Eve: diet does not spoil the party!

Eat light and festive, is totally incompatible? No, of course, diet can also rhyme with fine dining ...

Eat light and festive, it's possible

The art of cooking healthy and light for parties based primarily on common sense and control of quantities. Some tips for not waking up tomorrow with the feast of a hangover when the impartial verdict balance ?? ...

During the holidays: the aperitif trap

Forget the chips, peanuts, sausages, Chinese donuts ?? that encourage your guests to drink more than necessary and that the calorimeter quickly explode!

Think, for example, to a more sophisticated cuisine, with blinis or crackers topped with fresh cheese and shrimp, smoked salmon, tapenade, anchovy paste, and even a bit of foie gras.

Combinations vegetables / fruit / cheese or ham also join the business with pleasure.

Finally, lumpfish eggs (the "fake" caviar) add a touch "chic and cheap" calories less. Be imaginative!

And for the "inevitable" welcome drink, better opt for a glass of champagne or other sparkling, preferably "dry" and flee the sugar alcohol associations, which quickly rise to the head, especially on an empty stomach!

Avoid difficult digestion festive aftermath

Keep in mind that the dishes based on fish and seafood are always less calories and more digestible if they are not drowned in sauce.

Just think, in entry, mousses, terrines, carpaccio, smoked fish and of course, to shellfish! They are very low in fat but they finally appear not very often on the menu. So, needless to miss, even if you have cholesterol problems.

You can then continue your momentum by offering fish main course. Accompany him in this case a good serving of vegetables, sauces and rationnez opt for a starchy, if possible not fried (potatoes shirt, tagliatelle ...).

For the holidays, you fold on game

Obviously, the meat has a place in the party. However, prefer poultry (turkey, turkey, quail, duck ??) and pieces "noble", usually leaner, but avoid eating the skin.

And again, lighten your sauces!

Deer, wild boar, duck, pheasant, hare or deer are interesting compared to animals from breeding: less sedentary, they are therefore less fat.

Do not overlook exotic meats (bison, ostrich, crocodile, antelope ??), which have many dietary strengths and curious delight gourmets. However, be sure to be able to experiment with your guests ?? ...

To conclude in beauty

If the meal is copious, the cheese plate can come exacerbate the lipid and energy bill. As much knowledge as you prepare dessert!

Preparations lighter fruit are very refined: exotic fruit salads, fruit soups with spices, assorted sorbets (devoid of fat, unlike the ice) will end the meal on a light note ...