Side Dish, Healthy Recipes

This refreshing and tasty salad is made with garden-fresh cucumber and juicy-sweet tomatoes, and tossed with a soy-sesame dressing.

This is a quick, easy way to saute asparagus. The dish has a light flavor and makes a great accompaniment to Italian meals. I make this year-round, but we especially enjoy it at Thanksgiving

Bitter winter greens made incredibly tasty. The collards are quickly braised to tame any bitterness then mixed with crispy prosciutto, garlic and cayenne pepper for a bit of kick and lemon for a bit of brightness. Healthy winter greens for a solid deep south down-home flair.

This tasty yet refreshing spinach salad is a classic Korean side dish that you can pretty much find in every Korean restaurant. It's quick, easy to make at home, it goes well with most of the BBQ, any meat dish, or just simply serve it with some steamed rice.

Quick, easy to make, and it's also very tasty. Serve this freshly homemade hummus with store-bought or homemade pita bread.

Perfect southern style collards made quick and easy. Simply kicked up with garlic and some pepper flakes.

Quick, easy and tasty. Vinegar, a bit garlic, cayenne and sesame seeds make these simple beet greens taste amazingly delicious.

Roasted beet and goat cheese salad: whole beets slow-roasted in foil until sweet and tender, sliced over mixed greens with creamy goat cheese and a simple lemon-olive oil dressing. Earthy, tangy, and light.

Quinoa is a kind of seeds that contains lots of protein, this healthy seed is versatile to prepare, such as this salad. It's delicious and packed with goodness. A great side dish or a whole some meatless main course.

It's a simple dish but has lots of delicious flavors. Garlic and lemon zests are cooked in butter-olive oil mixture with additional fresh lemon juice really make this dish heavenly tasty and refreshing. You can sprinkle whatever nuts you have on hand or you prefer on top.

Crisp apple, fennel, and celery root salad tossed with hazelnut vinaigrette and shaved Parmesan. This refreshing fall salad comes together in minutes.

It's an easy and delicious way to cook broccoli and add tons of goodness to your diet.

Sugar snap peas are sweet with a lovely crispiness. We think they are probably the best vegetable now commonly available. In this recipe they are combined with wax beans and radishes along with a light lime dressing that highlights the clean crisp and sweet flavors. A perfect side dish to boost the veggie intake in any meal.

Roasted spaghetti squash tosses forked-out strands with toasted pine nuts, fresh sage, grated Parmesan, and a drizzle of olive oil. A low-carb side that stands in for pasta in a weeknight pinch.

Steamed bok choy is tossed with lemon juice, olive oil, garlic, and sunflower seeds. A refreshing yet tasty side dish.

Congee is the Chinese name, Kanji the Japanese, and Jook is the Filipino name, all for the same thing. In English it would be called Rice Gruel or maybe Rice Hot Cereal, but progressively it is referred to by the naturalist health community as Congee. It is a staple of the Ancient Chinese Diet and used to nurse the sick and weak back to health. They say 3 weeks of this will cure ANYTHING! Its because it gives your system such a break that it can use its energy elsewhere to heal what ails you. It has nursed me back to health at least 3 times now and is supposed to be a part of my DAILY diet, according to my Acupuncturist, Betsy. Thank you for saving my life Betsy!!!