Photo by Maren Caruso
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12 Healthiest Foods
April 2005
Here are 12 delicious recipes from the 12 Best Foods Cookbook by Dana Jacobi
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Asparagus, Red Pepper, and Curried Tofu
Served over rice noodles, this dish is reminiscent of Shanghai Noodles. It can
also be served over brown rice.
Black Soybean and Butternut Squash Stew
This chunky stew with a Southwestern flair started with the remaining half of a
large butternut squash, a few slices of bacon, and a couple kinds of
peppers.
 Blueberry and Strawberry Pie
This simple dessert of sliced strawberries arranged over fresh blueberries in a
prebaked pie shell always comes out picture-perfect. The berries mixed with
melted fruit spread, which sweetens and glazes them, are ready in mere minutes.
Because the fruit is uncooked, it provides maximum health benefits.
Chicken Tortilla Soup with Corn and Spinach
Baby spinach, frozen corn, store-bought roast chicken, and canned broth are
healthy convenience foods. Combined, they make a soup with flavor that tastes
like it took more than 15 minutes to make.
 Chocolate Pancakes
Chocolate for breakfast feels decadent in these cocoa-and-soymilk pancakes.
Fresh strawberries are the perfect accompaniment. Add maple syrup, if you wish.
This batter also makes crisp waffles.
Garlic-Roasted Tomatoes
Generously flavored with garlic and herbs, these baked tomatoes serve as a side
dish or an antipasto. They are delicious even made with hard, unripe
tomatoes.
Greek White Bean Soup
This is one of the best dishes at Molyvos, an exceptional Greek restaurant in
New York City that features less-familiar regional dishes. For a completely
fat-free soup, you can skip the feta and olive oil garnish.
Key Lime Tartlets
Bottled key lime juice turns the creamy filling in these phyllo tartlets a
lovely golden shade. Use a microplane grater to shred the lime zest for them
and everyone will think this is the latest creation from the best pastry shop
in town. Say they are made with soy, and they won't believe you.
Roasted Salmon with Garden Salsa
Roasting is a technique for cooking fish that chefs often use. Searing the
surface, then finishing the fish in a hot oven gives it good color and keeps it
succulent.
Shrimp with Cherry Tomatoes and Feta
Plump cherry tomatoes, sautéed just until their skin cracks, are the
stars of this Greek-accented dish. The large ones that come in a net bag, also
called cocktail tomatoes, are best.
Soycotash
In late summer, when fresh edamame, corn, and sweet red peppers are all in
season locally, this vegetable medley is so good you can make a meal of it. The
rest of the year, made with frozen edamame and corn, it is still delicious.
Sweet Potato-Carrot Muffins
Spicy and moist, these muffins are almost creamy in the center. Serve them warm
from the oven as a snack accompanied by butter, or as a portable breakfast.
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