Healthy Recipes

Search for delicious, family-friendly recipes designed to improve your health.

These healthy recipes include specific food combinations to help you lose weight, feel energized, ease painful symptoms, and improve your personal health. Each recipe includes an “About This Recipe” panel with calorie information and nutrition facts, plus highlights the exact health concerns each recipe treats. These recipes are also tasty and family-friendly — print out your favorites and create them at home!

  • Overnight Chocolate-Banana Oatmeal
    This breakfast is perfect for those hectic mornings when you’re out the door without a second to spare. Luckily, this slimming overnight oatmeal can be prepared the night before—just grab a spoon in the morning and voila! Breakfast is served.
  • Pain Relief Smoothie
    Next time you have a headache, body ache or feel just plain lousy, make sure the over-the-counter remedy you reach for is this taste bud-tempting (and oh-so-soothing) smoothie. After all, not all pain remedies need come in the form of a pill.
  • PB&J Bananas
    It’s peanut butter and jelly time! You and your kiddies will go bananas for this nutritious and yummy treat. They are fun to make and a BLAST to eat.
  • PB-Banana Freeze
    Your little guys (and you) will go bananas for this sweet and healthy treat. It’s the perfect use-up for bananas that are starting to get too ripe.
  • Peach-Raspberry Iced Tea
    This refreshing twist on fruity tea is the perfect solution if you’re looking to jazz up plain old water. It’s also a great option to help cool down on a stifling hot day. Nothing beats opening up the fridge to find a pitcher of this homemade beverage. Pour a glass, sit back and relax!
  • Pinto Bean Chipotle Tacos
    This is a quick and easy vegetarian dinner that I’m confident even meat lovers will enjoy. Plus, it’s gluten-free, dairy-free, and LOADED with heart-healthy fiber thanks to the beans. You’ll love this fun, flavorful Mexican meal!
  • Protein Pancakes
    Because research shows that starting your day with a high-protein breakfast can aid weight loss and boost energy, these “Joy Food” pancakes will leave you feeling worlds better than traditional starchy flapjacks. Whip up a batch and dig in.
  • Protein Power Smoothie
    If you’re looking to shed a few pounds, this smoothie is a great meal replacement option for breakfast or lunch. The extra protein from the shot of protein powder gives you a burst of energy and helps hold you over until your next meal.
  • Pumpkin-Banana Smoothie
    This smoothie provides an entire alphabet of vitamins and minerals! You get beta carotene and fiber from the pumpkin, plus a dose of potassium, magnesium and calcium from the yogurt and milk. This power sip will fuel you up.
  • Quinoa with Caramelized Onions and Mushrooms
    Considered a whole grain, quinoa is actually a protein-rich seed native to South America. This trendy grain is a great source of fiber as well as magnesium, which may enhance heart health and improve blood sugar control.