High Blood Pressure Diet Recipes and Menus

Featured Recipes

Tomato-&-Olive-Stuffed Portobello Caps

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.

» Tomato-&-Olive-Stuffed Portobello Caps

Grilled Artichokes

Artichokes are most often served steamed, but grilling them adds a smoky dimension to their flavor. If you can get them, first-of-the-season baby artichokes will yield extra-tender results—double the number of artichokes and reduce the cooking time as needed.

» Grilled Artichokes

Banana-Kiwi Salad

Put away any preconceived notions of Grandma's fruit salad. This unusual combination of tropical fruit in a savory shallot vinaigrette will have you dreaming of the tropics.

» Banana-Kiwi Salad

Roasted Halibut with Banana-Orange Relish

Sweet bananas combined with oranges, cilantro and lime juice create a fresh relish to serve with mild, white-fleshed fish, or try it alongside roast chicken or pork.

» Roasted Halibut with Banana-Orange Relish

Creamy Gorgonzola Polenta with Summer Squash Sauté

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.

» Creamy Gorgonzola Polenta with Summer Squash Sauté

Grilled Peach Sundaes

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

» Grilled Peach Sundaes

Red Curry with Vegetables

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.

» Red Curry with Vegetables

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Enjoy these healthy recipes for a high blood pressure diet.

There’s no “magic bullet” for preventing high blood pressure, but a smart diet and regular exercise can go a long way toward keeping it at a healthy level. EatingWell food and nutrition editors have cooked up a variety of delicious and healthy recipes for high blood pressure.

Aim for a varied menu including high-potassium foods like fruits, vegetables and low-fat dairy, as well as lean meats and fish. Try to avoid lots of sodium, saturated fats and excessive alcohol intake (alcohol can raise blood pressure, although no one knows exactly why). Maintaining a healthy weight is good insurance, too—experts say that losing 10 percent of your current weight can help lower blood pressure.

Our “blood-pressure friendly” recipes are reduced in sodium—most of the main dishes here (including soups and salads) have 480 mg or less, while breads, desserts and side dishes have less than 360 mg of sodium. When a recipe is high in potassium (525 mg or more) we allow for a slightly higher sodium count of 650 mg. Additionally, we've selected recipes that are low in cholesterol and high in fiber (5 g or more).

Enjoy these healthy recipes for a high blood pressure diet from the EatingWell kitchen.

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