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CONTENTS 8 Healthy Alternatives We're helping you ease into that New Year's Resolution.

17 Perfect Salad

Perfect your salad with items you've never thought of before.

29 Desserts

Tasty healthy treats without the calorie worries.

32 Helping Hands

We're lending a hand to help you better understand food portion control.

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Many of us find the fresh beginning of each new year to be a perfect opportunity to make more nutritious, healthy choices.

It can be challenging to know where to begin, but this issue of Gatherings Magazine takes a look at a few common weak spots, and offers easy solutions that enable you to make healthier choices.

Our Healthy Alternatives section provides recipes for common dishes, prepared in a more health-conscious way. Take a look at the tasty Desserts section to find recipes that will satisfy your sweet tooth, but won't leave you with the normal post-dessert guilt. Plus, we've included a handy Perfect Salad guide, which can help you create a tasty, wholesome meal that enriches your diet with veggies, fruits, and protein.

Your 2017 guideline for finding joy in eating and becoming a Healthier You: 1. Stick to a schedule: Develop a meal and snack routine that works for you! This ensures that you go to meals hungry not starved.

2. Find joy in healthy eating: Include food you truly enjoy and incorporate fruits, vegetables, whole grains, low-fat dairy and lean proteins because you enjoy them not because you have to eat them.

3. Take time and pay attention to your food: Taste it and enjoy it!

4. Balance: Incorporate both nutrient dense foods as well as “forbidden foods” in your meals and snacks.

5. Get healthy together: Getting healthier with friends, family members or even with

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Healthy Alternatives

mashed cauliflower

YIELD: 4 servings PREP TIME: 10 mins COOK TIME: 7 mins

ingredients:

1 head of cauliflower, cut into florets 2 tbsp vegan butter or margarine 1 clove of garlic, minced or grated Salt and pepper 2 tbsp fresh chopped chives

directions:

1. Bring a large pot of water to a boil; add cauliflower florets. Boil for about 6 minutes or until soft. Once cauliflower is finished cooking, drain well, and pat between several layers of paper towels until very dry.

2. Place dried cauliflower in a large mixing bowl. Add in vegan butter or margarine and garlic. With a blender or potato masher, combine until creamy.

3. Season with salt and pepper to taste and sprinkle with fresh chives.

mashed cauliflower vs. mashed potatoes • When boiled, potatoes are higher in calories than cauliflower. Mashed potatoes contain 134 calories, while mashed cauliflower contains just 28 calories.

• Boiled cauliflower contains 55 mg of vitamin C in each 1-cup serving, while boiled potatoes contain just 11.6 mg.

• Pureed cauliflower provides both folate and vitamin K. These nutrients are not present in significant amounts in pureed potatoes.

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squash & meatballs

baked sweet potato chips

YIELD: 4 servings PREP TIME: 20 mins COOK TIME: 3 hrs 20 mins

YIELD: 8-10 servings PREP TIME: 10 mins COOK TIME: 20 mins

ingredients:

2 tbsp olive oil 1 medium spaghetti squash 1 ½ cups crushed tomatoes ½ tsp salt ½ tsp garlic powder ¼ tsp pepper ¼ tsp dried oregano 16 turkey meatballs 2 tbsp butter or olive oil Additional salt and pepper to taste

directions:

1. Preheat oven to 375° F. Wash the outside of the squash. Cut the squash in half lengthwise and use a spoon to scoop out and discard seeds from the middle of each half. Brush the inside of each half with olive oil, and place cut-side down on a baking sheet.

2. Roast in preheated oven until tender, 35-50 minutes. Remove from oven and allow to cool before handling. Scrape cut side of squash with a fork to remove strands.

3. In a processor or blender, combine tomatoes, salt, garlic powder, pepper, and oregano. Puree until smooth.

4. Pour sauce mixture into a medium saucepan and bring to a simmer. Continue to simmer for ten minutes.

5. Cook turkey meatballs according to package instructions.

6. To plate, layer spaghetti squash, meatballs, and sauce.

ingredients: spaghetti squash & meatballs vs. spaghetti & meatballs • Spaghetti pasta has almost six times as many calories as spaghetti squash.

• Spaghetti pasta has more than four times as many carbohydrates as spaghetti squash.

• Pasta doesn't have any vitamin C or vitamin A, while spaghetti squash has 4% of the recommended daily intake of these antioxidants.

• Squash contains antioxidants that protect your eyes from age-related diseases.

1 ½ lbs sweet potatoes 3 cup olive oil Kosher Salt

directions:

1. Preheat the oven to 400º F. Line several baking sheets with parchment paper and set aside. Use a mandolin slicer to cut the sweet potatoes into paper-thin rounds. You can use a knife to do this, but it takes much longer.

2. Pile all the sweet potato rounds into a large bowl and pour the olive oil over the top. Gently toss to coat every piece with oil. Then lay the sweet potato rounds out on the baking sheets in a single layer.

3. Sprinkle the chips lightly with Kosher Salt. Bake for 20-25 minutes until crisp and golden around the edges. Remove from the oven and cool for 5 minutes on the baking sheets. Then move the chips to a bowl, or plastic bag to store.

If you happen to find a few chips with soft centers, pop them back in the oven for about 5 minutes. baked sweet potato chips vs. potato chips • Baked sweet potato chips are low in saturated fat, and very low in cholesterol and sodium.

• Baked sweet potato chips are a very good source of vitamin A.

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1. Be Creative - Rethink your definition of “salad.” Salad doesn’t have to mean a green leafy base. Think fruits, veggies, and other alternatives.

2. Contrast Textures - Crunchy and soft. Salty and sweet. Spicy and mild. Salt and pepper. Get the idea? Think combinations of opposites.

3. Combine Protein and Fiber - Carrots and zucchini contain soluble fiber helping you feel full. Add a protein like chicken or steak for maintaining muscle.

4. Combine Raw and Cooked Foods - Include steamed, saúted or even grilled items to add variety.

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Start with a Base, or choose to combine two or three Bases. Add a Crunchy element, a Soft element, and an Unexpected element.

For more ideas, see our 5 Tips for Perfecting Salad below!

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Desserts

Guilt-Free Desserts

Desserts are often the first food to go when you're attempting a healthy diet change. But cravings for sweets can sabotage your efforts. Try these sweet but health-conscious desserts to satisfy that sweet tooth!

Vegan Chocolate Cupcakes

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Ingredients:

For the cupcakes: 1 cup unsweetened almond milk 1 tsp apple cider vinegar ¾ cup granulated sugar cup canola oil 1 ½ tsp vanilla extract 1 cup white whole-wheat flour cup unsweetened cocoa powder ¾ tsp baking soda ½ tsp baking powder ¼ tsp sea salt

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Yogurt Bark Ingredients:

Yogurt (we used honey Greek Yogurt) Fresh strawberries, sliced

Directions:

1. Line a flat 8"x8" baking dish with parchment paper and spread evenly with yogurt, about ½ an inch.

2. Sprinkle with sliced strawberries.

3. Freeze for about 4 hours until completely frozen. Remove frozen yogurt from the pan and peel off the parchment paper.

Break into pieces.

For the frosting: 2 ripe avocados ¼ cup unsweetened cocoa powder 3 tsp maple syrup ½ tsp vanilla extract

Directions:

1. Preheat oven to 350° F. Line a muffin tin with 12 paper or silicone cups.

2. Whisk together the almond milk and apple cider vinegar, and set aside for a few minutes until milk curdles.

3. Beat in the sugar, oil, and vanilla until foamy.

4. In a separate bowl, combine flour, cocoa powder, baking soda, baking powder, and salt. Slowly beat the dry ingredients into the wet until smooth. Divide the batter evenly between the 12 cupcakes.

5. Bake for 18-25 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted comes out clean. Remove from the oven, and after a few minutes, move cupcakes to a cooling rack.

6. While the cupcakes bake, make the frosting. Scoop out the avocado flesh, and place in a food processor.

Add the cocoa powder, maple syrup, and vanilla, and puree until smooth.

7. Frost the cooled cupcakes, and enjoy!

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Oat Cookies

Ingredients:

2 bananas ½ tsp cinnamon Raisins (handful) 1 cup quick oats

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Directions:

1. Mash 2 ripe bananas in a bowl, and then mix in 1 cup of quick oats and a handful of raisins. Don't add too many raisins or the cookies will fall apart.

2. Place about 16 small scoops on a greased or non-stick foiled lined baking sheet, and bake at 350° F for about 15 minutes.

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NO BINDERS. NO FILLERS. JUST PURE FLAVOR. Price Chopper’s full array of premium deli meats and cheeses are far more than just sandwich ingredients. They’re carefully selected tender whole cuts oven roasted and seasoned with fine spices.

All are 100% gluten free and contain zero nitrites, transfats or MSG. Look for the American Heart Association logo for options certified to be especially low in fat, sodium and cholesterol.

Visit mypricechopper.com to find recipes that are sure to satisfy the whole family.

MAKE THE DELICIOUS, NUTRITIOUS CHOICE. When you see American Heart Association Certification you know: • • • • • • •

Less than 5g Total Fat Less than 2g Saturated Fat Less than 0.5 Trans Fat Less than 95 mg Cholesterol Less than 480 mg Sodium 0% or more of the Daily Value of 1 of 6 nutrients Plus low in fat, no-trans fats, no MSG and gluten-free