Healthier Holiday Recipes

We all love to splurge on special occasions but hate to pay the price. With these Healthier Holiday Recipes you can indulge your taste buds without completely sacrificing your health!

I won’t lie. When it comes to eating healthy many of my favorite holiday foods are a total train wreck. Am I going to give up on all of them and stick to a diet that’s completely good for me? Not likely!

What I can do, though, is strive for progress, not perfection. Using the recipes below makes it a whole lot easier. Some are lightened up versions of traditional favorites. Others are less traditional but so delicious you certainly won’t be giving up any taste bud satisfaction.

You don’t have to change your entire holiday menu. Substitute just a few of these healthier dishes and you’ve done you and your guests a huge favor. You may even discover some healthier new favorites!

Appetizers

1. Wild Salmon Spread, Patagonia Provisions
2. Heart Healthy Maple Spiced Pecans, American Heart Association
3. Easy Christmas Crostini, Wendy’s Way to Health
4. 5-Ingredient Buffalo Chicken Baked Hummus Dip, Lexi’s Clean Kitchen
5. Crispy Oven Fried Garlic Mushrooms, Beauty and the Foodie
6. Sweet Potato Guacamole Bites, Gastronom
7. Healthy Cheese Stuffed Dates Wrapped in Prosciutto, Vikalinka
8. Chickpea Salad Boats, Cooking Light
9. Crudite Platter Wreath, Feel Good Foodie
10. Creamy Avocado Yogurt Dip with Rainbow Vegetable Skewers, The Palm

Entreés

1. Herb Roasted Turkey, Healthy Seasonal Recipes
2. Golden Apricot-Glazed Turkey Breast, Taste of Home
3. Orange Cranberry Roasted Chicken, Lexi’s Clean Kitchen
4. One Pan Cranberry Balsamic Roasted Chicken, Cotter Crunch
5. Cranberry Glazed Pork Tenderloin, Menu Musings of a Modern American Mom
6. Herb Garden Turkey Breast, Fed & Fit
7. Slow Cooker Ham – Low Carb / Keto, Life Made Sweeter
8. Grilled Turkey Tenderloin with Brown Sugar and Whole Grain Mustard, A Farm Girl’s Dabbles
9. Roasted Salmon with Crispy Potatoes and Broccoli, Good Housekeeping
10. Pork Roast Stuffed with Roasted Red Peppers, Feta, and Spinach, Linger

Salads

1. Christmas Fruit Salad, Like Mother Like Daughter
2. Holiday Rice Salad, Taste of Home
3. Roasted Pear, Walnut and Kale Salad, Tasting Page
4. Winter Salad with Citrus Vinaigrette, The Seasoned Mom
5. Apple Walnut Quinoa Salad, Two Peas & Their Pod
6. Broccoli Cashew Salad with Apples, Pears, and Cranberries, Julia’s Album
7. Spinach Apple Salad with Honey Balsamic Vinaigrette, Erhardt’s Eat
8. Roasted Vegetable Salad, Choosing Balance
9. Winter Kale and Quinoa Salad, Eat Yourself Skinny
10. Avocado Orange Salad with Lemon Dressing, Joyous Aprom

Side Dishes

1. Honey Roasted Butternut Squash with Cranberries and Feta, Peas and Crayons
2. Green Bean Casserole – Slimmed, Food Network
3. Green Beans Almondine, A Beautiful Plate
4. Healthy Mac and Cheese, Pinch of Yum
5. Keto Easy Cauliflower Mac and Cheese, kasey Trenum
6. Mom’s Apple Cornbread Stuffing, Taste of Home
7. Baked Sweet Potatoes with Pomegranate, Good Life Eats
8. Crack Carrots, Swanky Recipes
9. Low Carb Holiday Stuffing (Grain Free), The Healthy Home Economist
10. Easy Holiday Roasted Vegetables with Pecans and Cranberries, Not Enough Cinnamon
11. Low-Sugar Cranberry Sauce with Apple, Not Enough Cinnamon
12. Low-Carb Cauliflower Creamed Spinach, Living Chirpy
13. Sweet & Spicy Roasted Squash, Fit Mitten Kitchen
14. Sweet Potato Casserole with Pecan Oat Crumble, Fit Mitten Kitchen
15. Roasted Apple Cinnamon Sweet Potatoes, SkinnyMs
16. Low Carb Mushroom & Spinach Cauliflower Rice, Stylish Cravings
17. Maple Roasted Beets and Carrots, Salt & Lavender
18. California Blend Roasted Vegetables with Parmesan Bread Crumbs, Delicious Little Bites
19. Sneaky Mashed Potatoes with Hidden Cauliflower, The Chic Life
20. The Best Brussels Sprouts and Mushrooms Recipe, Sweet C’s

Bread & Rolls

1. Honey-Oat Pan Rolls, Taste of Home
2. Soft Whole-Wheat Dinner Rolls, EatingWell
3. Healthy Multigrain Dinner Rolls, Archana’s Kitchen
4. Whole Grain Cornbread, My Recipes
5. The Ultimate Healthy Cornbread Muffins, Amy’s Healthy Baking
6. Grandma’s Whole Wheat Sunflower Honey Oatmeal Bread, Amabitious Kitchen
7. Best Healthy Soft Seedy Sandwich Bread, Ambitious Kitchen
8. Keto Garlic Rolls, Kirbie’s Cravings
9. Whole Grain Spelt Bread with Flax and Sesame, Leelalicious
10. 5-Ingredient Cloud Bread, My Natural Family

Desserts

1. Coconut Cream Pie, Cooking Light
2. Sugar Cut-Out Cookies, Eating Well
3. Cranberry & Pistachio Chocolate Bark, Love & Lemons
4. No Bake Coconut Balls (1G Net Carbs), Sweet As Honey
5. Healthy No-Bake Gingerbread Cookie Dough Bites, The Loopy Whisk
6. Chocolate Coconut Dipped Satsumas, My Fussy Eater
7. Skinny Cranberry Coconut Bread, Skinny Fitalicious
8. Healthy Coconut Pineapple Bread, Skinny Fitalicious
9. Healthy Pumpkin Pie Bars, Shuangy’s Kitchen Sink
10. Healthy Dessert Pizza with Fruit & Light Whipped Topping, Simply Taralynn

Substitutions and Tips for Cooking Healthier

1. Healthy Holiday Recipe Ingredient Baking Swaps, He & She Eat Clean
2. Clean Eating Tips for Beginners, The Best of Life
3. 9 Healthy Food Swaps to Help You Ditch Processed Food, Live Simply
4. Natural Sugar Substitutes, Running on Real Food
5. Clean Eating Baking Add Ins, Sunkissed Kitchen
6. 20 Healthy Ingredient Swaps, The Bewitchin Kitchen
7. 10 Healthy Alternatives For Everyday Recipes, Swift Wellness
8. Five Easy Portion Control Hacks (And An Easy Way To Measure), The Healthy Kitchen Shop
9. How to Cook Healthier Rice, The Healthy Kitchen Shop
10. How to Make Cauliflower Rice, Premeditated Leftovers

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