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Fast Family Recipes for a Healthy Year Ahead
August 13th, 2009
If your goal is to eat healthier as a family in the new year, here are some healthy recipes to start you off on the right track.
by: Nancy Ripton
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Healthy Eating Resolutions
    

  • Only eight percent of Americans say they always achieve their New Year's resolutions.
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  • 38% of resolutions are related to healthy eating.
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  • For healthy eating success, don't set the bar too high–keep your meal plans healthy, but simple (see recipes below).
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  • Enlist your child's help in the kitchen. He'll be more likely to eat healthy if he helped prepare the food.
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his year, make a New Year's resolution you can actually keep–make it your goal to feed your family healthy, homemade meals at least three nights a week. It's easier than it sounds. Aviva Goldfarb, author of The Six O'Clock Scramble, has created meals even Oprah is singing the praises of: "Creative, healthy, unprocessed and kid-friendly without being adult-alienating."


Three expert tips for healthy family meals


    

  1. Goldfarb's secret is to create recipes that can be prepared in less than 30 minutes with 10 ingredients or less. "And they have to pass our family taste test," she says.
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  2. Don't set the bar too high by promising to create Nigella Lawson-worthy feasts every night. Create a list of five to 10 meals that are easy to create and try to cook one at least every other night. 
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  3. Enlist your child's help in the kitchen–you'll be surprised by how helpful a toddler can be with mixing or simple clean-up tasks. Plus, he'll be more likely to eat the meal if he helped prepare it. 
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Here are two fast, healthy recipes your whole family will enjoy:



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