Quick (total 30 min. or less)

Broccoli & Feta Pasta Salad

Nifer — Mon, 06 May 2013 17:08:55 +0000

This vegetarian pasta salad recipe is perfect for your next potluck or as an easy side dish. The broccoli keeps it nice and crunchy and the chickpeas add protein. For the best flavor, combine the pasta salad with the dressing about 1 hour before serving.

Antipasti Pasta Salad

Nifer — Mon, 06 May 2013 16:58:09 +0000

Antipasti Pasta Salad

This Italian pasta salad recipe has all the flavors of antipasto—salami, Provolone and pepperoncini— tossed together with a tangy vinaigrette and whole-wheat pasta. This healthy antipasti pasta salad is perfect for a light dinner. For the best flavor, combine the pasta salad with the dressing about 1 hour before serving.

Vegetarian Thai Red Curry

Erin McCormick — Mon, 15 Apr 2013 15:40:26 +0000

Vegetarian Thai Red Curry

This flavorful vegetarian Thai red curry recipe matches sweet potatoes with fresh dandelion greens and asparagus, though you can substitute cauliflower florets, cubed Asian eggplant, squash or carrots. If you’re using cauliflower or eggplant, add them earlier, when the potato is only partially cooked, as they will take longer to cook than asparagus. Classic Thai red curry is flavored with lime leaves and Thai basil. If you find them, use them, but even without them the vegetable curry will still be a knockout.

Sugar-Free Strawberry Frozen Yogurt

Sarah Hoff — Thu, 28 Feb 2013 16:42:57 +0000

Sugar-Free Strawberry Frozen Yogurt

Create instant frozen yogurt for a healthy dessert in just 10 minutes by blending frozen strawberries with yogurt in a food processor. This healthy frozen yogurt recipe is sweetened with Splenda, making it a sugar-free treat. Use a different favorite frozen fruit in place of the strawberries if you like.

Garlic Stir-Fried Snow Peas & Pea Greens

Sarah Hoff — Mon, 25 Feb 2013 20:39:42 +0000

Garlic Stir-Fried Snow Peas & Pea Greens

This healthy, fresh snow pea stir-fry recipe is fragrant with garlic and ginger. It incorporates pea greens, also known as pea shoots, the leaves, tendrils and flowers of a mature pea plant. Adding a little garlic scape pesto at the end gives an added subtle garlicky flavor. Garlic scapes are green, spiral-shaped sprouts that appear on the top of garlic plants in the spring. Look for them at farmers’ markets in the spring and early summer. Regular garlic cloves can be used as a substitute for garlic scapes in the garlic scape pesto recipe. Use any leftover pesto in scrambled eggs, added to soup or in pasta sauces.

Chipotle-Cheddar Broiled Avocado Halves

Sarah Hoff — Mon, 25 Feb 2013 20:23:59 +0000

Chipotle-Cheddar Broiled Avocado Halves

In this avocado side-dish recipe, zesty avocado halves are topped with melted Cheddar cheese and broiled until golden brown. You can serve these healthy avocado halves as a side dish with grilled chicken or steak.

Salsa-Tofu Breakfast Burrito

Sarah Hoff — Mon, 25 Feb 2013 20:01:44 +0000

Salsa-Tofu Breakfast Burrito

Even though this healthy breakfast burrito comes together in just 5 minutes, you can make this burrito even faster by skipping the skillet and combining the tofu, salsa, salt and pepper in a bowl and microwaving until hot, about 1 minute. Use soy cheese to make it a vegan burrito.

Pesto, Mozzarella & Egg Breakfast Sandwich

Sarah Hoff — Mon, 25 Feb 2013 19:44:31 +0000

Pesto, Mozzarella & Egg Breakfast Sandwich

This healthy vegetarian breakfast egg-sandwich recipe is a delicious way to use up pesto and fresh mozzarella cheese and it’s ready in just 5 minutes.

Green Eggs & Ham Bagel Breakfast Sandwich

Sarah Hoff — Mon, 25 Feb 2013 18:47:02 +0000

Green Eggs & Ham Bagel Breakfast Sandwich

This healthy bagel breakfast-sandwich recipe, with layers of ham, Swiss cheese, egg and spinach, is ready in just 5 minutes and can be wrapped up to eat on the go.

Carrot Cake Waffle Breakfast Sandwich

Sarah Hoff — Mon, 25 Feb 2013 17:37:15 +0000

Carrot Cake Waffle Breakfast Sandwich

Carrot cake for breakfast? Why not! This innovative healthy waffle breakfast-sandwich recipe uses whole-grain frozen waffles instead of bread and has a carrot cake-like filling made with reduced-fat cream cheese, shredded carrot, raisins and walnuts sweetened with a touch of maple syrup. Even better, it’s ready in 5 minutes!

Apple & Veggie Sausage Breakfast Sandwich

Sarah Hoff — Mon, 25 Feb 2013 17:27:27 +0000

Apple & Veggie Sausage Breakfast Sandwich

This healthy vegetarian breakfast-sandwich recipe comes together in 5 minutes, but has plenty of protein from a vegetarian sausage patty and fiber from the whole-wheat bread and apple to keep you satisfied all morning long.

Spinach Salad with Avocado-Ranch Dressing

Sarah Hoff — Mon, 25 Feb 2013 15:16:33 +0000

Spinach Salad with Avocado-Ranch Dressing

This healthy spinach salad recipe uses one avocado two ways: half goes into a healthy creamy ranch dressing and the other half of the avocado gets chopped to top the spinach salad.

Spinach Ravioli with Zucchini Ribbons

Sarah Hoff — Fri, 22 Feb 2013 20:26:48 +0000

Spinach Ravioli with Zucchini Ribbons

For this light vegetarian ravioli recipe, we combine gorgeous long ribbons of zucchini with spinach-and-cheese-stuffed ravioli and a light cream sauce for a satisfying vegetarian pasta dinner.

Breadcrumb-Crusted Cod

Sarah Hoff — Fri, 22 Feb 2013 20:09:57 +0000

Breadcrumb-Crusted Cod

It’s great to have a quick baked fish recipe for healthy fast dinners. This breadcrumb-crusted cod fits the bill. A creamy spread of Greek yogurt and tarragon keeps the cod moist and flavorful and helps keep the crispy breadcrumb topping in place. We like the delicate flavor of cod in this recipe, but any firm fish fillet can be used in its place.

Breadcrumb-Crusted Cod for Two

Sarah Hoff — Fri, 22 Feb 2013 20:02:42 +0000

Breadcrumb-Crusted Cod for Two

In this quick baked fish recipe for two, a creamy spread of Greek yogurt and tarragon keeps cod moist and flavorful and helps keep the crispy breadcrumb topping in place. We like the delicate flavor of cod in this quick baked fish recipe for two, but any firm fish fillet can be used in its place.