25+ Healthy Recipes for the New Year
Healthy recipes are the best way to start the year off well! I have a whole batch of 25+ Healthy Recipes to kick off your new year on the right foot.
Once again, I’ve partnered with a group of talented food bloggers to help you create healthy menus with delicious lower calorie recipes. There are entrees, side dishes, snacks, and even desserts to peruse.
25+ Healthy Recipes
I generally have pretty good willpower, but I must admit to tasting a lot of cookie dough along with sampling all the sweets and treats delivered to our house for the holidays. January is the perfect time to reflect on the year gone by and focus on a new healthier you.
This means eating a more balanced diet, limiting desserts, and upping fruits and vegetables. My blogger friends and I have shared 25+ Healthy Recipes including our favorite clean-eating recipes, from soups to salads to entrees. You’ll want to add them to your menu throughout the year!
25 Healthy Recipes
January is the perfect time to jumpstart a healthy eating plan! Here are some terrific recipes from my blogger friends that will help you add some lighter recipes to your menu.
Hearts of Palm, Artichoke, Avocado and Butter Lettuce Salad
A delicious, refreshing salat that is not light on flavor, and a perfect dish to “Lighten Up Your Holiday Table.”
You'll love this quinoa taco bowl! A healthy, flavorful dish for lunch or dinner!
Bring a healthy taste of the tropics to your table!! This smoothie bowl makes a great breakfast or snack.
Packed full of flavor but not calories makes gives you TWO reasons for making this yummy soup!
This turkey stuffing lightens up your stuffed peppers!!
Roasted Garlic Cilantro Sauce is perfect with Grilled Shrimp!
Delicious, flavorful stuffed peppers!!
Using Greek yogurt instead of mayonnaise lightens up this tasty chicken salad.
A yummy dinner that both kids and adults will inhale!!
Round out your meal with this tasty roasted carrot ginger soup!
You won’t miss the meat one bit with these vegan sloppy joes!
Love this colorful melange of grains, fruits, and veggies!
This Quinoa Corn Chowder is an easy meal in one! It’s thick, creamy, hearty and packed with protein and fiber!
Red Potato, Kale, Mushroom and Feta Frittata #BetterWithReds #HealthyChoices
A loaded veggie frittata can be enjoyed any time of day!
The flavors of oatmeal cookies in these fabulous energy bites!
A classic Middle Eastern Salad made with bulgar wheat, tomatoes, parsley and a refreshing lemon dressing.
If you haven’t roasted cauliflower, this Parmesan Roasted Cauliflower will rock your world! Not your mom (or grandma’s) boring steamed cauliflower!
Mini Salmon Asparagus Frittatas provide protein for a terrific healthy breakfast!
Beautiful berries, mango, and oats top a smoothie bowl that will start your day off on the right foot!
Start your day off right with this beautiful, healthy Raspberry Peach Smoothie!
Healthy chicken doesn’t have to be boring! This fresh topping makes for a delicious meal!
This Italian Kale Salad is hearty enough for an entree! And super delicious, too!
If your sweet tooth is acting up, but you’re trying hard not to overindulge, this Skinny Orange Dreamsicle Cake may be the perfect solution!
An entree salad, like this Jacked Up Monterey Chicken Salad will hit the spot without any feelings of deprivation!
Get the crispy crust of fried chicken without all the calories! This Best Baked “Fried Chicken” will become a family favorite!
More of the Best Healthy Recipes
- Favorite Healthy Recipes
- 13 Healthy Recipe Ideas for the New Year
- Sea Bass with Tomatoes, Olives and Capers
- Shredded Chicken Lettuce Wraps
- Smoked Salmon Platter
- Summer Farro Salad
- Mediterranean Chopped Salad
- Plus more Easy Healthy Recipes from my Recipe Index
Frequently Asked Questions
To lighten up recipes, find lower-calorie substitutes for some of the ingredients, like ground turkey instead of ground beef. Try Greek yogurt instead of sour cream or mayonnaise. Pureed white beans can add a creamy texture to soups and sauces instead of heavy cream. Veggie noodles made with zucchini are a tasty option for regular pasta. And cauliflower rice is a wonderful substitute for white rice.
1. Get a good night’s sleep as you’re less likely to overeat when you’re well rested.
2. Make sure to eat breakfast to minimize the chances of overeating due to extreme hunger later in the day.
3. Watch your portion sizes.
4. Make sure to add fewer sweets and starches and more fruit, vegetables, and protein sources to your plate.
5. Have some color on your plate. This ensures you have included fruit and vegetables.
6. Eat when you are hungry and stop when you are full.
7. Have healthy snacks available.
8. Make it a habit to take a walk after eating.
9. Add more high-fiber foods like whole grain bread and produce to help fill you up and satisfy those hunger pangs.
14 Comments on “25+ Healthy Recipes for the New Year”
Great post, now the difficult part is deciding which recipe to try first. I love the fact that all of these recipes don’t feel like diet food but are just downright delicious and lightened up. Happy New Year.
Lizzy,
My will power used to be a lot better than it is now. This is a great roundup of healthy recipes.
Annamaria
That Jacked Up Monterey Chicken Salad will make several appearances on my table! Hope your holiday was fantastic!
It looks like you have a wonderful lineup. I definitely need to start eating healthier, after eating all the holiday goodies. Liz, I hope you and your family have a Merry Christmas!
Wishing you a very Merry Christmas Liz!
This is a great round up, I’m definitely ready for light, lean and healthy!
Wow what a great spread of healthier dishes for the holidays and perfect for anytime of the year.
Lovely round-up, this is perfect for when we want to get back to healthier eating! Your Mediterranean chopped salad is just what I’m craving!
That’s a very impressive round-up. I’m loving the artichoke salad. And the spaghetti squash. Wishing you and all your family a very Merry and blessed Christmas xx
amazing and beautiful ideas Lizzy!!
merry Christmas for you and your lovely family!!
xoxoxoxox
What an inspiring post, I’ll definitely be bookmarking several of these tasty dishes for January, thank you. The seafood posts are definitely my favs. We’re really buttoning down in January as we both need to shed some pounds!
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What a delicious gallery of meals! Happy Christmas to you and your family!
Wow!! Thanks for sharing these yummy dishes!, Liz! I will try to prepare Vegan Sloppy Black Eye Peas. Looks moth-watering 🙂
That Tuscan Pork sure looks good! Merry Christmas Liz:@)