Heart-Healthy Choices for Comfort Food Favorites

Heart-Healthy Choices for Comfort Food Favorites

HomeCooking Tips, RecipesHeart-Healthy Choices for Comfort Food Favorites

Carl Hanson is a Senior Editor at Allrecipes and has been writing about food and wine for nearly 20 years. He enjoys creating content that informs entertains and helps busy home cooks put nutritious meals on the table for their families.

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500 Heart Healthy Slow Cooker Recipes Comfort Food Favorites Your Family and Doctor Will Love

Comfort food is the best. But you know what’s even better? Comfort food that’s also good for you! Now that’s real comfort. These recipes are highly regarded healthy versions of some of our favorite comfort foods tweaked to be both heart-healthy and delicious. Lean meatloaf veggie-packed casseroles soups enchiladas and more are all designed to make a heart-healthy lifestyle taste delicious!

“The secret is the quinoa which adds a wonderful texture and is much nuttier than breadcrumbs” says Andrew Benoit. “This version has a great texture and surprisingly good flavor (my brother couldn’t even tell it wasn’t beef)!”

Leftover brown rice gets a new lease of life in this chicken fried rice with sweet red peppers green onions and skinless chicken breast meat. "Black pepper paprika or dried parsley can be used for seasoning after this is cooked" says JOYCE.