Easter Weekend Tips and Recipes

Easter weekend is here! Like most holidays, the celebration can last several days so make sure you are prepared. It would be easy to snack on chocolate and jelly beans all weekend but you have to stay strong and save it for just your Cheat Day. Remember – even bite sized candy counts. Even if you just have one, every piece counts. No exceptions!

 

Focus on all the fun activities you can take part in this weekend, like going to a Spring Fair. They can offer everything from Easter egg hunting to arts and crafts, games for kids, parades, petting zoos, pictures with the Easter bunny and more. Some of them in New York are hosted at museums so you can make a day of it. Even if you stay in and hunt for eggs at home it’s a great way to be active and have fun with your family. 

 

If you are about to have your Cheat Day – enjoy! If you are staying on program today or tomorrow or the whole weekend, here are some festive recipes for the holiday. 

 

Easter Vegetable Platter with Hummus

 

 

Nothing easier or safer to bring to someone’s house than a vegetable platter! These two above are adorable ones you can try and most of these vegetables you can get pre cut and washed from the supermarket.

 

Take a variety of vegetables such as cucumbers, tomatoes, peppers, carrots, cauliflower, broccoli, edamame and celery which are all great options! You can arrange them into a fun shape such as an Easter Egg or a Carrot as seen below. 

 

A great pairing with this would be hummus. Here is a great easy Springy take on hummus that you could try below

 

Lemon Garlic Hummus

 

 

Ingredients:

1 1/2 cups canned chickpeas, drained and rinsed really well

1 small clove of garlic, finely chopped

2 tbsp tahini

Juice from 1 large lemon, about 1/4 cup

3 tbsp water

1/2 tsp salt

1/4 tsp pepper

1/2 tsp Dijon Mustard

1 1/2 tbsp extra virgin olive oil

 

Directions:

Add all ingredients, except for oil, to a food processor and blend. Slowly stream in the oil and continue to blend for 3 minutes until very smooth.

Serving size: 1 cup of vegetables with 1/4 cup hummus is 1 snack

 

Frozen Yogurt Egg Pops

 

This super easy recipe will make a yummy treat or breakfast that even your kids will love. 

You will need the following, quantities depend on how many you would like to make.

Plastic Easter Eggs

Plain, vanilla or fruit regular non fat yogurt

Fresh or frozen fruit of your choice

Plastic ziplock bag

Piping tip

Lollipop sticks

Egg carton

 

• Start by washing the plastic eggs, then make a hole on the bottom of each egg that will fit the lollipop sticks. 
• Cut the tip off the ziplock bag and add the piping tip, then fill the bag with your yogurt. Fill each egg with yogurt through the hole you created, or you can open the egg and fill it halfway and add a piece of fruit in the middle. 
• Place the filled eggs in the egg carton and freeze. 2 eggs are a snack. 

 

Easter Fruit Kebabs

 

 

Ingredients:

4 large watermelon slices, 1 inch think

4 pineapple slices, 1 inch thick

strawberries

grapes

melon

wooden skewers

easter cookie cutters

Directions:

 

Cut your fruit into assorted shapes with cookie cutter. After the fruit has been cut decorate a wooden skewer with various fruits.

-These fruits are just some of our suggestions, you can use others that you like. 1 kebab is a snack. 

 

Avocado Toast

1/2 an avocado on 1 slice whole wheat toast is a great breakfast, here are some unexpected ways to mix it up for Spring.

 

Cucumber, red peppers flakes and lime juice

 

Roasted artichoke, radish, dill and lemon

 

Spice it up with Sriracha, jalapeño or chili flakes

 

Kale sprouts, sea salt and turmeric 

 

Wishing everyone a Happy Easter and we hope you enjoy the beautiful weather!

 

~Love to Live Healthy with Josephine Fitzpatrick

 

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