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Summer’s healthiest recipes and dishes
July 14, 2009
Summer is the perfect season to get healthier because so many local foods are in season and markets are bursting at the seams!
I’m quite partial to summer and love everything that comes with the warmest season of the year.
Rediscovering my favourite summer fruits and vegetables might be my favourite part of summer and the
idea of seasonal produce thrills me to no end.
The key to eating healthier during the summer months is to find recipes that celebrate seasonal produce, herbs and lots of flavour.
I’ve found all these yummy, tasty and healthy recipes that will help you kick off summer on the right foot!
All these recipes are from some of my favourite online go-to recipe sites and I hope you’ll find a few recipes that you’ll be compelled to try this week!
1) Food & Wine Healthy Summer Recipes: This seasonal special will get your creative juices going.
I personally was gaga over these summer recipes:
* Green Mango Salad: This is one of my favourite Asian salads
* Grilled Chicken and Watercress Salad with Canadian Bacon
* 10-Vegetable Salad with Lemon Vinaigrette (this recipe is PACKED with vitamins, nutrients and antioxidants!)
* Lemon Pudding Cakes (summer would be so boring with dessert and this lemon pudding cake is begging to be eaten!)
You’ll find all 11 irresistible recipes here: Food & Wine Healthy Summer Recipes
2) More Food & Wine summer healthy recipes: I found a lot more healthy and tasty recipes from Food & Wine and I thought it would be a great idea to share them with my readers. I think everyone is always concerned about making dishes that are as healthy as possible and it’s often just a question of finding the right recipes!
>>>> Food & Wine 10 healthy pasta recipes: I really love pasta and I love discovering new recipes to make one of my favourite foods more unexpected. I frown upon this notion of a no carb diet and I continue to say that if Italian women can eat pasta (sometimes twice a day) and remain thin … so can I!
Here are some great healthy pasta recipes I thought were mouth watering:
* Spaghetti with Lemon, Chile and Creamy Spinach
* Fettuccine with Tomatoes and Crispy Capers
* Whole Wheat Rigatoni with Roasted Vegetables
* Fusilli with Creamy Leek Sauce
You’ll find all 10 recipes here: Food & Wine 10 healthy pasta recipes
>>>> Food & Wine 10 healthy Asian recipes: I’ll be honest, Asian dishes are not my strong suit, but that surely doesn’t stop me from trying my hand at any new recipes I can find. The Food & Wine healthy Asian recipes are fairly simple to make.
Here are some of the Asian recipes I have on my list of recipes to try:
* Rice Noodle Salad with Chicken (Nix the ramen noodle mix packets that are full of really bad ingredients and try this healthier version instead!)
* Wasabi Flank Steak and Miso-Glazed Potatoes
* Shrimp-and-Vegetable Summer Rolls
* Lemongrass Chicken
You’ll find all 10 recipes here: Food & Wine 10 healthy Asian recipes
>>>> Food & Wine 10 salad dressing recipes: What would a salad be without an amazing salad dressing? I’ve always made my own dressings and I’m always surprised how many people find salad dressing a complicated affair.
I hope these 10 salad dressing recipes will change your mind … here are some of my favourites:
* Honey-Lemon Dressing
* Ginger Vinaigrette
* Creamy Feta Vinaigrette
* Buttermilk Dressing
You’ll find all 10 recipes here: Food & Wine 10 salad dressing recipes
>>>> Food & Wine 20 summer sauces & condiments recipes: This is the season of condiments. After all what would a proper burger be without the right condiments? If you were looking for home made recipes for your condiments, these will surely be winners.
Here are some of the ones that are on my list to try this summer:
* Smoky Steak Sauce (I love steak so this smoky sauce is a must-try)
* Chipotle-Citrus Mayonnaise
* Chopped-Olive Aioli (yikes, I might end up eating this one with a spoon!)
* Creamy Green Chile and Avocado Sauce
* Smoky Pimento Relish
You’ll find all 20 recipes here: Food & Wine 20 summer sauces & condiments recipes
>>>> Food & Wine 10 salsa recipes: Salsa and chips are such a perfect combination as an appetizer for your summer dinners. Why not make your own salsa instead of buying the ones that are sold in a jar?
Here are some of the salsa recipes I’ll be eating with my corn chips this summer:
* Pineapple and Red Chile Salsa
* Salsa Verde
* Lump Crab Salsa
* Pico De Gallo
* Fourth-of-July Firecracker Salsa
You’ll find all 10 recipes here: Food & Wine 10 salsa recipes
3) Bon Appetit Summer Salads! As you know, I eat two salads every day because I love salad a lot. I try to always be as creative as I possibly can with my salads by adding a lot of veggies and seeds, but I’m always on the lookout for new recipes and I was pleased to find these from Bon Appetit. I have to say that I’ve tried thousands of Bon Appetit recipes and they’ve yet to disappoint.
I’d be very surprised if you cannot find a few tasty recipes from these 21 Bon Appetit Summer Salads for the summer that will become family favourites.
Here are some of the favourites on my list:
* Arugula and Peach Salad with Creamy Chive Vinaigrette
* Farmers’ Market Salad with Spiced Goat Cheese Rounds
* Grilled Potato Salad with Watercress, Green Onions, and Blue Cheese Vinaigrette
* Tomato-Watermelon Salad with Feta And Toasted Almonds
* Texas Caesar Salad
You’ll find all 21 summer salad recipes here: Bon Appetit Summer Salads
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