Healthy recipes can be quick and easy to prepare no matter if you’ve cooked for years or are just getting started. In this section, you are sure to find a quick, healthy recipe you will like.
Trying new things can keep meal time interesting. For those following our week of healthy meals, you’ll find all the recipes you need right here.
If your household is smaller, simply divide all of the ingredients in half or save leftovers for another meal. Click here for tips on storing leftovers.
For large families double the recipe. Cooking can be fun for the whole family, don’t be afraid to get the kids involved. Remember cooking skills last a lifetime!
Take a look at healthy cooking and baking substitutions below.
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Healthy Cooking Substitutions
Instead of: |
Try: |
1 cup cream |
1 cup evaporated milk |
Cream to thicken soups |
Pureed potatoes or vegetables |
Stick margarine |
Small amounts of olive oil or canola oil |
2 ounces cheddar cheese |
1 ounce reduced fat sharp cheddar cheese |
White rice |
Brown rice, bulgur, kasha, quinoa, whole wheat cous cous |
Meat or poultry for stir fry |
Tofu (extra firm) seitan, tempeh, or more vegetables |
Ground beef |
Ground turkey, finely chopped vegetables with less meat, crumbled firm tofu, tempeh, seitan, soy crumbles, beans |
Sugar as sweetener |
1 tsp honey or artificial sweetener |
Butter, margarine, or vegetable oil for sautéing |
Fat free cooking spray, chicken or vegetable broth, or a small amount of olive oil |
1 cup mayonnaise |
1 cup plain non or low fat yogurt or 3/4 cup plain yogurt with 1/4 cup or less low-calorie mayonnaise or use “light” mayonnaise |
Healthy Baking Substitutions
Instead of: |
Try: |
1/4 cup oil, butter or margarine |
1 cup evaporated milk or 1/2 cup unsweetened applesauce |
1 egg |
2 egg whites or 1/4 cup egg substitute |
Sweetened condensed milk |
Fat free sweetened condensed milk |
Evaporated milk |
Evaporated skim milk |
1 cup chocolate chips |
1/2 cup mini dark chocolate chips, chopped dried fruit, or chopped nuts |
Frosting |
Sliced fresh fruit with a dusting of powdered sugar |
Sour cream |
Nonfat sour cream, low fat sour cream, non or low fat plain yogurt, pureed cottage cheese with 1 teaspoon lemon juice |
Whole milk |
Skim milk |
Cream cheese |
Low fat cream cheese or ricotta cheese pureed with fat free cream cheese |
Sugar |
Artificial sweetener for some or all (follow manufacturer’s directions); 1/4 to 1/4 less sugar in the recipe |