Healthy Holiday Recipes - Appetizers!

December 12th, 2007

This holiday season maintain your healthy lifestyle by preparing tasty and classic foods that are light and healthy too.  Since it just wouldn’t feel like the holidays without all the traditional items, the following recipes will show you how to modify your favorites so you can enjoy all the great taste with none of the guilt.  There’s no reason this time of year can’t be fun and healthy!

This Holiday Recipe special comes straight from this month’s newsletter.  Stay tuned tomorrow for the another great holiday recipe!!

Spinach Artichoke Dip
Serves: 6  Serving Size: 1/2 cup  Calories: 120  Fat: 3 grams

10 cups   Spinach, trimmed, fresh
2 cups     Artichokes, quartered
4 oz.        Fat free cream cheese
1/2 cup   Parmesan cheese
1/2 cup   Shallots, diced or white onions
2 tsp       Garlic, fresh, minced
1/2 cup   Skim milk
To taste   Sea salt

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. 

Heat up large saute pan with non-stick cooking spray.  Saute shallots and garlic.  Add cleaned spinach, artichokes, cream cheese, skim milk and salt.  Mix well with wire whisk or rubber spatula.

Place mixture in small casserole dish and top with parmesan cheese.  Bake until parmesan has a golden color.

Serve warm with pita chips.

Enjoy!  Next up….Soups!

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