Good Eats – 5/5/12

Everyone knows that eating healthy is key to a good body.  Most know that eating healthy is key to a sound mind.  Little know that eating healthy, though stereotyped as the “bad tasting foods,” can actually be delicious and enjoyable if time is put into the meal.  Thats what this next post is on, tasty healthy food.

Healthy foods are essential in today’s lifestyle.  As I stated in my first post, people aren’t exercising as much as they should anymore.  Less exercising combined with an ever-growing fast-food market/restaurant business, American obesity rates are skyrocketing.  There’s also the fact that many people who are trying to lose weight, may only exercise, then go home and eat a juicy burger.  Or the other way around, when extreme dieters don’t exercise at all.

As I was flipping through blogs on WordPress I noticed one in particular.  This blog/post was on a recipe to make some sort of crab-mango-avocado-summer roll.  Needless to say it looked AMAZING!  In every recipe I list I’ll leave a link/a how to.  Without further ado…

Crab Summer Rolls,  these summer rolls are fantastic.  I’m not a quote unquote “health nut” but I love these;  you may have to do some searching to find a place with dehydrated spring rolls, but believe me, these are worth the effort.  With juicy crab back-fin, and salivating fresh cucumbers, this is definitely on my top ten healthy foods list, maybe even on my top ten foods list.

Jamba Juice Banana Berry Smoothie, Oh my God.  I almost forgot to include a banana recipe.  This is the perfect way to get hooked on healthy food.  It’s quick, its tasty, and its fairly cheap to make.  Though a few ingredients are hard to find, aka, strawberry nectar, and raspberry sherbet.  Most of the lesser ingredients can be exchanged for more readily available ones.  In fact I’d recommend taking out the raspberry sherbet if you’re looking to remove some extra calories from the drink.  Though Jamba Juice is a brand name, if you make it at home you won’t risk eating the extra preservatives, vendors have.  All in all this smoothie is the best tasting (and healthiest) smoothie I’ve ever eaten.

Tomato Bisque, I recently have tried this meal, all that can possibly be added to it is grilled cheese.  But without the grilled cheese aka the “healthy” version of this meal is terrific.  With fresh tomatoes, and delicious ground peppers this is a must for any soup fans.  Honestly, what more do I have to say, it’s tomato soup!  This really is one of the healthiest recipes on the list, I’d suggest trying it out.

Grilled Filet Mignon, I was honestly surprised to find a steak recipe in the midst of my “healthy” search.  Really, if your attention hasn’t been caught yet, this is where you’ll be changing your mind.  Versus the Tomato Bisque it may not look the most excentric, but it’s definetly much more hearty.  Eating healthy is nothing without enjoying what your eating, so why not pick up something that’s healthy and delicious.  It may not be the most healthy item on this list, but to me the taste-to-healthiness ratio is met perfectly in the recipe.  This is perfect for a person (man) who is cautious on eating healthy.  It’s an awesome meal that has “DELICIOUS” written all over it.

Lemon Pepper Chicken Salad, is my all time favorite food.  With only 300 calories per serving it is absolutely amazing.  The only change to the recipe I have is instead of a wrap/only salad.  Put everything into a Mexican-Style tortilla bowl.  Then the recipe has flavor, crunch, juice, and style.  Not only will your body thank you for the delicious treat, you’ll look like a five-star chef when your friends see this amazing meal.

Even most drinks can be healthier, its all up to the choice that a person drinks.  Here is a list of pictures to show exactly how unhealthy some drinks are.  If you pay attention to the drinks with a side to side comparison of, you’ll often (if not every time) notice that the homemade versions of the drinks are healthier than their brand name counterparts.  My personal favorite is the iced tea (next to the Snapple).

(I have no idea where you can get this, but I’m guessing if you want to die, drink it.)

If you haven’t tried eating healthy, any one of these recipes are great places to start.  If you are afraid of people stereotyping you as a “health nut” just eat the grilled filet mignon.  If you love seafood try the crab summer-roll.  All that it takes to start eating healthy is TO START.  Don’t drink diet soda, drink juice.  Don’t eat grilled chips, eat crackers/wafers.  If you eat healthy your body WILL thank you.  Be a trend setter, make the word healthy become synonymous with tasty, and try these recipes.

Let food be thy medicine, thy medicine shall be thy food.- Hippocrates