Your Healthiest Recipe thread

[pastrygirl]

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

I made these tonight -- they are SO GOOD!!! I didn't have chipotles, so I used some Spanish smoked paprika that I have (from Frontier - highly recommend). I also forgot to buy cilantro, but they came out great without it. I cooked the chicken a little longer because I also had thighs in there, and the sauce really caramelized. YUM. But next time I'll use the time in the recipe because it's plenty, and I wished I had more sauce at the end! Everyone loved it!

[mctlaw]

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

Thanks for these! We are mostly veg. and these sound right up my alley! Now to find some time....