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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.

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.

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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.

Zesty Avocado Black Bean Dip

Perfect for game day, this fiber-rich dip is a surefire crowd-pleaser to serve with crudités or tortilla chips. It requires little prep time and is ready to serve immediately.

Vegan Watermelon Fruit Pizza

Wedges of juicy watermelon topped with nondairy coconut yogurt and berries make for a crisp and refreshing dessert. To feed a crowd, leave the wedges blank and let guests add their own toppings to the yogurt.

Vegan Lemon-Dill Cashew Dip

Pureed cashews make for a lusciously creamy dip that your guests will never guess is completely plant-based. Since it keeps well, this appetizer is also a quick solution for hungry snackers. Garnish with pickled shallots and extra capers for a briny finish.

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Smoked Salmon Cheese Ball

Blanketed in chopped nuts and zesty chives, this cheese ball is festive enough for even the most discerning party guests. Serve with sturdy crackers or toasted baguette slices for easy spreading.

Roasted Koginut Squash

This unique squash hybrid is smooth and silky like kabocha squash with the rich, sweet flavor of a butternut. Use it as a base for a grain bowl or slice into wedges and serve with a creamy yogurt sauce.

Mediterranean Eggplant Dip with Sizzled Garlic

The smoky char of roasted eggplant meets the nuttiness of tahini and tang of lemon in this crowd-pleasing dip that's reminiscent of classic baba ganoush. We finish the dip with sizzled garlic and a drizzle of heart-healthy olive oil.

Marinated Grilled Vegetable Kebabs

Tender vegetables soak up this tangy marinade and turn delicately smoky and tender on a hot grill. Serve as a side with grilled meats or enjoy several kebabs as a wonderful dinner.

Loaded Potato Bowl with Chicken & Broccoli

Cauliflower and potatoes mash into a creamy puree that has fewer calories than mashed or baked potatoes alone. Here, we top the puree with chicken and broccoli to make a satisfying and complete meal. The cheese, sour cream and bacon toppings make this easy dinner resemble a lower-calorie loaded baked potato.

Grilled Blackened Shrimp Tacos

Give juicy shrimp tacos a Cajun flavor spin with spices and a quick sear on a hot grill. An easy avocado mash adds creaminess to cool off the spicy kick.

Avocado Shrimp Ceviche

A lime-juice marinade "cooks" the raw shrimp in this classic ceviche. For a refreshing update, this one is served with a salsa made from creamy avocado, juicy tomato and tangy cilantro.

Southwest Black Bean Pizza

This quick and easy whole-grain pizza uses canned black beans and store-bought salsa. The amount of sodium in purchased salsa varies widely, so read the nutrition label to find one that has about 100 mg of sodium per serving.

Everything Pizza

This whole-grain pizza has everything on it--sauce, beef, bacon, veggies, olives, and cheese. Feel free to substitute different types of meat or vegetables to suit your taste.

Sweet & Spicy Wasabi Snack Mix

Spicy wasabi-flavored peas are a great snack on their own but can sometimes be too hot. In this snack mix, the wasabi spice is tamed just a bit with the addition of a crispy cereal, pretzel sticks, almonds, a ginger-soy sauce, and sweet chewy dried fruit. Try it at your next party or tailgate!

Sweet & Spicy Slow-Cooker Snack Mix

With both sweet and spicy flavors to entice your taste buds, this slow-cooker-prepared snack mix is easy to make and great to have on hand for game days, parties, and after-school snacking. Remember to stir it every so often, as directed, to keep things from sticking together.

Spicy Crunch Mix

It's easy to pick up bags of pre-made snack mix at the grocery store, but why buy them when snack mix is so easy to make at home? This spicy snack mix recipe is simple and fun to make and costs less than what you'd pay to buy it pre-made.

Slow-Cooked Pork Tacos with Chipotle Aioli

Follow this pork taco recipe as is to serve four and you'll have enough shredded pork leftover to make it again next week. It's so good, however, that we recommend doubling the rest of the ingredients and inviting over four more friends to enjoy everything right away!

Skillet Green Chile-Chicken Enchilada Casserole

This 45-minute enchilada recipe is bursting with chicken, tomatoes, tomatillos, chile peppers, and cheese, and because it's a one-skillet casserole, cleanup is a breeze.

Dressed-Up French Dip Sandwiches

This makeover French dip recipe adds taste and zing to the traditional sandwich. Slow-cooked sweet onions and beef still steal the show, but our mustard spread and roasted pepper relish add taste and color that will make these sandwiches a hit with any crowd.

Avocado & Pumpkin Salsa

Store-bought salsas are convenient and come in many varieties. However, this avocado and pumpkin salsa--one you won't find on any grocery shelf--is worth making from scratch. Creamy avocados, fresh tomato, and canned pumpkin are jazzed up with cilantro, lime juice, and a touch of hot pepper sauce, resulting in a salsa that's seriously delicious. Serve with baked tortilla chips or over grilled chicken breasts.

Pulled Pork Fajitas with Fresh Salsa Verde

Fresh fruity mango and slow-cooker pulled pork combine with a homemade salsa verde for a fajita recipe that won't disappoint. Only half the pork is used in this recipe so if you want to serve four people, double all other ingredients and use all of the pork.