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Cheap Healthy Food and Easy Meal Ideas
One Healthy Food, Three Ways
Racking your brain for a new salmon recipe? Don’t know what to do with quinoa? Fight healthy food fatigue by picking up 7 versatile ingredients for nutrient-packed meals all week
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If you’re trimming fat out of your diet by opting for lean protein, salmon is always a good catch. “Salmon features those famous omega-3 fatty acids that keep our heart, brain, tissues, and organs healthy—and in the most potent form [the long chain DHA and EPA forms],” explains Reinagel. “It's also a good source of protein and the antioxidant mineral selenium.”
Make the Most of It
Add flaked salmon to pasta sauce, use it on top of eggs in the morning, or make “meatballs” by combining salmon with bread crumbs and seasonings, suggests Krieger. You can also toss salmon with pasta, lemon, garlic, olive oil, and veggies; use it as the protein source in tacos; or use it as a salad topper, says Moore.
Get Cooking!
Pan-Seared Salmon Salad Here’s a great way to use leftover salmon fillets. Serve the salad on a plate or use it to fill a warm whole wheat flour tortilla.
Salmon Patties Keep canned salmon on hand and whip up this healthy burger alternative the next time you’re craving beef.
Miso Soup with Asparagus and Broiled Salmon Miso, or bean paste, is a culinary mainstay in Japan and a great source of protein.
More: Lose up to 11 pounds in two weeks by selecting 400-calorie dishes from this collection of slimmed-down versions of the foods you love
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