Easy Healthy Recipes

Healthy recipes include foods that are rich in all the essential nutrients required for good health. Devoid of all kinds of processed foods and foods high in sugar and salt, healthy recipes should include 'loads' of veggies, and fruits in them. Proper selection between healthy and unhealthy choices of food items also help in preparing home-made healthy recipes. Here is a list of some easy healthy recipes which you can prepare for breakfast, lunch and dinner.

Easy Health Recipes for Breakfast

Grape Nuts Breakfast Bars
Ingredients
Three cups of grapes nut cereal
A cup of semi-skimmed or skimmed milk
A cup of applesauce - remember to go for the unsweetened one
A cup of your favorite dried fruit - chopped to raisin size
Two table spoons of vanilla extract

Preparation
Mix the ingredients and pour the mixture into a non stick cookware. Bake the mixture for about 35 minutes in an oven. Temperature of the oven should be maintained at about 350 ⁰ Fahrenheit. Once the mixture gets firm, allow it to cool down for sometime and cut into squares.

Curried Eggs
Ingredients
10-12 half-sliced hardboiled eggs
Butter and flour - 4 tablespoons each
Milk - 2 cups and curry powder -2 teaspoons
Cream - 6 tablespoons
Salt and white pepper according to taste

Preparation
For this easy healthy recipe, you can use a double boiler to melt the butter. Add flour and let the mixture cook for about 2 minutes. This mix would be the cream sauce. Stop cooking and add milk to the mixture slowly. Do not forget to keep stirring! Put the container back to be heated until the sauce thickens. Prepare a mixture of curry powder and cream and add it to the sauce. Add salt and pepper to taste.

Once the sauce has been prepared, place the half-sliced eggs in a casserole. The casserole should be buttered. Top the eggs with pimento strips. Now, pour the sauce all over and make sure the sauce reaches the bottom of the casserole. Now, all you have to do is to bake the mixture at 400 ⁰ F for about 20 minutes. Serve hot!

Examples of other healthy and easy breakfast recipes which can be cooked with ease are prickly pear eggs, santa fe eggs, scrambled eggs with shrimp and sherry, Mexican jack omelet, vegetable frittata, sour cream scrambled eggs, overnight caramel apple French toast, almond egg nog French toast, breakfast bagel, ginger yogurt with fruit, granola with fresh fruit, healthy breakfast frittata, etc.

Easy Health Recipes for Lunch

Baked Potato Soup
Ingredients
Bacon - 12 slices
Margarine and all purpose flour - 2/3 cups each
Milk - 7 to 8 cups
Baked potatoes - 4 of them, peeled and cubed
Green onions - 4 pieces, chopped
Shredded cheddar cheese - 1 to ¼ cups
Sour cream - 1 cup
Salt and black pepper - 1 teaspoon each

Preparation
Start with medium heat to cook the slices of bacon in a non-stick frying pan. Cook until they turn brown and thereafter set it aside. Do remember to drain and crumble before setting it aside. You can use a pot that is used for preparing soup stock, for melting the margarine over medium heat. Whisk the margarine smooth with flour. Add milk to it gradually and keep on stirring until you get a thick paste. Add potatoes and onions and boil the mixture.

Boil the mixture at a low temperature and add bacon, cheese, sour cream, salt and pepper. Continue stirring and when you see that the cheese is melting, it's time to serve the soup and enjoy its taste!

Other delicious soup recipes for lunch are polish easter soup, cream of mango soup, iced papaya soup, fresh tomato bisque, harvest bisque and sicilian easter soup. Breaded fried chicken, chicken nuggets, crispy chicken fingers, crispy wings, easy breaded chicken and sloppy joes spicy sloppy joes are some easy healthy recipes which are favorite among kids.

Fast and Easy Healthy Recipes for Dinner

Tuna casserole
Ingredients
Macaroni - 2 cups
Cambell's cream of celery soup and tuna - 1 can each
Cream cheese - 1 small package
Garlic and dry mustard - ½ teaspoon each
Milk - ¼ cup
Onion - 1, finely chopped
Grape nuts - ¼ cup
Butter or margarine - 2 tablespoons

Preparation
The macaroni can be cooked according to the directions provided on the package. Prepare a smooth mix of celery, softened cream cheese and milk in casserole dish. Add tuna, garlic, dry mustard and onion to the mix. Now stir this mixture in cooked macaroni. Spread mixture of melt margarine and grape nuts on top of casserole. Bake in about 375 ⁰ F for 45 minutes, before serving.

Some quick easy healthy recipes for dinners which you can prepare at home are chicken & sun-dried tomato orzo, chicken breasts with mushroom cream sauce, crab salad melts, Indian-spiced chicken pitas, nasi goreng, spaghetti & meatballs, meatloaf, macaroni & cheese, pepperoni pizza, crispy tacos, chicken burritos, mashed potatoes, etc.

There is no end to the variety of healthy recipes that you can cook. You can also create your own heart-healthy dishes at home. For healthy eating, always go for food items that have low-calorific and low-fat value. Choose from the list of easy healthy recipes and give your family a healthy and tasty treat!