I love easy recipes that also happen to be healthy too. Especially when they actually work out. These Healthy 3 Ingredient recipes are brilliant! They are simple recipe shortcuts that you will want to use over and over again.
3 Ingredient Meals
Nothing annoys me more than trying a new recipe and it sucks. There are a LOT of healthy recipes out there that look amazing in the photo but taste like cardboard and coconut.
And I still try them. I mean, maybe ...?
1 hour, disappointed kids and messy kitchen later ....
I get mad with myself for being sucked in to the glossy image and not using my common sense. Of course coconut flour and apple sauce mixed together to form a brownie is going to taste crappy.
But I tried it. Because the photo looked amazing. Where was my common sense when I wasted time and ingredients on that one? True story.
Healthy Meals That Don't Suck
I love food. I do. It's also the reason that I like things that I make to actually taste good too. Healthy food is no exception. These three ingredient recipes tick all the boxes. They are:
- Healthy
- Delicious and (as promised)
- All made from three real food ingredients
1. Three Ingredient Breakfast Scones
This is compliments of our friends at The Movement Menu.
Soft, fluffy and fail proof. You can whip up a batch of these delicious breakfast scones any day of the week or delight your family with a delicious afternoon tea.
Ingredients you are going to need:
Self Raising Flour
Greek Yogurt
Butter
2. Three Ingredient Tomato Soup
A hearty, healthy tomato soup. Super easy to make for an easy weeknight dinner or after school, rainy day snack.
Ingredients you are going to need:
Onion
Butter
Jar of Pasta Sauce
3. Clean Eating Banana Pancakes
My kids love these banana pancakes. Dairy free, satisfying and good for you. They are quick enough to make you can even put this recipe together on a school morning.
Ingredients you are going to need:
Banana
Eggs
Self Raising Flour
4. 3 Ingredient Caramel Popcorn
OMG! This Clean eating 3 ingredient caramel popcorn is delicious and a little decadent. But not soooo naughty that you have to feel guilty about taking a gigantic handful out the bowl.
5. Three Ingredient Ice Cream
You are going to have to try this recipe to believe it. Don't judge it by the ingredient list.
Just make it, taste it and let me know what you thing. I know this ice cream recipe will surprise you and delight you!
3 Ingredients you are going to need:
Bananas
Peanut Butter
Vanilla extract
6. Three Ingredient Potato Bake
We make this three ingredient potato bake all the time! It's one of those go to recipes you know will be a hit at every barbecue.
3 Ingredients you are going to need:
Potatoes
Organic Chicken stock
Fresh Cream
7. Oven Baked Italian Chicken
You don't get a dinner much easier than this one. Rich, tasty and always a hit with every family member. I guarantee this will become one of your weeknight regulars.
Ingredients you are going to need:
Chicken Pieces
Jar of pasta sauce
Mozzarella Cheese
8. 3 Ingredient Peanut Butter Balls (No Bake)
Another recipe compliments of The Movement Menu.
These NO BAKE! 3 Ingredient Peanut Butter Balls are great for a quick sweet Real food healthy snack guaranteed to give the kids an energy boost. All you need is 3 ingredients, a few minutes a few minutes and very little prep!
9. Three ingredient Fruit Cake
Compliments of our friends at Kids Spot Kitchen.
Seriously? Why didn't I know about this life changing recipe years ago? Yup. Life changing!
I'm a big fan of fruit cake, especially smothered in custard on a rainy evening. Oh. My. Gosh. Yum!
3 Ingredients you are going to need:
dried fruit
fruit juice
self-raising flour
10. Three ingredient flourless chocolate cake
Compliments of Molly at Epicurious Kitchen.
3 Ingredients you are going to need:
Butter
Eggs
Dark Chocolate Chips
11. Three ingredient Rustic Bread Loaf
Compliments of Adam at Epicurious Kitchen.
This simple yet delicious three ingredient rustic bread loaf from baker Adam Leonti of Brooklyn Bread Lab relies on an overnight rest to develop some of the sour, tangy flavor and chewy texture of sourdough bread with a much more streamlined process.
Ingredients you are going to need:
Flour
Salt
yeast
(and water)
12. Three Ingredient Breakfast Smoothie
Start the day off right with this green smoothie that the kids will actually drink. No sugar and a full serve of spinach yet it still tastes like Pina Colada.
Compliments of Lisa at Cook Eat Paleo.
Ingredients you are going to need:
Spinach
Pineapple
Coconut Milk
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The Family Food Reset: Simple Steps to Clean Eating with Kids
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