Healthy Super Bowl Recipes – Enjoy Your Favorite Game Day Snacks Guilt-Free!
Puppy Bowl VIII, I mean, Super Bowl XLVI Sunday is upon us! Whether you are cheering for New York or New England (or even if you’re just in it for the commercials) there is one thing that we can all agree on: good snacks are an absolute must.
It may seem like a daunting task to whip up healthy snacks that will satisfy a houseful of hungry football fans, but rest assured, it is possible! We’ve put together this list of healthy Super Bowl recipes that are great alternatives to all of your favorite game day snacks and are guaranteed crowd pleasers!
If you like BBQ wings, try….
If you like French fries, try…
If you like sliders, try…
If you like chili, try…
If you like potato chips, try…
If you like vegetables with ranch dip, try…
Yogurt Dill Dip with Vegetables
If you like hummus, try…
If you like pizza, try…
If you like trail mix, try…
If you like 7 layer dip, try…
If you like artichoke dip, try…
If you like nachos, try…
If you like chips and guacamole, try…
If you like chocolate chip cookies, try…
Peanutty, Chocolately, Coconutty, Popcorny, Sweet and Salty Cookies
If you like brownies, try…
Gluten-Free, Vegan Chocolate Chip Blondies
Now that you’re armed with snacks, you’re all ready to host a healthy Super Bowl for all your favorite football fans!
How To Eat Healthy While Traveling
Samantha Neier, Integrative Nutrition graduate, knows a thing or two about traveling. Not only does she travel to see clients of her Health Coaching business, Faith In Food, her job in sales at Nike also takes her all over the country for meetings and product presentations. Luckily, her Integrative Nutrition education has allowed her to stay healthy on the road. Samantha wrote the following essay with suggestions on how to eat healthy while traveling for a newsletter that recently went out to her co-workers.
Eating Away From Home
There’s no denying that everyone, at one time or another, gets hungry on the road. Who hasn’t had a snack attack, while traveling? When we are removed from our home environment, unable to prepare our own meals, eating nutritious, satisfying food, can be a challenge. As we begin to travel more in the summer, it is not common to find ourselves reaching for fast foods that are highly processed and nutrient poor.
Healthy Snacking
As much as we would like to eat only when we’re hungry, sometimes we eat just because the food is there. Sometimes you tell yourself that you’re only going to have one cookie and then before you know it all of the cookies in the cookie jar are gone. Susan Roberts PhD, author of The Instinct Diet, refers to this as the "availability instinct." She says, "having food readily available can trigger hormonal and nervous system activity that makes us hungry—even if we’ve just finished a fancy five-course dinner." She goes on to say that often we’ll overeat even if something doesn’t taste good. Can you relate to this feeling?
Even though many of us may be susceptible to this "availability instinct" there are ways to change this behavior so it does not hurt your health.
Stay hydrated. Oftentimes when we feel the need to snack and snack and snack some more it is because we are thirsty. Before you look to the pantry or refrigerator for comfort drink a tall glass of water.
Relax. Unhealthy eating often happens when we’re stressed out or rushing from one event to another. Sit down and take a minute to do some deep breathing exercises.
Keep fruits and vegetables on hand. If you keep the healthier snack alternatives on the counter you will be less likely to rummage the kitchen for chips or cookies.
Chew. This is an important practice that many Americans forget to do nowadays. When you pick out the snack to eat, sit down and chew. What does it taste like? How does it feel in your mouth?
Of course every now and then you are going to want that cookie or some chips. It’s only natural. But if you are able to apply these steps to your daily routine you will find that snacking can be an enjoyable experience that does contribute to your health.
