Healthy Christmas Party Foods

It’s time to bring an appetizer or treat to a Christmas or New Year’s Eve party.  Make it a healthy dish you can share and know you won’t feel horrible after the holidays.   Here are my Healthy Christmas Party Foods.

Healthy Party Food Ideas

Taco Bake Dip can be eaten as an appetizer; sometimes, my husband and I eat it for a meal.   The Bake is layered and heated, and then you can eat it as a dip with tortilla chips or eat it like a slice of lasagna.  Spread it into a tortilla and roll it up for a meal to use up the leftovers. Sub Turkey for beef or make it meatless.

Layered Taco Bake Dip Recipe

• 16-ounce 93% ground turkey or beef
• 1 Tbsp (homemade taco seasoning) Recipe in Seasoning blog
• 1 15-ounce can of refried beans
• 1 ½ cups medium salsa
• 4-ounce can of diced green chilies (and or grill whole poblano peppers, take off skin/ deseed, and chop) 
• 1 ½ cups shredded Mexican blend cheese

To add to the top

• 1 diced tomato or ½ cup sliced cherry tomatoes
• 1 small diced avocado
• 2 TBSP cotija cheese (if you don’t have it will be fine)
• ¼ cup chopped cilantro
• Tortilla chips

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Spray a baking pan 9×13 with cooking spray. Cook ground meat over medium-high heat in a skillet. Add the taco seasoning until cooked through. Spread the refried beans evenly onto the baking pan. Sprinkle the Seasoned ground turkey on top.  Spread salsa and then the green chilies on top. Place into oven and bake for around 30 minutes. Remove from oven add the cheese, and place in oven for another 5 minutes.  Top with tomato, avocado, cotija, and cilantro.  Serve with Chips. It makes for a festive hot dip.

A Healthy Treat with Nutrients

This bark will give you lots of nutrients and antioxidants to improve your health while having a treat.  Pomegranates have Vitamin C, potassium, magnesium, and fiber.   Pistachios are loaded with magnesium, Vitamin B6, iron, and Vitamin C.  Both of these have many health benefits. And of course, chocolate has a plethora of health benefits too. This is for the chocolate lovers.   So good and super easy.   No measurements just as much as you want to make.  

Dark Chocolate Pomegranate Pistachio Bark Recipe

• 2 cups dark chocolate chips
• 1 tbsp coconut oil
• 2/3 cup pomegranate seeds
• ½ cup pistachio nuts chopped.

Melt Dark chocolate chips 2 cups with 1 tbsp coconut oil. Spread onto a parchment or silicon mat on a sheet pan.   Sprinkle pomegranate seeds and chopped pistachio nuts on top of chocolate.   Refrigerate to cool and then break into 1-inch pieces to eat.   Store in refrigerate and serve. 

Raw Carrot Chips with Homemade Guac or Hummus

Buy the raw carrot chips and make your homemade guacamole with the link to the recipe or buy hummus or guac to make it quick and easy.   Guacamole is amazing so don’t neglect to eat avocados for their many health benefits.   Guacamole Link

Rye Crips and Greek Yogurt Spinach Artichoke Dip

I love rye crips from Wasa.  They have 2-3 grams of fiber and are crunchy. Some are sourdough and even gluten-free.  Finn Crisp is another brand, but you need to break it apart.  Serve these with Greek Yogurt Spinach Artichoke Dip or buy some from Aldi.  I made the dip for high school guys a few weeks ago and one of the guys loved the dip so much that he almost ate it all himself. Hands up this recipe is a healthy Christmas party food.

Greek yogurt Spinach Artichoke Dip Recipe

• 6 ounces fresh spinach
• 1 tsp olive oil
• 1 can sliced water chestnuts
• 1 jar marinated artichoke hearts
• 2 cups plain Greek yogurt
• ¼ cup parmesoan cheese
• 1 tsp garlic powder
• pinch of salt
• pinch of pepper

Wilt the fresh spinach in a pan with olive oil on the stovetop. As it wilts the liquid will come out and squeeze. Add spinach to a bowl.   On a cutting board chop the water chestnuts and artichoke hearts and add to the bowl.  Stir in the Greek yogurt, ¼ cup parmesan cheese, garlic powder, salt and pepper. 

Caramelized Maple Syrup Sweetened Walnuts

• 1 cup whole walnuts
• 2 Tbsp maple syrup

Heat in pan on med-high and sauté until the liquid is dissolved and the nuts are covered and begin to caramelize.   Take off the heat and let dry on a silicon mat until cool. Put in a container and eat as a snack.

Festive Sparkling Drink

If you need a low-calorie festive drink, this sparkling drink is perfect for adults and kiddos.

• ¼ cup cherry or pomegranate juice
• 1 cup sparkling water (Cherry lime is a good flavor)

Mix the juice and sparkling water. Add frozen cranberries, a frozen slice of lime, or a sprig of rosemary for a festive look.

If you want other healthy party recipes check out these blogs. I hope you try one of these recipes from My Healthy Christmas Party Foods.

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