Keep your diet on track with these 31 healthy holiday recipes. Lots of choices you can adapt to fit your preferences.
A lot of holiday meals are loaded with unhealthy ingredients like sugar, fat, refined ingredients, and abominable carbs.
Without some bit of planning and control on your part, it’s easy for your diet to take a hit during the holidays.
You can use the recipes in this article to put together a healthy meal plan for the holidays to keep you on track with your diet.
These recipes are a collection of healthy holiday appetizers, snacks, treats, and mains; all of the taste and flavor without minimal calories.
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Healthy Holiday Recipes Tools
For a lot of the recipes, a food processor, baking sheets, blender, casserole dish, and a pie plate are required.
You may also find this electric mini chopper helpful. It’s an immensely useful companion when trying to prep small ingredients on the go.
How Can I Eat Healthy for the Holidays?
Below are 31 healthy holiday recipes that are delicious but don’t pack quite the dismal number of calories.
31 Healthy Christmas Recipe Ideas for 2020
Cranberry Rosemary Chicken
This is a simple and elegant recipe that can be enjoyed for lunch or as a Christmas dinner. The recipe is paleo, dairy-free, gluten-free, and grain-free with Whole 30 options…
Skillet Honey & Pomegranate Chicken Thighs
Chicken thighs and sweet and tart pomegranate are used to prepare this delicious recipe. And if you don't have an oven, you can get it done on the stovetop. Easy peasy…
Holiday Rum Balls
Rum balls pack a ton of calories but with the clean, wholesome ingredients used in this recipe, you can confidently tuck into that treat this year. You also have the option to make this rum balls recipe non-alcoholic…
Healthy Christmas Tree Snack
Holiday snacks don’t always have to be full of sugar and conure images of an expanding waist line. This healthy Christmas tree snack requires only a few healthy ingredients and can be whipped up in a few minutes. The kids will love it…
Healthy Paleo Candied Pecans
These Paleo candied pecans are gluten-free, dairy-free, and use maple syrup instead of refined sugar. Snack on them or garnish a salad with a handful of these candied pecans for a healthy protein snack...
Strawberry Santas Healthy Christmas Snack
These strawberry Santa snacks look adorable. Using only two ingredients - strawberries and whipped cream, these snacks will be ready in only a few minutes and will brighten up the table at Christmas lunch or dinner...
Keto Butter Cookies Dipped in Chocolate
These holiday butter cookies are low carb and keto-friendly. Some of the heavier classic ingredients have been replaced with lighter ingredients to bring the calorie count of this delicious treat to a minimum…
Rudolph Celery Snacks
Adults and children will love these healthy Rudolph celery snacks. Using only a few ingredients, you can whip them up in a short time. Kids can jump in and help make this snack too…
String Cheese Snowmen
A creative and healthy snack that doesn’t involve any sugar. If it’s just for you, you don’t have to add the decorative bobs and bits to enjoy this healthy holiday snack…
Healthy Cinnamon Rolls
These healthy cinnamon rolls are packed with all mod the flavor with minimal far. The calorie-packed ingredients have been replaced with healthier options. Less sugar, less fat, more flavor…
Spinach Artichoke Frittata Trees
These individual spinach artichoke frittata trees are filled with two of my favorite greens to eat - spinach and artichoke. The spinach and artichoke can be swapped for any number of healthy greens…
Weight Watchers Mini Pecan Pies
Tuck into your pecan pie guilt-free this Christmas with this weight watchers mini pecan pie recipe. Individual sizes also mean you can control how much you eat…
Fruitcake Cookies
Instead of the traditional, dense Christmas fruitcake, try these chewy fruitcake cookies. They are chockfull of pecans and dried cherries and are much lighter…
Best Coriander-Maple Glazed Carrots Recipe
This dish brings a blaze of color to Christmas lunch or dinner with sweet and spicy rainbow carrots…
Savory Pumpkin and Sage Soup
One of my favorite recipes is carrot and tomato soup. I’m always on the lookout for creamy soup recipes and this pumpkin and sage soup is perfect….
Christmas Rice
This is a dream Christmas recipe for vegans and vegetarians. It’s made with brown basmati and wild rice, and includes a range of other healthy ingredients like green beans and dried cranberries…
The Ultimate Healthy Sweet Potato Pie
This healthy sweet potato pie is just 127 calories per slice but tastes just as rich and creamy as the traditional calorie-heavy version…
Hummus Wreath
Easy and quick to make, this hummus wreath recipe is vegetarian and gluten-free. It’s topped with a healthy dose of parsley for a truly festive look…
Crispy Baked Buffalo Tofu Sticks
Tofu is not everybody’s cup of tea but honestly, with the one this is prepared, you won’t even know you’re eating tofu. It’s crunchy and spicy and a healthy plant-based appetizer too. The dip that goes with it is vegan as well…
Sweet Potato + Avocado Bites
Sweet and delicious come together in this vegan sweet potato and avocado bites recipe. The recipe is finished with slices of tomato and radish sprouts…
Christmas Apple and Peanut Butter Sandwiches
This is a healthy snack made with two ingredients. Tasty, fast, healthy, and festive once you cut out the centers…
Christmas Tree Roll-Ups
These creamy roll-ups are made in the shape of Christmas trees. You don’t have to make it in the Christmas shape to enjoy this healthy recipe…
Chicken Satay Lettuce Wraps
Chicken satay lettuce wraps are tasty and crunchy. It’s full of veggies and tasty rice noodles. You won’t be able to stop eating these once you start but you don’t have to feel too guilty about it…
Roasted Chimichurri Artichokes
Chimichurri sauce is one of my favorite salmon toppings. I can imagine how delicious this artichoke would taste with chimichurri added...
Easy Turkey Noodle Soup
Got some leftover turkey from Thanksgiving? It’s perfect for creating this turkey noodle soup. Carrots, quinoa noodles, and tomatoes also make an appearance in this delicious recipe…
Garlic Parmesan Green Beans
This is a great vegetarian side dish. It uses only 6 ingredients and is ready in as little as 15 minutes too…
Coconut Ginger Carrot Rice
This coconut ginger carrot rice is a great side dish to chicken and turkey dishes. The recipe is low carb, low calorie, gluten-free, vegan, and paleo…
Whole30 Paleo Shepherd's Pie
The traditional shepherd’s pie gets a makeover in this Whole30 paleo version. It’s topped with a sweet potato mash but you can use white potatoes if you like. It’s full of grass-fed beef and nutrient-rich vegetables…
Holiday Meatballs with Cranberry Aioli
This festive recipe is made out of grass-fed beef and the aioli is flavored with cranberry, very good fruit for urinary tract health…
Whole-Roasted Spiced Cauliflower
If you love cauliflower, this whole roasted cauliflower boasts middle eastern flavors - tahini and harissa. It is garnished with the always awesome toasted pine nuts…
Roasted Habanero Carrot Salsa
I love all things salsa and this habanero carrot salsa looks very mouthwatering indeed. The Vitamix Ascent A3300 is used to achieve the smooth creamy texture of this salsa…
If you try any of the healthy holiday recipes in this article, please share them in the comments section.
Happy Holidays!
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