10 Healthy Recipes to Kick off The New Year On a Good Note!
Hey, hey! I have lots of great and healthy recipes planned to share here soon but in the meantime I wanted to help you get the ball rolling on a healthy start to the new year with some oldies but goodies from the archives! Even if you didn't make any resolutions or you aren't necessarily looking to be majorly restrictive, these are all super delicious and relatively easy recipes to make that happen to be healthy and good for you, too!
Are you guys doing any sort of cleanses or special "diets" (I hate that word) to start your new year? For January, I'm cutting out refined sugar and alcohol. I may keep it going after this month so we'll see how it goes! I'll also just be eating lots of vegetable-heavy meals that are super clean.
Roasted Garlic Turkey Meatballs + Zoodles
These are seriously delicious and so satisfying! They are so full of flavor and are my new go-to meatball recipe. Serving them with zoodles (or any vegetable noodle of choice) rather than pasta helps the whole dish feel lighter while still being satiating. They freeze beautifully, too if you wanted to make a big batch and have them chilling in the freezer for a rainy day.
Harvest Kale Salad With Pears + Pumpkin Cornbread Croutons
This salad is loaded with late Fall and Winter produce and tossed in a simple honey mustard vinaigrette and addictive and slightly sweet pumpkin cornbread croutons.
Maple-Roasted Sheet Pan Chicken With Caramelized Acorn Squash + Fennel
A quick and easy one-pan meal that is satisfying and so tasty. Save the chicken bones to make your own bone broth if you're feeling ambitious!
Pesto Salmon Burgers
We all know salmon is really good for you, with it's healthy fats. But roasted salmon can get a little boring. These burgers are just as simple to make and they are so tasty! If you want to skip the bun, top a big salad with the patties instead!
Superfood Salad + A Simple Vinaigrette
This salad and I had a serious moment last year and just looking at this photo has me craving it again. As the name suggests, it's loaded with superfoods like kale, avocado, hemp seeds, mulberries, and lots of fresh vegetables and flavors. It all gets topped with a simple and satisfying vinaigrette that is great for any salad.
Grapefruit, Fennel, + Turmeric Juice
This juice is fresh and tart, clean, and earthy. It's a great juice to start the day with and you can easily make it in a blender if you don't have a juicer, too!
Halibut En Papillote With Vanilla Sauce + Coconut Cauliflower Rice
Making anything "en papillote" or simply in a little parchment parcel is a fast and healthy way to cook something. It seals in all the juices and flavor, be it a piece of meat or just vegetables and grains, and the result is tender, moist perfection. This halibut is full of flavor and nice and light.
Honey + Bee Pollen "Bulletproof" Collagen Bars
These are a great snack to make ahead and keep in the fridge to have on hand when you need a quick burst of energy before you work out, head out for errands, or need a little something in that slump between lunch and dinner. They are full of wholesome and nutient-dense ingredients and they taste like vanilla shortbread.
Banh Mi-ish Bowls With Ginger Sriracha Mayo
All the flavors of a classic banh mi sandwich atop a fluffy bed of brown rice rather than on a crusty roll. Delicious, light, satisfying. What more could you want?
Creamy Artichoke + Asparagus Soup With Ezekiel Bread, Lemon, + Pine Nut Crumble
A warming, hearty, and creamy soup made without cream! It's creamy and velvety texture is thanks to cooked and pureed vegetables only. The crumble on top adds loads of flavor and a nice textural contrast.
