Healthy Recipe Makeovers

Featured Makeovers

Mac & Cheese Made Healthy

We took this yummy shot of Baked Mac & Cheese for the cover of our book, Comfort Foods Made Healthy. Mac-and-cheese didn’t end up on the cover (twice-baked stuffed potatoes won that spot) but it doesn’t change the fact that mac-and-cheese is an all-time crowd-pleaser....

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Healthy Beef Stroganoff

Beef Stroganoff originated in Russia, but has migrated all over the world from China to Brazil, and became wildly popular in the U.S. in the 1950s (the ultimate comfort food era). Our Beef Stroganoff with Portobello Mushrooms, of course, is healthier and tastier than a...

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EatingWell's Healthy Cobb Salad

Classic salads, like Cobb salad, may seem like healthy choices, but that’s not always the case. Once they’re loaded up with dressing, cheese, meats, eggs, bacon and the like, they often come out anything but healthy. But don’t worry. We have great recipes for Cobb Salad,...

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Healthy Creamy Soups

Decadent cream-based soups are some of my favorite candidates for EatingWell’s makeover treatment. I love a good challenge and creamy soups are typically loaded with saturated fat and calories precisely because of that quality we love about them: their creaminess. In most...

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Grilled Cheese Goes Gourmet

I did a quick Google search for “grilled cheese” and the first recipe I saw called for “2 slices cheese, 2 slices white bread and 2 tablespoons butter.” That’s for one sandwich. A seemingly innocent sandwich like a plain old grilled cheese is apparently not so innocent...

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EatingWell's Healthy Pepperoni Pizza

EatingWell made over this family favorite, boosting fiber with a whole-wheat crust, cutting fat and cholesterol with low-fat cheese, and using healthy toppings, such as low-fat turkey pepperoni and vegetables. With a couple of easy tweaks you can consider even classic...

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Healthy Tacos

Carolyn Casner, one of our recipe testers here in the EatingWell Test Kitchen, grew up on the border in El Paso, Texas, so she knows Mexican food. According to her, “the world’s best tacos come from Julio’s Café Corona, where my family and I always went after church. They’...

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