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There are certain meals everyone should know how to make no matter how poor you are in the kitchen. If you’re guilty of turning to takeaways for essential nutrients, it’s time to throw away the menus and turn to health-boosting recipes that leave you looking and feeling great.
If your New Year ambition is to ditch bad eating habits, this is a good place to start. Forget giving-up chocolate and sweets, and concentrate on eating well with these 5 dishes.

Vegetable Soup: Sounds simple enough? But many of us still prefer to hit the tins of soup instead of rustling up the real deal. With tinned soup there’s always the risk that you’re consuming unnecessary salts and preservatives. Make it from scratch, and you know you’ll be eating 100% goodness.
The beauty of fresh soup is that it’s really easy to make, not to mention perfect for a cold winter’s night. Chop up and chuck in whatever you fancy!
Heat a tablespoon of sunflower oil in a large pan and add garlic, onion and all the lovely vegetables you want to eat (if you want to include any meats in your soup, cook now till lightly brown). Stir for approximately 15 mins.
Then add 1¾ pints of stock to the pan – it can be as little or as much as you want really, so long as the consistency’s right. Season with salt and bring to the boil, remembering to stir now and again. Then leave your soup to simmer for 20 minutes.
Soup soothes the soul, upping your vitamin intake in one fell swoop. High in vitamin A, soup promotes cell development and boosts your immunity – a great food to fight winter bugs.

Vegetable Frittata: Don’t you hate it when there are only eggs left in the cupboard? Doesn’t look the most appetising of meals, but you can spruce up something really tasty – like frittatas! A healthy, wholesome, hearty dish; frittatas are packed with protein that leaves you feeling fuller for longer.
Grab yourself 6 large eggs and whisk with salt and pepper in a medium bowl. Next, take a large non-stick frying pan and heat what additional ingredients you’d like to flavour your frittata with a tablespoon of olive oil. If you’re on a health-kick, stick to superfoods: spinach, kale and leek – these delicious greens offer all the minerals you need to stay in amazing shape.
Then pour the egg mixture over your veg and cook for 3 minutes. Regularly lift the mixture at the sides to ensure that the egg is well distributed. Once lightly brown, move the pan to the oven at 230 °C for the eggs to set (taking approx. 7 minutes). Once cooled, you’re ready to plate up!

Quinoa Salad: Try quinoa, and you’ll never look back. Its high-nutrient content makes it an amazing carb to bulk up evening meals. Rinse ½ a cup of quinoa thoroughly before cooking (it removes any bitterness). Add to a pan, along with 2x as much water, and bring to the boil. Leave to simmer until all the water is absorbed.
Once the quinoa is light and fluffy, you’re free to add whichever salad ingredients you like. Pick out the brightest veg you can find – rich red peppers, tomatoes and cucumber. High in beta-carotene, these foods are loaded in free-radical fighting antioxidants that help prevent cell damage and ward off disease.

[b]Beef and Brocoll[/b]i Stir-Fry: When you’re short on time, stir-fries are an excellent go-to healthy meal that takes less than 30 minutes to make. Crisp, crunchy and brimming with flavour; they’re super-tasty and easy to prepare. Dice up onions, peppers, garlic and broccoli, and leave to one side ready to chuck in later.
Then dig out a large non-stick frying pan or wok, and cook your lean strips of beef with a dash of olive oil. Prepare the noodles whilst cooking your meat. inally, combine everything together – veg, meat, noodles, the lot – with soy sauce; sorted!
Read more at http://www.healthterminalnews.com/2015/01/five-healthy-meals-everyone-should-know.html