Videos – some healthy yet convenient recipes to try at home.
The food you eat makes a big difference in your general health, how you look and how you feel. A healthy diet helps to prevent diabetes, keeps you at a healthy weight, keeps your heart happy and can even improve brain function. Try the recipes below to get started.
Healthy nachos
Try this heart healthy nacho recipe that replaces tortilla chips with sweet potatoes – it's a great way to get some extra veggies into your diet.
(MonkeySee, 2015)
Peanut & cocoa balls
To celebrate 10 years of Healthy Food Guide editor-in-chief Niki Bezzant shows viewers how to make a favorite sweet treat: 'peanut and cocoa balls'.
(Healthy Food Guide, NZ, 2015)
Chicken & vegetable lasagne
Healthy Food Guide editor-in-chief Niki Bezzant demonstrates some readers' favourite recipes as part of the magazine's 10th birthday celebrations. Learn how to make healthy 'chicken and vegetable lasagne' in just a few minutes.
(Healthy Food Guide, NZ, 2015)
Lemon chicken vege bake
Celebrating 10 years of Healthy Food Guide magazine, editor-in-chief Niki Bezzant walks viewers through some of our best recipes. This episode it's 'lemon chicken vege bake'.
(Healthy Food Guide, NZ, 2015)
Cowboy casserole
Healthy Food Guide editor-in-chief Niki Bezzant demonstrates how to make a reader favourite, 'cowboy casserole', as part of the magazine's 10th birthday celebrations.
(Healthy Food Guide, NZ, 2015)
Strawberry Santas
Learn how to make these sweet little strawberry santas with Healthy Food Guide editor-in-chief Niki Bezzant. They're a healthy Christmas treat for the whole family and so quick and easy to make.
(Healthy Food Guide, NZ, 2014)
Chewy Peanut Butter Chocolate Cookies
Learn to make delicious chewy gluten-free peanut butter and chocolate cookies with Healthy Food Guide editor-in-chief Niki Bezzant. They're super easy, contain just five ingredients and make a great edible gift for Christmas! Click here for the full recipe.
(Healthy Food Guide, NZ, 2014)
Chocolate Christmas Pudding Truffles
Use up any leftover Christmas cake and treat friends and family with these chocolate truffles, which are as easy to make as they are delicious! Thsi recipe can be found in the December 2014 issue of Healthy Food Guide – Subscribe here
(Healthy Food Guide, NZ, 2014)
Healthy eating: Vegetable patties
"This recipe contains a lot of vegetables, giving you some of your ‘five a day’ and providing vitamins, minerals, and anti-oxidants to support good health. There are nuts for protein and some carbohydrates for energy."
(NHS Choices, UK, 2018)