Tips for Enjoying a Healthy Fourth of July

 

The Fourth of July celebration is about eating and drinking delicious things for many families. While in most cases, those delicious things mean heavy meat dishes and alcoholic beverages, the Independence Day feast can include some healthier, but equally delicious alternatives to meat and booze. Here are some tips for you:

• Grilling lean meat – chicken, turkey and fish are great alternatives to pork and beef. Leaner meat varieties are just as flavorful as fatty red meat, but the range of the spices that you can use is much wider;
• Grilling fruits and veggies – fruits, such as peaches, apples, pears and watermelon are great for grilling – when they come into contact with heat, they release their sugar content and get delightfully caramelized, while veggies, such as egg plants, peppers, tomatoes, potatoes and carrots also reveal unexpected flavors when placed on the hot grill;
• Virgin cocktails – there are many cocktail varieties that are just as great when prepared without alcohol as they are in their original version. Virgin cocktails are not only suitable for being consumed by kids and by drivers, they also contain much fewer calories than alcoholic beverages, so they are wonderful ingredients of any healthy Fourth of July celebration.

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