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Let’s Eat
Holiday Recipe Collections
Finding Joy During This Season
The next several weeks are some of the most delicious of the year. Grand feasts featuring roast turkey with creamymashed potatoes. Dessert buffets loaded with beautifully decorated cookies and luscious pies. Cocktail parties with bubbly beverages and charcuterie boards.EatingWellhas all of the recipes you need—from appetizers to desserts, and everything in between. The recipes showcased here are all mindful of carbohydrates, saturated fat and sodium so you can feel your best this holiday season while taking care of your diabetes. Plus they’re some of our most popular recipes, so you can feel good about serving them to your friends and family.Apple Pie in an Applewill definitely make a statement on the dessert table!
But the holiday season is about more than just what you eat; it’s how you feel, too. Starting your morning off with movement you truly enjoy doing, rather than something you feel like you “should” do, can have benefits that last the whole day. And the idea of practicing gratitude over the holidays is something you may want to consider doing year-round: Research shows it can help lower both blood pressure and blood sugar levels.
Here’s to delicious eats and good health!
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Anthony Anderson is an award-winning actor, producer and comedian, best known for his roles inBlack-ish, The DepartedandTransformers. For almost as many years as he’s been in the spotlight, he’s been living a healthy life with diabetes, thanks to a balanced approach to eating and exercise. In an exclusive interview withEatingWell,Anderson discusseshow he keeps his blood sugar stable, both during the holidays and year-round.
Read More:Anthony Anderson Shares How He Celebrates the Holiday Season While Managing His Type 2 Diabetes
Anthony’s Favorite Holiday Recipes
Photographer: Fred Hardy, Food Stylist: Chelesa Zimmer, Prop Stylist: Christine Keely
Anderson shared two of his favorite holiday recipes from his own kitchen with us—One-Pot Buffalo Chicken Mac & CheeseandSweet Potato Home Fries with Cranberry-Hazelnut Crumble. We hope you love them as much as we do!
Andrew Scrivani
Prosciutto-Wrapped Pineapple Bites
These sweet-and-salty one-bite appetizers are perfect for any gathering. We think they taste best made with fresh pineapple, but you can use canned chunks instead.
Burreson
3-Ingredient Cranberry-Brie Bites
If you like baked Brie, you’ll love pretty little bites made with tart cranberry sauce and creamy Brie. Using pre-made pie crust makes this crowd-pleasing appetizer even easier to prepare.
Sonia Bozzo
Maple Roasted Sweet Potatoes
Sweet potatoes tossed with maple syrup, butter and lemon juice and roasted until tender and golden brown result in a side dish that goes with practically everything. Though sweet potatoes are higher in carbs than some other vegetables, they’re packed with fiber, which slows down the absorption of sugar, helping prevent significant blood sugar spikes.
Roasted Beet Salad
The genius of this gorgeous salad is roasting garlic cloves alongside the beets to make a super-flavorful dressing for a side dish that contrasts nicely with rich dishes like roast turkey.
Adam Albright
Apple Pie in an Apple
Get ready for oohs and aahs when you set these adorable “pies” on your dessert table! Baking apple pie filling in hollowed-out apples, instead of in pie crust, yields a lighter, sweet treat you’ll want to dig into after a celebratory meal.
BRIE PASSANO
Peppermint Chocolate Tart
If you always reach for the chocolate dessert, this one’s for you. Plus, it’s lower in added sugar than other chocolate tarts! A sprinkle of crushed peppermint candy gives it a festive look.
Need to plan an entire menu? Asked to bring something specific? These recipe collections feature everything from classics like herb-roasted turkey and mashed potatoes to spiced butternut squash soup and pear rose tarts.
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For some, the holidays bring a wonderful opportunity to spend quality time with our loved ones, spark meaningful conversations and make way for lots of laughter. For others, it’s more complicated. Regardless of which category you fall into, you could likely benefit from practicing gratitude. Research actually shows that practicing gratitude can positively impact our overall health—from reducing blood pressure and stress levels to increasing our feel-good hormones, serotonin and dopamine. This holiday season (and every day), we invite you to acknowledge at least one thing that you’re grateful for.
Read More:Practicing Gratitude Is Linked to Happiness and Better Health, According to Experts
Food-focused traditions this time of year can bring their own set of challenges, especially if you have diabetes. You want to be able to enjoy your favorite holiday dishesandfeel good afterward. You absolutely can! Keep a few practical tips top of mind, like stashing healthy snacks you can nosh on andnotskipping meals ahead of the big feast.
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Visuals & Design:Cassie Basford (visuals editor); Maria Emmighausen (art director)
Special Thanks:Penelope Wall; Victoria Seaver, M.S., RD; Sophie Johnson; Alysia Bebel; Anne Treadwell; Dillon Evans; Sadie Schulte; Allison Little; Riley Steffen; and the entire staff ofEatingWell.
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