Happy Friday! We’ve officially almost made it through our first week back after the holidays. Sweet! I’m treating myself to a yoga class tonight to decompress – anyone else? Also, thank you for the great feedback on yesterday’s Behind the Scenes blog post! It was really interesting to hear what many of you are up to, too, and how you are following your dreams and helping others. Proud of you guys! 
For today, even though I’ve already shared my overall Tips for a Healthy New Year, I thought it would also be helpful to gather together some of my best recipes and other tips posts all in one post. A sort of arsenal to make healthy living just a bit easier, for those of you making that a focus this year.
Easy, Healthy Recipes to try:
- Perfect Microwave Banana Oatmeal (pictured above)
- 5-Minute No Bake Peanut Butter Granola Bars (vegan, gluten free if you use GF certified oats)
- Almond Butter Banana Breakfast Bars (vegan)
- Almond Encrusted Tilapia
- Chunky Turkey & Vegetable Soup
- Corn Flake Encrusted Chicken Fingers (gluten free)
- Dark Chocolate Quinoa Bars (gluten free)
- Healthy Tuna Salad
- Mexican Lasagna (gluten free if using corn tortillas)
- Nutty Protein Granola Bars (gluten free with GF certified oats)
- Pesto Baked Salmon with Veggies
- Scrambled Egg Muffins
- Sweet Potato & Black Bean Veggie Enchiladas (vegan if omit cheese)
- Sweet Potato Lentil Chili (vegan)
- Veggie-tastic Minestrone Soup (vegan)
Food-related tips and round up posts:
- How to pack lunch in 5 minutes flat (and here are more packed lunch ideas)
- How to Make {Microwave} Oatmeal More Tasty, Filling, and Satisfying
- Quick & Healthy Dinner Recipes
- Healthy Snack Ideas for Busy People
- Simple & Healthy Weekday Lunch Ideas
- How to Make a Quick & Healthy Weeknight Dinner
- 10 Healthy On the Go Snack Recipes
- 4 Healthy, Quick, and Portable Breakfast Ideas
General/Nutrition Hot Topic tips:
- How to make time for health when you’re busy
- Why This Registered Dietitian Eats More Fat (guest post on my friend’s blog about the science and history behind low fat diets – and why I don’t recommend them)
Exercise/Running tips:
- How to Love Exercise (or at least not hate it)
- How to Eat for Running: Top 5 Nutrition Mistakes Made by Runners
For those of you training for spring races, here are my previous plans/tips:
- My full marathon training plan, plus injury prevention & nutrition tips
- My 2nd half marathon training plan
- My 1st half marathon training plan
- 10 miler training plan
- First full marathon training reflections
- What have you guys done already this new year towards improving your health or wellness? Any specific tips posts or topics you’d like to see me write about this year?
Healthy Recipes, Resources and Tips for the New Year originally appeared on fANNEtastic food | Washington D.C. area Registered Dietitian | Recipes + Healthy Living + Fitness on January 9, 2015.
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