High-Blood-Pressure-Diet Recipes

There’s no “magic bullet” for preventing high blood pressure, but a smart diet and regular exercise can go a long way toward keeping your blood pressure at a healthy level. Here are our best high-blood-pressure-diet recipes for dinner (and dessert!)—you won't even miss the salt! Watch Video

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Lasagna Rolls

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Crumbled tofu replaces the ricotta in our Italian-style vegetarian meal.

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Red Curry with Vegetables

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Red Thai curry paste, which flavors this dish, is a convenient blend of chile peppers, garlic, lemongrass and galanga (a root that's similar in flavor to ginger). It can pack a lot of heat, so be sure to taste as you go. Look for the curry paste in jars or cans in the Asian section of the supermarket or specialty store. Make it a Meal: Ladle the stew over rice to soak up every bit of the delicious sauce.

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Chicken, Charred Tomato & Broccoli Salad

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This simple but substantial main-course salad gets its goodness from smoky skillet-blackened tomatoes and a dressing prepared right in the pan--maximizing all the flavor from the tomatoes.

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Creamy Gorgonzola Polenta with Summer Squash Saute

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Creamy Gorgonzola polenta (Italian cornmeal “porridge”) is topped with a tender squash sauté for a complete vegetarian meal. Once you know how easy polenta is to make, you may want to experiment with other Italian-style sauces and toppings. Make it a meal: Serve with crusty garlic bread and a garden salad.

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Quinoa Salad with Dried Apricots & Baby Spinach

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This spicy salad with little jewels of dried apricot in the mix would be welcome for lunch or a simple weekday dinner.

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Lemony Lentil Salad with Salmon

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Salmon and lentils are a familiar combo in French bistro cooking; here they combine in a quick and easy salad. For the best presentation, flake the salmon with a fork, then stir gently into the salad to keep it in chunks, not tiny bits.

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Tomato-&-Olive-Stuffed Portobello Caps

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Portobello caps make excellent mini casseroles. Here, they hold a tomato, cheese and olive stuffing that grills up to a smoky perfection. Serve them with whole-wheat couscous and a mixed green salad for an easy meal.

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Pineapple-Raspberry Parfaits

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You won't mind serving dessert on a busy weeknight after assembling these quick parfaits.

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Steamed Mussels in Tomato Broth

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With fresh mussels increasingly available at supermarket fish counters, you can easily make this bistro favorite at home.

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Vegetable Lover's Chicken Soup

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Classic comfort food is yours, in just slightly more than half an hour. Serve with some crusty whole-grain bread and top with grated Romano or Parmesan cheese.

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Grilled Peach Sundaes

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Fruit on the grill? Most definitely! Try grilling other stone fruit or pineapple too!

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Turkey with Blueberry Pan Sauce

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Blueberries have just the right mix of acid and pectin so that they're terrific in both sweet and savory dishes. They work especially well with thyme--and so this easy turkey sauté can be a delight whenever the berries are in season. To make this dish into a meal, dress some quick-cooking barley with lemon and pepper and offer steamed green beans on the side.

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Crunchy Pear & Celery Salad

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Crisp pears are tossed with Cheddar cheese and pecans in this delicious salad. For an Italian twist, try a good Parmesan with some toasted pine nuts or to go British use crumbled Stilton and toasted walnuts.

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Mixed Lettuce, Fennel & Orange Salad with Black Olive Vinaigrette

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This colorful salad offers a symphony of flavors and textures. Savory black olives, sweet orange slices and crisp, licorice-flavored fennel balance the slightly bitter tastes of chicory, radicchio and Belgian endive.

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Strawberry Bruschetta

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Astoundingly good for minimal effort, this makes an indulgent weekend breakfast or anyday dessert. A judicious smear of mascarpone (half the fat of butter) is part of the luxury, but even lighter low-fat cream cheese will work as well. The real secret is warming the berries just enough to make the flavor bloom and transform their juices into a rosy syrup.

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Spinach, Avocado & Mango Salad

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Reader Jennifer Sanders contributed this salad, which offers a wealth of color and texture, as well as antioxidants.

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Brussels Sprouts with Walnut-Lemon Vinaigrette

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Here we dress steamed Brussels sprouts with a delicate vinaigrette flavored with fresh lemon and nutty walnut oil.

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Kale with Apples & Mustard

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Tart apples, grainy mustard, cider vinegar and a touch of brown sugar add sweet-and-sour flavor to sautéed kale.

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