Whether you are invited to a party or hold a party yourself, it\u2019s easy to end up having too much of a good thing. This article is our attempt to share our best tips and tricks about making healthy choices at a party:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
If you are invited to a party <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n If you are invited to a party, it may be difficult to have any control over what is served. However, there are plenty of tricks you can use to ensure your choices are healthy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Check what you are being invited to<\/strong>When you accept an invitation, you can take the opportunity to ask what the party is going to entail if you can\u2019t tell from the invitation. You need to know whether what is going to be on offer is nutritious or just a lot of sweet nibbles. When you know what is going to be on offer, you can create a strategy for what you should do before, during and after the party.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Before the party<\/strong> If you know that only sweet nibbles are going to be served, or other food that you don\u2019t want to eat too much of, a sensible thing to do is to eat something before the party so that you are not going to get there feeling too hungry and needing to fill up on something you intended to eat less of. Skipping meals in the course of the day to \u2018save\u2019 calories for the party is rarely a good idea \u2013 it often means you end up feeling extra hungry and having difficulty making rational choices at the party. If there are only going to be sweet nibbles at the party, you may want to eat a main meal beforehand. Breakfast, lunch or dinner depending on which part of the day the party is being held. If food is going to be served, then a moderately substantial snack beforehand may be enough.<\/p>\n\n\n\n During the party<\/strong> Often, a buffet will be served with plenty of goodies at a party, and it\u2019s easy to help yourself to a bit of everything. It\u2019s often a better strategy to take a step back and look at what is on offer, choosing only the things you really like. Taking a moderately large piece of that delicious chocolate cake may often be a more nutritious choice than filling your party plate with sweet nibbles. If there is a buffet of food, it may make sense to put together a meal with one carbohydrate source, one protein source and vegetables, instead of taking a bit of everything, which can easily become too much.<\/p>\n\n\n\n After the party<\/strong>\u00a0Ideally, you should have prepared or planned some food at home so that you know you\u2019ll have the time and energy to eat a healthy meal after the party and don\u2019t need to be tempted into eating fast food or similar on your way home.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Your own party<\/strong> By<\/strong>\u00a0Malin Randeniye, registered dietitian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Whether you are invited to a party or hold a party yourself, it\u2019s easy to end up having too much of a good thing. This article is our attempt to…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14291,"featured_media":14786,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"editor_notices":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[254],"tags":[156,148,108,123,118],"class_list":["post-14784","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-diet","tag-kolhydrater","tag-dessert","tag-livsstil","tag-naring","tag-socker"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
If you are organising a party yourself, you can take the opportunity to try using healthy party recipes. If you\u2019re going to do food, why not provide something fresh and nutritious? If you\u2019re inviting people for coffee and a snack, think about making a nice bean brownie, some fresh \u2018ice cream\u2019 consisting of frozen berries and quark, or something similar. More fruit and vegetables in the recipe will make the snack more nutritious and will mean it contains a more appropriate number of calories!\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n