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Arthritis-Friendly Recipes

Getting good nutrition and maintaining a healthy weight are key factors to managing your arthritis. But eating healthy is not always easy. The Arthritis Foundation’s library of arthritis-friendly recipes can make achieving your nutrition and weight goals just a bit easier.

Featured Recipes

Appetizers & Sides

Shrimp Skewers With Garlic and Guindilla Pepper

Try this simple shrimp skewers tapas recipe with prep, cooking and ingredients that are easy and beneficial for people with arthritis.

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Appetizers & Sides

Arthritis Recipes | Spinach Salad with Strawberries

Enjoy this light, tasty salad filled with arthritis-friendly ingredients like strawberries, spinach, walnuts and more.

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Lunch & Dinner

Creamy Whole Grain Fettuccine With Salmon, Kale, Tomatoes and Goat Cheese

Try this whole grain pasta dish with salmon, veggies and goat cheese that provides fiber and nutrients with fewer calories and refined carbohydrates.

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Breakfast

Breakfast

Weekday Huevos Rancheros

Top your tortillas with delicious beans and eggs for a Mexican-take on an easy and nutritious breakfast.

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Breakfast

Berry Oatmeal Crisp

Heart-healthy almonds and oats deliver the right amount of crunch in this satisfying dish that’s vegetarian-friendly.

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Breakfast

Ham, Swiss and Avocado Scramble

Load up on protein and B vitamins with this delicious scramble using just a few simple ingredients.

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Appetizers & Sides

Appetizers & Sides

Pan con Tomate 

Try pan con tomate, a traditional Spanish bread, as part of a no-fuss tapas menu, perfect for people with arthritis.

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Appetizers & Sides

Marinated Goat Cheese Appetizer

Impress your guests with a quick and easy marinated goat cheese appetizer that includes many inflammation-fighting ingredients.

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Appetizers & Sides

Indian Vegetable Dip

Make this zesty, unexpected Indian dip as an appetizer for your next gathering. It requires very little work in the kitchen.

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Beverages

Beverages

Vegan Vanilla Shake With Flaxseed

This yummy smoothie is a healthy blend of banana and nut flavors.

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Beverages

Cherry, Almond, and Coconut Smoothie

Learn how celebrity chef Seamus Mullen incorporates hero foods that heal in this easy and delicious smoothie recipe, featuring Cheribundi tart cherry juice.

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Green Smoothie

This nine-ingredient green smoothie packs a powerful health punch with spinach, kale, chia seeds and more.

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Lunch & Dinner

Lunch & Dinner

Grilled Wild King Salmon

A leek rub gives this dish an extra zing.

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Lunch & Dinner

Low-Sodium Lamb Ragu

Let flavors develop slowly with this low-sodium lamb ragù recipe that gets its delicious flavor from herbs, spices and time.

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Lunch & Dinner

Lemon-Rosemary Chicken

Keep your kitchen confidence with this quick, low effort lemon-rosemary chicken recipe from chef Sandra Lee.

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Desserts

Desserts

Rustic Apple-Cranberry Galette

Go easier on your joints with this easy-to-make, country-style galette that combines antioxidant rich apples and cranberries.

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Desserts

Chocolate Chunk and Nut Chewies

If you have a hankering for a chocolate chip cookie that’s as healthy as it is satisfying, this dessert recipe is sure to deliver.

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Desserts

Cocoa Banana Walnut Bread

Enjoy a healthy treat with this special banana bread that’s packed with antioxidant-rich ingredients like cocoa and walnuts.

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Smart Nutrition Resources

Live Yes! With Arthritis

Podcast: Eating Smart for Arthritis

In this episode of the Live Yes! With Arthritis podcast, we’ll explore how to use the right food and your overall nutrition to maximize its benefits for your arthritis.

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Podcast: Eating Smart for Arthritis
Ruth Frechman

Good nutrition means eating healthfully, and eating healthy foods can easily be accomplished with the right information.

Ruth Frechman

Registered Dietitian, MA, CPT

23 Recipes to Tame Inflammation
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23 Recipes to Tame Inflammation

Try these 23 recipes from Cleveland Clinic’s culinary medicine experts to help relieve inflammation from autoimmune arthritis and to eat more healthfully.

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Weighing Your Options: Managing Weight With Arthritis

Learn ways to maintain a healthy weight with arthritis, including lifestyle and behavior changes, medications and more.

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Weighing Your Options: Managing Weight With Arthritis
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