Entertaining Healthfully this Holiday Season

If you're entertaining this holiday season while trying to keep the pounds from piling on, in this Appetite for Health Segment, Registered Dietitians Katherine Brooking MS, RD and Julie Upton, MS, RD, discuss some of their favorite healthy, festive dishes that your family and friends will love.

Best-Bet Appetizers
Try to infuse veggies into your appetizers whether you use them with dips.
A simple way to impress guests is to set up a trio of flavored hummus with veggies and create wonderful appetizers, like tomato tartlets made with gourmet Sunset tomatoes.

Better Mashed Potatoes
Mashed potatoes can be a calorie minefield, if you make them with butter and whole milk. Instead, Appetite for Health recommends replacing butter with a heart-healthier spread like Smart Balance Buttery Sticks. It makes them rich and creamy but without all the calories and saturated fat of butter.

Slimmed-Down Stuffing
Traditional stuffing can pack in more calories than a serving of turkey and mashed potatoes combined. Appetite for Health slims stuffing down by using more onions, celery, apples and dried fruit like prunes and cranberries instead of sausage. And be sure to bake your stuffing outside of the bird to keep it lower in calories and fat.

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Entertainment

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• Healthy Eating
• Entertaining
• Thanksgiving
• Christmas
• Calories
• Fat
• Appetizers
• Stuffing
• Mashed Potatoes