Holiday Hacks: Low Calorie Holiday Recipes & Meals Under 150 calories

Having disordered eating is never fun around the holidays! The pressure to over eat is enormous- and this pressure truly applies to everyone. Here are some safe Holiday Hacks. I hope they help you ejoy your holiday season!

Holiday Breakfast

Festive Feast Meal

2 egg whites - 34 calories

2 turkey sausages- 40 calories

1 cup sliced strawberries- 35 calories 

Christmas Pancakes 

•   3/4 cups cake flour- 110 calories

•   1.5 tsp baking powder- 0 calories

•   .5 tsp salt- 0 calories 

•   1/2 cup nonfat milk- 43 calories

•   2 egg whites - 34 calories

187 calories/ 7 servings = 26.7 calories per pancake

Directions:

Pre heat a non stick on medium heat. Beat the egg whites until stiff peaks begin to form (do not over beat). In another bowl, add milk to flour and salt. Mix until smooth. Then add baking powder (to flour, milkd and salt) mix mor. Fold in beaten egg whites. Pour mixture into a the heated nonstick pan and flip once. Wait until pancakes turn golden brown before eating. 

Pancake Toppings


Microwaved frozen blueberries: 

-1/4 cup - 20 calories

- when microwaved the blueberries break down and create an sweet amazing sauce

- sprinkle a bit of stevia or splenda to sweeten and thicken it


Total: 20 calories


Fresh Strawberries & Cool Whip 

- 1 cup fresh sliced strawberries- 35 calories

- 2 tbsp cool whip - 15 calories


Total: 50 calories


Sugar free Cinnamon Maple Syrup

- 1 tspn cinnamon

- 1/4 cup maple syrup - 30 calories


Total: 30 calories

Holiday Dinner

Goat Cheese and Apple Canapes

Ingredients 

•   1/4 cup crumbled goat cheese - 80 calories

•   1 tablespoon honey - 64 calories

•   1 large red apple, cored and cut into 24 thin slices - 65 calories

•   24 watercress leaves - 0

•   Sprinkle of pepper- 0


 In a small bowl, mix goat cheese and honey. Spread half of a teaspoon of the mixture onto each apple slice and place a watercress leaf on top. Sprinkle with pepper

total: 45 calories, recipes makes 6 servings

Healthy Veggie Baked

•   2 cup raw green beans -61

•   1 cup green squash - 20 calories

•   1 cup cherry tomatoes - 27 calories

•   1/4 cup chopped carrots- 13 calories

•   1 tsp oil oil, spray - 33 calories

•   3 springs rosemary - 0 calories

•   1 tspn salt- 0 calories

•   1 sprinkle of pepper -0 calories

Directions:

Preheat oven at 350. Mix all veggies together. Coat with oil and spices. Bake on in a roasting pan for 20 minutes or until veggies are tender. 

Calories per serving: 40 (recipe makes 4 servings)

Very Low Calorie Cranberry Sauce

•   1 cup cranberries- 40 calories

•   .5 cup water- 0 calories

•   1/8 cup Stevia - 0 calories

•   1 tsp cinnamon- 0 calories

•   1 sprinkle of clove- 0 calories

Directions:

Mix all ingredient together in a small sauce pot and cook on medium-high. Let it boil. As the water boils, the cranberries will begin to pop and breakdown. Let the mix reduce until it is a sauce consistency. 

Serving size is 2 tbsp = 10 calories 

Holiday Desserts

Baked Pears

•   2 pears cut in half (vertically) and cored - 160 calories

•   2 tspn chopped pecans - 48 calories 

•   1 tsp brown sugar -  15 calories

•   1 tbspn sugar free maple syrup - 12 calories

•   1/4 tsp cinnamon- 0 calories

•   Sprinkle of salt- 0 calories 

•   2 tsp raisins- 22 calories

Directions:

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Mix: sugar, cinnamon, syrup, rasins and salt in a bowl. Then fill the halved pears with mixture. Sprinkle on the pecans. Bake for 20-30 minutes or until pears are soft. 

1 serving (half a pear) = 64 calories

Very Low Calorie Chocolate Pudding 

•   1/4 cup dutch process cocoa - 47 calories

•   1/3 cup Splenda granular (sugar substitute) - 0 calories

•   2 tablespoons cornstarch- 60 calories

•   1/8 teaspoon salt - 0 calories 

•   2 cups nonfat milk - 160 calories 

•   1 teaspoon vanilla extract - 0 calories

Directions:

Mix dry ingredients together in a medium saucepan. Slowly add 1 cup milk and whisk until well blended. Heat up on stove, medium high. Then add the 2nd cup of milk. Stir until it comes to a boil. Boil for 1 minute, or until thickened. Keep stirring until it comes to a boil. Add in the vanilla extract. 

Divide into 4 portions and cool

Total 67 calories

Low Calorie Eggnog 

•   1 1/2 cups skim milk

•   1/2 cup fat-free half-and-half

•   1/2 cup pasteurized egg substitute

•   1 tsp vanilla

•   1 packet artificial sweetener

•   1.5 oz brandy or rum

Combine all ingredients mix well, chill and serve. 

Per serving (virgin style): 64 calories 

Calories with alcohol: 124 calories

recipe makes 4 servings.