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How to Prepare Healthy Summer Recipes. Cooking over a hot stove doesn't appeal much when
you want to make the best of the great outdoors. Whip up lighter, easy-to-fix healthy meals
and keep your energy for more fun things. You will need Food Recipes and imagination.
Step 1. Make light summer fare in the dog days of summer with linguine from whole grains
mixed with eggplant, or pasta with chicken or shrimp. Step 2. Barbecue more than hot
dogs and hamburgers. Prepare kebobs or put shrimp and plank-grilled salmon on the barbecue
with assorted vegetables or fruit. Shortcut the effort with grilled vegetables on Focaccia
for a healthy meal in minutes. Fruits and vegetables are best for certain seasons -- use
strawberries in spring, peaches in summer, and sweet potatoes in winter. Step 3. Fix
fresh fruit and homemade trail mix snacks. Save time with pre-washed bagged lettuce,
and cut up some cucumbers, tomatoes, grapes, and apples to grab on the run. Step 4. Make
salad the meal, with garden veggies and chicken, dried fruit, almonds, and nuts. Make fruit
salads to accompany meals all summer. Insist the family drink water instead of soda to
stay properly hydrated. Step 5. Go exotic. Make gazpacho with lime chicken or throw together
tomatoes, various colors of bell peppers, red onions, and baby spinach for a gazpacho
salad with red wine vinaigrette. Step 6. Blend up seedless watermelon and freeze it to treat
the family with slushies later. Try putting together a frozen limeade pie for a nice surprise.
Be cool and stay well fed. Did you know From 2002 to 2008, farmers converted to organic
systems and increased organic cropland at an annual rate of 15 percent.