RECIPE KEY
Each recipe will be labeled with one or more of the following categories right at the beginning so you can pick factors that are important to your meal.
- Winter: The main ingredient and/or several of the secondary ingredients are freshest in winter. In North America and other northern hemisphere areas, this would mean December through March.
- Spring: The main ingredient and/or several of the secondary ingredients are freshest in spring. In North America and other northern hemisphere areas, this would mean April through June.
- Summer: The main ingredient and/or several of the secondary ingredients are freshest in summer. In North America and other northern hemisphere areas, this would mean July and August.
- Fall: The main ingredient and/or several of the secondary ingredients are freshest in autumn. In North America and other northern hemisphere areas, this would mean September through November.
- Any season: The main ingredient and/or several of the secondary ingredients are equally fresh any time of year.
- Quick & easy: This recipe takes less than thirty minutes to prepare and cook. This doesn’t include marinating time for meats or freezing time for ice creams or sorbets.
- Low-fat: For every 100 calories, this dish has 3 grams of fat or less.
- Low-sodium: This recipe has 140 mg of sodium or less per serving.
- High protein: This recipe has a protein content that is 25 to 35 percent of the calories of the dish.
- Budget-friendly: The ingredients in this dish are readily available and reasonably priced, especially when in season.
- Super food: This recipe contains at least one Clean Eating super food ingredient with particularly notable nutritional content and health benefits.