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It’s three days after the Valentine’s excesses, and spring is just around the corner — not to mention a whole weekend of the BB&T Charleston Wine + Food Festival. Why not take a couple of weeks and really focus on a healthy, slimming diet? here are two new ways to go about it.

Marion Sullivan,Books for Cooks

“So Easy: Luscious, Healthy Recipes for every Meal of the Week.” Ellie Krieger is Food Network host of “Healthy Appetite,” author of the award-winning “The Food you Crave” and an registered dietitian with a master’s in nutrition from Columbia University. her philosophy centers around a healthy balance in one’s diet. the recipes in this book were designed to make healthy eating easier and to tackle the challenges of our hectic lifestyles. there are solutions to almost every possible mealtime from an on-the-go grab-it breakfast (smoothies and wraps) to the take-it-with-you lunch and rush-hour dinner. Each recipe has a nutritional analysis, including calories. Hardcover. Wiley. $29.95.

“The Elements of Life: A Contemporary Guide to Thai Recipes and Traditions for Healthier Living.” Su-Mei Yu, chef-owner of Saffron restaurant in San Diego, also authored the 2000

IACP Award-winning “Cracking the Coconut.” In this latest book, rooted in the Thai concept of “food as medicine,” she shows readers how to revolutionize their diets using nature’s elements — Earth, water, wind and fire — to eat for optimum health, beauty and spiritual well-being.

To achieve this, the body’s four elements and its home element must function in perfect harmony. Based on the interactive wheel developed by her mentor, the late Dr. Pennapa Subcharoen, Yu shows readers how to identify their home element and eat foods that accommodate it throughout different times of the year and different times of the day. Introductions to each recipe list the ailments the dish are expected to improve. Each chapter also includes sections on beauty and mind and spirit. Hardcover. Wiley. $35.

Honey Harvest Quinoa

Makes 4 (1 1/4 cup servings)

This recipe is adapted from “So Easy: Luscious, Healthy Recipes for every Meal of the Week.” Ellie Krieger writes that this is her “new favorite hot breakfast cereal.”

Ingredients

1 small Golden Delicious apple, cored and cut into chunks

1/4 cup dried cranberries

1/2 cup 1-percent milk, plus more for serving

2 tablespoons local honey, plus more for serving

1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon

1/2 cup toasted chopped pecans

4 teaspoons unsalted butter, optional

Directions

Put the quinoa in a fine mesh strainer and rinse well.

Put the rinsed quinoa and the water in a saucepan, bring to a boil, reduce to a simmer, cover and cook for 5 minutes. Add the apple and cranberries and cook, covered over low heat, until the water is absorbed, about 10 minutes more. Stir in 1/2 cup milk, 2 tablespoons of honey and the cinnamon and cook until the milk is heated through, about 1 minute.

Spoon the cereal into serving bowls and top with toasted pecans and butter, if using. Serve with additional honey and milk to taste.

Marion Sullivan is culinary programs specialist at the Culinary Institute of Charleston. Send your cookbook questions to Booksforcooks@bellsouth.net.

Kick up those resolutions!

We’re officially one month into the new year — how’s your new you? Even if you didn’t make official resolutions, getting healthy is a great way to start the new year — and we can help.

For tips on setting goals and getting organized, check out our revamped “Plan” link online at calgaryherald.com/healthclub.We’ve loaded all kinds of new stories, to help you beat the dreaded February energy slump.

Win free passes to Heavens Fitness

Are You Entered To Win?

Just check out the fifth five-minute Body Blast video from fitness expert Helen Vanderburg at calgaryherald.com/healthclub.

This week, Helen’s working our core muscles with the sumo squat, the side-lying leg lift and the oblique abdominal crunch. Bring it on: I can feel those abs already!

Healthy Recipes To Try

We have tons of new recipes for you, all of them not only yummy but healthy. First up, a great way to enjoy kale, which is chock full of vitamin K: you’ll find it on page E3, in Samara Felesky-Hunt’s story.

Online, we have three more kale recipes in our top story today. (OK, we really want you to try this veggie!)

There’s also lots to try in the non-kale department. Click on the “Eat” link at Health Club online for recipes direct from the book Simply Great Food, from the Dietitians of Canada, plus handy tools such as food trackers and a recipe analyzer. And click on the “Healthy Recipes” link for more new additions!

Need help In the Kitchen?

Maybe it’s the clutter: go to Health Club online and click on “Plan” for a handy article on decluttering your kitchen: choose your essentials and then get cooking!

Let us know about your fitness and nutrition events. We’ll include anything from runs and walks to cycling, swimming, yoga and more.

Just e-mail reallife@theherald.canwest.comto share the news.

Tell Us Your Success Stories

Do you have a story to share about achieving a fitness goal?

From your first time on ice skates (well done!) to registering for your first 10-kilometre run, we want to know!

Send a quick note, and a photo if possible, to us at reallife@theherald. canwest.com.

We’ll post an ongoing selection at calgaryherald.com/healthcluband in our Health Club pages to celebrate your successes (look for the first story on Feb. 18).

yjeffery@theherald. canwest.com

Chicken is a versatile protein that can be healthy, flavorful and crowd-pleasing. but it can also easily become a humdrum meal when you cook the same recipes every week. To break you out of your poultry-rut we’ve found 10 diverse chicken dishes that are anything but boring. From a zesty Chicken Tortilla Soup to a hearty Roast Rosemary Chicken and Vegetables, surprise your family tonight with an escape from the norm.

Chicken Recipes:

1. Chicken Skewers with Chirmol Salsa

2. Chicken Tortilla Soup

3. Asian Peanut Chicken with Cucumber Salad

4. Chicken with Ruby Grapefruit and Cranberry Salsa

5. Apple-Stuffed Chicken

6. Balsamic Chicken with Thyme

7. Sicilian Chicken Breast with Zucchini

8. Chicken & Vegetables with Creamy Mustard-Herb Sauce

9. Chicken Cacciatore Parmesan

10. Roast Rosemary Chicken and Vegetables

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How about healthy recipes for kids, ones they will enjoy? Kids cringe at the thought of “healthy food.” Let’s face it, so do most adults. but it is not as hard as you think to create healthy, raw food meals that everyone will love. if proper nutrition is started at an early age, children grow up enjoying healthy food.

When we eat healthy raw foods, several things happen. first of all, we have more energy. and because we’re eating foods in their natural state we’re receiving all the natural goodness nature intended in the form of vitamins, mineral, antioxidants, phytonutrients, enzymes and many yet to be discovered nutrients. Research shows that these natural components provide a strong foundation for good health and may help prevent serious disease as well. the fiber in these foods will help to keep your colon on a more regular schedule which is critical to good health no matter what your age is.

Great healthy recipes for kids contain a variety of raw foods. Raw foods are a great start to any diet plan, especially for kids because they need healthy materials for building healthy bodies. things like bananas, grapes, apples, sweet red peppers, cucumbers, strawberries, carrots, corn, raspberries, blueberries, avocados, mangos, pomegranates, tomatoes, and just about anything that you would find in the produce section. Spinach and broccoli too… okay, kids might not like those two right away, but you can add them to a smoothie and they need not know.

If you want to create tasty healthy recipes for kids how about getting your kids involved in meal planning. let them add the things that they like to a salad, the main course, or even dessert. Let’s say you give everyone some lettuce or other leafy green and let the kids build their own salad from the variety of other foods in bowls on the table. There are lots of organic raw foods that can be added to the salad. Apple pieces, mandarin sections, celery, walnuts, hemp seeds, fennel, tomatoes, shredded carrots, raisins, peas… the list is endless, just get creative. and as we know a large healthy salad can be a complete meal.

Children are growing and need fats from healthy sources to build better bodies. Omega 3 fatty acids are an excellent source of nutrition which are notably missing from the standard American diet. Foods like walnuts, hemp seeds, ground flax seed and chia seed are great sources of omega 3′s. one of these fats blended with orange juice and a few herbs or spices gives you a very healthy salad dressing.

There are lots of things that you can create with fresh fruit that will get your little one excited. A really great breakfast meal, or any meal for that matter is a large green smoothie. Add fruits and greens to the blender with a table spoon of flax or chia seed and let it rip. Kids will love helping with this as well. It’s tasty and very healthy, fruit for energy, greens for minerals, and seeds fulfilling the body’s needs for healthy fats.

When planning healthy recipes for kids think of these words: fresh, whole, ripe, organic, and raw as the golden words for creating healthy meals and kids. oh, and add one more, variety. Consuming a wide variety of fruits and vegetables is important for maintaining good health. So let’s review, involve the kids in meal planning and preparation, be creative, and let nature take its course.