Easy Healthy Recipes

Healthy recipes based on whole, natural foods.

Since we eat so much more often than we fast, let's talk recipes! Healthy recipes, of course.

Easy healthy recipes that consist of more of the high-quality whole foods our cleansed palettes are naturally drawn to after a fast or cleansing diet. To improve our health, fasting alone isn't the sole answer. Making better food choices and lifestyle decisions afterward is critical.

Not interested in fasting? That's ok, fasting isn't for everyone. Just begin nourishing your body better and it will begin the process of healing, albeit at a bit slower pace.

These recipes aren't strictly raw, not macrobiotic, nor vegan, not even vegetarian. Rather than abiding by a strict diet regimen with long lists of "forbidden foods", we can adhere to two guidelines: quality and moderation.

Strive for the highest quality whole and natural foods available to us and within our budget in anything we eat, whatever it is we eat. And practice moderation for foods of lower quality or marginal health benefits.

If you're currently eating the typical Western diet, which is so often comprised mostly of meat and dairy products, with a smattering of grains and vegetables, simply reverse that, and make the bulk of your meals revolve around the plant-based foods and add a smattering of the meat and dairy foods if you want. Eliminate as much of the highly processed, additive-laden, foods and ingredients as you can.

Healthy food doesn't have to be bland and boring. The inclusion of healthy oils and fats, a modicum of natural sweeteners, healthy doses of spices and herbs, utilizing cooking methods that bring out the natural flavors in wholesome foods, all help to create delicious meals out of natural ingredients.

These easy healthy recipes focus on the plant foods most of us need to eat more of, the whole grains, vegetables, beans, fruits, nuts and seeds. And they're the recipes I feel the best about cooking and eating and sharing with family and friends.

I'll be adding recipes and information regularly, so I hope you'll return often to see what's new.

Healthy recipes...

Millet Recipes Learn to use this extraordinary grain in great-tasting millet recipes.

Brown Rice Recipes Offering quick and easy ways to serve classic whole grain brown rice.

Vegetarian Bean Recipes Interesting and flavorful ways to prepare vegetarian beans.

Kitchari Recipes A traditional Indian dish, kitchari combines rice and beans into simple or gourmet meals.

Healthy Salad Dressing Recipes Throw out your bottled dressings and learn to make healthy salad dressings from fresh ingredients.

Quinoa Recipes Hot or cold, quinoa is a winner! Anyone who loves pasta salads will love quinoa salads.

Lentil Soup Recipes Homemade lentil soup is so easy to make and so nourishing. With minor variations and/or additions, you can create perfection.

For more information on cooking with whole foods...

Healthy Cooking Oils
   The best healthy cooking oils may not be what you expect. New research is revealing which fats contribute to a healthy body.

Cooking Quinoa
   Quinoa is easy to cook and enjoy once you understand the basics.

Cooking with Yogurt
   Wonderfully healthy and extraordinarily versatile, yogurt is great to keep around. Learn about its many uses and how to get the most out of one container of yogurt.

Soaking Grains
   For easy digestibility and greatest nutrition, we should soak our grains before cooking. Try soaked grains and notice the gentler feel on your system.

Top 4 Healthy Whole Grains
   Four grains are especially making headlines in the news and in nutritional circles for their superior dietary value. See why they're worth adding to your regular meal plans.

Buying Organic Produce - When it's Most Important
   When to choose organic produce and which fruits and vegetables are considered safe to consume non-organic. See the EWG's research findings.

Microwave Cooking
   Is it as harmless as we've been led to believe? Read the facts about how microwaves alter food molecules and create toxic elements.