Your Healthiest Recipe thread

[Mopey]

Thanks so much for all these ideas!! I really appreciate it and please keep them coming.

How about grain salads like quinoa? Or lentil recipes?

[crayonblue]

My mom's lentil soup:


Lentil Soup
1 large sweet onion, chopped
4 cloves garlic, minced
Lots of celery
2 T. olive oil
1 package frozen chopped spinach
1 bag lentils, rinse
1 T. salt
14 cups water
1 large can diced tomatoes

Saute onion, garlic and celery in a small amount of olive oil. Add all other ingredients. Cover and cook until lentils are done, about one hour.

[hellbennt]

http://www.oprah.com/food/Heart-Heal...uccini-Alfredo

I used pacific brand light soy milk (probably could use rice milk)

and I don't think I ever used the cheese (used Kraft parmesian or something)

& I didn't use the dried tomatoes...I did use broccoli
anyway: it's yummy!

I was on a cream sauce kick at one point...I also learned at a WW meeting that cooking w/ powdered skim milk makes things taste creamier than using (regular) skim milk....

[kwc]

We are trying to eat more healthy around here too, though much of what I end up liking is stuff that DH and I like and the kids would not try (maybe because more spiciness?). Most of the following are all vegetarian though we are definitely not a vegetarian family. DH did not grow up eating many veggies so they need to be a bit more interesting to entice him, but now he is won over.

Lentils in Mujaddara with spiced yogurt (so simple but amazingly good)
http://food52.com/recipes/8565-mujad...-spiced-yogurt

Simplest ever chickpea salad... legume-loving DD sometimes makes it to pack for her lunch. We use S&W (non reduced sodium) garbanzos, rinsed.
http://orangette.blogspot.com/2007/01/brown-bag-it.html

My favorite quinoa salad (I use toasted almonds instead of walnuts and dried cranberries instead of pomegranate):
http://www.sfgate.com/food/recipes/d...17339&sorig=qs

There are a number of tasty southwest flavor quinoa salads (with beans, tomatoes and corn)... I don't have a favorite but you'll find many online.

The quinoa and kale pilaf I make if eating alone or kids are eating pizza:
http://food52.com/recipes/2434-one-p...d-quinoa-pilaf

Quinoa patties (the quinoa I make for everyone... even DS ate 3, covered in ketchup):
http://www.melskitchencafe.com/2012/...a-patties.html

Kale salad (DH and I eat this weekly, again we use trader joe's toasted almonds instead of pine nuts or walnuts):
http://www.chinesegrandma.com/2012/0...asted-walnuts/

My two new favorite vegetable recipes... seriously restaurant quality:
http://markbittman.com/dinner-with-b...orange-and-sha
http://food52.com/recipes/9880-spice...anate-molasses

For easy meals with lots of protein that can be served again (though not vegetarian and lots of sodium), we always like Crockpot 365's taco soup or the previously mentioned crockpot salsa chicken:
http://crockpot365.blogspot.com/2008...ot-recipe.html

Quick chicken tacos:
http://www.melskitchencafe.com/2009/...ken-tacos.html

My family liked this pork recipe as well, and pork loin is very lean though it was probably more pork than we could eat:
http://www.melskitchencafe.com/2011/...ow-cooker.html

[elbenn]

I'm really intrigued by the quinoa patties. They look really yummy. I make a chickpea salad very similar to the one posted, except I use dill instead of parmesan.

[brittone2]

Thanks so much for all these ideas!! I really appreciate it and please keep them coming.

How about grain salads like quinoa? Or lentil recipes?

I just made a quinoa salad to take to a friend. I cut quite a few peeled clementines in half, then sliced up the pieces. Chopped some green onion, red bell pepper, cucumber (deseeded). Squeezed some extra juice from clementines over the whole thing. Added in a bit of feta. Topped with slivered almonds before serving (I delivered mine in a separate container so she could add them at the last minute).

[Melaine]

I love this thread...thanks all for contributing. I'm adding my plug for spaghetti squash in place of pasta...it's really good!

[cuca_]

I love this farro pilaf.

http://www.tastebook.com/recipes/235...ll_recipe=true

[kwc]

I'm really intrigued by the quinoa patties. They look really yummy. I make a chickpea salad very similar to the one posted, except I use dill instead of parmesan.

The quinoa patties are tasty! I left out the parsley because I didn't have any, though I think parsley is a good "green flecks gateway drug" for the kids as they would have eaten it anyway. I did up the seasonings a little (I think 1/2- 1 tsp of Spice House Old World Seasoning) in the mixture. They were even good the next day cold for lunch (for me).

For another ground meat dish that has green stuff that my kids will eat, we make Rachael Ray's greek gyros... has spinach in it! Sometimes sub in half ground turkey for the lamb, or grass fed beef. We've always skipped the waffle fries and gravy, and just have some veggies or small salad on the side.
http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/3...ipe/index.html

[mommylamb]

I made this tonight and it was excellent! http://www.eatingbirdfood.com/2011/02/garlicky-kale/