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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!

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.

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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.

White Chocolate-Berry Pops

Instant white chocolate pudding and fresh berries make these frozen popsicle snacks quick and easy to prepare.

Tropical Fruit Pavlova with Mango Cream

Pavlova is a dessert with a crispy meringue crust and a light filling. This eye-catching version features a lower-sugar meringue base, a creamy blend of low-fat yogurt cheese and a fresh mango puree, all topped with tropical fruit pieces.

Spiced Pear Tea

You'll enjoy the rich fruity pear and orange flavors in every sip of this warm tea. If you can afford the carbohydrates, stir in a little honey to take away any bitterness from the orange.

Pomegranate Cooler

High in antioxidants and vitamin C, pomegranate juice is a great option when you're looking for a refreshing beverage. In this fruity, tropical-inspired thirst quencher, it's blended with fresh pineapple and mixed with a carbonated citrus drink.

Peppy Virgin Mary

Ready in just 10 minutes, this spicy tomato juice drink is perfect for brunch or a summer party.

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Mock Margarita

This "cocktail" looks just like its tequila-laced counterpart but is alcohol-free! With only 58 calories per drink it's perfect for dieters.

Ginger-Pineapple Spritzer

Crystallized ginger--also called candied ginger--is the key ingredient in this fruit-flavored drink. By soaking it with pineapple juice for at least two hours, it gives this spritzer an added zing.

Fruity-Limeade Slushy

These limeade slushies are a great thirst quencher on a hot summer day. Delivering a perfect combination of sweet and tart, they take only 10 minutes to prepare.

Vegan Sugar Cookies

It's hard to imagine a classic buttery sugar cookie without the butter, but trust us, it's possible. Here, we use coconut oil instead of butter for dairy-free eggless cut-out cookies that taste delicious and are fun to make and eat. Decorate with a citrus glaze colored with a little food dye, sprinkles and/or sanding sugar as you wish.

Vegan Gingerbread Cookies

Coconut oil stands in for butter in this dairy-free, eggless cookie recipe for completely mouthwatering gingerbread cut-outs. Decorate cookies with a simple vegan icing or sanding sugar.

Vegan Crepes

Flaxseed meal makes an excellent substitute for eggs in this vegan crepe batter. The batter is made in a blender for easy preparation and cleanup. The crepes taste great served simply with a drizzle of maple syrup. Or, serve them for brunch filled with sautéed vegetables or for dessert filled with a fruit compote.

Sweet Potato Hash Stuffed Portobello Mushrooms

Diced sweet potato, bell peppers and apples make a vegan stuffing inspired by the flavors of sausage. To add that savory flavor, we use poultry seasoning (don't worry, there's no actual poultry in it!). Piled into portobello mushroom caps, it creates a beautiful and filling plant-based main dish--perfect for the holidays.

Southwestern Grilled Spatchcock Turkey

This isn't your average Thanksgiving turkey! Loaded with spices of the Southwest, the flavor of this bird is enhanced even more by grilling. Removing the backbone from the turkey, called "spatchcocking" or butterflying, allows it to lay flat on the grill so it cooks faster. Make sure you have a good pair of kitchen shears to make it easier to remove the backbone.

Skillet Green Bean Casserole

Juggling space in the oven on Thanksgiving is always a challenge. This stovetop version of a classic favorite casserole made with fresh green beans has all the traditional flavors, but doesn't take up any precious oven space.

Pumpkin Pecan Pie

This recipe mash-up marries the sweet, subtle flavor of pumpkin with the nuttiness of pecans. Not only do the pecans create a beautiful pattern on top, their addition to classic pumpkin pie also creates an amazing textural combination of creamy and crunchy. Serve with a dollop of whipped cream to make it even more delicious.

Loaded Mashed Potato Pancakes

Turn your leftover mashed potatoes into delicious, savory, crispy pancakes, studded with Cheddar cheese, bacon and chives. Serve with a dollop of sour cream and some additional chives to make it extra-special.

Leftover Turkey Salad

Holiday leftovers often end up in casseroles and soups, but they are also delicious in a light but hearty salad. In addition to leftover turkey, this recipe takes advantage of leftover stuffing--which is transformed into crisp croutons, cranberry sauce--which enhances the dressing, and whatever leftover roasted vegetables you have on hand.

Instant Pot Mashed Potatoes

Make this classic comfort food side dish in an electric pressure cooker, like the Instant Pot, to get the potatoes soft and tender in a jiff! This easy, 5-ingredient recipe is perfect for the holidays because it's all done in one pot and doesn't take up any extra oven or stove space.

Instant Pot Cranberry Sauce

Thanks to an electric pressure cooker like your Instant Pot, this fix-it-and-forget-it cranberry sauce is sure to free up some room on your stove. This Thanksgiving dinner essential has just five ingredients and is super easy, hands-off and ready in 30 minutes.

Gluten-Free Gingerbread Cookies

Gluten-free flour stands in for regular flour in these crisp, festive cut-out cookies that taste amazing. To decorate, dust cookies with sanding sugar before you bake them or drizzle and pipe on royal icing once they've cooled.