. Again, it is not expensive, it is easy and again, it is a healthy meal.
SWEET AND SOUR PORK
1 lb pork tenderloin, cut into stripsoil for browning1/3 cup water1 1/2 tbsp cornstarch1/3 cup brown sugar1/3 cup vinegar3/4 cup pineapple juice2 tsp soy sauce1 cup sliced mushrooms2 cups pineapple chunks1 green pepper, cut in strips
Brown pork in oil. Add water and cook slowly for 1 hour. Add cornstarch, brown sugar, vinegar, pineapple juice, and soy sauce; mix well. Simmer 15 minutes. Add remaining ingredients and simmer 5 minutes. Serve over rice.
Enjoy!Brown pork in oil. Add water and cook slowly for 1 hour. Add cornstarch, brown sugar, vinegar, pineapple juice, and soy sauce; mix well. Simmer 15 minutes. Add remaining ingredients and simmer 5 minutes. Serve over rice.
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It seems everyone today is looking for quick, healthy recipes they can use for their family. However, they seem to be somewhat difficult as usually recipes be either quick or healthy, but rarely both! But since so many people are working outside the home and are finding their schedules crammed with so many other activities and responsibilities even when they're not working, finding quick, healthy recipes is a priority for many. No one has the time or the desire to stand over the sink chopping vegetables and no one has the time to wait for a dinner that takes hours to fix.
Interestingly enough you can come up with your own quick, healthy recipes simply varying the ingredients of your favorite recipes or by learning how to cook properly with different types of kitchen tools and gadgets.
As an example, when you use a rotisserie you can find quick, healthy recipes for just about any type of meat you might want. By having it cook on the rotisserie you're having the grease and fat drip away from it rather than having the meat cook in its own fats. By using some marinades or seasoning mixes you may find that your main dishes come out much tastier this way then they ever did before and you don't need to use fats to add flavor to your dishes. As a matter of fact, these quick, healthy recipes for your main dishes aren't even really recipes but just better and healthier ways of preparing your meats so you don't even need to follow instructions from a cookbook.
Some other ways of coming up with your own quick, healthy recipes is to reduce the amount of sugar you use to cook with when making desserts and other items. If you bake from scratch, try using applesauce as a sweetener or reducing your sugar by one-third. Use reduced fat mayonnaise or salad dressing; you don't need to go with fat free completely as this might be too much of a change for you, but by just reducing fat and sugar you can come up with some great quick, healthy recipes that are still very palatable to you and your family. You can also cut back just a little bit to start with and then gradually work your way up to how much you want to reduce your sugar and fat content overall.
Sneak vegetables into your cooking whenever you can; this is how quick, healthy recipes are created in a professional kitchen. If you make meatloaf, add some chopped peppers and onions. Do the same when cooking soup - add additional chopped carrots, onions, and anything else your family enjoys. Slip some spinach into an omelet. These are all easy and quick tips but you would be surprised how often people ignore these tips when cooking. Making up your own quick, healthy recipes simply means being creative with your ingredients and your methods.
Of course it does no good to come up with these quick, healthy recipes if you and your family never actually eat the things you cook this way. Get into the habit of having a small salad or bowl of vegetable soup before each dinner and lunch. This doesn't need to be a huge bowlful; just a few small bites before your main meal can make a tremendous amount of difference. You can also schedule what days you're going to have your quick, healthy recipes and then save your special treats and indulgences for the weekend or another special time. Make sure the family knows that Monday is healthy night, Tuesday you'll have what you want, Wednesday is another healthy night, and so on.
And get your family involved in coming up with and creating quick, healthy recipes. If the kids are busy in the kitchen they're more likely to want to eat what they've prepared. You don't want them to use dangerous knives and other equipment but they can certainly work with measuring and things such as this.
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No surprise that since the beginning of the year, food editors around the country have spent a lot of time scrounging up recipes that can suit tighter food budgets.
For my own part, I have always tried to be sensible when selecting recipes for these pages. It's a fine balance to keep when you want to tempt cooks to stretch their culinary wings a bit, yet not go overboard with time-consuming dishes or expensive ingredients.
I recommend using boneless chicken thighs, not breasts when making stews and dishes you will reheat. The thigh meat won't dry out as easily as breast meat. Plus, it's much less expensive to buy the bone-in thigh meat and debone it yourself.
CHICKEN PASTA FAGIOLI
1 tablespoon olive oil
1 cup chopped onion
3 garlic cloves, minced
2 celery stalks, chopped
2 medium carrots, cut in 1/4-inch dice
1 pound boneless chicken thighs, cut in 1/2-inch pieces
4 cups lower-sodium chicken broth
1 14 1/2-ounce can diced tomato
1 15-ounce can cannellini beans, drained and rinsed
1 cup small bow-tie pasta (other small shapes may be substituted)
4 tablespoons grated Parmesan
1. Heat the oil in a Dutch oven over medium high. Add onion, garlic, celery and carrots. Cook, stirring occasionally, 5-6 minutes until soft. Add the chicken and cook until lightly browned on all sides, 6-7 minutes. Stir in the broth, tomatoes and beans. Bring to a boil. Add the pasta and cook until tender, about 12 minutes.
2. Ladle into four bowls; top each with 1 tablespoon of Parmesan. Makes 4 servings, each with 445 calories, 34 grams protein, 9 grams fiber, 14 grams fat, 4 grams saturated fat, 1,385 mg sodium
Note: To reduce sodium, use low-sodium canned beans.
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People are increasingly moving towards a vegetarian diet as they are gradually becoming aware that vegetables are a healthy food. Using lunch recipes like vegetarian low calorie recipes is one of the best things that you can do make sure your family is healthy and safe from obesity which is turning out to be a real epidemic in the United States and other developing countries. Cooking vegetables is definitely better than the other options you have to a vegetarian diet but you get the best nutritional benefit when you partake of vegetables raw. Raw vegetables contain a lot of minerals, vitamins and other sources of nutrition that are required by our bodies. These low calorie recipes which are mostly high in fiber content protect you from digestive disorders and may even protect you from the caner of the colon and lung. Hence you must make sure that your dinner recipes and lunch recipes include a raw salad recipe Plenty of vegetarian and low calorie recipes make use of tofu, soy, peas and dried beans to make sure they get their quota of proteins for the day. One of my favorite lunch recipes is the red bean salad recipe which is made from red beans and onion rings and then seasoned with pounded garlic, salt, sugar, pepper powder and a dash of olive oil. You can add some cubes of cucumber if you like or replace the beans with chick peas. This makes for a tasty and easy recipe; even your kids could help you make it.You can collect quite a few low calorie recipes by subscribing to vegan magazines, looking through the food sections of newspapers and visiting vegetarian websites. Some even let you upload your recipe if you want to share some of your dinner or lunch recipes with others. Introducing some vegetarian low calorie recipes in your diet can immediately change the way you feel and can be used to improve your overall health and lifestyle. And you will soon come to realize that these dinner or lunch recipes that you prepare can be tasty and at the same time low in calories.Introducing vegetarian low calorie recipes in your diet will provide you with a variety and provide you healthy eating choices. Besides, vegetarian lunch recipes are full of flavor and robust and with all the proteins and vitamins they contain they are a match for meat recipes any time. Another advantage is that these easy recipes cook faster then a meat recipe would. And some of these recipes are so tasty you might well find some carnivores turning vegetarian too.As people increasingly try to make use of healthy recipes in the busy lifestyle, vegetarian slow cooking is getting to be quite popular. The best part of it is the slow cooking enhances the flavor of your lunch recipes which other methods of cooking don’t give you. The longer it cooks the more flavor it draws from the ingredients. Besides, it also enhances the taste as the nutrients and flavors get concentrated in the food as they cook slowly.
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Not everyone among us is a fitness freak. At young age you might not have paid attention to what mom used to say; that is - having healthy and nutritious food. For years you have consumed large quantity of burger, pizzas and colas. You found it heard to resist the temptation of ice creams, French fries and doughnuts. But if you are to join the forty-club it's time you should start eating healthy. Try some healthy diet recipes for yourself and for your family as well. In fact a healthy mother is the pillar of a happy and healthy family.Many of us bear a wrong notion about health food. We think that health food is always minus the taste. But that is not the case with our healthy recipes that are available on websites and online magazines related to food and recipes. You can include in your daily diet some easy to cook soups that are both healthy and delicious. These easy recipes allow you to customize the soups accordingly with seasonal ingredients. Even if cooking is not what you really like these soups are some of the easiest meals to cook at home.Tomato SoupIf you are tired of having the same old tomato soup everyday then do some experiments with it to please the entire family.Heat the soup with 1/4th tea spoon of garlic powder and Italian seasoning each. Then add previously cooked meatballs in the soup.Slit hero rolls and stuff the meatballs within. Top it with grated cheese. Broil it till the cheese melts. Or you can bring Italian flavor to American tomato soup by adding melted cheese tortellini to it. Finally serve the soup with grated Romano cheese sprinkled on it. And see the reaction of the people at the dinner table!Chicken SoupWe all know that chicken soups are part of a healthy diet. Make ordinary chicken soup tastier with its Mexican variation.Cook a basic 'all-you-can-eat' soup first. In a nonstick saucepan pour some water and add pieced carrots, onion, celery and garlic.Cook it for 8 to 10 minutes until the vegetables softens. Then add tomatoes with its sides slit open along with chopped cabbages and green beans. Pour more water and broth and add salt and pepper for taste.Cover the saucepan and let it boil. When all the vegetables turn soft your soup is ready to put in boneless chicken chunks to it.Add some cumin seeds and corns and heat the soup to boil again. When chicken becomes tender simmer it for few minutes with crumbled tortilla chips. Finally serve with sprinkled cilantro and lime juice on it.Vegetable Soup
Vegetables are low in calories and rich in vitamins. To get fresh and supple skin and flat abs vegetables should be essential part of your diet. Your must have been presenting salads and veg-soups on the dinner table for long and fed-up that your kids do not even want to taste them anymore. Try this vegetable soup that is tasty, easy to cook, cost effective and at the same time rich in nutrition values. To make this soup you only need seasonal vegetables and lentils. Regular vegetables will also do.Chop vegetables such as cauliflower carrots and broccoli. Chop some fresh tomatoes finely and put it aside for later use.Crush some green cardamom, cinnamon and clove together to create a spice mixture. Now pour the lentils into water and let it boil for 5 minutes. After 5-6 minutes add the chopped vegetables into it along with pinch of salt, black pepper and spice mix.Boil the whole mixture for about 30 minutes. Stir it well so that the vegetables blend well. After 30 minutes add the chopped tomatoes in it and simmer for few minutes more. Finally, our appetizing Tomato-Vegetable soup is ready to serve.Very easy, isn't it?So, spice up your menu with some easy healthy recipes. Switch to a healthy diet today because to think healthy you need to eat healthy.
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Here is a recipe for Tomato Basil Rotini with Chicken Breast that is a good pasta recipe for diabetics. This recipe uses healthy whole-wheat pasta and adds sliced chicken breast. Those two items allow diabetics to eat this dish without guilt. Add the Garlicky Spinach Salad, the recipe is below, and you have a quick and easy meal that is healthy and tasty. Perfect for a quick meal after a long day at work or the need to rush off to evening activities. Also a good quick meal for a sit-down family dinner.
TOMATO BASIL ROTINI WITH CHICKEN BREAST
12 oz pkg whole-wheat rotini
2 cups chopped plum tomatoes
1 1/4 cups sugar-free pasta sauce
1 tbsp basil
1 tbsp olive oil
1 clove garlic, minced OR 1 tsp garlic powder
1 cup crumbled feta cheese
1 lb boneless skinless chicken breast
Cook pasta according to package directions and drain. While pasta cooks, grill or saute chicken breasts until no longer pink in the center. When thoroughly cooked, slice into strips. In a large mixing bowl, combine tomatoes, sauce, basil, olive oil, and garlic. Add cooked pasta and toss to combine. Top with the chicken strips. Sprinkle cheese over the top. Serve warm.
GARLICKY SPINACH SALAD
1 lb fresh spinach
2 fresh tomatoes, sliced
6 scallions, trimmed and thinly sliced
5 tbsp plain nonfat yogurt
2 tbsp extra-virgin olive oil
2 garlic cloves, minced
1/2 tsp dried thyme
Fresh ground black pepper
Wash spinach, remove stems and dry. Tear into pieces and place in salad bowl. Add tomatoes and scallions and use hands to combine with spinach. In a small mixing bowl, combine yogurt, oil, garlic, thyme and pepper. Add dressing mixture to the spinach mixture and mix well.
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