HEALTH & WELLNESS
Healthier holiday eating — create a strategy
This holiday season can be different — with our help, you’ll
coffee break. Be mindful of healthier eating amid the fes-
tivities and you’ll buy yourself the flexibility for special in-
enjoy the goodies and the parties, yet you won’t feel bloated and
dulgences.
worried about the toll on your waistline and heart. Strategy —
5. Skinny it down. Transform sweet potato pie into a side dish
not utter denial — is the key to success! So let’s get started:
of freshly baked sweet potatoes with a touch
1. Look for the stars. Take stock of your tra-
ditional holiday foods and highlight what’s HEALTHY LIVING TIPS FROM of cinnamon. Replace the beef in Uncle Joe’s
New Year’s Day chili with ground turkey and
naturally healthy. For example: Turkey
red beans. Check out cookbooks, holiday mag-
topped with gravy (but minus the skin) is
azines and online sites that have a health-con-
an American Heart Association-approved
scious focus and learn some culinary tricks.
entrée. And if fish is part of your holiday
You’ll be surprised at how much old-fashioned flavor is re-
tradition, then indulge!
tained by making clever substitutions!
2. Create new favorites. If your table groans under the weight
6.
Party on. Be a good guest and offer to prepare a dish for the
of buttered rolls, creamed onions other and rich foods, re-
next event. Whip up a low-fat yogurt dip and cut up some
place one or two of those heavy hitters with a new recipe
crunchy crudités, or prepare an angel food cake and a sim-
– like a platter of seasoned, roasted winter vegetables or red
ple compote of fruits marinated in juice. And don’t be shy
lentil and brown rice cakes. Exchange a dozen cookies for
— ask about the menu ahead of time so you can plan your
low-fat meringues flecked with mini chocolate chips. And
choices.
look to the season’s harvest of cranberries, apples, pears,
7.
Eat out with savvy. Favor restaurants that offer whole-grain
brussel sprouts, pumpkin and squash for creative inspira-
breads, salads and seafood. Portions are often gigantic in
tion.
restaurants, so plan to split an entrée with a friend, bring
3. Practice portion control. If you can’t eliminate it or make it
some home or order an appetizer-sized plate of pasta as
more healthful, plan to limit it. Put a dollop of Grandma’s
your main meal.
must-have giblet gravy on the side of the plate and dip your
turkey in it for taste. Enjoy half a cup of eggnog, but just on
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4. Keep the rest lean and green. Don’t squander precious cal-
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ories on a stale, store-bought cookie during a Wednesday
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■ NOVEMBER 2018