Instead of one recipe today we decided to go with a broader approach and share some good resources and tips that you can apply to all your recipes to make them healthier and easier on the waistline.

The 10 Commandments of Healthy Cooking, “The Recipe Doctor” (Elaine Magee, MPH, RD) shares her top recipe lightening tips. We have added the following two books by her to our Amazon wishlist, they look awesome!

Lighten Up: Low-Fat Versions of More Than 100 of America’s Best-Known and Best-Loved Recipes (Paperback) by Elaine Magee

Comfort Food Makeovers: Healthy Alternatives to Your Favorite Homestyle Dishes (Plastic Comb) by Elaine Magee

We also want to try this cookbook: Fast Food Fix: 75+ Amazing Recipe Makeovers of Your Fast Food Restaurant Favorites (Paperback) by Devin Alexander

Other online resources:

5 healthy ways to create healthy recipes - easy tips to apply to all your cooking.

Web MD Healthy Cooking Guide has everything you need for healthy cooking - example of some of the topics covered: Making Over Your Kitchen, How to Read Food Labels, Potluck Makeovers, Kid Cooking with Children, and lots more.

Happy Cooking Everyone! We’d love to hear your tips and recipes too. Don’t forget we have host a healthy blog carnival, so dust off your aprons and oven mittens and submit your yummy, healthy ideas.

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