Good basic healthy eating salad and fruit recipes, see below for other types of healthy recipe.

Fruit and Vegetables are a mainstay of any health based diet. Fresh is best, but tinned or frozen or dried come a good second. Eat plenty of them.

Salads are always a desirable option with any meal and they by no means need to be 'rabbity' and unfilling. Its natural for us to desire fat when we eat food that contains none (e.g. bread with butter, fruit with cream etc.) and the same goes for salad. What makes a salad satisfyingly filling is a good salad dressing. Make some of the healthy dressings as below. Try not to make your salads until just before you eat them which preserves the nutritional value of the vegetables. Salads are, when you come to think of it, a very convenient to prepare meal. No cooking required. Almost any vegetables you fancy can go into your salad making for a quick, healthy meal.
Try this for a salad that's a satisfying meal in itself; 1 avocado peeled and sliced with new potatoes, quartered tomatoes, spring onions, chopped green pepper. Serve on a bed of lettuce and pour on your favourite dressing. Can be a meal in itself or as an accompaniment to other dishes or again, serve on a bed of whole grain rice instead of lettuce.
Basic healthy salad dressing. Blend together 12 ounces of Extra virgin olive oil, 3 or 4 cloves garlic, 1Tablespoon lemon juice, fresh (or dried) herbs to taste, a few twists of black pepper, teaspoon salt and a dash or two of soy sauce.
Store in a screw top jar in fridge for up to 7 days. Shake well before using.
Fat free french salad dressing recipe. Blend 1/3 cup cooked wholegrain rice, 1 cup tomato puree, 6 tablespoons honey, 1 tablespoon paprika, 1/2 cup lemon juice, 4 cloves garlic, 1 teaspoon salt, 3/4 cup water. Again keeps in fridge for up to 7 days. It may be found to need thinning before use, or try making with extra water.
Healthy vinegar and oil coleslaw dressing. 3 carrots, grated , 2 cups white cabbage, shredded, 2 cups red cabbage, shredded, 1 apple, diced, 1/2 onion, finely chopped, 2 tablespoons red wine vinegar/or cider vinegar, 1 tablespoon lemon juice, 4 tablespoons olive oil , 3 cloves garlic finely chopped, 1 onion chopped , 1 teaspoon soy sauce, salt and pepper to taste. Place the cabbage (red and white) into a large bowl and cover with boiling water. Let sit for a short time (about five minutes) then strain. Mix in the remaining ingredients and allow to 'settle' for about a couple of hours or so in the fridge before serving.
Fruit dishes Make fruit pivotal to your eating habits. The beauty of fruit is that it is the ultimate convenience food, needing only the absolute minimum preparation to be at its best. Fruit can be eaten to end a meal, or is an excellent choice to include in your lunch box for work. Fresh is best but not all are in season at the same time. If you use canned fruit drain the juices and rinse again before use. Top fruit salad with condensed milk, yoghurt, or for a treat,

any fruit recipe is nice with cream. Try for example; Diced fruit salad: Ingredients, Yoghurt, diced bananas, pineapple, any sweet variety of apple, pears, strawberries, peaches. Simply toss together ingredients in a large bowl and serve chilled. Or for a more interesting variation serve same with a fruit dressing as below.
Make a dressing in your blender with; 1 banana, 1 sectioned orange, 1/4 cup coconut milk, 1 tablespoon clear honey and pour the dressing on the fruit and sprinkle with coconut flakes.
If you fancy a more substantial form of fruit dish try making fruit pies with your own healthy pastry (as below).
Avoid buying or making the commercial jam rolly pollys and other refined products as much as possible.

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