A collection of 20 healthy green recipes that taste delicious and make healthy eating easy!
Do you love greens, or do you tend to avoid them? I personally love green foods; leafy greens or salads make an apperance every night at our dinner table. Eating healthy and balanced shouldn’t be difficult, and you shouldn’t have to force yourself to eat greens. For me, it’s all about how its prepared and what its paired with. To make it easier for you, I’ve compiled a list of 20 Healthy Green Recipes that also taste good!
Why Eat Greens?
Naturally green foods are high in vitamins and minerals, like folate, iron, potassium, and calcium. They’re also a great source of fiber.
Conversely, they are low in carbs, cholesterol, and sodium.
Eating a diet rich in greens has numerous health benefits, including reduced risk of heart disease and high blood pressure.
Frequently Asked Questions:
What is the best way to store greens?
For detailed instructions, I have a post all about how to wash and store leafy greens. But essentially, wrap clean and dry leafy greens or other veggies in paper towels before sealing in a resealable bag. Or you can layer them in a Tupperware between layers of paper towels. Either way, store them in a cold part of your fridge, not in the door.
What are the best green vegetables to eat daily?
For affordability and accessibility, I frequently use spinach, green beans, and romaine lettuce in my daily meals.
How healthy are green smoothies?
Green smoothies are a great way to help you lose weight and to “hide” leafy greens and other veggies if you struggle to eat them otherwise.
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20 Healthy Green Recipes
Cucumber Apple Green Smoothie
5 stars average
5minutes
This sweet and tangy green smoothie is made with apples, cucumber, kale, and banana to keep you full and energized throughout the day
Made with creamy avocado, fresh cilantro, lime juice and cumin, this easy salad dressing recipe is delicious over greens or served as a dip with veggies!
Grilled Asparagus Salad with Arugula and Goat Cheese
5 stars average
20minutes
Asparagus is grilled until charred and slightly caramelized then tossed with spicy arugula and creamy goat cheese in this fresh and flavorful summer salad.
These protein-packed lettuce cups are made with ground turkey simmered in a sweet and spicy sauce made with garlic, ginger, lime juice and YOWZERS red chili peppers. They're crunchy, tangy and naturally low carb.
This Pesto Chicken Pasta with Swiss Chard is the perfect one-pot meal that will save you time in the kitchen and give you a delicious and nutritious dinner.
This light and refreshing Greek herb salad is made with crunchy romaine, fresh dill, scallions and feta. Serve with grilled chicken, salmon or with chickpeas to make a hearty vegetarian entrée salad.
This garlic and Swiss chard sauté with lemon makes not only a tasty side dish, but is full of antioxidants, is readily available, and tastes delicious.
Liz Della Croce is the creator and author of The Lemon Bowl, a healthy food blog. Since 2010, Liz has been sharing delicious recipes that just so happen to be healthy. By using real ingredients with an emphasis on seasonality, Liz has built a growing audience of loyal readers who crave good food for their families.
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Love that wonderful green color on all those recipes, thanks for sharing, now i’m going to try them one by one.
Enjoy!
This is the prettiest round up ever Liz! I am loving all these ideas!! It’s true, there’s already so much amazing naturally green food, who needs dye?
It really is so true!! Thank you lady!
OMG all these recipes, good thing I love green food :) I’m going to start with the green smoothie and work my way down :)
Aww thank you so much Sam!
So many bright and beautiful dishes…I love all these healthy ideas. xo, Catherine
Thank you so much Catherine!!
i am so ready for spring! and st. patrick’s day. and eating well. :) thanks for including my fish taco lettuce wraps. xo
I am too girl!! It has to be here soon right!? RIGHT?!
This is a beautiful round-up!!! They all look so GREEN and delicious!! Thank you Liz :)
Aww thank you!! It’s a blizzard outside so I’m distracting myself with GREEN!