Julie O'Hara

These muffins were a huge hit with readers, offering all the sweet, crumbly goodness of your favorite blueberry muffin with whole, healthy ingredients.

Graham cracker crust? Check! Luscious cheesecake topping? Check! Slightly tart lime essence? Check! We hit all the notes of this much-loved dessert.

Give your grilling season some variety with these savory lamb burgers with creamy feta sauce

What's better than biscuits and gravy? Biscuits and sausage gravy.

We take a fast-food favorite and add fresh ingredients, spices, and herbs.

Bring spring to your dinner table with this garden-fresh spaghetti packed with seasonal herbs, asparagus and zucchini. If you have a shredder attachment for your food processor, save time and use it to shred the zucchini. Save the prettiest basil leaves from the bunch to sprinkle over each dish before serving.

While this pasta is packed with spicy sausage and lemon zest, the real star of the show is the noodles.

We trade lettuce or cabbage to lay our chicken, radish, scallions, clementine and almonds on a bed of shredded Brussels sprouts. Pack salad and dressing separately and toss together when ready to eat.

Perfectly portable for a potluck or a straight-to-table trip from the oven, this creamy kale and sausage pasta dish is hearty, filling and great for leftovers.

Luscious pork shoulder and tangy barbecue sauce can be part of your clean eats plan – if you follow our easy slow-cooker method, that is.

Considered an ancient grain, sorghum has a deliciously chewy texture that gives body to this colorful risotto topped with salmon skewers.

No need to call for delivery to get a veggie packed, Asian-style fried rice – ours tastes just as good and can be ready in 25 minutes. Plus, we’ve added fermented kimchi and tempeh, both of which contain gut friendly probiotics.

Moist, flavorful carrot cake with a cream cheese frosting made with honey and orange zest.

We've lightened up a winter favorite, keeping all the flavor elements intact (thick mushroom sauce, bread crumbs, green beans) but with a welcome summery twist.

You can make both the potatoes and onions the day before so that your pre-party preparation is extra fast and easy. After assembling the dish, either bake it at home and serve it within an hour or so (it's equally delicious at room temperature), or take it to the host's place and bake it there.

Homemade honey-mustard sauce beats the processed varieties any day. Complement your seasoned salmon with brown lentils, which are easy to find and hold their shape when cooked.

Hearty greens like collards require a slow simmer – perfect for a late winter stew. And by including beans and potatoes, you won't miss the meat in this comforting, low-fat dish.

Fiber-rich hulled barley gives our risotto a satisfying chewy texture, and provides the perfect base to show off winter's primed butternut squash and kale!