Friday, July 30, 2010

What are yummy healthy food recipes?

I'm trying to eat healthy, but im getting so tired of salads and rice and stuff.


I did make some good penna rigate with boiled shrimp and broccoli the other day...but not too sure how healthy that was lol


Does anyone have any amazing healthy recipes they can share?What are yummy healthy food recipes?
go to cookinglight.com. I haven't made one thing from the website that tasted bad. Great recipes for the calorie conscious!What are yummy healthy food recipes?
This would be healthy but it's a salad...





Sweet potato and spinach salad





This recipe is vegan friendly.





Ingredients (serves 6)





* 800g orange sweet potato, peeled


* 1/3 cup olive oil


* 1/4 cup pumpkin seeds


* 150g baby spinach


* 160g roasted red capsicum, cut into strips


* 1 tablespoon red wine vinegar


* 3/4 teaspoon dijon mustard





Method





1. Preheat oven to 200掳C. Line a baking tray with non-stick baking paper. Cut sweet potato into 2cm cubes. Combine sweet potato and 2 tablespoons oil in a large bowl. Season with salt and pepper and toss to coat. Place sweet potato in a single layer on tray. Roast for 40 to 45 minutes or until golden and tender. Set aside to cool.


2. Meanwhile, heat a non-stick frying pan over medium-low heat. Add pumpkin seeds. Cook, shaking pan, for 2 minutes or until lightly toasted. Allow to cool.


3. Arrange spinach on a plate. Top with sweet potato and capsicum. Whisk vinegar, mustard, remaining 2 tablespoons oil and salt and pepper in a jug until well combined. Drizzle dressing over salad. Sprinkle with pumpkin seeds. Serve.





Add some fish or chicken breast and you've got an enjoyable, healthy meal.





This is a good vegie stew I've made but I used silverbeet and did it my way.





Curried Mustard Greens %26amp; Garbanzo Beans with Sweet Potatoes





This is a complete vegetarian meal that is easy to prepare, colorful and full of flavor. The pungent taste of mustard greens and sweetness of the sweet potatoes is a wonderful combination giving you a great way to enjoy the many health benefits from the nutritious ingredients in this recipe. The sweet potatoes are creamy tasting without heavy cream, and the mustard greens are saut茅ed using our Healthy Saut茅 cooking method making this great tasting dish low in fat.


Curried Mustard Greens %26amp; Garbanzo Beans with Sweet Potatoes Prep and Cook Time: 30 minutes





Ingredients:





* 2 medium sweet potatoes peeled and sliced thin


* 1 medium onion cut in half and sliced thin


* 3 medium cloves garlic, sliced


* 1 TBS + 1/4 cup chicken or vegetable broth


* 陆 tsp curry powder


* 录 tsp turmeric


* 1 bunch mustard greens, rinse, remove stems and chop


* 1 15oz can diced tomatoes


* 1 15oz can garbanzo beans, drained


* 3 TBS extra virgin olive oil


* salt and white pepper to taste





Directions:





1. Bring water to a boil in a steamer with a tight fitting lid. Peel and slice sweet potatoes in fairly thin slices so they will steam quickly, 5-10 minutes.


2. While steaming potatoes, slice onion and garlic. Heat 1 TBS broth in 12inch skillet. Healthy Saut茅 onion in broth over medium heat for about 4-5 minutes stirring frequently, until translucent. Add 1/4 cup broth, garlic, curry powder, turmeric, and mustard greens. Cook stirring occasionally until mustard greens are wilted, about 5 minutes. Add garbanzo beans, diced tomatoes, salt and pepper. Cook for another 5 minutes.


3. Mash sweet potatoes with olive oil, salt and pepper. If you need to thin potatoes more you can add a little broth. Serve mustard greens with mashed sweet potatoes.





Serves 4





www.whfoods.com has heaps of recipes that you can taylor to what ingredients you want to include and they are focused on the most nutritional foods.





A dessert with blueberries and walnuts would make a healthy dessert.
if you like fish





Prep Time: 10 minutes


Cook Time: 30 minutes


Ingredients:


1 large clove garlic


grated rind of 1/2 lemon


juice of 1 lemon


salt and pepper


1 cup dry white wine


1 1/4 lbs. monkfish or other solid white fish


olive oil for frying


2 tbsp capers


lemon slices for garnish (optional)


Preparation:


Serves 4.





In a large frying pan with a heavy bottom, fry fish in approximately 1/4-inch olive oil, browning on both sides.





While the fish is frying, make the lemon sauce. Grate the lemon rind onto a plate. Juice the lemon. Set both aside.





Peel and crush garlic in a mortar and pestle and add the lemon rind, salt and pepper and mix, making a paste. Add lemon juice and stir.





Pour the lemon sauce and wine into the frying pan with the fish. Turn down fish and allow to simmer on low until the sauce is reduced a bit.





Add capers to the pan and stir. Turn off heat. Remove fish from pan and place on plates. Spoon sauce over the fish and serve with rice or fried potatoes.
I am a vegetarian. I don't know what your diet is but like this website. http://www.vegcooking.com/searchrecipes.鈥?/a>
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