Healthy Eating Tips and Recipes

Delicious good-for-you recipes, ingredient advice, and low-fat cooking tricks for a healthier, happier you.

On a Budget?

10 Healthy Foods That Cost Under $1
Eating healthy doesn’t have to be a luxury. Here are a list of nutritious foods that won’t bust your budget.

Herb Salad Mix With Tomatoes, Pepper, and Feta

10 Quick and Easy Green Salad Recipes

Which of these fast, fresh, leafy side dishes will you want to make for dinner tonight? It's a toss-up.

Photo: Paul Sirisalee

3 Easy Greek Yogurt Recipes

Yogurt defects from the breakfast club to star in these three healthy dips.

Photo: Levi Brown

Best Heart-Healthy Recipes

Ready to get healthier this year? These flavorful, easy recipes have an added bonus—they’re good for your heart, too.

Photo: Romulo Yanes

Easy Quinoa Recipes

This nutritious, nutty ingredient cooks like a grain and provides the same protein punch as meat, minus the fat and cholesterol.

Photo: Sang An

Glazed Pork Tenderloin With Pineapple Slaw

Be Smart About Your Food

A Guide to Yogurt
Between alluring flavors (Coconut Cream Pie!) and new textures, it's hard to determine if that calcium-rich snack is actually nutritious. Real Simple peeled, scooped, and got to the bottom of it.

High-Fiber Ingredients
Need to add more fiber to your diet? Get delicious recipes for these healthy foods.

Pasta, olive oil, and other cooking essentials

14 Healthy Items to Keep in Your Pantry

It’s easy to put together a well-balanced meal when you have these ingredients on hand.

Extra virgin olive oil. Aromatic olive oil is high in healthy monounsaturated fat and antioxidants. Extra virgin olive oil maintains many nutrients and has a stronger flavor because it’s processed without high heat, bleach or chemicals.
Vinegar. A small amount of vinegar can add significant flavor to a variety of dishes with very few calories and little to no fat.
Canned tuna. Canned tuna is convenient, inexpensive, and healthy—it’s high in protein and vitamin D and can be a good source of omega-3 fatty acids. Look for tuna packaged in water to avoid extra calories and fat.
Related: Tuna Sandwich, 4 Ways

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