A slaw of shredded Brussels sprouts with apple, dried cranberries, walnuts, Meyer lemon juice and olive oil, meant to soften the sprouts' bitterness. It makes eight 120-calorie servings, and the recipe notes cruciferous vegetables may help lower risk of some cancers.
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Healthy Recipes from AICR
Healthy recipes from the American Institute for Cancer Research.
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Healthy Recipes from AICR
Healthy Recipes: Asian Chicken with Honey and Ginger
An American Institute for Cancer Research recipe for skinless chicken breasts baked in a marinade of honey, reduced-sodium soy sauce, sesame oil, garlic, green onion and grated fresh ginger, suggested with brown or wild rice and a green salad.
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Healthy Recipes: Tilapia with Chunky Tomato Sauce
Tilapia fillets simmer 8 to 10 minutes under a salsa of no-salt-added canned tomatoes, green onions, garlic, basil, lemon juice and crushed red pepper. Four servings at 175 calories and 22 g protein each.
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Healthy Recipes: Very Vegetable Minestrone with Barley and Beans
A soup of onion, celery, carrots, cabbage, potato, cannellini and green beans with pearl barley and fresh herbs. Four servings at 260 calories and 13 g fiber each. AICR notes barley and beans are fiber-rich foods that can help prevent colon cancer.
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Healthy Recipes: Broiled Tilapia with Mustard and Yogurt Sauce
Broiled tilapia fillets served with a sauce of Greek yogurt, Dijon mustard, lemon juice and chives, lighter than mayonnaise-based tartar sauce. The piece also advises buying fillets that smell of the sea and are not sitting in excess liquid.
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Healthy Recipes: Hummus
The American Institute for Cancer Research offers a hummus of two cans of no-salt-added chickpeas blended coarsely with garlic, tahini, lemon juice and olive oil. It makes 10 servings at 144 calories, 5 grams of fiber and 13 mg of sodium per quarter cup.
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Healthy Recipes: Butternut Squash and Chickpea Curry
A curry whose creaminess comes from coconut milk and pureed roasted butternut squash rather than cream, with chickpeas, rutabaga, carrot, broccoli and red bell pepper. Makes 6 servings at 212 calories and 6 grams of fiber.
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Healthy Recipes: Super-Bowl Tomato Soup
An AICR tomato soup for game day, made with no-salt-added whole tomatoes, sun-dried tomatoes, onion and scallions: 71 calories and 64 mg sodium a serving. The piece notes tomatoes supply lycopene and the recipe cuts sodium compared with canned soup.
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Healthy Recipes: Stuffed Chicken Breasts
Chicken breasts stuffed with low-fat cheddar, green onion, red bell pepper and thick Greek yogurt, which keeps the meat moist, then baked 30 to 35 minutes. Four servings at 200 calories and 32 grams of protein each, sized to leave room for vegetable sides.
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Healthy Recipes: Pumpkin Mac and Cheese
Dana Jacobi makes the case for cooking with actual canned pumpkin rather than pumpkin flavoring: half a cup carries three times the FDA's recommended value for vitamin A, 4 to 5 grams of fiber and 40 calories. She folds it into mac and cheese, chili, hummus and lentil soup.
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Idaho Firm Recalls Fully Cooked Meat and Poultry Products Due to Potential Listeria Monocytogenes Contamination
LJD Holdings, doing business as B and D Foods of Boise, Idaho, is recalling about 33,500 pounds of fully cooked meat and poultry over possible Listeria monocytogenes contamination. The tempura chicken, beef strips and pork strips went to foodservice and industrial customers in several states.
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Healthy Recipes: White Bean Pasta
A budget-minded AICR dish of whole-wheat ditalini cooked together with cannellini beans and tossed with browned onion, rosemary, basil and Parmesan, at 305 calories and 7 grams of fiber per three-quarter-cup serving.
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Healthy Recipes: Baked Apple Sauce
A baked applesauce recipe: about 10 assorted apples baked with cider, lemon and optional cinnamon and sweetener for 60 to 75 minutes, then stirred into sauce. It makes 12 servings at 99 calories and 4 g fiber each and keeps refrigerated for up to five days.
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Healthy Recipes: Tuscan White Bean Soup
Dana Jacobi's case for cooking dried beans rather than opening cans: no added sodium, no BPA, no sulfites, and a one-pound bag yields about as many servings as four 15-ounce cans. Beans soak in 4 to 6 hours and most then cook in about an hour, and she offers a Tuscan white bean soup.
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Healthy Recipes: New Year's Salad
A salad of arugula, fennel, Fuyu persimmon, walnuts, pomegranate seeds and reduced-fat feta, dressed with olive oil and orange juice. The note suggests filling at least two-thirds of the plate with plant foods and a third or less with animal protein.
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Healthy Recipes: Elegant Cheesy Spinach Cakes
A recipe for eight 80-calorie spinach-and-ricotta appetizer cakes baked in a muffin pan, with per-serving nutrition and a mini-muffin variation. The writers note mounting research that leafy greens may protect against certain cancers through their fiber, folate and carotenoids.
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Healthy Recipes: Roasted Root Vegetable Salad
AICR roasts sweet potato, potato, carrot, red onion, celery and beet, then dresses them with balsamic vinegar, lemon juice and Dijon mustard and tops the dish with parsley, cilantro, walnuts and feta. Serve alongside roasted chicken, or double it for lunch the next day.
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Whipped Sweet Potatoes with Apples
A holiday sweet potato casserole that steams the potatoes instead of enriching them with butter or cream, and layers sliced Golden Delicious apple on top rather than marshmallows. Twelve servings at 110 calories per half cup.
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