The new year is a time for reflecting on the past but even more it's a time for looking to the future. If one of your New Year's resolutions is to get healthy, what better way to begin than with nutritious California Raisin recipes and healthy eating tips?

Sticking to New Year’s Resolutions with Recipes from California Raisins

Try your hand at blending raisins into your dietary repertoire with these delicious and nutritious recipes and visit our "Recipes by Category" section for additional healthy meal ideas.

Low Calorie Favorites
Curried Shrimp with Raisins
Freckled Salad
Pork Tenderloin Mole

Low Fat Alternatives
English Raisins Stuffed Doughnuts
Chicken Breast with Raisins & Oranges
Grilled Tuna with California Golden Raisins Chutney

High Fiber & High Flavor
Chicken Breast Rolls with California Raisins & Spinach
Chile Rellenos with California Raisins and Guajillo Sauce
Smoked Turkey Waldorf Melt

Low Cholesterol
Vietnamese Stir-fried Chicken with Nuts & California Raisins
Toasted Couscous with Almonds & Raisins
Moroccan Vegetable Ragout with California Raisins

Keeping Your Metabolism Strong with Raisins

Try some of these tips to stave off hunger and get the recommended 8 or more servings of fruit each day, with California Raisins:

• Mix a handful of raisins into your morning cereal
• Add raisins to your mid-morning yogurt
• Toss raisins in your lunch-time salad
• Sprinkle a few handfuls into rice pilaf dishes, couscous or on top of vegetables
• Top desserts with raisin syrup (blend 1/2 cup raisins with 1/2 cup water).

Satisfy Your Sweet Tooth with Nature's Candy

Dubbed nature’s candy, raisins are chock full of many necessary vitamins and minerals, including iron, potassium, boron, and certain B vitamins. They’re a good source of fiber and powerful antioxidants. And, the natural sugars from raisins are the perfect replacement for the man-made, processed, empty calories of the sugars to which we’ve become addicted.

• Take a handful of raisins and place them in the blender with 1/2 cup of water. Blend for several minutes, or until the mixture reaches the desired consistency. Then, pour the sweet, fruit topping over frozen yogurt or on top of fruit salad.
• Fill your candy dish with yogurt-covered raisins instead of paper-wrapped chocolates.
• Keep raisin peanut butter balls on hand for kids after school rather than traditional chocolate chip cookies. The fiber in the raisins coupled with the protein in the peanut butter will keep active kids healthy.

Treat yourself this new year with healthy treats and delicious meal ideas with California Raisins!  Happy New Year!