Healthy Recipes for One

With increasing health awareness, healthy recipes for one or two or for the family, are something which almost everyone wants to get their hands on. After all, if we eat healthy and fresh, we stay healthy and fresh!

"Take breakfast like a king, lunch like a prince and dinner like a pauper". Most of us are aware of this age old phrase. However, there are very few people who actually put the meaning of this phrase into practice. With the civilization progressing in leaps and bounds, people are getting dragged away from eating healthy to getting lured by what is known as the 'fast food'. Fast foods are no doubt 'fast' and they save a great deal of time, but at the cost of health and fitness. So do not spend your valuable health on such unhealthy fast foods. Get some of these tips on healthy recipes for one and add more years to your life.

Healthy Recipes for One Person

Let's start our healthy cooking recipes with some smart tips on healthy recipes for one person, on the most important meal of the day - breakfast. This will be followed by some more quick healthy recipes for one on lunch and dinner.

Simple Healthy Recipes for One – Breakfast

Recipe #1

Ingredients

Large eggs - 2

Milk - 1Ѕ cup

Unsalted butter, melted - ј cup

Walnut or peanut oil - ј cup

Wheat germ - 2 tbsp.

Baking powder - 4 tsps.

Rolled oats - ѕ cup

All purpose flour - 1ј cups

Light brown sugar - ј cup

Cinnamon - 1 tsp.

Salt - 1 pinch

Maple syrup

Directions

Get started by whisking the flour with oats, sugar, wheat germ, baking powder, cinnamon, and salt in a bowl. Before this, put a waffle iron on medium heat. Thereafter, whisk the eggs and add butter, milk and oil in another bowl. Now, it's time mix the wet ingredients with the dry ones and stir gently, until you form a batter.

Pour this batter on the waffle iron (about 1/3 cup per waffle). Cook for about 3 - 5 minutes until the outside of the waffle becomes crisp and the inside is cooked through. Serve hot with maple syrup. Read more on healthy breakfast recipes.

Recipe #2

Ingredients

Freshly grated orange zest - ј tsp.

Ground chocolate - Ѕ tsp.

Cream cheese - 1 cup

Orange juice - 1 tbsp.

Honey - 2 tbsp.

Cinnamon raisin bread - 4 slices

Large banana - 1

Peanuts or nuts, chopped - 2 tbsp.

Vanilla extract - 1 tsp.

Directions

Make a smooth mixture out of the cream cheese, honey, orange juice, orange zest and vanilla. Toast the bread slices and dice the bananas. Spread the mixture on each toast and give toppings on the banana slices and sprinkle some nuts and serve.

Recipe #3

Ingredients

Large eggs - 4

Cheddar cheese, shredded - ѕ cup

Fresh parsley, chopped - 2 tbsp.

Turkey pepperoni, chopped - ј cup.

Milk - 1/3 cup.

Kosher salt - Ѕ tsp.

Ground black pepper - ј tsp.

Direction

Get the eggs, milk, salt, pepper and parsley and whisk together. Stir in the pepperoni. Before this, preheat the oven to 350є F and spray a mini muffin tin with cooking spray. Now, divide the cheese into any number of mini muffin cups and pour the egg mixture filling the cups. 10 - 14 minutes is the time needed for the baking. Serve after cooling for 5 minutes or so.

These were some tips for healthy recipes for one person, on breakfast. For lunch, here are some tips for some easy healthy recipes for one.

Quick Easy Healthy Recipes for One - Lunch

Recipe #1

Ingredients

Chicken breasts - 4 oz.

Lettuce - 4 cups

Olive oil - ј tsp.

Mayo (egg yolks and oil and vinegar), fat free - 1.5 tbsp.

Worcestershire Sauce - ј tsp.

Lemon juice - 1 tsp.

Garlic clove, minced - Ѕ

Black pepper - ј tsp.

Red wine vinegar - Ѕ tsp.

Parmigiano Reggiano Cheese - 3 tbsp.

Water - 1Ѕ tsp.

Italian dressing, fat free - 3 tbsp.

Directions

Marinate the chicken breasts overnight, after combining it with the dressing. The chicken pieces have to be broiled for about 6 minutes on each side, until brown. Thereafter, dice the chicken. Get the mayo, sauce, lemon juice, vinegar, olive oil, garlic and water and whip together with a fork until smooth. Add the pepper as seasoning and combine all the ingredients and toss thoroughly. Use the broiled chicken and cheese as topping.

Recipe #2

Ingredients

Turkey breasts, low sodium - 3 oz.

Dijonnaise (creamy mustard sauce, made from Dijon mustard) - 1 tsp.

Lettuce - ј cup.

Tortilla wrap - 1 whole.

Directions

Fill the inside of the wrap with the dijonnaise and sprinkle lettuce. Add the meat roll into the warp and serve.

Recipe #3

Ingredients

Salmon, fresh or canned - 4

Mayonnaise - 1 tbsp.

Celery, diced - Ѕ cup

Yogurt, fat free - 1 tbsp.

Red wine vinegar - 1 tsp.

Lettuce - 6

Capers - 1 tbsp.

Black pepper

Directions

Get rid of bones or skin from the fish and crumble it in a bowl. Prepare a mix of the mayo, yogurt, celery, capers and pepper. Add the mix to the fish and toss. Use thoroughly washed lettuce leaves as plates for the serving.

After all these mouth watering healthy recipes for singles, here are some cost-effective recipes for you to cook and enjoy in your dinner. But before that you can read more on healthy recipes for diabetics and you may also be interested to know more on healthy recipes for two.

Cheap healthy Recipes for One - Dinner

Recipe #1

Ingredients

Skinless and boneless chicken breast, rinsed and dry - 1

Sweet potatoes, peeled and cut into small pieces - 2

Chipotle chilies in adobo sauce, minced - 2

Garlic cloves, minced - 2

Honey - 1 tbsp.

Cider vinegar - 1 tsp.

Cumin - Ѕ tsp.

Olive oil - 1Ѕ tsp.

Cilantro

Directions

Toast the potatoes in the oil and roast in a roasting pan for 15 minutes. Before this, preheat the oven to about 400є F. Make a paste of the chillies, garlic, honey, vinegar, salt, cumin and cinnamon. Use this paste to rub evenly over each chicken piece. Thereafter, place the chicken on top of the potatoes and cook for about 25 - 30 minutes, for it to be cooked thoroughly. Serve hot and garnish with cilantro.

Recipe #2

Ingredients

Beef steak strips - 3 oz.

Green and red bell peppers, sliced - 1Ѕ cup

Onion, sliced - Ѕ cup

Cumin - 1 tsp.

Olive oil - 1 tbsp.

Whole grain tortillas, small - 2

Salsa - 4 tsp.

Sour cream, low fat - 2 tbsp.

Directions

Make a quick fry of olive oil, cumin and garlic for about a minute. Add the steaks and cook for 5 minutes. Thereafter, add the onion and pepper and let the mix get cooked for another 8 minutes. Place the prepared mix on tortillas and fold. Serve with salsa and sour cream toppings.

Recipe #3

Ingredients

Black beans, rinsed and drained - Ѕ cup

Olive oil - 2 tsps.

Cumin - 1 tsp.

Cheddar cheese, shredded - ј cup

Salsa - 2 tbsp.

Zucchini, chopped - 1 cup

Whole wheat tortillas - 2

Directions

Take the zucchini, beans, cumin and olive oil and fry for 5 minutes. Place the fried mixture on tortillas and sprinkle with the cheddar cheese. Fold the tortillas in half and cook until they get toasted and the cheese melts. Serve with salsa toppings.

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So much for now on some delicious healthy recipes for one, in this article. I have been keeping myself from the temptations to grab a bite of each of these recipes, while I was writing them for you. As I am done for now, I will go and give myself a treat with some of these tasty foods filled with health and nutrition. You do the same and help yourselves! Enjoy...