The web provides a huge recipe resource, though you’ll have to sift through quite carefully for the healthier options. Here are some useful links guaranteed to produce reliable recipes: 

·         http://www.whfoods.com/recipestoc.php#recipes – the website is called World’s Healthiest Foods, and it features some of the best nutritional information around. Over 100 recipes conveniently arranged by meal type or indexed by ingredient.

·         http://www.vegsoc.org/cordonvert/recipes/index.html - the UK Vegetarian society’s recipe collection. You needn’t be a vegetarian to benefit. Stick to minimal or no dairy recipes.

·         http://www.wholefoodsmarket.com/recipes/index.html - the recipe treasure box of the US’s trendiest health food chain, now also in residence in London’s Kensington High Street. Not all recipes are ‘kosher’ from a health point of view – plenty of the dough and dairy variety – so browse with the suggested guidelines above in mind. You’ll still find a ton of good options.

For a recipe to qualify as healthy, it should

·        be low in total and saturated fat

·        use healthy fats and oils

·        include very little added salt and sugar

·        be based on healthy ingredients – vegetables, whole grains and flours, pulses, fish, fruit (the latter ideally not mixed with the former)

·        rely on fresh or minimally processed ingredients

·    include minimal amounts of dairy

Naturally, it should also produce a delicious result!

© Vardit Kohn, Natural Nutritionist, July 2007