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Smoky Chicken Skewers
Forget juggling a plate of food with your cocktail glass: These no-fuss kebabs make it easy to munch while mingling. Plus, just one savory skewer delivers nearly half of your daily protein needs.
By Kerri Conan
Angel Wings
No soiree is complete without a scrumptious dessert, and these low-cal treats are diet-approved, so dig intwice!without the guilt.
By Kerri Conan
Green Beans with Blackened Sage and Hazelnuts
Swap that tired casserole (you know which) for this elegant hazelnut version. The string beans help boost immunity with infectionfighting vitamin C. Oh, snap!
By Jennifer Iserloh
Cherry-Cranberry Sauce
This sweet-tart relish has 7 fewer grams of sugar than the canned kind, and it supplies disease-fighting antioxidants.
By Jennifer Iserloh
Goat Cheese and Mushroom Canapés
By Anita Lo
Pear, Mushroom and Pomegranate Stuffing
It's hearty and health-helping: Eating mushrooms regularly may help lessen women's breast cancer risk.
By Jennifer Iserloh
Roasted Squash With Balsamic Sauce and Apples
Sweet, savory and anti-aging! Just one serving meets more than your daily need for vitamin A, which keeps skin aglow.
By Jennifer Iserloh
Mashed Potatoes and Parsnips With Caramelized Onions and Blue Cheese
Not only is our mash low-cal, but it also provides more than a quarter of your daily requirement for cell-building vitamin B6.
By Jennifer Iserloh
Apricots Stuffed with Almonds
By Anita Lo
Apple Chips
Slices of Braeburn apples hold their shape well when baked until crunchy—perfect for a batch of munchable homemade chips.
By Victoria Abbott Riccardi
Apple-Yogurt Parfaits
The juicy Honeycrisp apple is the sweetest of the bunch. Combine it (instead of berries) with tart, creamy Greek yogurt for a seasonal, satisfying breakfast.
By Victoria Abbott Riccardi
Salty Chocolate-Caramel Apples
The signature puckery snap of Granny Smiths goes well with candy like accompaniments such as caramel and chocolate.
By Victoria Abbott Riccardi
Moroccan Carrot-Apple Salad with Cilantro
This apple's crisp flesh doesn't brown as quickly as other kinds, so it's ideal chopped in salads.
By Victoria Abbott Riccardi
Smoked Turkey, Apple and Cheese Quesadillas
Mcintoshes soften quickly when cooked. You'll love their slight sweetness with the savory melted cheese and turkey in this dish.
By Victoria Abbott Riccardi
Farro and Pine Nut Tabbouleh
Chef Max Mackissock of The Squeaky Bean in Denver takes a back-to-nature approach to ingredients: He uses produce straight from the garden at his restaurant or the farmers market the eatery hosts weekly. With veggies like that, who needs meat? This tasty vegan dish has plenty of protein, plus healthy carbs, thanks to whole-grain, fiber-rich farro.
By Merritt Watts and Max Mackissock
Roasted Beet and Goat Cheese Salad
Hari Pulapaka, chef and owner of Cress Restaurant in DeLand, Florida, scored a spot at a local community garden to sprout his organic produce for vitamin-packed salads like this one. The homemade dressing he created stays fresh in the fridge for a week.
By Merritt Watts and Hari Pulapaka
Spicy Grilled Tuna with Garden Salsa
The rooftop of chef Rick Bayless's Chicago restaurant Frontera Grill is dedicated to growing tomatoes, hot peppers and herbs for fresh salsas. Multicolored heirloom tomatoes can be sweeter than other types, Bayless says, and they offer a hefty dose of infection-fighting vitamin C.
By Merritt Watts and Rick Bayless
Grilled Lamb Loin With Tomato and Cucumber Raita and Israeli Couscous
The lamb in this dish from Cress Restaurant lends immunity-building zinc. For extra fresh flavors, pluck the rosemary, thyme and mint from plants purchased at a garden center; they'll flourish in a sunny window, so you can use them over and over.
By Merritt Watts and Hari Pulapaka