Recipes

Cooked asparagus

Simple Spring Asparagus

A simple spring side, fresh asparagus needs very little to dress it and cooks up quickly. This recipe calls for grilling the asparagus, but if you don’t have a grill, you can use the oven instead.

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Red lentil coconut curry

Red Lentil Coconut Curry

Serve this curry over brown rice to make it a meal.

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Heart healthy breakfast foods

Quick, Heart-Healthy Breakfast Options

Among the flurry of activity usually dedicated for morning hours, it can seem difficult to find time to make a heart-healthy breakfast. Eat right even if you are on the go.

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Snack mix

Snack Mix Makeover (Three Ways)

Looking for a healthy snack to serve during the Super Bowl? Here's one to try.

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Mediterranean salad

Try the Mediterranean Menu

A Mediterranean diet includes plenty of healthy fats, so you feel full.

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Healthy foods

3 Simple Tips to Eat Better

Make healthy food choices convenient, attractive and normal (or, CAN). Recent research on food choice behaviors found that these three tactics could help people eat healthier.

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Ratatouille

Ratatouille

Garlic, herbs, fresh produce and good quality olive oil create a lovely Mediterranean style. Beans turn this vegetarian side into a main meal when served with crusty bread or whole grain pasta.

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Carrots, apple, beet

Autumn Harvest Salad

Enjoy the taste of fall in this nutrition-packed salad featuring beets, apples, carrots, nuts and seeds.

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Grilled eggplant parmesan

Grilled Eggplant Parmesan

Here's a healthy take on a classic Italian dish. Grilling instead of frying the eggplant cuts down on the amount of fat and oil you need to use.

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Green beans in a wicker basket

Summer Sidekick Dishes

Whoever said healthy side dishes have to be boring? Watermelon and Tomato Salad, and Parmesan Green Beans are so delicious that your family won’t know they are also good for them!

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