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    25 Healthy Comfort Food Recipes

    by Kathy 2 Comments

    Shave off those extra pounds from winter with these Healthy Comfort Food Recipes.  With just a few tweaks, you can make some of your favorite comfort foods into healthy recipes!

    LOOKING FOR MORE HEALTHY RECIPES?  CHECK OUT MY 16 DELICIOUS SALAD RECIPES, MY MEXICAN STREET CORN SALAD RECIPE, OR MY MEXICAN FRUIT SALAD!

    One of my favorite parts about winter is that I can loosen up a bit on my diet.  Those cold months just seem like the perfect time to cheat a bit on your healthy eating habits.  From Halloween to Thanksgiving to Christmas and New Years, the holidays are loaded with carbs, sugar and joy!  We live in the Midwest, so I’m wearing baggy sweaters for about 4 months straight anyways.  No one will see the couple of extra pounds that I put on!

    But now we are full on into Spring. I’ve got a vacation to Hawaii coming up and the neighborhood pool is opening in less than a month!  It’s time to shed a couple of those holiday pounds!  If you come here often, you know that we love our comfort food at Bubba Pie.  So… what should we do?

    Luckily, with just a few tweaks here and there, you can still get your comfort food fix while feeling good about what you are putting into your body.  Below, we’ve made a list of some classic comfort food made healthy.  Whether it is subbing out pasta for Zoodles, making the recipe more heart healthy or baking instead of frying, these dishes will help you get that beach body back in no time!

    25 Healthy Comfort Food Recipes

    1. Sweet Potato Chili with Black Beans | A Mom’s Impression

    Sweet potatoes, black beans, tomatoes and ground beef.  This is a simple, healthy version of a classic chili recipe.  To make it even more healthier, sub the ground beef for ground turkey or ground chicken!

    Healthy Comfort Food Recipes

    2. Zoodles with Meatballs | My Flourless Kitchen

    A great alternative to traditional pasta:  Zoodles!  These are noodles made out of  Zucchini.  Now you can enjoy a rich dish of hearty tomato sauce with meatballs and skip a lot of the carbs.  Yay!

    Delicious Healthy Food

    3. Crockpot Ranch Chicken | Diabetes Strong

    Low carb, creamy and rich, this Crockpot Ranch chicken is sure to give you your comfort food fix when you need it most.  With just 5 ingredients and under 20 minutes of prep time, this is a great comfort food recipe when your having “one of those days”.

    Classic Comfort Food Made Easy

    4. Zucchini Corn Fritters | Bubba Pie

    These Zucchini Corn Fritters are a sweet and savory pancake that works great as a side dish or an appetizer. Healthy, vegetarian friendly and tasty, they are easy to make and go great with just about any meal!

    Zucchini Corn Fritters being served on a white plate.

     

    5. Eggplant Napoleon | Bubba Pie

    Eggplant Napoleon is a simple, classy vegetarian dish that is so easy to make and is full of wholesome, cheesy flavor. Slices of eggplant are pan fried and sandwiched with basil, tomato and mozzarella cheese, then baked to perfection for a recipe that works as a side dish or an appetizer.

    Eggplant Napoleon is a vegetarian side dish or appetizer.

    6. Pressure Cooker Smoky Lentil Stew | The Cook Report

    Simple, healthy and vegan-friendly.  You can find comfort in this great recipe in just a couple of minutes in your Instant Pot or Pressure Cooker.

    Healthy Food Recipes

    7. Chicken Fajita Casserole | Bubba Pie

    This easy Chicken Fajita Casserole is a great weeknight family dinner recipe! Seasoned Chicken Breasts are cooked with cheese, onions and peppers for an authentic Tex-Mex experience. It’s even Keto friendly!

    Keto Friendly casserole with chicken fajitas

    8. Light Baked Potato Soup | Eating Richly

    This baked potato soup is a little lighter on the dairy but still thick and rich with Dubliner reduced fat cheese.

    comfort food fix feel good favorites made healthy

    9. Eggplant Kale Ricotta Cannelloni | Foodal

    Here is another example of taking out the carbs by replacing pasta with vegetables.  This time, Cannelloni has been replaced with Eggplant.  I haven’t tried this one yet but the pictures look delicious!  This is definitely on my short list to try!

    heart healthy comfort food

    10. Oatmeal Breakfast Cookies | Bubba Pie

    These Oatmeal Breakfast Cookies are the perfect thing to get your mornings off to a healthy and fun start! Fresh bananas, peanut butter, honey, cinnamon, oats, chocolate chunks and more team up to make this your kids new favorite breakfast recipe!

    Oatmeal Breakfast Cookies on a cooling rack ready to be served.

    11. Easy and Healthy Butter Chicken | Food Meanderings

    How about a Butter Chicken recipe without any butter? Made with greek yogurt and condensed milk. this version is a lot better for you and only counts as 6 Weight Watchers Points!  Served with tender jasmine rice, this is decadent dinner without the guilt!

    Best Comfort Food Recipe

    12. Low Carb Keto Cheeseburger Casserole | Wholesome Yum

    A wholesome, filling casserole without all the carbs?  Yes please!  Sub out the starches with cauliflower and enjoy this low-carb, keto-friendly Cheeseburger Casserole!  This recipe does contain ketchup (and, therefore, sugar) but you can make your own sugar free version or buy some at the store!

    Keto Cheeseburger casserole is a great Healthy Food Recipe

    13. Keto Cauliflower Ziti | Simply Stacie

    Another low-carb, Keto-friendly “casserole” dish made with Cauliflower.  If you haven’t tried subbing out your pasta for Cauliflower, you need to get on board.  It is a fantastic way to make comfort food healthier.  When used in a recipe like this, the Cauliflower takes on the flavor of the sauce around it, so you don’t really even realize that you are eating it instead of pasta!

    Using cauliflower instead of pasta is a great way to make this comfort food recipe healthier

    14. Instant Pot Cabbage Roll Soup | Home Made Interest

    Tender cabbage, hearty ground beef and yummy vegetables make up this low carb, high comfort soup that is perfect for those cold, winter days.

    you can sub out the ground beef to make this a great vegetarian comfort food recipes

    15. Garlic Shrimp with Roasted Cauliflower, White Beans, and Tomatoes | Mashup Mom

    Shrimp, cauliflower, white beans and tomatoes all roasted on an iron skillet. Yum!  This classic, rustic meal can easily feed a family of four.

    Delicious healthy food recipe in an iron skillet

    16. Keto Broccoli and Cheese Soup | Eating on a Dime

    Creamy, hearty and loaded with cheese and broccoli, this Keto-friendly low carb soup is the perfect comfort food for a cold, fall day.

     

    low carb broccoli cheese soup is a delicious healthy food recipes

    17. Healthy Mini Meatloaves | Delicious on a Dime

    Sub out for leaner ground beef or cook them on a rack so they aren’t sitting in their own fat during baking are just a couple ways to make this traditional comfort food a little more healthy.  These mini-meatloaves are great because they are portioned out for you to not overeat.  Also, you can easily freeze the leftovers and they could make a quick lunch or dinner at a later date!

    heart healthy comfort food recipe

    18. Tomato, Bacon, and Cabbage Saute | Dancing Through the Rain

    Cabbage? Bacon? What’s not to love.  You can use this as a main dish or a side dish for a variety of meals.  The pictures look delicious!

    heart healthy comfort food recipes

    19. Quick Roasted Chicken Apple Sausage and Veggies | On My Kids Plate

    This is a perfect option for a quick, weeknight dinner.  Made on one sheet pan, you just load the lean chicken, fresh veggies and yummy sausage into the oven together.  In a couple minutes, you will have dinner for the whole family.  Win!

    delicious healthy comfort food

    20. Cuban Sofrito Flank Steak Bowls | Delicious Table

    This traditional cuban dish is usually made with meat cooked in oil.  But here it is made in a slow cooker with no added liquids at all.  The juices from the tomatoes will be plenty.  Serve it on lime halves, cilantro and avocado.  Yum!

    best healthy comfort food recipe

    21. Instant Pot Chicken Fried Cauliflower Rice | This Old Gal

    Here is another great idea for your Cauliflower Rice.  One of my all time favorite dishes is fried rice, but if your looking to cut out carbs, you will have to say goodbye to it.  Now, with this Chicken Fried Rice with Cauliflower Recipe, you won’t have to.  It tastes great in an pressure cooker and Instant Pot too!

    best healthy comfort food recipes

    22. Paleo Seafood Gumbo | A Sprinkling of Cayenne

    You don’t have to be born on the Bayou to enjoy this grain free, gluten free, keto-friendly classic Gumbo recipe.  Made with Trinity Roux, a gluten-free version of the most important ingredient of a Gumbo, now you can enjoy the tastes of the south no matter what you diet is.

    Classic Comfort Food Recipes Made Healthy

    23. Parmesan Crusted Chicken | The Rising Spoon

    Parmesan Crusted Chicken with no breadcrumbs, no mayo and it is baked instead of fried.  Perfect for a low carb, gluten free diet!

    delicious healthy comfort food

    24. Low Carb White Sauce Pizza | Low Carb Yum

    Made with low-carb, gluten free crust and sauce, this pizza is just the thing to satisfy your craving when you are trying to eat healthier.  Make Friday night pizza night guilt-free!

    delicious healthy comfort food recipes

    25. Air Fryer Tater Tots | Recipes From a Pantry

    No comfort food made healthy list would be complete without an appearance from the Air Fryer.  This handy contraption gives you the results of traditionally fried food with little to no oil used!  It just uses rapidly moving hot air.  These Tater Tots look delicious!

    vegetarian comfort food recipe

     

     

    Filed Under: Main Dishes Tagged With: gluten free, healthy, keto

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    1. Kristy Richardson says

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      What a yummy looking list, I too try to eat a little leaner in the spring. Thanks for including my sheet pan chicken apple sausage and veggies!

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    2. Redz says

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      These food recipes look so good! I can’t wait to try these someday. Thanks for sharing!

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