Healthy is defined as being fit in body and mind. In healthy food, it means to be beneficial in assisting the human body to be in top shape for the body and mind. In the food pyramid, there are foods and drinks that are healthy while others are not. Eating healthy foods not only assist the human body, but can help replenish the energy needed to get through the day.

For example, water is more healthy than soda because water contains no calories or unhealthy ingredients while soda contains carbonated water, sugar and flavor substance to give the drink a taste. According to the food pyramid, soda is under the section of unhealthy foods because it contains a certain amount of sugar in the drink.

 

So instead of eating and drinking unhealthy foods, people can eat fruit, vegetables and/or meat to replace the unhealthy foods in the human body system. Eating fruits and/or vegetable helps the human body, but over eating healthy foods won’t easily make the person healthy due to the amount of calories intake from how much we eat. So eating healthy food at a certain portion can help give the necessary energy for the human body.

Here you can try out some recipes that are healthy, does not contain heavy calories and are cost effective: To get the steps and ingredients for the recipes- click the image

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Calories: 320;Fat- 13.4 g, Sat. Fat- 2 g, Protein- 36.3 g, Carbohydrates- 12.8 g, Fiber- 1.5 g, Cholesterol- 94 mg, Iron- 2.5 mg, Sodium- 444 mg, Calcium- 147 mg

This recipe is healthy to try because the main dish is salmon which contains proteins molecules called bio-active peptides and omega-3 fatty acids that assists control of the inflammation in the stomach tract, decreased risk of cardiovascular issues like heart attacks or high blood pressure and help the cells and the brain function better (WHF: “Salmon- What’s New and Beneficial about Salmon”).  Like chicken, salmon is a lean protein which can be a substitute of red meat.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

This recipe is healthy to try out because the ingredients are cost-effective for strict financial plans, and also it’s good for the joints since it contains collagen. This gelatin dessert also helps you to get sleep because it contains glycine amino acids that help the “quality and efficacy” for sleep time. It has some proteins that help the body along with the hair, teeth and nails. Not only all that, it’s a good snack for green tea lovers who want to sink their teeth in. ( Europaleo, ” TOW all the Gelatin”)

 

Calories: 87; Cholesterol- 0 mg, Fat- 0 mg, Fiber- 0.4 mg, Sodium- 5 mg, Carbohydrates- 23.2 g, Protein- 0.2 g

This healthy recipe is not only sweet, but it’s healthy. The amount of sugar can be changed  and it’s simple to make and the ingredients are natural. ( David Anthony Tate, “All Natural Strawberry Lemonade.”)

Calories: 183, Fat- 2.1 g, Saturated fat- 0.5 g, Carbs- 41 g, Fiber- 16.3 g, Sugars- 20.3 g, Protein- 8.4 g, Sodium- 3370 mg

Kimchi is known to be a Korean dish which contains a little bit of calories, and doesn’t contain any meat (great for vegetarians). This dish is beneficial for people who don’t like or eat meat daily.

 

Don’t limit yourself to only these recipes, try out other healthy recipes online or by cookbooks!