Who says a party has to be jazzy and the food unhealthy!
Time to change the game.
This time when you throw a party, serve super pretty food that is healthy to the core. And see how much your guests enjoy the spread. Healthy and tasty can co-exist.
Use these easy tips to throw a healthy dinner party no one will forget in a hurry!
You serve cups of soup on a rainy evening, because they warm up the insides. But your guests are flummoxed when they have to balance glass and cup in two hands – to sip or to sup?
Serve your guests zero-calorie lemonade – with no artificial additives, they’ll thank you for it.
The mint makes the lemonade taste surprisingly sweet: no one will believe it’s sugar-free!
Get the hang of making 2-3 stellar dips, find a really good vegetable vendor, and you can get away with no cooking and few calories for party snacks.
A selection of bread, toasted roti wedges, cut raw vegetables, and you’re good to go.
Partially hollow a piece of cucumber or carrot for a vol-au-vent shell! Avoid the boiled eggs, and serve ‘boats’ of roasted pepper or small brinjals.
Roast some baby potatoes in their skins till crispy, scoop out the inside with a melon baller, and fill with your favourite panipuri or bhel mixture.
For extra flavour to your chicken tikkas, save the woody stems from the big bunch of pudina you bought to make into chutney. Skewer the tikkas on them directly, leaves and all, for a refreshingly zingy flavour and wow presentation. Also, no seekhs to soak or wash up!
Those semi-baked pizza bases quickly go soggy and are just icky maida (refined flour).
Make your own wholegrain ‘thin crust’ with katori-sized missi rotis cooked on a dry tawa or griddle till brown spots (or stripes) appear.
Here’s a cool twist to kathi rolls, with no added fat:
(Kavita is a nutritionist, weight management consultant and health writer based in Delhi. She is the author of Don’t Diet! 50 Habits of Thin People (Jaico) and Ultimate Grandmother Hacks: 50 Kickass Traditional Habits for a Fitter You (Rupa).)
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