If your like me, it’s hard to keep to a healthy eating plan at holiday time. Throughout the years I have come up with some great ideas to keep the success going during these festive celebration times. Don’t be a drag! You can have delicious food minus the sugar, gluten, calories and carbs!
Low Sugar Cranberry Orange Sauce
Ingredients:
1 (12 ounce) bag fresh cranberries
1/2 cup Lankanto monk fruit sweetener (0 sugar, consistency of sugar) or you can use 2/3 cup honey (has more sugar, but healthier than regular sugar)
1 medium navel orange – grate 1- 2 tsp. of zest and 1/4 cup of orange juice
1/8 tsp. cinnamon(or 1 stick) or pumpkin pie spice
Pinch of salt
1 tsp vanilla
Instructions-In a medium saucepan, combine 1/2 cup sweetener, 1/4 cup water, 1/4 cup orange juice, 1 tsp orange zest, vanilla, pinch salt and cinnamon. Bring to a simmer over medium heat, stirring to dissolve the sugar.
Add 12 oz cranberries and bring to a boil. Once boiling, keep at a low heat boil. Cook 10 minutes uncovered, stir. Once cranberries burst, the sauce will begin to thicken.
Taste for sweetness and add more sweetener to taste. Remove from heat and cool to room temperature, it will thicken. Refrigerate until ready to serve.
Tips for Holiday Success
- If you are going to someone’s house for the holiday dinner, bring your healthy option ingredients and dessert to share. I’m sure there will be people that follow a healthy lifestyle that will appreciate these options.
- Get in a good workout before you the event.
- Drink plenty of water.
- Limit the options that are not good choices- such as mashed potatoes, stuffing, bread, high sugar desserts and fried appetizers.
- Load up on the protein such as the turkey and ham and the veggie options such as green beans and salad.
- Limit alcohol to one serving and drink it slowly with the meal, not before it. Food, especially protein helps blood sugar levels.
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