10 healthy recipes to kick start your New Year’s resolutions

Recipe: Woven zucchini with fresh goat cheese

Recipe: Woven zucchini with fresh goat cheese (Ricardo DeAratanha / Los Angeles Times)

Jan. 3, 2013 1:56 PM PT

People will promise themselves to spend less money, be more positive, be more active ... but the most popular resolution? To eat better and lose weight. For a little more incentive, here are 10 recipes for healthful meals that will help you keep on track. --Jenn Harris

Seared tuna

Pickled red onion tops seared tuna in a warm sauce of pumpkin and sesame seeds spiked with chiles de árbol. (Anne Cusack / Los Angeles Times)

Chicken kebabs

Chicken kebabs marinated in yogurt and spices. (Bob Chamberlin / Los Angeles Times)

Persimmon salad

Persimmon salad with cumin-lime vinaigrette. (Kirk McKoy / Los Angeles Times)

Shrimp

Shrimp with avocado salsa. (Kirk McKoy / Los Angeles Times)

Chilled yellow squash soup with fresh dill

Chilled yellow squash soup with fresh dill (Ricardo DeAratanha / Los Angeles Times)

Lunch's green apple chicken salad

Green apple chicken salad from Lunch restaurant in Culver City. Recipe. (Kirk McKoy / Los Angeles Times)

Grilled butterflied leg of lamb with olive-fennel tapenade

Grilled butterflied leg of lamb with olive-fennel tapenade. Get the recipe.

(Robert Gauthier / Los Angeles Times)

Rhubarb-Strawberry sorbet

A cool way to end the meal. (Carlos Chavez / Los Angeles Times)

Aspen power bars

Aspen power bars (Glenn Koenig / Los Angeles Times)

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