
The Christmas lights already flood the streets of the cities and, one more year, we began to make the list of all the gifts we have to buy, decorations to give a little joy to the house, games to have a good time with the family, the shopping basket to make a special dinner … And, why not, also the occasional Christmas sweet. Have you considered preparing a Christmas menu so as not to get fat?
Thanks to these recipes you will stop feeling bad for skipping the diet or having exceeded with special meals. However, we do not have to deprive ourselves of them; we can enjoy the gastronomy of Christmas like the others and without getting fat.
“Although it is clear that at Christmas we will eat more calories than on a normal day, Christmas menus can also be healthy; you just have to introduce less caloric foods and cook them differently,” says Dr. Dr. José Cordero, medical director of Nectar, Salud en Positivo.
Christmas menu without getting fat
Thus, we can replace the greasy appetizers -based on butter, puff pastries, fried, etc- with seafood, lean sausages, a little Serrano ham (although this is a little fattier), smoked salmon and some light banderillas, cherry tomato type with fresh cheese and fresh basil.
As a main course, it is better to opt for a good fish-based recipe instead of red meat and use accompaniments based on vegetables, boletus, etc., which make the menu just as good but much lighter. The dessert can be a fruit sorbet to degrease and end with a little nougat or a polvorón to accompany the coffee.
And for dessert for Christmas?
At Christmas, dessert is allowed, as long as you keep certain things in mind. Nut sweets can be very healthy because they are rich in healthy omega 3 fats. You can also prepare a delicious nougat mousse. And do not forget the fruit, which will help you do better digestion.