Nutrition Tips for Holiday Dinners

Top 10 Nutrition Tips for the Holidays:

1. Don't Skip Meals! This can lead to over eating. Try having a healthy snack instead.
2. Contribute a healthy dish. 
3. Choose your splurges. Choose a couple holiday treats to splurge on instead of having a taste of everything.
4. Think color! Make a plate look festive by adding fruits and veggies.
5. Choose drinks wisely. A majority of people consume their calories by drinking soda/ pop during the holidays. Try water or seltzer as an alternative.
6. Visit the people, not the food!
7. Say no to food pushers. We all have that one family member who insists we eat more. Polity tell them you are full but appreciate the offer.
8. Savor seasonal sweets. Slow down while eating sweets. The faster you eat, the less your enjoy the actual flavor.
9. Eat until you are satisfied. Do not consume food until you feel stuffed.
10. Do NOT feel guilty! Do not feel bad about overindulging, just make sure the next one is healthy.

75 Calorie Holiday Cookie

Love cookies but hate all the calories? No problem.

Try making the Cranberry- Nut Chocolate Chip cookies.
Ingredients:
All purpose flower
Whole wheat flower
Regular oats
Baking powder
Baking soda
Salt
Dried cranberries
walnuts
Mini chocolate chips
Brown sugar
Butter
Honey
Vanilla extract
Eggs
Cooking Spray

Calories: 75 per cookie

There are a great treat and an even better mid day sweet snack.
Baking tip: Make extra and freeze what you do not need. That way you can save some for later on without them going bad.

Baking? Use applesauce instead of oil

Looking for a way to cut down on the amount of oil you use while cooking?
If you are baking applesauce is a great substitute! It is a really easy thing to do.

All you have to do is use a 1 to 1 ratio of applesauce to replace oil. This means that if you have a recipe that needs 1/2 cup of vegetable oil, you can use 1/2 of unsweetened applesauce!

What are some other baking substitutes that you use at home?

Loaded Breakfast Sweet Potato

I live a very busy life and I am always looking for fast and easy meals to make. One of my favorite apps to use is Tasty! Since Thanksgiving is coming up soon I decided to look up some healthy, Thanksgiving inspired meals. This recipe takes less than 30 minutes to make AND requires only 6 ingredients. I made this last weekend for my family and it was a huge hit. Feel free to give it a shot! The ingredients are simple and you can change up the fruits or nut butter.

The ingredients needed are:

Sweet potato- 1
Almond butter- 2 tablespoons
Banana- 1/2 slice
roasted almonds, chopped- 1 tablespoon of
Blueberries- 1 tablespoon
Honey- 1 teaspoon

Cooking Instructions:
1. Poke holes into the sweet potato and microwave for 10 minutes (Until soft)
2. Slice open sweet potato and spread almond butter
3- Add toppings
4- Enjoy!

• Link to Tasty: https://tasty.co/recipe/loaded-breakfast-sweet-potato
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