The food was both nutritious and delicious.
opted for a nutritious snack and bought an apple instead of a candy bar
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Good, nutritious food — tailored to the individual — is medicine.—Nick Coltrain, Denver Post, 26 Oct. 2025 Without sustained investment or the return of a full-service grocery store, maintaining a nutritious diet will continue to require extra time, money and sacrifice.—April Quevedo, jsonline.com, 21 Oct. 2025 While cooking kale often means eating more of it, consuming it raw or cooked can also be nutritious.—Barbie Cervoni, Verywell Health, 21 Oct. 2025 Gazans will need not only nutritious food but also teachers and schools, therapists and clinics, doctors and hospitals, homes and jobs.—Clayton Dalton, New Yorker, 18 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for nutritious
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Latin nutricius, from nutric-, nutrix nurse, from nutrire to nourish — more at nourish
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