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Healthy Christmas Recipes

The Christmas season delights us all with its traditional recipes and sweets! This makes our task of resisting the temptations present on the Christmas dinner table quite difficult. 

With that in mind that we decided to bring you here some recipe suggestions so you can have a more fit and balanced Christmas, where you can enjoy the typical recipes with a little twist.

Healthy recipes for a Christmas without exaggeration:

Christmas is synonymous with sweets, and as a consequence, a lot of calories. So check out these simple candy recipes for a more fit Christmas.

Arroz doce proteico: 

Ingredients: 

– 50g raw basmati rice

– Low-fat milk/vegetable drink

– 30g vanilla whey protein

– 1 tbsp cornflour

– 1 egg

– 1 cinnamon stick

– Lemon zest

– Vanilla essence/flavour drops

Preparation:

  1. Start by cooking the rice in the milk/vegetable drink (double the amount of rice) along with the cinnamon stick and lemon zest. Once cooked, remove the cinnamon stick and lemon zest.
  2. In a small saucepan, add the protein, flour, egg, vanilla essence and qd water. Stir all ingredients together before turning on the heat.
  3. Place the mixture on the heat, stirring constantly, for 3-4 mins or until it begins to take on a custard like consistency.
  4. Remove the cream from the heat and mix with the pre-cooked rice.
  5. Serve in bowls and decorate with cinnamon!

Ferrero” bonbon fit:

Ingredients: (Makes about 12-15 chocolates)

– 70g hazelnuts 

– 1 tablespoon of skimmed powdered cocoa

– 15g chocolate whey protein

– 1 tbsp agave syrup/honey

– Vanilla essence/flavour drops/chocolate

– 50g chocolate >70% cocoa

Preparation:

  1. Separate 15 hazelnuts, 12 that will be the inside of the bonbons and 3 to chop and sprinkle on the bonbons at the end.
  2. Grind the remaining hazelnuts in a food processor and add the agave syrup, vanilla essence, whey and cocoa powder. Continue blending until you get a homogeneous cream. 
  3. Leave it for 15-20 minutes in the fridge to firm it up and make it easier to shape.
  4. In the meantime, melt the chocolate in bain marie.
  5. When the dough that has been stored in the fridge is firm, shape 12 small balls, placing a whole hazelnut inside.
  6. Then dip the balls into the melted chocolate and sprinkle with chopped hazelnuts.
  7. Put the chocolates in the refrigerator to solidify.

Protein French toast:

Ingredients: ( 8 slices)

– 8 slices of bread 

– Low-fat milk/vegetable drink

– 15g vanilla whey protein

– 1 Egg + 100mL egg white

– Cinnamon powder

– Vanilla essence/flavour drops

Preparation:

  1. Add the milk/vegetable drink and vanilla essence in a bowl, and in another mix the egg and the egg whites, beaten lightly with a fork.
  2. Dip the slices of bread in the bowl with the milk (without letting them get too soft) and then pass them through the bowl with the egg.
  3. Place the slices in an anti stick frying pan and cook them on both sides until golden brown on both sides.
  4. Then sprinkle with a mixture of cinnamon and whey.
  5. Now they’re ready! Serve with fruit, for example!

These recipes are ideal for sharing with your friends and family.

Tell us which recipe you’re going to try first?

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About Ana Silva

Ana Silva
Licenciada em Ciências da Nutrição, com especialização em Nutrição Clínica e Desportiva, e Técnica de Exercício Físico, exerce a sua atividade laboral essencialmente em ginásios. Há mais de 5 anos na área, tem vasta experiência no acompanhamento e transformações corporais e de estilo de vida de pessoas e atletas de todas as faixas etárias.Nome profissional e o n° da cédula: Ana Paula Silva 3546NInstagram: anapaulasilva_nutri

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