Green Bean Potato Salad - Eating Healthy for less!

Today's recipe is easy to prepare, inexpensive and easy on the waist-line. Perfect for an early autumn get-together!

Green Bean Potato Salad

Try this healthy alternative to traditional potato salad. This easy to make, tasty side-dish can be prepared in 20 minutes. Save some prep time by using frozen green beans.

Here is what you'll need:

1 lb (3 1/2 cups) fresh green beans rinsed and clipped
2 lbs (2 1/2 cups) red potatoes
3 cloves garlic, minced
3 1/2 Tbsp fresh dill
4 Tbsp balsamic vinegar
3 Tbsp olive oil
1 Tbsp Dijon mustard
1 1/2 cup diced red or green bell pepper
1 chopped red onion

• Steam the green beans for 5 or 6 minutes.

• Cut the new potatoes into bite-size pieces.
Cook in boiling water until tender.

• Prepare dressing by mixing dill, vinegar, oil, and mustard.

• Add onion and pepper to cooled beans and potatoes; top with dressing.

(Makes about 8 servings.)

*Nutrition info per serving: A full day's supply of vitamin C and only 5 grams of fat make this a healthy and light side-dish! Here is the full story -

Calories: 160;
Fat 5g;
Sodium 35mg;
Carb 26g;
Fiber 4g;
Protein 4g;
Vit A 20%;
Vit C 110%;
Calcium 4%;
Iron 8%

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Teaching our children healthy eating habits

Here's a fun and easy to make veggies and dip treat. Try this as an after school snack project or a healthy treat anytime.

2 carrots, peeled
3 cups broccoli florets
4 cherry tomatoes
3 Tbsp parsley leaves

Dipping Sauce:

1/4 cup plain non-fat yogurt
1/4 cup low-fat sour cream
2 teaspoons honey
2 teaspoons spicy brown mustard

1. To prepare dipping sauce, combine yogurt, sour cream, honey, and mustard in a small bowl.

2. Hold carrots against cutting board and trim off ends. Cut each carrot in half, crosswise, then lengthwise to make four pieces. Arrange each plate by putting two carrot pieces side-by-side in the center. Arrange broccoli around the carrots forming
a cluster. Arrange the tomatoes at the top of the plate.

3. Spoon dip around the base of carrots and sprinkle with parsley.

Let the kids design their own plates and shapes. Help them learn that eating veggies is fun. Healthy eating is fun at any age! Teaching our children at any early age that eating healthy foods is fun and good for you!