Do you enjoy making cute foods for holidays? I’ve always loved preparing special foods for Christmas to reflect the season, but I was afraid that switching to a real foods diet would rain on my parade of the sugar laden treats I used to make each holiday. This is our last week of the healthy Christmas series and I’ve come across so many amazing ideas to share that are really cute (and healthy) to boot! Some of them need to be adapted a little, and I’ve made suggestions reflecting my ideas on how I’d up the “good stuff” quotient for each one. Hope these ideas are helpful and prove that healthy food can be fun as well :)
These Santa hats would be great made with the whole grain brownies and using real whipped cream instead of icing for the hats.
This is just adorable. Wouldn’t it be cute on a Christmas buffet and it would be a fun project to have the kids help with!
Why didn’t I think of that? Wouldn’t some slow cooker hummus or poppyseed dressing be great with this tree?
This is so cute. You could make it using the whole grain brownies and use sucanat for the sweetener. Whole new mom has a tutorial on how to make your own healthier powdered sugar to use for frosting.
This would be somewhat of a splurge with the alcohol, but who doesn’t enjoy some treats around the holidays? You could use liquid stevia in place of the sugar.
Yum!
Wouldn’t this be an adorable snack for a kiddo?
Aren’t these just adorable? Cream cheese, olives and carrots. So yummy and so cute!
I hope you all enjoy making some of these special treats for/with the little ones in your life! We’re getting ready to start Christmas break here so lots of good times to come. Do you have any special must make recipes for the holidays?
See you soon,
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What a great idea! I feel like there is Junk Food EVERYWHERE! I have a couple of parties coming up and I'm going to use some of your ideas! Thank you! We would also love you to share this at Sixsistersstuff.com on Saturday for our Strut Your Stuff Link Party. Hope to see you there!
Kristen – one of the sisters
It really does seem like junk abounds! Nothing wrong with a few treats at the holiday,but it is nice to have some healthy choices too :)
Such beautiful and healthier ideas! The fruit tree is just gorgeous! Thanks for sharing all!
You're welcome! Hope you have a nice weekend.
Katie
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Oh, the first one is so cute- I won't be able to stop myself to eat them all. They look so yummy and they are such a good size to eat up quickly. Love it!
wow these are great! I love the cheese/cherry tomato one – I think it will be fun making this with my kids!!
Thanks! I think whoever came up with it must be pretty creative!
Katie
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It really is fun to do that stuff with the kiddos! If you come across any other great ideas I'd love to hear them. Hope you all have fun!
Katie
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