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Recipes

You can't get to healthy without delicious! That's where our recipes from The Healthy Cook, Kate Sherwood, come in. They feature healthy foods like fresh vegetables, whole grains, beans, and good fats, but lower in sodium and sugar.

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Greek Lentil Soup

This Greek Lentil Soup variation on The Healthy Cook's Simple Lentil Soup is best when the soup is first made—still brothy and unpuréed.

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Winter Chicken Braise

Braising is perfect for winter, and it’s a twofer: You get to make a cozy dish and create its own sauce, all in one pot. Not a fan of raw radishes? Give braised a try—once cooked, radishes are surprisingly mellow. Think of them as less starchy, more colorful mini potatoes.

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Garlicky Beans

This simple dish makes a stellar side for roasted chicken or, for a meal in a bowl, pair it with a whole grain like bulgur, farro, or wheat berries.

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Nutty Roasted Cauliflower

Roasting vegetables with flat surfaces is a surefire way to produce flavor-rich browning. That’s why step 2 calls for cutting your cauliflower into slices, not florets.

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Smoky Bean & Butternut Stew

l love the colorful combo of orange butternut squash, white cannellini beans, and red kidney beans, but you could also use chickpeas, pink beans, and/or navy beans.

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Scalloped Sweet Potatoes

I like to contrast slices of orange-fleshed sweet potatoes with yellow-fleshed Japanese sweet potatoes. (Tip: Shopping for yellow sweets? Look for their purple skin.) In either case, there’s no need to peel the potatoes before slicing.

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Blood Orange & Avocado Salad

Want to wake up your taste buds? Add sweet-tart fruit to a savory salad, like this Blood Orange & Avocado Salad.

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Zesty Cranberry-Orange Relish

This no-cook Zesty Cranberry-Orange Relish is zingy and refreshing. Prefer a more traditional cranberry sauce? We have a set of instructions for that too.

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Broccolini with Garlic Sauce

What’s healthier—or tastier—than takeout or delivery! This dish. It’s my spin on a Chinese favorite. For more vegetable stir-fries, try my Salad Bar Stir-Fry, Rainbow Stir-Fry, or Snow Pea Stir-Fry.

Kate Sherwood, The Healthy Cook

The Healthy Cook

Meet Kate

Need a healthy recipe? Look no further than The Healthy Cook, Kate Sherwood. She writes the recipes you find here, in each issue of Nutrition Action, and in our cookbooks. Got cooking questions? Email Kate at healthycook@cspinet.org.

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