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If there's one thing we know for sure, it's that healthy recipes don't have to be bland or boring. Today's home cooking often includes the freshest produce and meats and contains less saturated fat and salt, and more fiber, complex crabs and healthy fats. We've scoured the recipe databases of our favorite cooking and health sites to find the 12 highest rated and tastiest healthy recipes -- try one for dinner tonight!
Vegetable Lasagna With Red Pepper Sauce - This lasagna, covered in a savory red pepper sauce and packed with three cheeses, zucchini, mushroom and onion is Kitchen Daily's highest-rated healthy recipe.
Sichuan Stye Chicken with Peanuts - A spicy, ginger-laced stir fry using boneless, skinless chicken breasts, garnished with chopped peanuts and scallions.
Chicken Enchiladas - A "rehabbed" healthy recipe version of a classic that's filled with chicken, beans and spices with a low-salt homemade sauce.
Creamy Potato Salad - Keep potato salad on your picnic menu with this healthy recipe that replaces some of the mayo with yogurt and adds gherkins, anchovy paste and capers for flavor.
Guilt-Free Fettuccine Alfredo - Who knew that such a decadent, fattening dish could be slimmed down so deliciously? The secret to this healthy recipe is low fat ricotta cheese.
Calzones - These made-over calzones have a homemade whole-wheat crust and are filled with fresh veggies, feta cheese and lean turkey breast.
Chicken Under a Brick with Rapini - Marinated butterflied chicken is infused with herbs and cooked under the weight of a brick and served with sauteed broccoli rabe.
Salmon Panzanella - A traditional Mediterranean bread salad with Salmon, fresh herbs, vegetables and olives, this healthy recipe is a great way to add salmon to your diet.
Korean Beef Stir Fry - This beef stir fry is a spicy, healthy recipe that features bean sprouts, baby spinach, ginger and sesame that cooks up in about five minutes.
Portobello "Cheese Steak" Sandwich - A healthy take on a notoriously unhealthy sandwich, this version uses meaty portobellos for the meat, with plenty of onion, pepper and low-fat provolone cheese.
Artichoke Scrambled Eggs Benedict - This clever healthy recipe is a twist on classic Eggs Benedict, with a whole artichoke heart and a slice of pancetta sitting in for and English muffin and Canadian bacon, is topped with a creamy scrambled egg and a drizzle of homemade lemon sauce.
Whoopie Pies - Even this traditional filled cake-cookie can be a light snack with this healthy recipe that replaces the fat in the cookie with mashed banana and has a Greek yogurt and Neufchatel cheese filling.
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If there's one thing we know for sure, it's that healthy recipes don't have to be bland or boring. Today's home cooking often includes the freshest produce and meats and contains less saturated fat and salt, and more fiber, complex crabs and healthy fats. We've scoured the recipe databases of our favorite cooking and health sites to find the 12 highest rated and tastiest healthy recipes -- try one for dinner tonight!Vegetable Lasagna With Red Pepper Sauce - This lasagna, covered in a savory red pepper sauce and packed with three cheeses, zucchini, mushroom and onion is Kitchen Daily's highest-rated healthy recipe.
Sichuan Stye Chicken with Peanuts - A spicy, ginger-laced stir fry using boneless, skinless chicken breasts, garnished with chopped peanuts and scallions.
Chicken Enchiladas - A "rehabbed" healthy recipe version of a classic that's filled with chicken, beans and spices with a low-salt homemade sauce.
Creamy Potato Salad - Keep potato salad on your picnic menu with this healthy recipe that replaces some of the mayo with yogurt and adds gherkins, anchovy paste and capers for flavor.
Guilt-Free Fettuccine Alfredo - Who knew that such a decadent, fattening dish could be slimmed down so deliciously? The secret to this healthy recipe is low fat ricotta cheese.
Calzones - These made-over calzones have a homemade whole-wheat crust and are filled with fresh veggies, feta cheese and lean turkey breast.
Chicken Under a Brick with Rapini - Marinated butterflied chicken is infused with herbs and cooked under the weight of a brick and served with sauteed broccoli rabe.
Salmon Panzanella - A traditional Mediterranean bread salad with Salmon, fresh herbs, vegetables and olives, this healthy recipe is a great way to add salmon to your diet.
Korean Beef Stir Fry - This beef stir fry is a spicy, healthy recipe that features bean sprouts, baby spinach, ginger and sesame that cooks up in about five minutes.
Portobello "Cheese Steak" Sandwich - A healthy take on a notoriously unhealthy sandwich, this version uses meaty portobellos for the meat, with plenty of onion, pepper and low-fat provolone cheese.
Artichoke Scrambled Eggs Benedict - This clever healthy recipe is a twist on classic Eggs Benedict, with a whole artichoke heart and a slice of pancetta sitting in for and English muffin and Canadian bacon, is topped with a creamy scrambled egg and a drizzle of homemade lemon sauce.
Whoopie Pies - Even this traditional filled cake-cookie can be a light snack with this healthy recipe that replaces the fat in the cookie with mashed banana and has a Greek yogurt and Neufchatel cheese filling.