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Healthy Holiday Treats & Recipes
Table of Contents
Holiday Favorites with a Twist:
Baked Okra 3
Citrus Squash Casserole 4
Creamy Garlic Mashed Potatoes 5
Deviled Eggs 6
Healthy Holiday Brownies 7
Homemade Cranberry Sauce 8
Matzo Ball Soup 9
Pulled Brisket Sliders 10
Roasted Garlic and Lemon Green Beans 11
Simple Snicker Doodles 12
Spiced Carrots 13
Zucchini-Potato Latkes with Tzatziki 14
New Holiday Favorites:
Cranberry Applesauce 15
Peppermint Parfaits 16
Pumpkin Spiced Pecans 17
Sweet Potato Fries 18
Get in the Holiday Spirit:
Apple Ornaments 19
Cheerio Christmas Trees 20
Cheesy Reindeer 21
Grinch Poppers 22
Holiday Trees 23
Santa Claus Crackers 24
Santa Strawberries 25
Snowman Party Poppers 26
Snowman Popcorn Cups 27
2
Baked Okra
Ingredients
1 bag of frozen,
cut okra
2 Tbsp. cornmeal
3 Tbsp. panko
breadcrumbs
(regular Directions
breadcrumbs will
1. Preheat oven to 400°F.
also work)
½ tsp. salt 2. Combine cornmeal, panko, salt, pep-
per, and parmesan cheese on a large
¼ tsp. pepper
plate.
½ tsp. grated
parmesan 3. In a separate bowl, beat the eggs.
cheese Then toss okra in the eggs until evenly
2 eggs coated.
Non-stick 4. Next, toss okra in the cornmeal/
cooking spray breadcrumb mixture. Place on baking
sheets coated with non-stick cooking
spray and bake for 15-20 minutes,
flipping okra halfway through cooking.
http://www.singforyoursupperblog.com/2012/10/16/crunchy-baked-okra/
3
Citrus Squash Casserole
Ingredients
Cooking spray
3 -12 oz. boxes
of frozen winter
squash
2 Tbsp. orange
juice
Directions
concentrate
(from a 6 oz. 1. Preheat oven to 350°F.
can, thawed) 2. Coat a shallow two-quart baking dish with
4 Tbsp. brown cooking spray.
sugar 3. Place frozen squash in a large microwave
safe bowl, cover, and microwave until thawed,
2 Tbsp. butter
about 15 minutes. Remove squash from the
(softened)
microwave. Stir in orange juice, brown sugar,
½ tsp. cinnamon butter, cinnamon, nutmeg, and salt. Taste and
¼ tsp. nutmeg add more brown sugar or salt, as needed.
2 cups mini 4. Transfer to baking dish and bake about 15
marshmallows minutes, or until hot.
Optional: ½ tsp. 5. Top with mini marshmallows, and return to
salt or to taste the oven for about 5 minutes or until
marshmallows are toasted.
http://www.parenting.com/article/citrus-squash
4
Creamy Garlic Mashed Potatoes
Ingredients
1½ pounds red
potatoes
(unpeeled and
cubed)
3 garlic cloves
(peeled and Directions
thinly sliced) 1. Place potatoes and garlic in a large
½ cup 1% saucepan. Cover with cold water and
(low-fat) milk bring to a boil over high heat.
2 Tbsp. butter 2. Once at a boil, reduce heat and
¾ tsp. salt simmer, uncovered, until potatoes are
¼ tsp. black tender when pierced with a knife
pepper (about 20 minutes).
3. Drain potatoes and then return
them to the pot over low heat. Add
milk, butter, salt, and pepper.
4. Mash potatoes with a potato
masher until you get your desired
consistency.
http://www.health.com/health/recipe/0,,10000001133787,00.html
5
Deviled Eggs
Ingredients
12 large eggs
3 Tbsp. plain
or Greek
low-fat yogurt
3 tsp. mustard
Directions
1 garlic clove,
1. Place eggs in saucepan large enough to hold
crushed them in a single layer. Add cold water to cover
Salt eggs by one inch.
2. Heat over high heat until water starts to boil.
Pepper
Remove from stove and cover the saucepan
with a lid. Let the eggs stand in the hot water
for 15 minutes.
3. Peel the eggs and slice each egg in half,
length-wise.
4. Gently remove the yolks and place them in a
mixing bowl. Using a fork, mash up the egg
yolks and add mustard, yogurt, crushed garlic
and season with salt and pepper.
5. Spoon egg yolk mixture into the egg white
halves and serve.
http://neilarey.com/recipes/deviled-eggs.html
6
Healthy Holiday Brownies
Ingredients
1 - 16 oz.
container of
almond butter
4 egg whites
1 cup honey
Directions
1 Tbsp. vanilla
½ cup 1. Preheat oven to 350°F.
unsweetened 2. Add each ingredient to a large
cocoa powder mixing bowl, in the order listed in
1 tsp. baking the ingredient list. Whisk in each
soda ingredient completely before adding
1 cup the next.
chocolate 3. Pour into a baking pan coated with
chips non-stick cooking spray and bake for
Non-stick 35-40 minutes.
cooking spray
http://www.thegraciouspantry.com/clean-eating-brownies/#_a5y_p=2572567
7
Homemade Cranberry Sauce
Ingredients
1 bag (12 oz.)
fresh
cranberries (or
frozen
cranberries,
thawed)
Directions
1 cup sugar or
1. Mix all of the ingredients in a
sugar
substitute medium-sized saucepan.
1 cup of 2. Bring it to a boil and then turn the
orange juice or heat down to simmer until the
water berries pop.
3. Remove from heat and place
sauce in the fridge to chill until it is
time to serve.
http://www.food.com/recipe/cranberry-sauce-42609
8
Matzo Ball Soup
Ingredients
8 cups chicken stock*
4 eggs
¼ cup canola oil
½ tsp. salt
1 cup matzo meal
2 carrots (sliced) Directions
For Chicken Stock:
3 celery stalks (sliced)
1. Roughly chop celery, carrots, parsnip, and onion.
2 tsp. dill (chopped)
2. In a large pot, combine chicken carcass, vegetables, salt,
*Ingredients to make pepper, and water.
Chicken Stock
3. Bring mixture to a boil and then reduce to a simmer.
1 cooked chicken 4. Simmer over very low heat for about 4 hours, stirring
carcass and skin occasionally.
2 celery stalks 5. Strain solids and let stock sit for about 30 minutes and
then skim the fat off of the top.
2 carrots
For Matzo Ball Soup:
1 parsnip
1. Beat eggs, oil, salt, and ¼ cup of chicken stock together.
1 yellow onion
2. Add matzo meal and stir to combine well. Refrigerate for
1 tsp. salt 30 minutes.
½ tsp. pepper 3. In a large pot, combine remaining chicken stock, carrots,
celery, and dill. Bring mixture to a boil.
12 cups water
4. Meanwhile, with wet hands, form matzo mixture into 12
balls. Use about 2 Tbsp. of mixture for each ball.
5. When chicken stock comes to a boil, drop matzo balls into
pot and reduce to a very low simmer.
http://www.sheknows.com/food-and-recipes/articles/850667/a-matzo-ball-soup-recipe-for-hanukkah
9
Pulled Brisket Sliders
Ingredients
Non-stick
cooking spray
4 pounds beef
brisket
2 cans onion
soup Directions
2 large onions 1. Preheat oven to 350°F. Coat a large
(thinly sliced) roasting pan with non-stick cooking
spray.
12 small whole
wheat rolls 2. Place brisket in pan, then pour onion
(sliced in half) soup over the brisket and top with
sliced onions.
Aluminum foil
3. Cover pan tightly with aluminum foil
and bake for 3½ - 4 hours or until meat
is fork-tender.
4. Place brisket on a cutting board and
shred with two forks. Then return bris-
ket to the pan, mix well, and serve on
slider rolls.
http://www.mrfood.com/Beef/Pulled-Brisket-Sliders#
10Roasted Garlic and Lemon Green Beans
Ingredients
1 pound fresh
green beans
(trimmed) or
frozen green
beans
(thawed)
Directions
1 Tbsp. olive
1. Preheat oven to 400°F.
oil
2. In a 9x13-inch baking dish, stir
1 small shallot
(thinly sliced) together the beans, olive oil, sliced
shallots, and garlic.
2 cloves garlic
(minced) 3. Bake for 20-30 minutes or until
¼ cup sliced beans are tender. With 5 minutes
almonds left to bake, remove dish from oven
and sprinkle the almonds on top.
1-2 tsp. lemon
zest 4. Remove from oven and add lemon
Salt and zest, salt and pepper.
pepper, to
taste
http://www.letsdishrecipes.com/2013/07/roasted-garlic-and-lemon-green-beans.html
11Simple Snicker Doodles
Ingredients
¾ cup whole
wheat flour
¼ tsp. baking
soda
½ tsp. ground
cinnamon
Directions
1 Tbsp. pure
1. Preheat oven to 350°F.
maple syrup
2. Place the flour, baking soda, and cinnamon into a
2 Tbsp. cashew mixing bowl and stir to combine. Then, add maple
or almond syrup, cashew or almond butter, almond milk, and
butter vanilla. Mix until ingredients are thoroughly
combined.
2 Tbsp. almond
3. Take 1 Tbsp. of the mixture, roll the dough into a
milk ball, and place on baking sheet. Repeat this process
1 tsp. vanilla until you have used up all of the dough.
extract 4. Gently flatten each ball of dough down into a
cookie shape using two fingers.
For topping:
5. Mix topping ingredients together and sprinkle over
½ tsp. sugar or
the top of each cookie. Carefully shake off any
sugar substitute excess topping mixture from the baking sheet and
+ ¼ tsp. ground place into the oven for 10 - 15 minutes. Once golden
cinnamon brown, remove from the oven and let cool.
http://www.thegraciouspantry.com/clean-eating-snickerdoodles/
12Spiced Carrots
Ingredients
1 Tbsp. olive oil
4 cloves garlic
(minced)
2 tsp. paprika
1 tsp. ground
cumin Directions
1 tsp. ground 1. Heat oil in a large non-stick skillet over
coriander medium heat.
3 cups sliced 2. Add garlic, paprika, cumin, and coriander.
carrots Stir until mixture is fragrant, but not
1 cup water browned.
3 Tbsp. lemon 3. Add carrots, water, lemon juice, and salt
juice and bring to a simmer.
1/8 tsp. salt, or 4. Then, reduce heat to low and cover and
to taste cook until carrots are almost tender, around
¼ cup chopped 10 minutes.
parsley 5. Uncover and simmer, while stirring often,
until carrots are to desired tenderness and
the liquid is syrup-like, usually around 5
minutes.
http://www.eatingwell.com/recipes/north_african_spiced_carrots.html
13Zucchini-Potato Latkes with Tzatziki
Ingredients
1 pound zucchini
(shredded)
2 cups shredded,
cooked potato
2 medium shallots
(minced and divided)
1 egg (beaten)
Directions
2 cups whole-wheat
breadcrumbs 1. Preheat oven to 450°F and coat a baking sheet with
cooking spray.
½ cup crumbled
reduced-fat feta 2. Toss zucchini, potato, 3 Tbsp. shallot, and egg in a
cheese large bowl. Add breadcrumbs, feta, 1 Tbsp. dill, ¼ tsp.
salt and pepper. Toss mixture to combine and form into
2 Tbsp. chopped,
12 patties.
fresh dill
3. Heat 1 Tbsp. olive oil in a large non-stick skillet over
½ tsp. salt
medium-high heat. Add six patties and cook, while
½ tsp. ground pepper covered, until crispy and browned on one side (2-5
2 Tbsp. olive oil minutes). Then, carefully transfer the latkes to a
separate pan, browned side down. Repeat with the
1 cup low-fat plain remaining 1 Tbsp. oil and six patties.
yogurt
4. Transfer the latkes to the oven and bake until firm and
½ medium cucumber heated through (10-12 minutes).
(shredded)
5. Meanwhile, prepare tzatziki by combining yogurt,
1 Tbsp. red wine cucumber, vinegar, remaining minced shallot, 1 Tbsp.
vinegar dill, and ¼ tsp. salt and pepper in a small bowl. Serve the
Cooking spray latkes with the tzatziki on the side.
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14Cranberry Applesauce
Ingredients
Cooking spray
3 cup (12 oz.)
cranberries
2 apples
2 cup sugar or Directions
sugar
substitute 1. Place cranberries in a strainer. Rinse
and pick them over to remove any
¾ cup water
stems or blemished berries.
¾ cup 100%
2. Peel, core, and dice the apples.
apple juice
3. In a large saucepan add sugar,
water, and apple juice and bring to a
boil. Add berries and diced apples.
4. Stirring continuously, boil for 10
minutes or until berries pop.
5. Then, remove from heat, cover, and
refrigerate for 3 hours and serve cold.
http://www.parenting.com/article/cranberry-applesauce
15Peppermint Parfaits
Ingredients
1 qt. low-fat
vanilla Greek
yogurt
½ cup
semisweet
chocolate Directions
chips
1. To make the chocolate sauce,
1 tsp. combine ¼ cup of Greek yogurt with
unsweetened the chocolate chips, cocoa powder,
cocoa powder and 1 Tbsp. of water in a small
Light whipped saucepan.
cream
2. Warm over low heat until chocolate
¼ cup starlight is melted.
peppermints
3. Scoop remaining yogurt into bowls
(crushed)
and drizzle the chocolate sauce on top.
4. Then top each serving with light
whipped cream and sprinkle with
crushed peppermints.
http://www.fitnessmagazine.com/recipe/chocolate/peppermint-parfaits/
16Pumpkin Pie Spiced Pecans
Ingredients
2 Tbsp. sugar
or sugar
substitute
1 tsp. pumpkin
pie spice
½ tsp. salt Directions
½ tsp ground 1. Combine sugar, pie spice, salt, and ginger.
Set mixture aside.
ginger
2. In a saucepan, bring the water, honey, and
2 Tbsp. water oil to a boil. Add the pecans and stir until all
2 Tbsp. honey of the liquid is evaporated. This usually takes
about 1 minute.
2 tsp. olive oil
3. Immediately sprinkle pecans with the sugar
1¼ pounds mixture that was set aside earlier.
pecan halves 4. Toss pecans until they are equally coated.
5. Transfer pecans to an ungreased baking
sheet and bake at 325°F for 15 - 20 minutes.
Halfway through baking, stir pecans to ensure
that they bake evenly.
http://www.tasteofhome.com/recipes/pumpkin-pie-spiced-pecans
17Sweet
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http://www.parenting.com/article/sweet-potato-fries
18Apple Ornaments
Ingredients
Apple
1-2 Tbsp.
peanut butter
Mini
marshmallows
(number need Directions
will vary 1. Cut an apple in half length-wise
depending on and into as many slices as you want
number of
width-wide for your ornament (see
apple slices)
picture above).
1-2 pretzel
2. Spread peanut butter and place
twists
marshmallows in between the slices
to stick the slices together.
3. Break off a curved piece of pretzel
for the hanger. Stretch a
marshmallow to cover the base of
the pretzel piece and stick it to the
top of the apple.
http://littlenummies.net/2008/12/christmas-ornaments/
19Cheerio Christmas Tree
Ingredients
6 cups Honey
Nut Cheerios®
6 Tbsp. butter
4½ cups mini
marshmallows
Directions
Green food
coloring 1. Line a cookie sheet with waxed paper.
2. Place the butter and marshmallows in a sauce-
Red cinnamon pan. Heat over low heat, stirring constantly,
candies until the mixture is smooth. Then remove the
saucepan from the heat.
3. Stir in the food coloring until the mixture is
evenly colored.
4. Pour cereal into a 4-quart bowl. Pour the
marshmallow mixture over the cereal and stir un-
til the cereal is evenly coated.
5. Lightly spray your hands with cooking spray.
For each tree, shape about ¼ cup of cereal into a
Christmas tree shape and place on cookie sheet.
Press red candies into the tree to look like
ornaments. Refrigerate for about 1 hour.
http://www.kidactivities.net/post/Christmas-Snacks-and-Goodies-for-Kids.aspx
20Cheesy Reindeer
Ingredients
Laughing Cow
Light Cheese®,
flavor of your
choice
Mini twist
pretzels Directions
Green olives 1. Unwrap cheese and place on a
Peppercorns platter.
2. Place two mini pretzel pieces on
the top two corners on the same
side of the cheese for antlers (see
picture above).
3. Place one green olive on the
opposite corner of the cheese as the
antlers for the nose.
4. Place two peppercorns in the
middle for eyes.
http://www.ahealthysliceoflife.com/munchkin-meals-link-up-2/
21Grinch Poppers
Ingredients
Strawberries
(with the tops
cut off)
Green grapes
Mini
marshmallows Directions
Bananas (cut 1. Arrange fruit on toothpick starting
into thin slices) with grape on the bottom, then
Toothpicks banana slice, strawberry, and mini
marshmallow on top.
2. Make sure to stick the toothpick
through all pieces to keep it
together!
http://www.stockpilingmoms.com/2013/11/grinch-poppers/
22Holiday Trees
Ingredients
3 Mini pretzel
sticks
9 Snap peas
Low-fat cheese
of your choice
Directions
1. Cut slice of cheese into a star for
the top of the tree or use a star
cookie cutter.
2. Arrange snap peas on a plate to
look like the tree branches.
3. Place pretzels underneath the
snap peas as the tree trunk and
place the cheese star at the top of
the tree.
http://littlenummies.net/2013/12/healthy-holiday-snack-christmas-tree/
23Santa Claus Crackers
Ingredients
Turkey
pepperoni
slices
Round
crackers
Ricotta cheese Directions
1 celery stalk, 1. Use kitchen scissors to cut
thinly sliced, pepperoni in the shape of a Santa
lengthwise Claus hat.
Capers 2. Spread ricotta on bottom half of
cracker to look like Santa’s beard.
3. Place celery slices on cracker for
mustache and place capers on for
the eyes and nose.
4. Cover the bottom of the hat with
more ricotta cheese for the fluffy
trim.
http://www.marthastewart.com/353265/santa-claus-crackers
24Santa Strawberries
Ingredients
1 pound large
strawberries
1 (8oz.)
package of
low-fat cream
cheese Directions
(softened)
1. Rinse strawberries and cut off all of the
3 - 4 Tbsp. stems. Then, cut off the top of the
powdered strawberries and set both halves of the
sugar or sugar strawberry aside.
substitute 2. In a mixing bowl, beat cream cheese,
powdered sugar, and vanilla until creamy.
1 tsp. vanilla
3. Add cream cheese mixture to a plastic
extract
sandwich bag and cut one corner of the bag
off.
4. Squeeze the bag to place about one
teaspoon of the cream cheese mixture on the
top of the bottom half of the strawberry.
5. Then, top the cream mixture with the top of
the strawberry. Refrigerate until serving.
http://www.tislstyle.com/tislstyle/2012/11/strawberry-santas-recipe.html
25Snowman Party Poppers
Ingredients
1 block of
reduced fat
mozzarella
cheese
Mini pretzel
sticks Directions
2-3 tsp. 1. Cut mozzarella into small cubes. You will want the
seedless cubes to be in groups of three to build your
snowman.
blackberry
2. Fill a plastic sandwich bag with blackberry
preserves preserves and cut a small corner of the bag off.
Grapes 3. Using the bag of preserves, draw faces onto one of
the cheese cubes in each group of three.
Toothpicks
4. Stack the three cubes for each snowman on top of
each other.
5. Slice grapes in half and place one half on the top
of each snowman as a hat.
6. Insert the toothpick from the bottom of each
snowman to hold all the pieces together.
7. Break mini pretzel sticks in half and push into the
middle cube of the snowman for arms.
http://www.creativekidsnacks.com/2012/12/17/snowman-party-poppers/
26Snowman Popcorn Cups
Ingredients
Clear plastic
cups
Black and
orange
permanent
markers Directions
Ribbon 1. Draw faces, buttons, and noses on
Air popped one side of the plastic cups with the
popcorn permanent markers.
2. Tie a ribbon around the cup for a
scarf.
3. Fill cup with popcorn.
http://www.creativekidsnacks.com/2012/12/10/snowman-popcorn-cups/
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