How to Get Free Healthy Recipes

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By vintage

Everyone wants to be healthy nowadays. There are plenty of things that one can do to be healthy but the food part is the most important. There are plenty of websites that I found that have healthy recipes. I'm going to list a few:


Step 1
The following websites show how much calories and all the nutrition information you need to know.

If you have a recipe and want to check the calories and nutrition information you can go to NutritionData.com ::http://www.nutritiondata.com/

Step 2
Self.com
Contains recipes. includes calories, serving size and nutrition information
click on food and diet
http://www.self.com/fooddiet

Step 3
NeverSayDiet.com
Contains recipes. includes calories, serving size and nutrition information
click on healthy eating:
http://www.neversaydiet.com/healthy-eating

Step 4
Yahoo!Food
offers recipes, blogs
the blogs are very useful, they have articles for healthy eating and healthy eating advice
http://food.yahoo.com/bites/restaurants-cooks/

Step 5
AOL health.
click on diet and fitness.
http://www.aolhealth.com/?icid=navbar_Health

Step 6
the Food Network.
offers healthy recipes.
http://www.foodnetwork.com/healthy-eating/index.html

Step 7
The following websites provide further information
articles:
http://www.cnpp.usda.gov/Publications/NutritionInsights/insight11.pdf
http://www.self.com/about/food-and-diet-q-and-a

videos:
http://video.about.com/nutrition/Food-Portion-Control.htm

Step 8
Remember that you have to learn the appropriate portions of food to get the full benefit for your healthy eating.


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Skinny Roasted Garlic Mashed Potatoes

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This recipe serves: 1

Ingredients:
1 1/2 cloves of garlic,unpeeled splash of olive oil
1/2 large potato (Idaho or russet)
about 2 1/2 tablespoons Basic Chicken Stock (see recipe), or low-sodium canned
salt to taste
freshly ground black pepper

Cooking Instructions

1. Preheat the oven to 350°F.

2. Place the garlic cloves in an ovenproof dish and drizzle with olive oil. Place the dish, uncovered, in the oven for 15-20 minutes until the garlic is golden brown and soft.

3. Remove from the oven and let cool.

4. Peel the potatoes and cut them in half. Place them in a pot and cover with cold water. Bring to a boil over high heat and simmer until the potatoes are tender when pricked with a fork, about 30 minutes depending on the size of the potatoes. Drain.

5. Bring the stock to a boil, and turn down to a simmer.

6. Squeeze the roasted garlic clove to release each clove of garlic. Mash the garlic with a fork and throw the skins away.

7. Mash the potatoes with a potato masher or fork, or use a food mill. Add the roasted garlic. Slowly add the stock until the desired consistency is reached.

8. Adjust the salt and pepper to taste.

Serving Size: about 1/2 cup

Nutritional Information
Number of Servings: 1
Per Serving

* Calories
* 106
* Carbohydrate
* 26 g
* Fat
* 0 g
* Fiber
* 3 g
* Protein
* 5 g
* Saturated Fat
* 0 g
* Sodium
* 183 mg

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