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good tomatoes, when they're right off the vine and warm from the sun

sweet potatoes are good for you, right?

Oranges and low-fat mozzarella cheese sticks - two of each at a time!

Freshly baked homemade 100 percent whole-wheat bread.

Salad. I'm with Feep on that. If I'm craving something healthy, it's a big bowl of lettuces -- of course when you slather it in dressing, it cuts the health factor way down.

I've recently rediscovered asparagus and brussel sprouts. Yum! And I always crave mushrooms, onions and peppers.

Baked sweet potatoes.

Hummus, either plain or with roasted red peppers. And sometimes I crave tofu, but I only eat it really at Thai or Indian restaurants, so maybe I'm just craving curry and spicy food...

I'll take healthy to mean low fat and that means lots of raw vegetables. If I've eaten too many heavy foods too many days in a row, I just want raw carrots, raw fennel, anything crunchy and refreshing.

Raw cherry tomatoes with a dash of salt and/or balsamic vinegar

clementines!

Apples baked in a little cider, lemon juice and vanilla, topped with cinnamon.

Buckeye cookies (chocolate covered peanut butter)

steamed broccoli

i love oranges and cucumbers. but not together.

pomegranates, raspberries, ripe peaches, and ripe apricots.

Soba noodles, quinoa or short grain brown rice tossed with garlicky sauteed kale and spicy red pepper miso. Avocados. Eating grapefruit like a peeled orange out of hand.

plain nonfat yogurt with cinnamon and nutmeg

Fava beans in the summer!

And when I am sick, like now, I make a soup with veggie broth, orzo, spinach, red pepper, diced tomato, onions, garlic, and a lot of fresh lemon juice.

I love love love air-popped popcorn. I don't think I've gone more than a few days without eating popcorn since I was a kid!

Does sushi count? I also love tofu and edamame (boiled, with some nice salt sprinkled on top) and I second that air-popped popcorn above.

cucumbers daily - radishes sporadically

juicy oranges

asparagus, carrots, and blueberries.

grilled chicken with fresh tomato salsa in a spinach wrap.

Roasted cauliflower. MMmmmmm.

roasted sweet potatoes or butternut squash

An egg white omelette, fresh rye toast with small pats of real butter.

Natural, healthy, balanced - and darn tasty, too!

I crave PINK grapefruit -- oh so juicy!

Homemade Hot and Sour Soup. I more or less use The Moosewood Cookbook's recipe.

Right now I'm craving a baked sweet potato!

Dark Chocolate - it's the answer!

This past month, I've tried several firm tofu recipes and I'm looking forward to making them again, but would be happier with some new ideas.

On second thought - Never mind - Dark Chocolate is the answer!

mmm...steamed broccoli, with a dash of salt and pepper (or even a tiny sprinkle of parmesan cheese... extra calcium ;) )

When I lived in Kenya all I craved was the healthy foods I took for granted here in the U.S. Things like cauliflower, grapes, and celery... Of course my first meal back at home (Oregon) consisted of spinach salad and Pinot Noir from LaVelle Vineyards.

wedges of juicy, sweet watermelon

Fresh vegetables from my garden.

Lots of great ideas, here. I have to go with salad. Raw veggies are great, too--esp. bell peppers, cucumbers, celery. I just love the fresh watery taste they release when you bite into them.

spinach sauteed with a little butter and nutmeg. I guess watching all the popeye really did have an influence on me. on bad days there is nothing like curling up on the sofa and eating an entire package of warm spinach. mmm.

FRUIT!

Apples, Oranges, Bananas, Cantelope.......

fresh Greek yogurt with a sprinkle of walnuts

veggies in general. a nice assortment from a garden during the summer!

apples

Roasted butternut squash.

A loaf of freshly baked mixed-grain bread, butter, and huckleberry jam.

Shrimp creole without the shrimp on brown rice.

Hummus, nuts, apples, grapefruits, oranges.

Eaton Mess-low cal style - choped fresh strawberries, fat free Cool Whip and crushed meringue cookies all smooched up together and served in a small bowl.

After a hard workout in the summer, nothing beats a blueberry/strawberry/raspberry smoothie

tomatoes

Roasted sweet potatoes!

I crave grilled vegetables (any and all!) and also citrus fruit! Please enter me!

Healthy?? I just love food.

Apples, blueberries and granola with a dallop of yogurt

Fruits & berries.

Fresh vegetables

dark chocolate

Apples

I have three.....
Oranges, Celery, or a big plump Tomato with a teaspoon of fat free Italian dressing!

Banana Peppers

Local fruits and vegetables IN SEASON - like peaches, tomatoes, corn on the cob, asparagus, melons, strawberries. Anything out of my own garden, and herbs I just cut. Nothing in the grocery stores throughout the rest of the year can quite compare.

Citrus fruit always fresh and juicy!

Raw carrots.

I crave fresh snow peas from my garden vines. I'm never had a single one make it into the house -- I just stand out there and graze contentedly.

Right now I could go for some string cheese.

I often get cravings for cantaloupe and grapes, or just fruit salad in general. It has to be fresh fruit cut up though, not a fruit salad/cocktail out of a can. I also get cravings for green and red peppers.

baby carrots

really fresh sauteed broccoli rabe

I crave sushi and kimchi

OK. I choose Broccoli and Cauliflower in a steaming Shrimp Bisque.

brussels sprouts, kale, & broccoli rabe

Crisp apples..Fuji are great. In fact, any fresh fruit in season works for me. And did I mention almonds?

I love to sautee zucchini, onions , red peppers & garlic in a little olive oil, then add some balsamic vinegar. Then i add some cooked pasta & cherry tomatoes & sprinkle with grated parmesan. It's really yummy!!

I try to eat as much locally grown produce as possible (in WI):
Late Spring: Asparagus
Spring and Summer- Baby Arugula, Baby White Turnips
Fall-Heirloom Apples and Pears
Winter- Winter Squashes, Hardy Greens, Sweet Potatoes

Clementines

Fresh vegatables from the garden

sushi-california rolls-I think those are good for me.
Also almonds-yum and beans

I love spinach.

Fresh vegetables dipped in spinach dip.

apples

Strawberries

Raw Califlower

Avocado mashed with black pepper on 7-grain bread.

celery is my #1

Fresh black cherries. Mmmmm.

I love pomegranates

fresh green beans from my garden

Chocolate

Pasta, as part of a pre-race carbo-loading ritual.

tomatoes

cucumbers, cantelope, salads, but most of all maw maw's corn

Avacado. Whenever I do, they're hard as rocks.

roasted cauliflower

Buffalo meat

clementines

Sushi is what I crave!!!

Artichokes over almost any grilled fish!

Roasted butternut squash

Fresh mozzarella cheese! Soooooo creamy and satisfying!

Pei Wei's Vietnamese Chicken Salad rolls with peanut sauce, at 240 calories - a great lunch.

Carrots

Peas !!! I've loved them since I was 6 yrs old !!

A nice ripe papaya would be wonderful right now.

Fresh, uncooked veggies.

Asparagus, spinach, salmon

Strawberries and Pineapple

raw sugar snap peas

popcorn

Cottage cheese.

lentils, or cannellini beans and kale

I crave cucumbers, I'll peel & eat a big one in one sitting

vegetables, salad,

peaches

raspberries and blueberries

I love rutabaga cooked with a few carrots, mashed with a little black pepper, its filling and healthy

Meatball and pepper hero?!! Count me in. I love them. There's nothing finer to dine on while walking on the boardwalk at the Jersey shore. Who knew it was health food? Call it what you like - fast food, beach food, health food. It's the best. Oh, and don't forget the onions.

After traveling and visiting family for 10 days, granola and fruit really hit the spot...

Fresh pears! And Lima beans

Creamy and delicious sheep's milk yogurt

lots of fresh fruit (whatevers in season) for breafast and/or lunch. dinner i usually crave a chopped salad with various ingredients, or in the winter time i like to roast an assortment of winter root veggies.

celery and peanut butter

Spinach! Mangoes! Broccoli! Blueberries! Corn on the cob! Sweet potatoes! These are things I crave, all by themselves, at various times of year.

cauliflower, i am crazy for it

Berries, all kinds. Sweet potatoes and other potatoes, too. Broccoli and cauliflower. Most fruits, most vegetables, especially roasted vegetables. Not okra!

I love most veggies - in salads, roasted, steamed. One of my new discoveries this past summer was a sauce made of eggplants, tomatoes and onions, with garlic, basil, and a little olive oil. It doesn't get much more simple or healthy than this! Serve over short pasta, like penne, or bake an egg in a small dish of this yummy sauce. Can't wait for tomatoes to be back in season!

Yams, avocadoes, apples, strawberries, halibut

Fresh fruit shakes

Watermelon

mmm..tofu!!

Blueberries

Oranges

cabbage and potatoes

fruit

Tomatoes!

I regularly crave spinach and/or kale, a light, and spicy tomato lentil soup and oranges. I cannot seem to get my fill of any of them.

I crave chocolate and sometimes fruit

As of late it's been steamed broccoli, drizzled with olive oil, and lemon juice

broccoli & mushrooms!

Everyday, I must have broccoli coleslaw! I make it myself with broccoli, cauliflower, red cabbage and carrots. The dressing is plain yogurt, little mayo and water to thin it. Yummy!

Fish. Whether it's grilled, poached, baked...or sushi/sashimi. I love it.

salads

Homemade Vegetable-Barley soup, loaded with local veggies from the farmer's market. Yum!

vegetables and fruits

I crave eggplant :)

Brussels Sprouts (with horseradish). Some call them little green balls of death but I just call them delicious!

strawberries
ooo
dark chocolate

and yes
strawberries & dark chocolate!

avocado, by the spoonful.

One of my favorite healthy cravings are seasoned squash and zucchini on the George foreman grill.

salad

Spinch salad

Beets.

I actually love and crave an assortment of healthy foods. Especially vegetablesof all kinds. Okra,Broccoli, mushrooms, root vegetables, squash,califlour, etc! I also adore a great salad! Don't get me started I could go on and on.

Eggs.

Pretty much any kind of protein, I think it is my body telling me I need it. Lean grilled meats are my healthy alternatives to more unhealthy foods, I guess I wouldn't be much of a vegetarian.

i love spinach

I love hummus with whole wheat pita chips.

Love all Italian

I love spinach almost as much as chocolate! I also get cravings for brown rice, tofu, whitefish (sushi quality tuna!) Potatos, Blueberries!!!!! Any kind of seafood (although I know the cholestrol is kinda high) and, finally, mushrooms and asparagus.

A GREAT whole grain bread.

Avocados from my father-in-laws tree...Perfection

Wild rice, ripe free stone peaches, hummus...PLEASE PLEASE let me win!! I love Ellie!!

roasted cauliflower. mmm.

A great Orange!!!

healthy food I crave is a fresh Gala apple.

cucumbers

maki

potatotos and fried green tomatos

A nice half of grapefruit

Blueberries!

Tomatoes, still have some from my garden. Yum

Kefir over granola is my 'go to' breakfast.
Almost everyday

Fried Okra.... yum

carrots!!

Sweet potatoes, cauliflower, and anything with a healthy dose of garlic.

Pasta is good for you, right???? Spaghetti with vegetable sauce

Fresh veggies, sauteed quickly and served over rice with a touch of soy sauce and sriracha.

I love Apples and fresh grapefruit juice

bacon

bacon

Brussel Sprouts

campari tomatoes off the vine with fresh mozerella cheese, fresh chopped basil and an aged balsamic vinegar!!

McD Big 'n Tasty. Can't get enough of those tomatoes, lettuce, onions.....

Roasted onions on a cracker

I always crave tomatoes

Yogurt if I want something sweet and a good salad f I want a healthy meal.

The healthy food I crave is oatmeal.

I crave spicy greens - like garlic rapini

cantaloupe

i'm weird. i LOVE brussel sprouts.

i also love artichokes and eat them sans butter or mayonnaise ... and fresh juice the immune defense at candle cafe in NYC can't be beat!

Blackberries and avocados, though not at the same time.

Tomatoes fresh off the vine. Can't wait for the season!

Cannellini beans :)

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I crave pretzel sticks and turkey sandwiches!

Lately, I've been craving kale--cooked just about any way.

I can't get enough of a great Chicken Caesar Salad!!

I constantly crave what is now my go-to lunch: a toubouli and baba ganoush sandwich with veggies on whole wheat pita from Rainbow falafel on 17th Street. Satisfying and healthy, keeps me going through the day without any other cravings (except for the occasional clementine). The perfect way for me to counter the mountains of smoked pork barbeque I inhaled over the holidays.

Fresh fruit in the summer. Pomegranates in winter.

Bulgur.pomegranite.garlic.almonds

mushrooms!

When I crave a snack and I want it to be healthy I make Ants on a Log! It is a peice of celery filled with peanut butter with some raisins on top. YUMMY!!! I gave this to my kids when they were growing up, and they still love it as teenagers.

spinach, raw or cooked...

a mixed green salad using salsa as a dressing.

I always crave oranges and grapefruit in the winter.

Jasmine rice with a dash of soy and sesame oil.

i crave tomatoes. fresh, ripe, juicy, jewel-toned tomatoes.

winter seems sooo long now. *sigh*

Sushi

On Christmas Eve, my boyfriend and I found a tray of prepared crudite in the back of his parent's fridge, clearly intended for guests later that evening. After several days of pierogis, keilbasa, and the 24 Hour Dessert Buffet, we didn't care. We were on those veggies like zombies on brains. The whole tray was gone in about 15 minutes. Sooooo good.

Mangos, oranges, grapes,black cherries

I LOOOOOVE salad! Have to have salad before almost every meal!
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pea pods

love granola

strawberries!

Spinach salad and shrimp- together or separate!!

Asparagus sauteed with olive oil garlic and a touch of salt.

Swiss chard - especially when it comes right out of the backyard garden. I love it wilted with garlic, balsamic, pine nuts and raisins. Mmmm.mmmm.mmmm!

so many! i love the leafy green family, spinach, chard, kale oh my!

Dark Chocolate -- so glad it has been proved to be full of antioxidants.

Spinach frittata

New Jersey tomatoes - the best!

nuts

I love fruit.

I love apples

I crave chocolate but what I eat is lots of fresh vegetables & fruits.
Maybe an M&M gets in there now and then.

I crave dry roasted edamame - yum!

I crave salad with vegetables without dressing or dips. I call it rabbit food.

I've been craving hummus lately. I love whipping up homemade hummus and serving it along with warm whole wheat pita and various crudites!

I crave fresh veggies, sometimes when they aren't in season! LOL

watermelon!

Almonds

veggies-Asparagus, squash, zuchini, tomatoes, corn,
fruit- all berries, watermelon, cherries, bananas, pineapples, oranges, cantalopes, kiwis, peaches, plums, nectarines, etc.
meats- chicken, good steaks, and shrimp
also different rices, nuts, dark chocolate and lots of other healthy foods. I LOVE it!!!

I love to cook! And fresh food from the farmer's market. What ever is in season is in my kitchen always!

Fresh cherries: nothing like 'em. But now, in the winter, I love taking sweet potatoes, cutting them into thick julienne, tossing them with sea salt, cayenne, chili powder, and olive oil, and baking them into fries. Mmmmmm! Mostly I eat them plain, but sometimes I make raita with hothouse cukes and mint from my AeroGarden. Oh man!

I crave low fat cheese - string cheese fills the bill - you can chew and have fun at the same time.

Hummus with pita bread.

watermelon

Green beans.

Tomatoes that DON'T taste like papier mache.

edamame!

Broccolli and Cauliflower!

cucumbers & vinegar

Fage yogurt, avocados, 2% cottage cheese, turkey breast, bumble tuna in oil, hummus. They're all like crack to me.

Cucumber and tomato salad

Soup

califlower and parsnips

EVOO

Fresh seafood

fresh summer tomatoes

I crave broccoli and soy nuts.

pomegranate juice

Veggie soup or a salad.

With a small shaving of cheese, of course. :-)

broccoli

Cucumbers - especially with quinoa.

I adore Ellie and I've actually made a ton of her recipes that were featured on the food network. One of my favorites would have to be her Cowboy Steak and Oven Garlic Fries. So so good!

Fresh papaya! Homemade guac! Nothing from Paula Deen's kitchen.

firm tofu straight out of the package with some soy sauce and siracha.

I love oranges and apples!

if i'm craving something healthy its usually a salad, although the chef's salad i make at home usually winds up studded with cubes of cheese and salami.... at least i'm getting my vegetables!

chicken soup – made by my mother!

I crave fresh fruit - especially melon and fuji apples - when I am trying to eat healthy.

fresh figs

I crave a fresh sweet tomato sprinkled with pepper.

spiked hot cocoa...for my mental health

I love simple steamed broccoli. Just steamed until it's tender crisp and beautifully bright green. Yum!

Nuts, nuts, nuts -- any kind of nuts. Pecans, walnuts, cashews and peanuts are my favorites. I know they are nutritious and loaded with protein, fiber, vitamins, etc., BUT, because they are loaded with GOOD FAT I still have to be careful!

advocado dip with fresh tomatoes and garlic

I love green beans and broccoli!

Grilled chicken

Ceviche

I often crave berries--strawberries, blueberries, blackberries... yum!

I love raw peas. I love shelling them and eating them right away

I absolutely love baked sweet potatoes.

I love frozen peas- especially as a garnish in too-hot tomato soup. I also love broccoli.

almonds, home-grown tomatoes

tangerines!

Fresh vegetables--like, from the back garden fresh. Stupid january.

A big salad with dried fruits, lots of chunky vegetables, nuts, feta...oh yeah, healthy...?

I love fresh strawberries and fresh peaches when they are in season.

I'm an asparagus fiend.

I can't get enough veggies! Broccoli is my favorite!

Every Summer I preserve peaches for the winter months, there is nothing like a dish of healthy peaches when sitting next to a warm fire..

Current healthy snack cravings - Spanish clementines and oatmeal. Wintery goodness.

Tomatoes & basil, with a splash of really good olive oil, and freshly ground pepper.

Waldy's cracker crust thin vongole pizza. It does have a decent amt. of olive oil, but that's the good kind of fat. I think the enormous amt. of garlic would do away w/ my current cold as well!

Fresh Bufula mozzerella (with fresh tomatoes and basil), Tofu and Miso soup with udon noodles and greens, fresh Halibut, oysters, or crabmeat - and I also LOVE eggs.

Sweet potatoes, juicy clementines, and nice bowl of oatmeal with fresh blueberries.

Celery sticks and salsa. Nice kick and crunch.

Avocados. I could use one now.

I'm a huge fan of Quinoa and Lentils

Garnet yams and apples in the fall, my husband's swiss chard, roasted brussels sprouts, celery sticks...the list could go on and on but I'll stop there. Thanks!

Fried chicken.
oh wait..
mmm,
Bacon... hmmm
gosh.

uhhh, does this mean that I can't win?

Broccoli rabe with red pepper flakes and garlic, sweet potatoes, roasted cauliflower - and butter 24/7. Hey, too little fat is dangerous, right???

I crave a good four-course meal with all the dishes blending well and I don't end up being too stuffed for more wine at the end. Yumm1

roasted cauliflower... mmmm. so good, even cauliflower haters like it.

tomatoes in summer

chicken noodle soup, loads of crackers.

Fresh vegetables! I especially crave steamed broccoli that is sauteed with a bit of olive oil and lots of garlic.

I have been crazy for the Healthy Request Wedding Soup...almost no fat and low salt and there's even spinach in it!

Sliced bananas with yogurt!

So many to choose from, but a nice spinach salad sounds great!

Fried Green Tomatoes

chocolate! I have heard that's "healthy"!

Potatoes--all kinds, cooked any way. Also tomatoes and peppers fresh from my garden.

Artichokes and sashimi

baby carrots!

Clementines!

Cherry tomatoes!

carrots!

I would love to have a fresh fruit salsa with grilled fish!!!

I crave cucumbers, carrots, apples and much more healthy food.

strawberries and pineapples

a great big salad

Dark chocolate and its hard to believe it is good for you!

apples and strawberries

pomegranates, kale

strawberries

Water. A nice, tall, cool glass of water. No ice. Cool water.

I love collard greens. I could eat them everyday and not get tired of them. Actually it is the only vegtable that I don't have to force myself to eat!

avocados anyhow,anywhere,anytime

Celery with light ranch dressing

I crave apples /applsauce

chocolate... LOL

strawberries

I'm pregnant AGAIN and I just can't get enough cucumbers!

Cucumbers with ranch dressing

Bananas...perfectly ripe bananas

Orange vegetables...bring on the fall squashes and sweet potatoes and yams! Mmmmmmmmm!

veggie and/or tofu stir fries

Spinach salad with strawberries...yum!

a warm bowl of oatmeal, sprinkled with toasted walnuts and some pure maple syrup

I absolutely love red raspberries!!!

chili

Sounds like a great cookbook!

I crave good olives - I like the green ones from the old, old olive trees.

lettuce and tomatoes

I crave healthy foods all the time - unfortunately I often crave fruits that are not in season at the time. Right now I am craving watermelon.

broccoli in everything!

I love a big salad with lots of fresh veggies and any kind of fresh fruits.

I crave sweet fresh pineapple. Yummy!

Good, ripe, home-grown tomatoes, still warm off the vine! (I can't get them, but boy do I want them!

I love fresh fruits and veggies.

Salmon!

I crave fresh home-grown tomatoes! I also love fresh pineapple. I always have to control how much I eat of each of these because of the acid in them. Thanks for the great contest!

cottage cheese

i love fruit

Fresh carrots

carrrots with oil and vinegar

I actually like the flavor of dried apricots and dried prunes. I find myself often looking for either of them in my refrigerator.

Indian style lamb with sweet potatoes

Big fat sweet seedless grapes

I crave broccoli....I'm anemic, go figure! :)

I crave broccoli (very healthy). But when I add the cheese on top, I think I've just lost the healthy part!!

For some reason, I'm always craving fresh bananas.

Blueberries please!

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