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Healthy Recipes

Enjoy our best healthy recipes and ideas for breakfast, lunch, dinner, and dessert. You probably want to eat better, but you want food to taste good, too. With a little planning and irresistible healthy recipes, the two can go together. Start your day with our healthy breakfast ideas -- you'll score with smoothies and lower-calorie alternatives such as muffins, which are great for breakfast on the go. Don't head for the drive-through at lunch; instead, make one of our healthy lunches to tote with you to the office. Kick your afternoon snack cravings with hundreds of snack recipes and ideas to keep you on track. The biggest excuse for not eating healthy is too little time to cook. With our superfast healthy recipes with seven ingredients or fewer and our 25-minute dinners, there's always time for a delicious, healthful meal. If you're on a more restricted diet -- such as low-sodium, low-cholesterol, heart-healthy, or diabetic -- you'll enjoy our healthy cooking ideas and recipes tailored to your needs. For every meal and every taste preference we've got your healthy recipes.

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Cheesy Greens and Grains Casserole

This healthful and hearty dish is a colorful infusion of kale, spinach, and sweet potato. The melted cheese and toasted walnuts make an ultimate comforting bite.
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Salmon with Roasted Tomatoes and Shallots

Fill out the meal by serving this tomato-topped salmon over a bed of hot cooked Israeli couscous tossed with olive oil and a few handfuls of fresh arugula or baby spinach.
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Yes, MSG Is Safe to Eat, Plus Everything Else to Know About the Flavor Enhancer

There's a lot of mystery and many misconceptions around MSG. If you can't answer the questions What does MSG do? Are MSG headaches really a thing? Or even more simply, What is MSG? We've got answers from medical pros and scientific research about this misunderstood seasoning.
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How to Save Money on Groceries (and Eat Healthy)

Eat more healthfully while keeping more cash in your wallet with these tips for saving money on groceries that are good for you. Make a plan, create a cheap healthy grocery list, and use these savvy supermarket strategies, and you’ll be on your way.
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7 Healthy Snack Ideas to Keep Blood Sugar in Check

Prevent the roller-coaster ride of a blood sugar spike and then crash with these easy, nutritious snack ideas.
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Gluten-Free Pie Crust

With our gluten-free pie crust recipe there's no need to skip out on the pie at Thanksgiving or any other gathering just because you're avoiding gluten. Just add your favorite filling!
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More Healthy Recipes

Pomegranate Cherry-Berry Compote

Grab fresh berries, cherries, and pomegranate juice, and you've got almost everything you need to make this dessert compote. It's great on ice cream, cheesecake, chocolate cake, and just about every dessert.
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Blackberry-Lime Dessert Sauce

The beauty of this homemade blackberry sauce is that its deliciousness comes from just three ingredients (four if you count water). Once it's done, it's perfect for topping vanilla custard, ice cream, and pudding, or for layering into a parfait.
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Creole Coarse-Ground Mustard

There will be no going back to bottled yellow mustard after a taste of this creole-infused mustard. Two kinds of mustard seeds, cayenne, and horseradish are balanced by a bit of honey to make the unique topper.