Healthy Recipes

5 A Day: “The 5 A Day program endorses recipes that promote fruit and vegetables and are low in fat and cholesterol. The use of whole grains and minimal use of salt and sugar are strongly encouraged in all 5 A Day recipes.”
Cooking the Heart-Healthy Way: The National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute’s website provides heart-healthy recipes in their Stay Young at Heart Recipe Collection. Other collections available from the Institute are:; The Dash Eating Plan; Heart-Healthy Latino Recipes; Heart-Healthy Home Cooking African American Style; Keep the Beat: Heart Healthy Recipes
FirstGov.gov Recipes: The federal government, through its web portal, FirstGov.gov, offers healthy recipes, recipes suitable for kids and more.
Healthy Recipes by the Tennessee Department of Health: The “Tennessee Department of Health’s Nutrition Section created a cookbook to help individuals and their families achieve healthier ways to eat. The recipes are tasty, economical and easy to prepare and contain the recommended amounts of fat, saturated fat, cholesterol and sodium.”
Recipe Corner: The Recipe Corner, prepared by the American Institute for Cancer Research, offers recipes for “foods that are good for you…foods that taste good.” This website presents a “wide range of recipes, from old favorites to interesting new dishes, to help you put tasty, healthy meals on the table.”
Recipes from KidsHealth for Kids: The KidsHealth for Kids website offers recipes for kids to prepare (“with a little help from a parent”) that are fun and healthy.