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Easy Healthy Recipes: Healthy Meal Recipes

Healthy Chicken Recipe

Let’s take a look at some easy healthy recipes you can prepare anytime for a snack, side dish, or meal. Preparation time for these healthy recipes require minimal time in the kitchen and are especially beneficial for the diets of those with busy lifestyles.



They are easy to make and will be delicious to your taste buds. Plus, you can always put them in the refrigerator or freezer to eat at a later time.

Easy Healthy Recipes: Baked Sweet Potatoes

Everyone is sure to love these healthful, sweet snacks, or they can be used for a side dish to a meal.

Peel two large sweet potatoes, cutting off any bad parts. Cut into squares about one inch thick. Spread evenly on an oiled cookie sheet.

Season with:

  • salt
  • pepper,
  • ½ teaspoon cayenne
  • ½ teaspoon paprika
Drizzle several splashes of Extra Virgin Olive oil.

Toss the seasonings and oil with your fingers to make sure each potato is evenly coated. Bake in a preheated 350-degree oven for forty-five minutes to an hour. Serves two people.

Easy Healthy Recipes: No Bake Squares

These sweet treats taste great and are packed with protein for energy. They are loaded with fiber and other vitamins and nutritious goodness.

In a large pan over medium heat, mix together:

  • ½ cup butter (not margarine)
  • 1-cup real peanut butter
  • 1-cup raw honey
  • 1/3 cup cocoa powder
  • dash of salt
  • dash of real vanilla extract
Mix well and shut off heat.

Stir in four to five cups of quick cooking oatmeal. Layer the mixture into a shallow pan and freeze for one hour. Cut into two by one inch squares and enjoy!

These sweet, healthy treats can be frozen individually and then taken along for kid’s lunches, snacks at work, gym, or just at home snacks. Additionally, you can add nuts and seeds, or dried fruit to these wonderful little treats and make them even more nutritious. Be creative!

Easy Healthy Recipes: Cold Pasta Salad

Cold pasta salad is great for dinner in the summer time. It is a refreshing change from hot foods.

You will need:

  • 12-ounces of whole grain penne pasta
  • 1 red pepper, chopped
  • 1 green pepper, chopped
  • ¼ bunch of broccoli, chopped
  • 1 carrot, chopped
  • 1 medium onion, chopped
  • 3 cloves of garlic, diced
  • 1 cup of parmesan cheese
  • ½ cup Extra Virgin Olive Oil
  • ½ cup real mayonnaise
  • juice of ½ lemon
  • salt and pepper
  • 1 teaspoon Italian seasoning or pizza seasoning
Chop vegetables and set aside. Cook pasta according to package directions, drain and add penne to a large bowl. Mix in all of the chopped vegetables. In medium size bowl mix together, oil, Parmesan cheese, mayo, and seasonings.

Add mixture to pasta and vegetables and mix well. Taste for added seasonings. May need more salt or pizza seasoning. Refrigerate for two hours so the flavors will settle in well.

Pasta salad is always best refrigerated for 24 hours and then eaten. Pizza seasoning consists of oregano, basil, and hot pepper flakes.

Easy Healthy Recipes: Baked Chicken Breasts

These easy to prepare chicken meals tastes great. This dish needs to marinate up to six hours. You will need four boneless skinless chicken breasts.

For the marinade you will need:

  • ¼ cup soy sauce
  • ¼ cup olive oil
  • ½ cup orange juice
  • 3 crushed cloves of garlic
  • dash of cayenne pepper
  • 1 teaspoon ginger
  • 1 teaspoon rosemary
  • salt and pepper to taste
Arrange the washed chicken breasts in a shallow baking dish. Add marinade sauce all over it to coat. Then salt and pepper each chicken breast. Cover with foil and refrigerate for 6 hours or overnight. Bake in a preheated 325-degree oven for 45 minutes, uncovered.

The chicken will come out tender, moist and flavorful. Serves four people. Serve with a side of brown rice and steamed vegetables.



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