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You’ve been clicking, searching and cooking up recipes from FoodNetwork.com all year long, including lots of healthy favorites! Here are our most popular healthy recipes of 2011.

Chicken Recipes

Chicken is a quick, easy choice for a weeknight meal. Whether you like it spicy, stuffed or in a soup, these are the top chicken picks for 2011:

• Food Network Magazine‘s Sweet and Sour Chicken
• Food Network Magazine‘s Stuffed Chicken Divan With a Sherry Ginger Sauce (above)
• Alton’s Chicken Noodle Soup
• Chicken Fajitas

Italian Recipes

Restaurant Italian food, while yummy, is often packed with extra cheese and oil. You’ve caught on to this fact, however, and whipped up healthy Italian at home. Here are the most-viewed recipes of 2011:

• Sausage Lasagna
• Chicken Parmesan
• Ellie’s Chicken-Zucchini Alfredo
• Food Network Magazine’s Chicken Parmesan Rollatini
  

Healthy Appetizer Recipes

Appetizers may be small, but a night of little bites can add up, especially those loaded with butter and cream. These popular, lighter picks are delicious, yet lower in calories.

• Hot Crab Dip
• Food Network Magazine‘s Slim Six-Layer Dip
• Ellie’s Cracked Pepper Potato Chips with Onion Dip
• Food Network Magazine’s Avocado Hummus

Breakfast Recipes

The most important meal of the day received lots of love in 2011. Here are your favorites:

• Emeril’s Banana Bread
• Giada’s Mini Frittatas
• Alton’s Granola Bars

Healthy Desserts

We all need the occasional sweet treat. This year, you went crazy over these healthier desserts:

• Ellie’s Cherry Almond Chocolate Clusters
• Giada’s Lemon Ricotta Cookies
• Lemon Cake with Lemon Meringue Frosting

TELL US: What were your go-to healthy recipes in 2011?