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Healthy Recipes

Healthy eating doesn’t have to mean bland or boring. My collection of nourishing recipes is all about flavor-forward meals made with real, wholesome ingredients. From protein-packed favorites like Air Fryer Chicken Legs and citrusy Greek Chicken Marinade, to fresh and vibrant dishes like Greek Salad and Mahi Mahi, these recipes make healthy eating simple and delicious. You’ll also find comforting, nutrient-rich staples like Applesauce and collagen-rich Bone Broth to round out your weekly routine. Whether you’re focused on clean eating, meal prep, or just feeling your best, these recipes are here to support you, like my son’s favorite chicken soup recipe.

Hand scooping fresh pico de gallo with a tortilla chip from a bowl garnished with lime and green chiles.

Authentic Homemade Pico de Gallo (Salsa Fresca)

Overhead view of shrimp fajitas on a sheet pan with bell peppers, onions, lime wedges, and fresh cilantro.

Sheet Pan Shrimp Fajitas Recipe

Overhead view of sliced chicken breast on Greek salad with pita and avocado.

Greek Chicken Salad Recipe

Creamy ginger dressing in a rustic bowl, garnished with sliced green onions and sesame seeds.

Japanese Ginger Salad Dressing

Side view of juicy chicken souvlaki skewers on a white patterned platter with cucumber tomato salad and a small bowl of tzatziki.

Authentic Greek Chicken Souvlaki

Two images side by side. On the left is an image of quesabirria tacos on a white plate, and the image on the right is of five shrimp tacos topped with Mexican crema and slaw.

40+ Mexican Recipes Perfect for Cinco de Mayo

A big, round serving bowl brimming with a colorful house salad, perfectly layered with fresh lettuce, crisp cucumbers, juicy tomatoes, shredded carrots, Cheddar cheese, sliced hard-boiled eggs, and golden croutons, all finished with a generous drizzle of ranch dressing.

Everyday House Salad Recipe – Quick and Customizable

Salad tongs lifting a serving of Greek salad from the white platter.

Traditional Greek Salad Recipe (Horiatiki)

Two perfectly seasoned, golden bone-in pork chops on a white plate with lemon wedges.

The Juiciest Air Fryer Bone-In Pork Chops Recipe

White bowl filled with delicious vegetarian lentil stew filled with chunks of butternut squash, kale, and topped with avocado.

One-Pot Lentil Stew (Vegetarian)

Round serving plate with crisp Romaine lettuce, iceberg, radicchio, halved cherry tomatoes, black olives, sliced pepperoncini, shaved parmesan, and croutons.

Italian Salad Recipe

Image of a white bowl filled with fully cooked and prepared chana masala garnished with cilantro.

Chana Masala Recipe

Wooden serving spoon filled with cooked shrimp in a spicy chipotle sauce with onions and bell peppers.

Chipotle Shrimp

White soup bowl filled with easy chicken tortellini soup made with a light tomato based broth, cheese tortellini, spinach, carrots, chicken, and garnished with red chili flakes.

Chicken Tortellini Soup

Silver spoon drizzling homemade lemon-Dijon dressing over a salad bowl filled with lentil salad made with with cooked green lentils, fresh parsley, cucumber, feta cheese, red onion, cherry tomatoes.

Easy Lentil Salad with Lemon-Dijon Dressing

White bowl filled with perfectly cooked green lentils.

How to Cook Lentils

Five white bowls each filled with a different type of lentil: red, brown, beluga, French green, and green.

Popular Types of Lentils (and How to Use Them)

White bowl filled with lentil soup and topped with diced red tomato, shredded parmesan cheese, cream cheese, and chopped parsley.

Lentil Soup Recipe

Two thinly sliced parmesan crusted chicken breast pieces on a small white serving plate garnished with chopped parsley and fresh lemon.

Parmesan Crusted Chicken

Large forkful of shredded cooked chicken breast hovering above a glass dish filled with additional shredded chicken breast.

Super Easy Shredded Chicken Recipe (Three Ways!)

Air Fryer Whole Chicken

Large white bowl filled with chopped romaine, cherry tomatoes, cucumber, green onion, red onion, corn, avocado, and crumbled cheese, topped with plump tail-on cooked shrimp and drizzled with cilantro lime vinaigrette.

Chopped Salad with Shrimp

Cast iron skillet filled with juicy cooked tail-on shrimp marinated in cilantro lime marinade.

The Best Cilantro Lime Shrimp Recipe

Two boneless cooked pork chops seasoned with paprika, salt, pepper, onion powder, and garlic powder, on a white plate with mashed potatoes.

Air Fryer Boneless Pork Chops

Large pot filled with simmering turkey chili with kidney and pinto beans and garnished with chopped green onions.

Best Turkey Chili Recipe

Small white plate filled with perfectly tender butternut squash cubes cooked in the air fryer with charred tips and garnished with fresh parsley.

Air Fryer Butternut Squash

White plate filled with cooked, peeled, and sliced red beets garnished with chopped parsley.

Instant Pot Beets

Large dinner plate with a bed of fresh arugula topped with roasted butternut squash combined with cooked golden quinoa, dried cranberries, red onion, pumpkin seeds, feta cheese, and sliced apple, and drizzled lightly with balsamic vinaigrette.

Butternut Squash Salad

Golden juicy baked chicken breast sliced horizontally into thick strips and resting in its own juices.

Oven Baked Chicken Breasts

Wire cooking rack topped with chicken coated in a seasoned corn flake crust and cooked until perfectly crisp!

Cornflake Chicken

Assembled black bean burger with lettuce, chipotle mayo, sliced tomato, and and sliced red onion on a whole wheat bun.

Black Bean Burgers

Cauliflower florets smothered and baked in buffalo hot sauce and served on a white platter with a small glass jar filled with ranch dressing and a side of celery sticks.

Baked Buffalo Cauliflower Recipe

Ground chicken stir fry served in a small bowl on top of a scoop of white rice and garnished with chopped green onions.

Ground Chicken Stir Fry

Large white salad bowl filled with halved cherry tomatoes tossed in olive oil, balsamic vinaigrette, garlic, salt, black pepper, and fresh herbs.

Cherry Tomato Salad

Wide shallow serving bowl filled with white fish ceviche and small diced pieces of tomato, shallot, and bell pepper, garnished with fresh minced parsley.

Ceviche Recipe

White shallow serving plate filled with shrimp ceviche made with chopped shrimp, sliced onion, chopped bell peppers, and tomatoes in citrus juice with chopped cilantro and chopped jalapenos.

Shrimp Ceviche Recipe (Ceviche de Camaron)

Small white serving bowl filled with homemade tzatziki sauce recipe drizzled with olive oil and garnished with fresh dill.

10-Minute Tzatziki Sauce Recipe

Bright green and fresh homemade tabouli in a white bowl.

Tabouli Recipe (Tabbouleh)

Three small bowls filled with chopped Israeli salad.

Israeli Salad

White shallow bowl filled with white rice and aloo gobi with a side of homemade paratha.

Aloo Gobi Recipe (Potatoes and Cauliflower)

Large white shallow bowl filled with easy egg drop soup recipe garnished with sliced green onions.

Egg Drop Soup

Bowl filled with perfect hard boiled eggs with creamy yellow yolks.

Instant Pot Hard Boiled Eggs

Halved hard boiled eggs on a wooden cutting board displaying the difference between the yolks from six minutes cook time to twelve minutes.

How to Boil Eggs

Large white shallow bowl filled with caldo de pollo made with chicken, carrots, corn, lime juice, potatoes, and zucchini.

Caldo de Pollo Recipe (Mexican Chicken Soup)

Beige colored soup bowl filled with pastina in a rich and comforting orange-colored vegetable chicken broth and garnished with freshly grated parmesan cheese.

Soothing Pastina Soup

White bowl of vegetable cabbage soup that's filled with potatoes, tender cabbage, tomatoes, white beans, carrots, onion, and celery, in a herbed vegetarian broth and sprinkled with minced parsley.

Best Cabbage Soup Recipe

Large stainless steel wok filled with cooked stir-fried cabbage garnished with chopped green onions.

Easy Cabbage Stir-Fry

A close up of an apple doughnut on a plate, with Apple

Cinnamon Sugar Baked Apple Donuts

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