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Staying on track at Spring Parties

13 HEALTHY APPETIZERS TO MAKE AND SHARE

Article by Emily Mobley

Photography by Amanda Donaho

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Today I want to share 13 Appetizer ideas to help you stay on track during your Spring events! 

A lot of times the food we eat at events are high in calories due to being high in unhealthy fat and carbs (think - lots of processed food). Therefore, we want to try to balance this out with more protein and lower calorie food items as much as we can! Below is a list of appetizers you can bring to your Spring events. This will help you stay on track and provide something nutritious and delicious for your guests or hosts.  

13 HEALTHIER APPETIZER RECIPES:

Bacon wrapped Chicken Bites- Mels Kitchen Cafe Bacon Wrapped Chicken Bites

Popcorn (For ex: Skinny Pop)- low calorie and high fiber… you can eat a lot for a little. You can also spice it up with these different seasonings: Live Eat Learn Easy Homemade Popcorn Seasonings

Chili Garlic Edamame- Profusion Curry Chili Garlic Edamame

Veggies with a Greek Yogurt Dip- Robust Recipes Healthy Greek Yogurt Dill Dip

Fruit with a Greek Yogurt Dip- Sweet Peas and Saffron Greek Yogurt Fruit Dip

Deviled Eggs- Paleo Scaleo Quick and Easy Deviled Eggs

Healthier Version of A Buffalo Chicken Dip w/ Celery- Keto Connect Easy Buffalo Chicken Dip *I would use Bolthouse Greek Yogurt Blue cheese dressing and a Greek yogurt cream cheese. 

Turkey Meatballs - A Healthy Life For Me Turkey Meatballs

Antipasta Skewers- Homemade Interest Antipasta Skewers

Caprese Skewers- Dinner at the Zoo Caprese Skewers

Italian Sub Roll Ups- Hip2Keto Italian Sub Roll Ups

Chicken Lettuce Wraps- One Lovely Life Chicken Lettuce Wraps 

Pickle Roll ups: Pip and Ebby Pickle Roll Ups

I also want to remind you that one day off does not make you gain fat, just like one day of progress alone doesn't make you lose fat. This only happens due to inconsistencies before and after these moments! Try your best to stay on track >80% of the time and give yourself a little grace on those other days!

Let me know if you try the recipes above and what some of your favorites were!! Take a picture and tag me on Instagram @GrayNutrition

-Emily 


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