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Healthy Easy Recipes

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Healthy easy recipes are meals that you can whip up fast and they are still good for you. Some days you won’t feel like spending long hours in the kitchen and these three healthy recipes will come in handy for just those days.

Food nutrition is very important and should top the list before convenience. So keeping that in mind, here are some healthy meals and snacks.

Healthy Easy Recipes: Marinated Chicken Breasts

Who said cooking chicken had to take hours? This recipe is very simple, tasty and healthy. You can use any chicken pieces for this dish.

Ingredients For Marinated Chicken Breasts:

  • 4 boned, skinless chicken breasts
  • ¼ cup soy sauce
  • ½ cup orange juice (about two oranges juiced)
  • 2 cloves garlic, minced
  • ½ teaspoon rosemary
  • ½ teaspoon cayenne
  • ½ teaspoon ginger
  • ½ teaspoon each of salt and pepper
Mix together all of the ingredients and completely submerge the chicken in the marinade. Let the chicken marinate for up to 8 hours for best flavor. Grill on the barbeque. Serve with grilled corn on the cob. Absolutely scrumptious!

A few healthy eating guidelines you should be aware of before starting your kitchen adventure is that the healthiest way to cook is to buy organic foods. Organic foods taste better because they were grown naturally.

The next healthy guideline is to start everything you cook from scratch. Instead of buying packaged creams and sauces for dishes, make your own. It will really cut down on the food additives, fats, and sodium content.

Healthy Easy Recipes: Brown Rice Crackers

This next recipe is pretty simple because it only has a few ingredients. You can double the recipe and keep them around for snacks.

Ingredients For Brown Rice Crackers:

  • 4 cups cooked brown rice
  • 2 cups whole-wheat flour
  • ½ cup real butter or safflower oil
  • ½ teaspoon salt
  • ½ cup water
  • 1 egg
Mix together the rice and whole-wheat flour. Mix in the salt. Add the oil and work it into the flour and rice. Add the water a little at a time until the mixture resembles pliable dough that can be rolled out.

In two greased cookie sheets, roll out or press down the dough into the pan until very thin. Cut into little cracker size squares. Brush beaten egg on the crackers and bake for 12 to 15 minutes in 350-degree oven. Let cool.

As the crackers cool they become crunchy just like a cracker should be. Store in airtight containers.

Healthy Easy Recipes: Pasta Salad

In the heat of the summer this recipe is a crowd pleaser. Pasta salad is one of those dishes that never tastes the same because its made with whatever veggies you have on hand.

Pasta salad should be made with three different vegetables and one legume or cheese variety. Here is one variation of pasta salad you can try, but of course, if you don’t have the exact ingredients, substitute with something else!

Ingredients For Pasta Salad:

  • 12-oz whole grain penne or rigatoni
  • Handful of fresh broccoli, chopped
  • 2 carrots sliced thin
  • 1cup fresh green beans
  • 1/2 cup cooked chickpeas
Dressing Ingredients:
  • ¼ cup Parmesan cheese
  • ¼ cup olive oil
  • 1 lemon juiced
  • 2 cloves garlic, minced
  • 1-teaspoon basil
  • ½ teaspoon each of salt and black pepper
Lightly steam veggies. Be careful you do not over steam. You want the veggies to be crunchy not mushy. Cook chickpeas according to package directions. Cook pasta according to package directions.

Add the veggies, pasta and beans together in a serving bowl and mix well. Mix together all of the dressing ingredients and mix into the pasta salad. Serve chilled. Enjoy healthy eating every day!



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