50 Healthy Recipes to Kick Off 2012
Published on January 01, 2012
Happy New Year! Many of us are thinking about our New Year’s resolutions and healthy eating is often at the top of the list. If you are setting a goal to eat healthy in 2012, here are 50 healthy recipes to help you get started.
Beverages
Easy Strawberry Mango Smoothie
Breakfast
Whole Wheat Kefir Pancakes with Blueberry Sauce
Roasted Plums with Greek Yogurt, Honey, and Almonds
Roasted Strawberries with Greek Yogurt
Appetizers/Snacks
Honey Cinnamon Roasted Chickpeas
Roasted Red Pepper and White Bean Dip
Vegetable Spring Rolls with Peanut Dipping Sauce
Salads/Sides
Quinoa Salad with Roasted Sweet Potatoes, Kale, & Dried Cranberries
Israeli Couscous Salad with Roasted Vegetables
Black Quinoa Salad with Mango, Avocado, & Tomatoes
Roasted Butternut Squash Orzo Salad
Black Bean, Avocado, & Mango Salad with Cilantro and Lime
Roasted Asparagus with Balsamic Vinegar
Roasted Brussels Sprouts with Balsamic Vinegar
Roasted Sweet Potatoes with Agave and Fresh Rosemary
Soups
Lentil Soup with Sweet Potatoes & Spinach
Black Bean and Sweet Potato Soup
Main Dishes
Stacked Roasted Vegetable Enchiladas
Orecchiette with Slow Roasted Tomatoes & Artichokes
Whole Wheat Noodles with Peanut Sauce and Vegetables
Black Bean Sweet Potato Tostadas
We hope you found a few healthy recipes to try! Enjoy and Happy New Year!
What a roundup!
Does this mean it’s time to put down the Christmas cookies and holiday treats? Oh darn! 🙂
Happy New Year!
I’m definitely looking forward to eating healthy again after the holidays! Hope you and your family have a wonderful new year:-)
What a delicious round-up! I’m totally eyeing those kefir pancakes! Happy New Year to you and your family!!
Yum! What tasty ways to eat healthy! Looking forward to trying some new healthy things soon! Happy New Year!
What a great line-up of healthy treats to start off the new year! May 2012 bring you tremendous blessings. I look forward to seeing your new creations!
Christmas cookies be gone! 😉 I started off 2012 with a pumpkin smoothie this morning. Love this round up. We’ve got one more “indulgent” family meal today and then it’s definitely back to greens for me!
Happy New Year!
Great list, Maria!
Happy New Year! I am going to try your kefir pancake recipe. It looks delicious 🙂
This looks like a perfect compilation of recipes. Can’t wait to try some of them. Thanks for always having such awesome recipes, Maria & Josh! Happy new year 🙂
love it!! Thanks for sharing..I think it is highly a time to not touch all those Christmasy/New year treats and get back into shape!
I strive to eat healthy every day, not just for the new year and I love this inspired round up!
I love this post! With all the amazing treats I want to try from your site I sometimes forget about your delicious healthy options 🙂
Just the inspiration I need to get into the healthy kick after the sweet feast of the holidays. Happy New Year!
mmmmmmm…those all sound so wonderful! I need a total holiday food detox and lots of these will do the trick!!!
Happy New Year to you Maria!
You guys are awesome. I’m just sorry that it took me so long to find you! I hope you have a wonderful, happy, and healthy new year! I look forward to trying many of your recipes!
Wow, what a great collection of healthy recipes, especially that roasted tomato soup!
Perfect! Thanks! Happy New Year and Happy Eating to All!
Great recipes! These look so tasty, I would have no problem leaving behind all my junk food in 2012 if I could just eat these dishes for breakfast lunch and dinner!
Whoops, my browser just exploded with new tabs for your health recipes. I love it!
I love this compilation! Go healthy 2012!
Everything looks good! Makes healthy food look amazing!!
i am 100% drooling…i’ve been craving such healthy, fresh food lately and this all looks perfect!
I love that I can find these recipes in one spot. I have to bookmark this page for sure!
Wow! What a great list! I’ll be going to the grocery store tomorrow. Cilantro Lime Hummus, Stacked Roasted Veggie Enchiladas! Love it! I’ll be coming here to make some of my meal plans this year! 🙂
This is such a great round up of recipes!! Pinning this 🙂
Thank you Maria and Josh:
I have bookmarked quite a few and will tentatively try them. What I mean by tentatively, is I have my Mama living with me and she doesn’t like to eat healthy.
Usually I give in and eat her way, because it is too much energy to cook two meals.
Every so often I slip something in and she semi-likes it, so that is what I will do with the recipes that I bookmarked.
I want to say thank you for your blog and the work you put into it.
I enjoy it so much!
Wishing all of you a year filled with blessings.
Charlie
This is awesome, Maria! Hope you guys have a happy new year and I hope we get to meet this year!!
Great list! I don’t change my eating habits a lot come the new year, but I always need some new healthy recipes to try out!
I am bookmarking this. Thanks for the great list. Much needed after all the cookies and treats lately!
great list!!! That smoothie is calling my name
I lOve this list. I can’t wait to try the baked zucchini fries
Great list — lots to bookmark here.
So many great recipes I need to try.
Nice recap of healthy recipes to kickoff 2012 Maria!! Happy New Year!
that’s a lot of wonderful inspiration – all in one place!
Mmm there are several that are calling my name right now! Love the soups! Wishing you and yours a lovely and very Happy New Year!
Love this healthy roundup!
These are so helpful, thanks for sharing! I can’t wait to try the smoothies and the waffles!
what a list! those stacked veggie enchiladas are making me hungry!
Just what I needed!!! xoxoxo
Awesome recipe round up. Healthy eating doesn’t need equal bland, boring food – and these post really demonstrates that. Our activity level took a nose dive after Baby Boy was born, so we’ve been trying to eat healthier even if not exercising as much (hard to motivate yourself to get on the tread mill when you’ve only slept 4 hours – I’m sure you know!). Great round up – looking forward to trying some of these out.
Happy New Year!
Trying a few today so when I am tired from work and school I can still have something healthy. Thank You and Happy New Year!!!!!!!!!!!
Wow, what a great collection to start the year off right! Happy New Year!
Love all your healthy recipes! I am working on a healthy recipe post too as i really need to get back on track. Happy New Year!
Love the idea of this Maria. A great way to kick off the new year 🙂
Those pancakes are literally calling to me… YUM
A healthy start is a good start! Love this! great post! 🙂
Wonderful round up of recipes Maria – I think we will all be making many of these dishes over the next few weeks and months!
Wow, there are SO many great options to consider on this list – I don’t even know where to start. I’m especially loving that so many of your healthy options are rich in fiber. Getting enough fiber on a regular basis is a great start towards eating healthier.
Wow – that’s a lot of recipes! But it’s a great way to get 2012 started on the right foot!
This is an amazing list! I just made the Mexican Rice Bowl for dinner and it scored majorly with my husband. I can’t wait to try the rest!
I’ve recently become allergic to mangoes – some of your 50 healthy recipes (which I can’t wait to try) include them – what would be a good substitution?
Thanks!
love all your healthy recipes!!
Looks like some great recipes! I am bookmarking you, for sure!
Awesome healthy recipes. I love this post very much. Thanks for posting
You’re recipes look wonderful. Thanks for posting meals that are both healthy and delicious. Great inspiration to get cooking!
Thank you!
They all look delicious!
Thanks for the great recipes!!! I can’t wait to try them!!
wooow it`s great
Would try to make these soon! 🙂 Healthy living for the win!
I became hungry watching those pictures 🙂 . These dishes look very delicious.
I think I got almost everything I want on this site….excellent and nutritious compilation.
Well done.
Love the whole wheat kafir pancakes with blueberry sauce. Thanks for sharing this list — so many great recipes!
Those are great smoothie ideas. I’m also intrigued by some of the soups. Thank you for sharing so many great looking recipes!
These look great!!! Healthy and tasty perfect for anyone trying to meet there health goals.
Thank You!
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Those tostadas look amazing! I’m going to try that tonight with a butternut squash I need to use up in place of the sweet potato
Everything is very open with a clear description of the challenges.
It was truly informative. Your site is very helpful.
Thanks for sharing!