Tag: crudites

TIP OF THE DAY: Low Calorie Halloween Food (Creepy Crudités!)

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Counting calories? Avoiding sugar? Don’t like sweets? Want a healthy alternative to traditional Halloween fare?   Turn raw veggies—crudités to foodies—into a creative Halloween platter designed in the shape of Frankenstein, a jack o’lantern, owl, skeleton, scary cat, spider or witch. Believe us, these will enchant the adults as well as the kids. If you…
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Easy Recipes: Veggie Bouquet, Fruit Bouquet, Yogurt Dips

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Updated June 2026 At every party and dinner, we have a basket of crudités as a better-for-you option with pre-dinner drinks. Wen try to select veggies on the “heirloon” side to make the platter more visually arresting: lemon cucumbers, multicolor baby carrots and cherry tomatoes, purple green beans, red endive, romanesco, and watermelon radishes, for…
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TIP OF THE DAY: Tree & Wreath Christmas Crudités

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Give the crudités some Christmas spirit. Top photo courtesy Superhealthykids.com; bottom photo courtesy MomEndeavors.com.   Recently we showed how to Christmas-ize your breakfast, lunch and dinner. But we saved the crudites for last. At any holiday gathering, it’s a good idea to have a raw vegetable platter (the French term, crudités, pronounced crew-dee-TAY, sounds much…
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