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With the U.S. Thanksgiving holiday upon us, we thought we’d show how a special and naturally healthy Thanksgiving meal can be made the HumanaNatura way and following HumanaNatura’s OurPlate guidelines. Other than the extra step of roasting a turkey breast, this meal is as quick and easy to make as it is festive and inviting to behold.

Our naturally healthier version of a traditional Thanksgiving meal begins with a turkey breast, which was oven roasted and basted periodically until done, and then allowed to sit briefly before slicing. Once sliced and while still warm, the breast meat is pared with a generous half-plate of greens, parboiled broccoli florets and thinly sliced red onion, diced cucumber, halved grape tomatoes, and chopped dates. The meal is then garnished with dried cranberries in keeping with the holiday, along with parsley, garlic bits, paprika, and black pepper. Extra satisfying and a reminder to give thanks, this holiday and at every meal.

Learn more about creating naturally delicious and optimally nutritious meals – at holidays and throughout the year – via OurPlate, HumanaNatura’s simple optimal eating guide and meal rating tool. And experience how this science-based and 100% natural approach to daily meals can change the way you eat, feel, and live. Perfect your skills at making delicious and naturally healthy salad meals that follow the OurPlate guidelines via the Meals tab above, our popular article Perfect Salad Meals, or the Natural Eating section of our comprehensive Personal Health Program.

Once you have begun eating the HumanaNatura way, you can explore your many opportunities for new, more natural, and healthier life between meals – via HumanaNatura’s complete and naturally open-ended system for lifelong and lifewide health and fitness. Check out an overview of our health programs at The Four HumanaNatura Techniques.

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Would you like to have an extra special Saturday night salad meal? Maybe you are entertaining friends and family, or perhaps you are trying to make an impression on someone new. Either way, truly special and naturally healthy meals are easy when you eat the HumanaNatura way and follow HumanaNatura’s OurPlate guidelines. All you need to do is to add an extra ingredient or two, and you can quickly create a memorable and impressive meal. Here’s a great example.

Our Saturday Date Salad Meal literally includes dates and, combined with other fresh natural ingredients, leaves a delicious impression that lasts. The salad begins with a fillet of salmon, that’s pan-seared with red onion, garlic bits, turmeric, and black pepper and then cooked covered on medium heat until done.

As this extra-healthy fish variety cooks, we prepare an amazing veggie and fruit complement. On top of a base of mixed greens, we add halved and sliced Persian cucumber, sliced and cut avocado, halved grape tomatoes, and a generous amount of coarsely chopped medjool dates. It’s all combined and garnished simply with parsley, lemon, and black pepper. An easy, gorgeous, and satisfying meal that is sure to make for a great Saturday night dinner, any day of the week.

Learn more about creating naturally delicious and optimally nutritious meals through OurPlate, HumanaNatura’s simple optimal eating guide and meal rating tool, and experience how this science-based and 100% natural approach to daily meals can change the way you eat, feel, and live. Perfect your skills at making delicious and naturally healthy salad meals that follow the OurPlate guidelines via the Meals tab above, our popular article Perfect Salad Meals, or the Natural Eating section of our comprehensive Personal Health Program.

Once you have begun eating the HumanaNatura way, you can explore your many opportunities for new, more natural, and healthier life between meals – via HumanaNatura’s complete and naturally open-ended system for lifelong and lifewide health and fitness. Check out an overview of our health programs at The Four HumanaNatura Techniques.

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Ensuring meal variety and enjoyment is crucial, if you want to sustain and make the most of eating the HumanaNatura way and using HumanaNatura’s OurPlate guidelines. One way of doing this is by turning tasty protein foods normally eaten only at holidays, like turkey or roasts, into everyday foods. This change can be an unexpectedly good strategy for varying our meals, since many holiday foods are inexpensive away from holidays…and often are easily prepared in simple and creative ways that are healthy, quick, and a great break from more traditional day-to-day foods.

Today’s “holiday anytime” salad meal begins with a small turkey breast that’s pan-seared on both sides and then cooked covered on medium heat with onion and garlic bits, turmeric, paprika, parsley, and black pepper. After cooking for about 15 minutes and then allowed to cool a few more, it’s sliced and served with mixed greens, sliced baby cucumber and red onion, halved grape tomatoes, and a bit of diced mango . This simple but festive and satisfying mix of foods is garnished with a reprise of parsley, paprika, lemon, and black pepper. A great blend of warm and cool, spicy and sweet, holiday and everyday!

Learn more about creating naturally delicious and optimally nutritious meals through OurPlate, HumanaNatura’s simple optimal eating guide and meal rating tool, and experience how this science-based and 100% natural approach to daily meals can change the way you eat, feel, and live. Perfect your skills at making delicious and naturally healthy salad meals that follow the OurPlate guidelines via the Meals tab above, our popular article Perfect Salad Meals, or the Natural Eating section of our comprehensive Personal Health Program.

Once you have begun eating the HumanaNatura way, you can explore your many opportunities for new, more natural, and healthier life between meals – via HumanaNatura’s complete and naturally open-ended system for lifelong and lifewide health and fitness. Check out an overview of our health programs at The Four HumanaNatura Techniques.

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Home economists say we should never go shopping hungry, since we are apt to make poorer food choices. This isn’t a problem when we eat the HumanaNatura way and follow HumanaNatura’s OurPlate guidelines, even when our refrigerator is running low on food. Why? It’s not only because we get you in the habit of spending all your time in the healthiest parts of your local market, but also because even a bit of HumanaNatura leftovers at home can make for a quick and yummy meal before you shop. Here’s a great example.

This delicious salad meal is light and satisfying, preparing us for shopping or anything else we need to do, and only took about ten minutes to prepare. The salad begins with a small piece of salmon. It’s pan-seared with red onion, garlic bits, turmeric, and black pepper and then cooked covered on medium heat until done. While this extra-healthy fish variety is cooking, we scrounged for the last of the fruit and veggies in our fridge: a bit of arugula, half of a cucumber, a dozen grape tomatoes, an orange, and a still ripe kiwi lurking in back. It’s all combined and garnished with parsley, paprika, lemon, anise seeds, and black pepper. A beautiful and delicious way to make the best of whatever you’ve got on hand!

Learn more about creating naturally delicious and optimally nutritious meals through OurPlate, HumanaNatura’s simple optimal eating guide and meal rating tool, and experience how this science-based and 100% natural approach to daily meals can change the way you eat, feel, and live. Perfect your skills at making delicious and naturally healthy salad meals that follow the OurPlate guidelines via the Meals tab above, our popular article Perfect Salad Meals, or the Natural Eating section of our comprehensive Personal Health Program.

Once you have begun eating the HumanaNatura way, you can explore your many opportunities for new, more natural, and healthier life between meals – via HumanaNatura’s complete and naturally open-ended system for lifelong and lifewide health and fitness. Check out an overview of our health programs at The Four HumanaNatura Techniques.

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Having fish for your protein at mealtime is an ideal way to eat the HumanaNatura way and follow HumanaNatura’s OurPlate guidelines. This is especially true when the fish is among healthier varieties that live lower in the marine food chain and contain less mercury. If you or others don’t eat as much fish as you would like or should (we recommend that fish be at least 25 percent of total protein, unless you have an allergy), including fresh fruit with your fish is a great way to encourage this goal. In this way, we move away from natural but less optimal non-fish animal proteins, as well as unnatural and inferior vegetable protein sources like grains and beans.

This tasty example of a “fish plus fruit” salad meal took minutes to make and is as delicious and satisfying to eat as it looks. The salad begins with a fillet of cod (almost any white wish will do) that is pan-sautéed with red onion, garlic bits, turmeric, lemon, parsley, paprika, and black pepper. This extra-nutritious and richly-seasoned protein is then served with a half-plate of fresh arugula, sliced cucumber, quartered grape tomatoes, and a generous amount of yummy sliced mango. It’s all garnished with parsley and paprika, and a little more lemon and black pepper. A beautiful and delicious way to eat more fish!

Learn more about creating naturally delicious and optimally nutritious meals through OurPlate, HumanaNatura’s simple optimal eating guide and meal rating tool, and experience how this science-based and 100% natural approach to daily meals can change the way you eat, feel, and live. Perfect your skills at making delicious and naturally healthy salad meals that follow the OurPlate guidelines via the Meals tab above, our popular article Perfect Salad Meals, or the Natural Eating section of our comprehensive Personal Health Program.

Once you have begun eating the HumanaNatura way, you can explore your many opportunities for new, more natural, and healthier life between meals – via HumanaNatura’s complete and naturally open-ended system for lifelong and lifewide health and fitness. Check out an overview of our health programs at The Four HumanaNatura Techniques.

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Want a delicious, low-cost, and extra-healthy way to eat the HumanaNatura way and follow HumanaNatura’s OurPlate guidelines? Using flash-frozen fish for your protein, along with lots of fresh veggies to create an appealing salad mix, is a great option to achieve each of these goals…especially when the variety of fish holds up well to freezing. And cold-water white fish like cod is great choice, since it flash-freezes well and is much healthier than other fish varieties that live higher in the marine food chain and contain more mercury.

This just about perfect salad meal was made quickly and has a culinary richness that belies its low cost. It features a fairly spicy pan-sautéed fillet of cod with red onion and orange bell pepper, all seasoned with garlic bits, lemon, parsley, and red and black pepper. This tasty protein is served with a half-plate of fresh greens, diced fresh cucumber, halved grape tomatoes, and a few diced figs just picked from a friend’s tree. This great combination is garnished simply with parsley, paprika, a bit of anise, and a little more lemon and black pepper. Extra delicious, low-cost, and healthy…all at once!

Learn more about creating naturally delicious and optimally nutritious meals through OurPlate, HumanaNatura’s simple optimal eating guide and meal rating tool, and experience how this science-based and 100% natural approach to daily meals can change the way you eat, feel, and live. Perfect your skills at making delicious and naturally healthy salad meals that follow the OurPlate guidelines via the Meals tab above, our popular article Perfect Salad Meals, or the Natural Eating section of our comprehensive Personal Health Program.

Once you have begun eating the HumanaNatura way, you can explore your many opportunities for new, more natural, and healthier life between meals – via HumanaNatura’s complete and naturally open-ended system for lifelong and lifewide health and fitness. Check out an overview of our health programs at The Four HumanaNatura Techniques.

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Getting back from summer vacation – as we and maybe you are now – is always a bit of work. Lots to catch-up on and new personal rhythms to establish. But eating healthy the HumanaNatura way and using HumanaNatura’s OurPlate guidelines needn’t wait, and can be as easy and breezy as if you were still on vacation…just keep things extra simple!

This delicious and super-satisfying salad meal was made in less than 10 minutes, and after the quickest of trips to our local market.  It features a fast stir-fry of ground turkey, red onion, and quartered grape tomatoes…seasoned with some garlic bits, a little turmeric, and a dash or two of black pepper. This easy protein and veggie mix is then paired with a half-plate of fresh arugula, julienne celery pieces, orange wedges, a few more quartered grape tomatoes, and a bit of thin-sliced red onion. It’s all garnished simply with parsley, paprika, lemon, and black pepper right before serving. The first of our fall salad meals and one more to-do checked off!

Learn more about creating naturally delicious and optimally nutritious meals through OurPlate, HumanaNatura’s simple optimal eating guide and meal rating tool, and experience how this science-based and 100% natural approach to daily meals can change the way you eat, feel, and live. Perfect your skills at making delicious and naturally healthy salad meals that follow the OurPlate guidelines via the Meals tab above, our popular article Perfect Salad Meals, or the Natural Eating section of our comprehensive Personal Health Program.

Once you have begun eating the HumanaNatura way, you can explore your many opportunities for new, more natural, and healthier life between meals – via HumanaNatura’s complete and naturally open-ended system for lifelong and lifewide health and fitness. Check out an overview of our health programs at The Four HumanaNatura Techniques.

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