hale and hearty

Adjective

hale and hearty (comparative more hale and hearty, superlative most hale and hearty)

1. (idiomatic) In a state of robust good health.
   • He was a hale and hearty man at that time, and remained hale and hearty for many years afterwards; so hale and hearty, that in the year 1798, being then turned seventy-eight, and having lived in America ten years, he married a young woman of Scottish extraction1869 November 27, “Pretenders”, in Charles Dickens, editor, All the Year Round, page 613
   • Now, at almost 90, he is hale and hearty, full of recollections, and retains a keen interest in life—a truly remarkable character and a great gentleman of the footplate.1959 April, L. H. Leedham, “A Veteran of the M.S.L.R.”, in Railway Magazine, page 279
2. (idiomatic, nutrition) Conducive to robust good health.
   • This is a hale and hearty dish, filled with beef, potatoes and carrots.