Celebrate!: Healthy Entertaining for Any Occasion - Softcover

Readers can celebrate in style without taking a break from healthy eating or delicious food. Most people know that eating right and being physically active are important to maintaining good health. But getting together for a party often means being tempted by high-fat, high-calorie, special-occasion treats. Readers will want to share this book with others as they plan gatherings to let everyone contribute to the fun in healthful, tasty ways. ""Celebrate!"" pairs 20 festive, fun-themed menus with easy recipes that don't sacrifice taste. Each menu offers a combination of approximately eight manageable recipes, including appetizers, main dishes, side dishes, desserts, and even beverages. And the creative activities and decorating ideas in each section will make entertaining a breeze. Readers will find lots of excuses to plan get-togethers and create healthy celebrations that work for them - birthday brunches, weekend cookouts, movie nights, and casual family get-togethers. Whatever the occasion, ""Celebrate!"" helps them celebrate in style!

Colleen Doyle, MS, RD is a registered dietitian with over 20 years of experience in health promotion. As the Director of Nutrition and Physical Activity for the American Cancer Society, she works to develop strategies to increase awareness of the importance of diet and exercise for chronic disease prevention and management, and to create changes in schools, worksites and communities that can help improve healthy lifestyles.