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This light and tangy summer delight is packed with potassium — a mineral that helps to keep blood pressure at a healthy level.

Time To Table:1 hour

Serves: 6

This versatile chicken salad recipe is an easy, delicious way to use leftover chicken. The finished salad can be served on rice crackers as an appetizer, spooned into lettuce leaves as a low-carb sandwich wrap, or enjoyed as an elegant luncheon entrée.

This simple stir fry is an excellent source of 12 key nutrients including metabolism-boosting magnesium. Research shows that a diet low in magnesium increases the risk for Metabolic Syndrome.1 Just one serving of this dish provides more than 30% of the RDI for magnesium.

Creamed vegetable recipes can be very good, but are usually made with regular flour and so are higher in starch. The almond flour used in this recipe provides a wheat-free, lower carb alternative. With the onions, garlic, and butter that flavor the vegetables, you can get even your “non-vegetable lovers” to enjoy them.

Warm, rich root vegetables are high in nutrition, low in cost, and stand up to a variety of cooking techniques.

Remember when former president George H.W. Bush pronounced to the world that he hates broccoli? Unfortunately, many Americans are in the same boat. It turns out that if you hate vegetables you may be what is called a “super taster,” a person who can pick up more bitter flavors in their foods and drinks.

It turns out your Mom was right when she said, “Eat your vegetables.” Many of us who used to scowl and push these around our plates are now choosing to eat more kinds of vegetables — in much larger quantities — than Mom would have ever dreamed possible.
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This light refreshing salad featuring soy or goat’s milk yogurt is a healthy take on an Indian classic.

More and more research shows that a diet rich in proteins and healthy fats and complemented by plenty of low-carb vegetables is the healthiest for weight management. When insulin resistance is also a factor in healthy eating, this recipe really fits the bill. Cabbage is an excellent food for weight control and contains compounds that [...]

Substituting beets for potatoes in traditional latkes not only saves on calories, but also reduces the glycemic index of the dish and adds a powerful cancer-fighting nutrient, as well. Betacyanin — the pigment that gives beets their rich, purple-crimson color, was recently found to increase the number of immune cells in the colon (called CD8 [...]