7 Healthier Versions of Your Favorite Takeout Dishes

I'm just as prone as most people to the lure of Seamless web. Sure, convenience is 50 percent of the battle. But the other half is simply craving-related. I love me some pad thai and fried rice -- they just aren't things that are usually at the top of my from-scratch cooking list since the alternative can arrive so quickly via bike messenger.

But the biggest incentive to making some of your favorite takeout dishes at home is the health factor. I usually dial back the sugar and add some leafy greens to make the contents of my favorite to-go containers MSG-free and full of nutrients. Here are a few of my best healthy ethnic dishes that only take slightly more time to make than it does to read through an entire Chinese takeout menu.

-- Phoebe Lapine of Feed Me Phoebe