Healthy Recipes

Recipes

Welcome to our archive of healthy recipes! Get ready to embark on a mouthwatering journey filled with vibrant flavors, nourishing ingredients, and simple, whole-food ingredients. From hearty salads to plant-forward mains, we’ve got you covered. Let’s dive in and whip up some healthful and nutritious magic in the kitchen!

Cold cucumber soup in a white bowl garnished with sliced cucumbers and olive oil.

Cold Cucumber Soup

Adding this Cold Cucumber Soup to your summer meals is a cooling and nutritious way to enjoy soup all year round! The refreshing taste of cucumber mixed with the soothing flavor will leave you wanting more.

Lemon Dill Chicken on a white plate with sprigs of fresh dill and Dijon yogurt sauce.

Lemon Dill Chicken

Healthy, flavorful, and ready in 30 minutes, this lemon dill chicken is about to become your new favorite weeknight wonder. Pair with your go-to side for an effortlessly delicious chicken dinner recipe.

Peach infused water with basil in a glass jar.

Peach-Infused Water with Basil

Quench your thirst this summer with a delicious glass of Peach-Infused Water with Basil. Made with fresh ingredients, it’s a refreshing and healthy option for staying hydrated this summer.

A cucumber sandwich cut in half and stacked on a cutting board.

Cucumber Sandwich

This easy cucumber sandwich recipe is perfect for a light lunch or as an elegant party food. The satisfying crunchy texture is complimented by a wonderful herb spread that will make your mouth water. 

Green tomato chutney in a glass jar with a spoon and green tomatoes in the background.

Green Tomato Chutney

This zesty chutney recipe combines sweet, spicy, and tangy flavors, creating a versatile condiment that will boost the taste of your sandwiches, wraps, and proteins.

Fresh green salad topped with feta cheese, strawberries, and grilled chicken on a tan and white plate with a white background and a green napkin.

Grilled Chicken Salad with Strawberries and Feta

This simple and refreshing Grilled Chicken Salad with Feta and Strawberries recipe will be your go-to summer salad. It has a sweet, balanced bite, not to mention the juiciness of the grilled chicken.

Blueberry Vinaigrette in a glass container on a white plate with blueberries and honey in the background.

Blueberry Vinaigrette Dressing

This healthy blueberry vinaigrette is brimming with juicy sweetness and tart acidity, perfect for zesting up summer salads. It’s ready in 5 minutes and also makes a flavorful marinade for protein and veggies.

Avocado and poached egg on toast with the yolk spilling out onto a white plate.

Poached Egg and Avocado on Toast

This poached egg and avocado toast recipe makes an easy breakfast or lunch packed with flavor and nutrients. Crunchy toast gives way to creamy avocado, soft egg, and gooey yolks. Add some lime and smoked paprika, and your taste buds will be dancing!

Italian Bruschetta - Lauren Caris Cooks

How to Make Bruschetta Bread

This homemade bruschetta is an outstanding appetizer or snack that combines homemade olive oil bread with a rich, savory tomato topping. It’s perfect for dinner parties or summer picnics and tastes even better using in-season tomatoes.

Full of Goodness Egg Breakfast Muffins

Breakfast Egg Muffins

These heavenly egg breakfast muffins are effortless, nutritious, and packed with protein and nutrients.

Healthy chicken pho in a bowl.

Is Pho Healthy?

Pho is healthy due to its rich bone broth and ingredients like protein, vegetables, and herbs. However, depending on how it’s prepared, pho is high in sodium and can also be high in fat and calories.

This creamy Vegan Red Thai Coconut curry is full of delicious veggies and covered with a thick, coconut sauce

Red Thai Coconut Curry

Learn how to make a soothing red Thai coconut curry bursting with bright, zesty flavors and ample nutrition.

Garlic and Rosemary Hasselback Potatoes - Lauren Caris Cooks

Hasselback Potatoes with Garlic and Rosemary

This Hasselback potato recipe is the best way to enjoy roasted potatoes. Garlic and rosemary-infused butter make the potatoes fragrant and rich. They’re crispy on the outside and creamy on the inside. This easy vegetarian side dish won’t disappoint!

Vegan beet carpaccio, a simple summer dish that let's these beautiful ingredients shine.

Beet Carpaccio

This beet carpaccio is an easy and healthy vegan alternative to the traditional dish. It’s fresh and delicious with a slightly sweet and earthy flavor. You can serve beet carpaccio as an appetizer, side dish, or even atop a salad.

These healthy banana pancakes definitely don't taste healthy! A great recipe for a lighter brunch option!

Healthy Banana Pancakes (that actually taste like REAL pancakes!)

This recipe makes the best healthy banana pancakes that are fluffy, sweet, and satisfying. You’ll wonder why you ever made pancakes from a boxed mix after seeing how quickly this recipe comes together. These pancakes are perfect for a balanced vegetarian breakfast!

This Five Minute Chimmi Churri Sauce is ready in a flash and the PERFECT topping for anything! Zingy and fresh, your meals will not be boring with a dollop of this on top!

How to Make the Best Chimichurri Sauce in 5-Minutes

This easy chimichurri recipe is bright and zesty, with ingredients like fresh herbs, vinegar, oil, and garlic, making the base of the no-cook sauce. It’s a healthy versatile vegan and gluten-free topping that can be used on everything from meat to vegetables!

Bircher Muesli is the most convenient breakfast for whipping up the night before ready to have on the go in the morning!! It's wholesome, delicious and so easy!

Bircher Muesli: The Original Overnight Oats

This Bircher muesli recipe is packed with nutritious ingredients like oats, yogurt, dried fruit, and nuts. It’s soft, chewy, and creamy with crunchy toppings. Bircher muesli is one of the best recipes for a healthy and easy vegetarian breakfast.

Smoothie Bowls are a fun way to get some fresh produce into your mornings! Start off with the same base and customise your bowls into one of my 3 recipes! Top them will all sorts of great ingredients and enjoy your colourful smoothie bowl in the morning!

Tasty Berry Smoothie Bowl

This berry smoothie bowl recipe is sweet, zingy, and refreshing. An excellent breakfast or snack option, this smoothie has a vibrant pink color and is packed with beneficial antioxidants. It has just four ingredients and is also gluten-free and vegan.

Tropical Smoothie Bowl with blueberries, mango, mint, and seeds.

Tropical Smoothie Bowl

This tropical smoothie bowl is tangy, sweet, and bright– it’s sure to add a smile to your day! The quick and easy recipe is vegan and gluten-free. Enjoy this mango and papaya smoothie bowl as a healthy breakfast or snack option.

Vegan Mango smoothie bowl with an easy raspberry sauce. Perfect for a colourful morning! Click through for the recipe!

Mango Smoothie Bowl with Raspberry Sauce

This healthy mango smoothie bowl recipe with a sweet and tangy raspberry sauce bursts with flavor! It’s a simple vegan and gluten-free breakfast or snack option that comes together in less than ten minutes.

Green Smoothie bowl topped with almonds, blueberries, seeds and chocolate.

Best Green Smoothie Bowl

This thick green smoothie bowl is packed with powerful nutrition and creamy, refreshing flavors, perfect for a healthy breakfast, lunch, or snack.

High protein vegetables in a vegan noodle ramen soup with marinated tofu, edamame beans and hot peppers in a gray bowl on a white tile background, top view.

12 High-Protein Vegetables

Many vegetables contain protein and can help you meet your daily protein needs. Plant proteins are known to provide health benefits like reduced risk of heart disease and type 2 diabetes.

High fiber quinoa dinner with black beans and corn.

17 High Fiber Recipes for Dinner

Discover 17 high fiber recipes that boast incredible nutrition and mouthwatering flavors, including tacos, pasta, soups, and more!

Greek Lentil Soup with lemon and feta.

Greek Lentil Soup (Fakes)

Learn how to make Greek lentil soup (fakes) bursting with savory, herbal flavors. Equal parts healthy and tasty, this delicious soup will warm you up this winter.

Healthy homemade protein bars.

Homemade Protein Bars

Learn how to make easy homemade protein bars that are healthier and cheaper than store bought.

Homemade Ricotta Cheese

Homemade Ricotta Cheese

Make your own homemade ricotta cheese that’s ultra creamy and fresh. It’s perfect for summer salads, pastas, and light breakfasts and comes together effortlessly.

Stuffed Onions with Curried Black Quinoa.

Stuffed Onions with Curried Black Quinoa

This delicious roasted onion with curried black quinoa recipe combines hot spices with sweet raisins and caramelized onion goodness to create a beautiful main or side dish.

Top view of redbud jelly in a jar.

How to Make Redbud Jelly

This easy redbud jelly recipe is the perfect way to celebrate spring all year long. All you’ll need is a basket of redbud flowers, sugar, pectin, and lemon juice to capture the delightful floral flavors of the season.

Homemade red kombucha in two glasses on a cutting board.

The Best Time to Drink Kombucha

Kombucha is a tasty treat for any time of day, but getting the most of its beneficial effects requires specific timing. Find out the best time to drink kombucha for you.

Purple Dead Nettle.

Purple Dead Nettle Uses, Benefits, and Recipes

Purple dead nettle may be a weed, but it has more health benefits than many veggies in your garden. Keep reading to see purple dead nettle uses, benefits, and some great medicinal and culinary recipes.