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Wednesday, December 31, 2008

Resolutions that involve better eating could start right here. These five recipes fall within our nutritional guidelines as healthful, and they all taste great.

The criteria for main courses and entree-size soup portions: up to 500 calories; up to 20 grams of total fat and up to 6 grams of saturated fat; up to 600 milligrams of sodium; up to 80 milligrams of cholesterol. For side dishes, salads, soups (as a first course) and desserts: up to 250 calories; up to 10 grams of total fat and up to 3 grams of saturated fat; up to 300 milligrams of sodium and up to 40 milligrams of cholesterol.

The Food section resolves to provide you with more healthful, delicious recipes in 2009.

Banana Snack Cake

Pan-Seared Mahi-Mahi With Apple-Pear Chutney

Chicken and Blueberry Pasta Salad

Garlicky Spinach and White Bean Soup

Provencal Marinated Fennel