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Take a look at EatingWell.com, which has nutrition facts for each recipe and easily searchable menu ideas. It also features news, contests and interviews. BellyBytes.com is another good source. HealthRecipes.com has recipes for delicious, healthful smoothies, rice dishes, egg dishes, flax seed recipes and more. It also publishes informative articles on healthy eating, health conditions, wonder foods and herbs.
Also look at interactive menu planner sites like the one by the National Institutes of Health (see Resources). It helps you plan breakfast, lunch, dinner and snacks. You enter the foods and number of servings, and it gives you the nutritional information and counts calories for you. - Check out healthful food cookbooks from your local library. Sometimes old cookbooks are given away for free at libraries or churches. You can even download them for free from certain web sites, such as HealthRecipes.com. You'll be able to tell which recipes are healthful because they generally include colorful fruits and vegetables, whole grains, lean cuts of meat and white meats as opposed to red meats. Healthful recipes are usually prepared via baking or grilling instead of frying.
- Get together with friends and neighbors who also love to cook good-for-you foods. Trade recipes, menu ideas, cookbooks and tips with anyone else who's interested. See who can come up with the best recipe creations and most creative ingredient pairings. Ask your family members if they'd like to contribute any healthful recipes.
