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12 superfood recipes to boost your diet

Power up your diet with these colourful superfoods and matching recipes. Eating right has never tasted so good.

Meet the superfoods

Avocado

Just half has more potassium than a banana, plus good fats and brain-protecting folate.

Try: Avocado pound cake with raspberry glaze recipe

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Blueberries

With more disease-fighting antioxidants than almost any other fruit, they strengthen mind, muscles and bones.

Try: Blueberry and cheese blintzes

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Brown rice

With over five times more fibre than white, it's full of B vitamins, iron, selenium and lysine, a bone-boosting amino acid.

Try: Bibimbap with red pepper sauce

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Chia

A perfect protein, with essential muscle-building amino acids, it increases energy, has more calcium than milk and is loaded with mood-enhancing magnesium.

Try: Chia and coconut pudding

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Kale

Antioxidant-rich, this green contains calcium, potassium and vitamins A, C and K. Research shows it helps fight age-related diseases, too!

Try: Kale and spinach hand pies

12 superfood recipes to boost your dietChristina Symons

Lentils

With double the fibre of an apple and almost 30 percent more folate than spinach, these low-fat legumes promote weight loss and build healthy bones.

Try: Salmon and lentil pilaf

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Pistachios

A handful is a smart snack, with just as much protein as an egg and nearly a quarter of our daily dose of iron.

Try: Pistachio and almond couscous

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Quinoa

This low-carb grain is a complete vegetarian protein. A 1/4 cup provides half the recommended daily dose of iron.

Try: Kale, red pepper and quinoa toss

12 superfood recipes to boost your diet

Raspberries

These high-fibre berries help mop up free radicals and cancer-causing substances.

Try: Raspberry-rhubarb pavlova cupcakes

12 superfood recipes to boost your dietJames Tse

Red bell peppers

They have more than double the immunity-boosting vitamin C of an orange and are a rich source of heart-healthy beta-carotene.

Try: Fresh pepper and zucchini pasta

recipes with peppersJames Tse

Salmon

Three ounces of this brain-friendly fish has half your daily vitamin D and fills 99 percent of your B12 requirements.

Try: Salmon summer sizzle pockets

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Sweet potato

This smart starch has bone-building vitamin A and 100 percent of your daily dose of heart-friendly beta-carotene.

Try: Chunky sweet potato fries with herbed yogurt dip

sweet potatoes on a plateRyan Szulc

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