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Healthy Cooking Methods & Style Recipes

Explore methods for healthy cooking including grilling, baking, one-pot meals and crockpot recipes. Healthier recipes, from the food and nutrition experts at EatingWell.

Slow-Cooker Honey-Orange Drumsticks

This sticky honey-orange slow-cooker chicken recipe is a great alternative to traditional barbecue and can be made right in your crock pot for an easy potluck recipe.

Slow-Cooker Honey-Orange Drumsticks

5 Tips for How to Cook Grilled Vegetable

Move over, meat: it’s time to grill some vegetables. Use these tips to cook delicious grilled vegetables.

5 Tips for How to Cook Grilled Vegetable

How to Marinate Chicken

Take a look in your pantry: You can throw together a flavorful rub or marinade in minutes. That's all you need to take chicken breast from flat to bodacious!

How to Marinate Chicken

Slow-Cooker Vegetarian Lasagna

Sure, the slow cooker's great for stews and soups, but it also happens to make a mean lasagna! In this ingenious slow-cooker recipe, all you have to do is chop your veggies, then layer the ingredients (raw) into the crockpot. Serve with: Garlic bread and a green salad.

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Skillet Gnocchi with Chard & White Beans

In this one-skillet supper, we toss dark leafy greens, diced tomatoes and white beans with gnocchi and top it all with gooey mozzarella. Serve with a mixed green salad with vinaigrette.

Balsamic & Parmesan Roasted Cauliflower

Roasting isn't usually the first cooking method you think of for cauliflower but the results are quite delicious. The florets are cut into thick slices and tossed with extra-virgin olive oil and herbs. Wherever the flat surfaces come into contact with the hot roasting pan, a deep browning occurs that results in a sweet, nutty flavor.

Use-All-the-Broccoli Stir-Fry

Spiralized broccoli stems transform into tender "noodles" in this lo mein-inspired vegetarian recipe. Serve on top of brown rice or buckwheat soba noodles.

One-Pot Italian Sausage & Kale Pasta

For a fast weeknight pasta dinner, why not cook your sauce and pasta all at once? By using the exact amount of water you need to cook the pasta--no colanders here--the starch that cooks off into your pasta water, which you usually drain away, stays in the pot, giving you delectably creamy results.

Apple Puffed Oven Pancake

Mushroom-Sauced Pork Chops

Fireside Fajitas

Breakfast Skillet Hash

Healthy Recipes for Cast-Iron Skillets

Use your cast-iron skillet in these delicious cast-iron recipes for dinner, side dishes and desserts.

Raspberry-Peach-Mango Smoothie Bowl

Orange-Walnut Salad with Chicken

Southwestern Salad with Black Beans

Banh Mi Hot Dog

Healthy Recipes for One Serving

Make a perfectly portioned meal with these healthy breakfast recipes, dinner recipes, snack recipes and dessert recipes that serve one. If you’re cooking for yourself or trying to keep your portions in check, preparing a meal that makes only one serving is important. Try these recipes that make one serving for a delicious and healthy meal.

Southwestern Layered Bean Dip

Sweet Potatoes with Warm Black Bean Salad

Microwave Potato Chips

Healthy Recipes for Your Microwave

Your microwave isn't just for making popcorn or reheating leftovers anymore. From melting chocolate to cooking vegetables, your microwave is a value and time-saving tool in the kitchen. These healthy recipes for dinner, desserts, snacks and side dishes can be made strictly in your microwave. Try making a healthy recipe in your microwave today!

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Chicken & Sweet Potato Grill Packets with Peppers & Onions

Steak & Potato Grill Packets with Blue Cheese & Rosemary

Cabbage & Smoked Sausage Grill Packets with Caraway

Cajun Shrimp Grill Packets with Tomatoes & Okra

Healthy Packet Recipes & Foil Packet Recipes for Easy Weeknight Dinners

Cooking seafood, chicken and vegetables “en papillote” or in parchment-paper packets and foil packets is an easy way to ensure tender and juicy results. Steaming fish en papillote, as well as steaming chicken and steaming vegetables in packets, traps in flavor, whether you cook the paper packets in the oven or grill foil packets. Our easy packet recipes use a fuss-free technique to ensure a healthy dinner packed with tender meat, healthy vegetables and flavorful juices.

Kimchi Shrimp Cup of Noodles

Creamy Blueberry-Pecan Overnight Oatmeal

Southwestern Three-Bean & Barley Soup Mix

Strawberry & Yogurt Parfait

Incredible Recipes You Can Make in a Mason Jar

We love mason jars, because they are multi-purpose and can be used for so many different things, are easy to clean and great to re-use. Shake up a healthy salad dressing, bring a jar of homemade cup of noodles to work, make your morning oatmeal in a jar the night before or even use your jars as a pretty serving vessel for chocolate mousse. Here are our some of our favorite ideas for recipes in a mason jar.

Roast Chicken & Sweet Potatoes

Sheet-Pan Shrimp & Beets

Garlic Roasted Salmon & Brussels Sprouts

Roasted Gnocchi & Brussels Sprouts with Meyer Lemon Vinaigrette

Easy Sheet-Pan Dinners

Think baking sheets are just for cookies? Think again. WIth these healthy one-pan dinner recipes, you can make a stir-fry in the oven or roast chicken with Brussels sprouts. You'll need one or two rimmed baking sheets (the rim corrals the food when you stir everything), but in a pinch a metal 9-by-13-inch pan will work just fine. Crank up the oven and heat up the sheets: it's time to re-imagine quick dinners.

Avocado Fries with Sriracha Aioli

Oven-Fried Pickles

Soy-Lime Baked Buffalo Wings

The Best Healthy Fried Food Makeover Recipes

Ditch the deep fryer, and instead oven "fry" your favorite foods for much healthier results. Here are EatingWell's best oven-baked recipes, including classic onion rings, crispy chicken nuggets, and avocado-fries.

Thai Halibut Lettuce Wraps

No tortillas or bread needed for this Thai-inspired lunch or light dinner! We use leaves of butterhead lettuce in their place and fill them with sesame-flavored halibut steaks, rice noodles and crunchy vegetables.

Easy Tomato Gazpacho

Many gazpacho recipes are thickened with bread, but this one uses just vegetables, making it a gluten-free refresher for a hot summer day. The key to any flavorful gazpacho is giving it time to rest. The flavors meld and become cohesive when the soup is allowed to sit a bit before serving.

Crispy Oven-Fried Fish Tacos

Fish tacos make a satisfying meal the entire family will love. Many restaurant versions are deep-fried, but our technique includes coating the fish in a seasoned whole-grain breading and spritzing it lightly with cooking spray before baking on a rack until golden brown. The result is a crispy exterior with moist and flaky fish inside.

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Pressure-Cooker Chicken, Potatoes & Peppers

Simple ingredients like chicken thighs, potatoes and bell pepper turn fall-off-the-bone tender in the pressure cooker or Instant Pot in just minutes. A splash of vinegar and a sprinkle of scallion just before serving add zing to this classic family dinner.

Vegan Blueberry Muffins

These blueberry muffins may not have eggs or milk, but they are light, fluffy and loaded with sweet fruity flavor. Flaxseed acts as an egg replacement in these vegan muffins that are perfect for a quick breakfast, Sunday brunch or late-night snack. Be sure to add the blueberries in with the dry ingredients, or they'll turn the batter purple.

Vegan Pesto

Nutritional yeast gives this vegan pesto a cheesy flavor, while cashews make it creamy. For a nuttier flavor, use dry-roasted cashews or toast them yourself in the oven before processing. Smear this simple spread on sandwiches, toss with warm pasta, or use it as dip for crudités.

Pressure-Cooker Chicken Tacos

Shredded chicken thighs, infused with the flavors of garlic, ancho chile powder and tomatoes, make a delicious taco filling in just eight minutes thanks to your pressure cooker or Instant Pot. Don't have this spice? Any mild chile powder will work well.

Zucchini Pizza Casserole

Got a bumper crop of zucchini? Try this crowd-pleasing casserole-meets-pizza dish, which can easily be made gluten-free. A layer of tender shredded zucchini is topped with all the classics: sauce, cheese, pepperoni and sliced bell pepper. Experiment with your own favorite toppings, but make sure you don't overload the crust or it will be too wet.

Simple Grilled Salmon & Vegetables

Grilled salmon and veggies make for a colorful and balanced seafood dinner that's ready in just minutes. The grill turns the salmon flaky and moist while tenderizing the crispy pepper and onion pieces. Round out the meal with brown rice or quinoa.

Simple Vegan Pesto Zoodles

Zucchini noodles, or "zoodles," are a gluten-free, low-calorie substitute for traditional pasta in this easy and fresh vegan dinner. For best results, toss the zucchini pasta with the basil pesto sauce and serve right away.

Parmesan Mashed Potatoes

Mashed potatoes are easy to make and popular with almost everyone, but why not mix it up a bit? By adding a couple of parsnips and some Parmesan cheese, you'll end up with a sweeter and nuttier taste.

Herbed Basmati Rice

This simple rice is a perfect side dish for meat, poultry or fish. Fresh mint, cilantro, green onions and lemon peel add to the delicious nutty flavor of the basmati rice.

Rainbow Frittata

This delicious frittata is loaded with heart-healthy, omega-3 enriched eggs and a medley of colorful vegetables. Start cooking the vegetables on the stove and finish them up in the oven with the egg mixture. To serve, top with avocado slices, grape tomatoes and a touch of sriracha.

Zucchini Noodles with Pesto & Chicken

This healthy summer dinner subs zoodles for pasta to help use up your zucchini bounty--as well as slash calories and carbs. Once the spiralized zucchini has time to soak up the herby pesto sauce, this chicken and pesto pasta makes particularly good leftovers.

Vegan Banana Bread

Mashed bananas, flaxseed meal and almond milk make this cinnamony banana bread deliciously moist and tender. While this quick bread might be eggless and dairy-free, it's just as delicious as traditional versions. Add bittersweet chocolate chips for a decadent treat.

Greek Tortellini Salad

Fresh cheese tortellini and classic Greek salad ingredients like tomatoes, cucumbers and red onion come together for a fast side dish that's perfect for potlucks, picnics and other casual gatherings.

Almond-Flour Zucchini Bread

Almond flour gives this tender gluten-free zucchini bread a boost of protein. Squeezing excess moisture from the zucchini prevents the bread from becoming too soggy. If you want to make it extra special, add some dark chocolate chips to the mix.

Sweet Potato Salad

Give traditional potato salad a fresh spin with sweet potatoes, peppery arugula and a tangy-sweet dressing. This crowd-pleasing side dish is also versatile; you can add ingredients you prefer in potato salad, like bacon or green onions. Enjoy at room temperature or chilled.

Amish Broccoli Salad

This creamy broccoli and cauliflower salad has a fabulous crunch. The salad holds well and is perfect for potlucks and picnics. Our version has considerably less sugar than most Amish salad recipes and is lighter because we use a mixture of low-fat Greek yogurt and mayonnaise for the dressing.

Smoked Salmon & Avocado Spring Rolls

Spring rolls are surprisingly easy to make. Better yet, they're incredibly versatile. Smoked salmon and avocado are a classic spring roll combination for an easy healthy lunch to pack for work--or whip some up for a light party appetizer.