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7 Healthy Indian Breakfast Recipes To Kick-Start Your Morning

By Amanda M. Rye 4 months ago

Just like a light, nutritious and healthy dinner meal ensures that your digestive health is in check, similarly, a healthy and filling breakfast has the potential to provide a kick-start to the day. It provides your body with the much-needed energy to go through the day. Indian cuisine is not only filled with flavourful and delicious regional recipes but is also very popular when it comes to nutritious and healthy recipes. From south India’s famous upma, uttapam and idli to North India’s famous poha, parathas and cheelas, there are so many healthy Indian recipes that can make your morning more delightful than ever. Because even if you have time constraints, you deserve a filling meal first thing in the morning.

Also Read: 15 Best South Indian Breakfast Recipes

Here we have rounded up 7 recipes that are not only delicious but also very easy to make and fuss-free. Read on

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Healthy Chinese Food Recipes – How to Cook Real Chinese Meals

By Amanda M. Rye 5 months ago

CHINESE FOOD IN AMERICA has a long history of being associated with cheap and hearty takeout. Platters of chop suey dressed and sugar-glazed chicken are the classic heavyweights of Chinese American cuisine, often served with a side of deep-fried wontons or a fortune cookie.

For decades, this food—tasty and wonderful in its own right, if not the most healthful—was the only Chinese food Americans knew about, thanks largely to generations of immigrants from one small part of the vast country.

“For over a century, from the time of the gold rush through the 1960s, the Chinese population in America was mainly Cantonese, as was Chinese food in America,” says David R. Chan, a food historian who has eaten at more than 7,500 Chinese restaurants in America.

In the 19th century, droves of immigrants from the southeast region of China adapted their dishes for the American palate using a limited repertoire

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10 Healthy Fruit Smoothie Recipes

By Amanda M. Rye 6 months ago
low angle view of a beautiful young asian woman throwing blueberry into the blender to make a healthy smoothie with banana, spinach and vegan milk

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Though it’s fleeting, summer is *here*, folks, and ICYMI, this is the season for sipping fruit smoothies while you’re sitting poolside, chilling on your roof in the heat, or whipping up a yummy (and nutritious!) midday snack. However, it’s easy to go a ~little overboard~ when adding ingredients to your smoothies, making them less-than-healthy, per se. (But hey, not everything has to be about #health, so if you’re not concerned, just make what’s most delicious to you!)

First things first, making a nutritious smoothie is all about what you put in there. “When making a smoothie, the goal should be to make a nutrient-rich drink that helps you feel satisfied,” explains Erin Palinski-Wade, RD, CPT. “Adding sources of fiber, lean protein, and healthy fats are one of the best ways to do this. You want to avoid large amounts of added sugars, however, since this

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10+ Healthy Indian-Inspired Recipes for Easy, Flavorful Meals

By Amanda M. Rye 6 months ago

Indian recipes are practically designed for weeknights: The cuisine is relatively easy to make, perfect for meal prepping, and (when done authentically) incredibly healthy. In fact, its mix of veggies, fruits, proteins, and grains is just about the ideal balance—and to top it all off, Indian food is bold and delicious.

But if you’re new to Indian cooking (or getting back into it after a long break) picking out the right ingredients and recipes can feel slightly overwhelming. “Whether it’s Indian or American or any other cultural food, it’s not much different,” says Sarika Shah, M.S., R.D.N., a California-based dietitian. “The goal is to have a plant-forward diet in whatever flavor it comes with.”

Is Indian food healthy?

In short, yes. Although it’s impossible to reduce all of India’s regional cuisines into one type of cooking—there are dozens of them—the traditional makeup of most Indian meals balances food groups

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