Heart Healthy Recipes

For tasty, heart-healthy recipes, you've come to the right place. Our high-carb, low-fat lunches, dinners, and desserts can give you peace of mind -- and a truly heart-healthy diet.

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Marinated Tuna Steaks

From Better Homes and Gardens

A lemon and herb marinade brings great zesty flavor to these grilled tuna steaks.

Marinated Tuna Steaks

Reduced-Calorie Banana Bread

From Better Homes and Gardens

Stick with this moist and tender variation of a favorite quick bread. It's lower in calories, fat, and cholesterol than the traditional version of banana bread.

Reduced-Calorie Banana Bread

Sweet Potato Fries

From Heart-Healthy Living

These sweet potato fries are a lower-fat alternative to traditional fries. Try them as a side dish for hamburgers or grilled chicken or pork sandwiches.

Sweet Potato Fries

Breaded Asparagus

From Parents

The bread crumbs create a crisp coating for the asparagus as it bakes. Serve with honey mustard dip for a quick snack or appetizer.

Breaded Asparagus

Irish Soda Bread

From Heart-Healthy Living

This low-sodium yeast bread has dried currants and raisins. Enjoy it toasted for breakfast or as a side dish for soups and salads.

Irish Soda Bread

Shrimp Piccata

From Better Homes and Gardens

Lemon, garlic, and white wine characterize this exceptionally easy, but oh-so-elegant, entree.

Shrimp Piccata

Sunshine Cake

From Diabetic Living

This light, low-calorie cake is frosted with lemon-flavored whipped topping. It's a sweet yet refreshing dessert for any meal.

Sunshine Cake

Key Lime Cheesecake Bars

From Better Homes and Gardens

These dazzling bars are a takeoff of the popular pie recipe. This version uses a graham cracker crust and a filling that blends lime-flavored gelatin, cottage cheese, cream cheese, and whipped topping.

Key Lime Cheesecake Bars

Mustard Crisp Chicken

From Better Homes and Gardens

Mustard blends with herbs and spices to season this oven-fried chicken.

Mustard Crisp Chicken

Zippy Zonya Mexi Mix

From Heart-Healthy Living

Instead of using prepared taco seasoning packs, make your own and save a full teaspoon of salt. This recipe can be made to season beef, pork, or chicken.

Zippy Zonya Mexi Mix

Beef Burgundy

From Better Homes and Gardens

Burgundy adds a touch of sophistication to this stew's deep mellow blend of mushrooms and vegetables. It makes a hearty dinner when served over noodles or garlic mashed potatoes.

Beef Burgundy

Southwestern Tri-Tip Roast

From Better Homes and Gardens

This low-fat roast recipe uses chipotle peppers and cumin to add flavor without fat to this easy meal.

Southwestern Tri-Tip Roast

Garlic-Sage-Marinated Beef Pot Roast

From Better Homes and Gardens

A traditional pot roast meal of slow-cooked beef, potatoes, and carrots is welcoming home-style food. This version is comforting and low in fat.

Garlic-Sage-Marinated Beef Pot Roast

Sweet Potato Cinnamon Bundt Cake with Orange Glaze

From Heart-Healthy Living

Friends and family will ask for this moist, delicious cake again and again. It's a low-fat dessert that gets a nutritious boost from a surprising ingredient--sweet potatoes.

Sweet Potato Cinnamon Bundt Cake with Orange Glaze

Orange Roughy with Tarragon Sauce

From Better Homes and Gardens

Enhance the flavor of fish with a refreshing mayonnaise-yogurt sauce.

Orange Roughy with Tarragon Sauce

Herbed Cheese Whole Wheat Breadsticks

From Better Homes and Gardens

Lots of flavor is packed into these cheesy breadsticks seasoned with oregano. Try different herbs, such as rosemary, basil, or thyme.

Herbed Cheese Whole Wheat Breadsticks

Asparagus Bouquet

From Better Homes and Gardens

Because roasting accents the sweetness of asparagus, you need only a hint of chervil.

Asparagus Bouquet

Mixed Greens with Herbed Balsamic Vinaigrette

From Diabetic Living

The fresh-tasting, low-carb vinaigrette goes well with the bitter greens and salty olives in this side-dish salad recipe.

Mixed Greens with Herbed Balsamic Vinaigrette

Cajun Crab Croquettes

From EatingWell

Crab cakes get a Louisiana spin with Cajun spice and corn. Although any type of crab works here, we prefer the texture of lump crabmeat. Serve with Zesty Rmoulade Sauce. Make it a meal: Serve on arugula salad.

Cajun Crab Croquettes

Orzo-Broccoli Pilaf

From Better Homes and Gardens

Orzo is a tiny, rice-shaped pasta, larger than a grain of rice, but slightly smaller than a pine nut. It tastes great in this vegetable-filled pilaf.

Orzo-Broccoli Pilaf

Flaxseed and Rye Breadsticks

From Diabetic Living

Flaxseeds contain both soluble and insoluble fiber, making these diabetic bread sticks a good and healthy side for soups and salads.

Flaxseed and Rye Breadsticks

Dark Hot Cocoa

From Heart-Healthy Living

A blend of unsweetened cocoa powder, bittersweet chocolate, and honey makes this hot drink good enough to serve for dessert.

Dark Hot Cocoa

Thai Shrimp and Fresh Vegetable Rice

From Better Homes and Gardens

A great marinade makes an unforgettable meal. Before adding the shrimp to the rice studded with asparagus, sweet pepper and peanuts, let it soak up the lime, soy sauce, and ginger flavors for up to two hours.

Thai Shrimp and Fresh Vegetable Rice

Banana Millet Muffins

From Heart-Healthy Living

Made with millet, applesauce, and bananas, these heart-healthy muffins will fill you up at breakfast or snack time.

Banana Millet Muffins

Coriander Turkey Breast

From Better Homes and Gardens

Rubbing on a mixture of coriander, onion powder, chili powder, and ground red pepper gives this grilled turkey a pleasantly spicy flavor and a rich roasted color.

Coriander Turkey Breast

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