Low Fat Christmas Recipes

Christmas recipes are made to delight everyone in the family. So, if even one of the family members is not able to enjoy the plate of yummy food then the whole family will feel sad for him or her. Today, due to many new diseases people avoid many types of food. Doctors suggest their patients to have sugar free diet or oil free food. This makes them feel sad. People are often told to have oil free food even if they have no disease or any other health problem. However, do you know that you can still enjoy delicious food without sacrificing your diet regime if you have low fat Christmas recipes with you.

Obesity is a rapidly growing problem in the world. To avoid it people are forewarned that they must avoid oily food. It may be possible to avoid such food on normal days but during Christmas when everyone else is enjoying it, you cannot hold yourself back. This will not be good even for the rest of the family members because they cannot let their loved one to stay sad on such a jolly occasion. To make them joyful you need low fat Christmas recipes.

So, to make them happy this Christmas by offering them luscious food read these low fat Christmas recipes and enjoy Christmas along with them:

1. Low Fat Gingerbread Cookies Recipe

These cookies have little fat but taste yummier than the oily ones.

• Ingredients:
  • 3 cups all-purpose flour
  • 1/3 cup dark molasses
  • 3/4 cup firmly packed brown sugar
  • 1/4 cup butter, softened
  • 1/4 tsp ground cloves
  • 1/2 tsp allspice
  • 1 egg
  • 2 tsp ground ginger
  • 1/2 cup unsweetened applesauce
  • 1 tsp ground cinnamon
  • 1 tsp baking soda

• Method:
  • Take a bowl and add in it sugar, butter and applesauce and mix well until it gets smooth.
  • Then add egg and molasses in it and blend well.
  • Prepare a mixture thick enough to form dough and then divide it into two parts.
  • Cover it in a plastic and let it chill for two hours.
  • Next pre heat the oven at 350 degrees.
  • Roll the dough and cut it in the form of gingerbread man with a cookie cutter.
  • You can use candies and raisins to garnish the gingerbread man. This will make the cookie even tastier.
  • Now bake these cookies for ten to twelve minutes.
  • Now decorate it with frosting or icing sugar.

• Tip:
  • The butter used here in this recipe is half the amount used in the normal Christmas cookies
  • Applesauce is used to retain the moisture in them and give a soft texture.

2. Winter Fruit Salad Recipe:

This fruit salad is a good option for all those who want oil free food for Christmas. It is a light dessert and yummy to taste. This dish is healthy and delicious.

• Ingredients
  • 2 Blood Oranges
  • 1 Yellow Grapefruit
  • 1 Pomegranate
  • 2 Star Fruit
  • 1 Pink Grapefruit
  • 2 Navel Oranges

• Method
  • To prepare this colorful fruit salad, first cut all the fruits in the desired shape, remove all the seeds and peel off the skin.
  • Now take a bowl and arrange star fruit and orange slices.
  • Arrange them one after another in circles.
  • Now sprinkle pomegranate seeds on top of them randomly.
  • Now keep this bowl in the refrigerator to chill.
  • Remove it when you sit for dinner and please your family members.

• Tip:
  • If you do not find these fruits then you can also use the fruits of your desire.

These two low fat Christmas recipes will definitely taste yummy to everyone's palate and make their Christmas special.