I'm looking for some new healthy recipes. Please share your favorites!

Top Secret Chocolate Cookies

Ingredients

* 2 1/2 sticks unsalted butter, at room temperature
* 2 cups sugar
* 2 large eggs
* 1 tablespoon vanilla extract
* 3/4 cup Dutch process cocoa powder
* 2 cups all-purpose flour
* 1 teaspoon baking soda
* 1/2 teaspoon salt
* White Sanding sugar, for garnish

Directions

In a large bowl, add the butter and sugar and cream together with a hand mixer. Add the eggs and vanilla extract to the creamed mixture and mix until combined. In a medium bowl, mix the cocoa powder, flour, baking soda, and salt. Slowly add the dry ingredients and continue mixing until incorporated.

Roll the dough into 2 logs that are about 2-inches high and 1-foot long. Wrap them in waxed paper and place in the refrigerator for 2 hours.

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.

Once thoroughly chilled, slice the cookies into 1/2-inch thick rounds and cover with sanding sugar. Place on a parchment paper lined cookie sheet and bake for 10 minutes.

Remove to a wire rack to cool.

That doesn't sound like it fits into healthy recipes.

Its perfect....gets your blood pumping

rolled oats, cottage cheese, and pineapple . (mix together, will make a good healthy breakfast)

Pineapple is great! Not a fan of cottage cheese, though.

Any suggestions?

Buff smoothie

4 ounces plain, low-fat soy milk
4 ounces acai, grape, or pomegranate juice
4 ounces frozen banana
4 ounces frozen strawberries
4 ounces frozen blueberries
4 ounces frozen peaches
Directions
Combine the soy milk, juice, banana, strawberries, blueberries, and the peaches in the carafe of a blender. Cover and refrigerate overnight or up to 8 hours.

In the morning, or when the fruit is partially thawed, put the carafe on the base of the blender, start at the lowest speed and slowly accelerate to medium, until you achieve a vortex. Blend on medium for 1 minute. Increase the speed to high and blend for an additional minute. Serve immediately.

I don't know what you think about this, but I have a delicious chicken casserole recipe-it's on an old thread under this topic-you can use low fat sour cream or none at all and it's made with stove top and boneless chicken. It's really good! I leave the butter right out of the recipe and it's still good.

http://www.foodnetwork.com/topics/healthy/index.html

here`s a site that has really good recipe`s on breakfast, lunch and dinner, go to the home page and it lets you choose if you want it heart healthy, low claorie,low sodium, dairy free, etc. and it will suggest hundreds of recipes on what you want.

Wolf and Jlove, thanks for the recipes! And I'll take a look at that site as well.

Can you be more specific?

I just want to see what people want to share. If I don't like it, no big deal. Someone else might.

Healthy Cinnamon Rolls



(Makes 32 Rolls)

Ingredients
1 cup fat-free milk
1/4 cup canola oil
1/3 cup sugar
1/4 teaspoon salt
2 packages dry yeast
1/4 cup warm water
1 egg
2 egg whites
3 cups all-purpose (plain) flour
2 1/2 cups whole-wheat (whole-meal) flour
2 tablespoons ground cinnamon
3/4 cup brown sugar
1/2 cup frozen apple juice concentrate, thawed

Directions
In a small saucepan, heat the milk until just below the boiling point. Don't boil. Stir in the oil, sugar and salt. Remove the milk mixture from the heat and cool until lukewarm.

In a small bowl, combine yeast and water. Stir and set aside for 5 minutes.

In a large bowl, beat the egg and egg whites using an electric mixer. Add in the yeast and milk mixture. Using a wooden spoon or a KitchenAid-style countertop mixer, mix in the flours, 1 cup at a time, until a soft dough forms.

Turn the dough out onto a generously floured work surface and, with floured hands, knead gently until the dough is smooth and elastic, about 5 minutes. If using a countertop mixer, use a dough hook and follow the manufacturer's directions. Return the dough to the bowl and cover with plastic wrap. Let rise in a warm place until double in size, about 1 1/2 hours. Divide the dough in half and form into 2 balls. Cover with plastic and let sit for 10 more minutes.

In a small bowl, combine the cinnamon, brown sugar.

Spray an 11-by-14 baking sheet with cooking spray.

Using a rolling pin, roll each ball of dough into a 16-by-8-inch rectangle. Spray the dough with cooking spray. Sprinkle each rectangle with half of the cinnamon mixture. Starting at the long side, roll up each rectangle. Slice each roll into 16 pieces and place on the prepared baking sheet. Let rise until double in size, about 1 1/2 hours.

Preheat the oven to 350 F.

In a saucepan, heat the apple juice over medium heat. Cook until the juice is syrupy, about 5 to 7 minutes. Brush each roll with the apple juice. Bake until golden brown, about 15 minutes. Serve warm.