The American Institute for Cancer Research skips the mayonnaise in this picnic potato salad, using unpeeled red potatoes, dill pickle, scallions, celery and fresh herbs for a tangy, rustic dish.
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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: Broccoli Salad with Peanut Dressing
Steamed broccoli, red bell pepper and red onion tossed in a peanut butter, sesame oil, rice vinegar, lime and soy dressing. Four servings at 146 calories each. AICR notes broccoli supplies fiber, beta-carotene, folate and sulphoraphane, studied for cancer-fighting properties.
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Healthy Recipes: Lemon Baked Trout
Dana Jacobi makes the case for simple summer cooking and for farmed fish raised close to home, then offers a four-ingredient baked trout: filets seasoned liberally with black pepper, topped with thin lemon slices and baked or grilled. Prep takes five minutes.
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Healthy Recipes: Chilled Roasted Tomato Soup
Plum tomatoes and eight garlic cloves roast for about an hour, then blend with chicken stock, basil, rosemary and balsamic vinegar and chill. Four 1.5-cup servings at 126 calories each, garnished with reduced fat sour cream and parsley.
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Healthy Recipes: Garbanzo Vegetable Sauté
The American Institute for Cancer Research pairs quick-cooking zucchini and yellow squash with canned garbanzo beans, shiitakes, tomato and fresh herbs over brown rice, and suggests a sliced beet and red onion salad alongside.
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Healthy Recipes: Chicken and Cantaloupe Strawberry Salad
An American Institute for Cancer Research recipe: greens tossed in a sour cream and Greek yogurt poppy seed dressing, topped with cubed chicken, cantaloupe, strawberries, feta and toasted walnuts. Four servings at 295 calories and 32 g protein each.
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Healthy Recipes: Berry Parfait with Lemon Curd Dip
Dana Jacobi layers Greek yogurt and fresh berries with a homemade lemon curd made looser and more tart than the classic, using less butter and sugar. She advises stirring the curd up to 10 minutes and refrigerating it at least 12 hours to set.
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Healthy Recipes: Tomato Soup with Chickpeas and Lemon
Dana Jacobi's tomato soup for AICR combines canned tomatoes, chickpeas, onion, celery, carrot and leek with vegetable broth, lemon juice and a seared lemon slice whose caramelised sugars add a bittersweet note. She calls the vegetable mix flexible and pantry-friendly.
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Healthy Recipes: Strawberry and Cheese Refrigerator Pie
A recipe for a refrigerator pie: a baked whole-wheat graham crust spread with reduced-fat cream cheese, sour cream, lemon zest and vanilla, chilled until set, then topped with fresh strawberries glazed in melted strawberry fruit spread.
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Healthy recipes: Moroccan Chicken Salad
Dana Jacobi deconstructs Moroccan bistilla, the layered pigeon-or-chicken and almond pie, into a chicken salad built on store-bought roasted chicken. Serve it in romaine leaf boats, on whole-wheat toast, or chopped fine for tea sandwiches.
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Healthy Recipes: Salmon and Vegetable Oven Kebabs Marinade
Wild salmon cubes marinate in lemon juice, olive oil, garlic and Italian seasoning, then go on skewers with plum tomatoes, mushrooms, green pepper and yellow squash for the oven. The recipe suggests bulgur tabouli or hummus and whole-wheat pita alongside.
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Healthy Recipes: Greek Lentil Stew
Dana Jacobi reworks Greek moussaka into a one-pot weeknight skillet supper, swapping lentils for lamb or beef and adding pomegranate juice to the usual tomato, oregano and cinnamon. Diced zucchini and sweet peppers round it out, with crumbled feta on top.
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Healthy Recipes: Mediterranean Bean Salad Salad
AICR's bean salad combines garbanzo, butter and kidney beans with onion, celery, tomato, herbs and an olive oil, vinegar and lemon dressing. The note explains butter beans: the flat green lima and the lighter sieva, the one Southern cooks mean by the name.
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Healthy Recipes: Fish Tacos with Cabbage Slaw
Tilapia fillets rubbed with garlic, cumin and cilantro go into warm corn tortillas with a slaw of red and white cabbage, tomato, green and red onion dressed in lime. Grill the fish and serve with black beans or avocado salad.
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Grilling Vegetables To Bring Out Their Best
An AICR column on grilling vegetables over medium-high heat, with timings for each: asparagus blanched a minute and pinned on toothpicks, thick broccoli stems sliced and blanched, carrots cut lengthwise, all brushed with olive oil and finished with herbs, lemon or vinegar.
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Healthy Recipes: Zesty Asian Turkey and Mango Stir-fry
A stir-fry pairing turkey fillets and broccoli with mango, fish sauce, lime, ginger, garlic and fresh cilantro, basil and mint. Mango supplies vitamins A, C and B6 plus dietary fiber, and eating a variety of fruits is linked to lower risk of several cancers.
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Healthy Recipes: Baci di Dama or Hazelnut Meringue Kisses
Dana Jacobi offers a Mother's Day recipe for baci di dama, crisp Italian hazelnut meringue cookies made with egg whites, a little sugar and cinnamon. Bake them on a dry day, rest them in the oven up to four hours, and they keep for days in an airtight box.
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Healthy Recipes: Papaya Salsa with Jicama "Chips"
A fresh salsa of diced papaya, plum tomato, cucumber, red onion and chile dressed with lime juice and cumin, served with thinly sliced jicama in place of chips. Papaya supplies vitamin C, folate, potassium, fiber and carotenoids.
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