Healthy Recipes In this page with healthy recipes you’ll find out why healthy eating is important and how to make your diet balanced and tasty.You will also discover lots of ideas for balanced breakfasts, luscious light meals, and mouth watering main meals,all designed to suit even the pickiest eaters. And don’t worry, there are plenty of recipes but with a healthy twist!
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There are a few foods that shouldn’t count as one of your five daily servings, either because they are too high in starch or do not have a high enough real fruit or vegetable content. These are: • Potatoes, yams, and sweet potatoes • Ketchup and the tomato sauce in beans (although the beans do count) • Fruit-flavored drinks, such as Kool-Aid • Store-bought fruit yogurts • Jam, marmalade, or jelly
Emely's List of Healthy Recipes Emely's healthy recipes blog discovers how healthy and balanced eating can be delidious easy and fun! Remember, “There is no such thing as ‘good’ and ‘bad’ foods (or recipes) only good and bad diets!”
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Four easy steps to balancing your meals.
At each meal include the following: 1. Slow release carbohydrates 2. Lean protein 3. Good healthy essential fats 4. Lots of veggies, fruit & salads Starchy Foods
Bread, cereals, rice, pasta, and potatoes are all starchy foods. They are from the food group known as carbohydrates.These types of food are the body’s major source of energy, so they should form the main part of every meal. They also contain useful amounts of fiber, vitamins and, perhaps surprisingly, protein. Sugary foods are also a type of carbohydrates.
Good Carbohydrates
There are lots of different types of starchy foods to choose from, but always go for whole grain varieties if you can. Whole grain foods contain more vitamins, minerals, and fiber than processed foods because many nutrients are lost during the refining process. (brown rice , whole wheat pasta).
Fiber
Starchy foods are also a good source of dietary fiber, which is only found in foods that come from plants. High fiber foods include whole wheat bread, brown rice, whole wheat pasta and whole grain breakfast cereals, which mostly contain insoluble fiber. Although the body cannot digest this type of fiber, it helps the passage of other food and waste products through your gut and keeps your bowels working properly. Soluble fiber is found in oats and beans and can be digested by your body.( oats).
Cut down unhealthy fats
• Snack on unsalted nuts and seeds instead of cookies and chips.
• Spread mashed avocado or hummus on toast, instead of butter. • Choose oily fish instead of breaded and fried fish. • For a change, mash olive oil into potatoes instead of butter. • Drizzle olive oil and lemon juice over salads in place of creamy salad dressings. • Nibble fresh or dried fruit rather than cookies and chocolate. • Trim any visible fat off meat and poultry. • Buy lean cuts of meat. • Ditch the frying pan-try poaching, steaming, broiling, or baking. • Swap whole-fat milk for low-fat or fat-free alternatives. • If you use lard, butter, or margarine, switch to plant-based oils and low-fat spreads.(hazelnuts , fish , raisins, raspberries , hummus , strawberries) |
