Parties are great! But if you’re living the Fast Metabolism Lifestyle, you might see them as a mine field of unhealthy foods. So take control! Bring your own dish to your next party. Here are my favorite ideas for healthy party food.
The Big salad
We’re not talking about an ordinary salad, here. We’re talking about a fully loaded Fast Metabolism luxury salad. Start with mixed greens or spinach and add your favorite goodies: raw walnuts or almonds, sunflower seeds, sliced mango, tangerine wedges, avocado slices, red radish, scallions, crumbled turkey bacon, sliced hard-boiled eggs, black beans, exotic mushrooms, … you name it. Bring one of these healthy salad dressings on the side.
Guacamole
Good luck making it to the table when you show up to a big party with a huge bowl of guacamole. Everyone will want to dive in! The basic recipe is simple: combine 2 mashed avocados, 1/4 cup minced red onion, 1 large clove garlic (minced), juice of 1/2 lime, and sea salt to taste. Double or triple the recipe for a crowd. If you like, you can add chopped tomatoes, cilantro, or chopped jalepeno peppers. Skip the tortilla chips and bring raw veggies for dipping. Endive lettuce is great — separate the leaves and they make perfect little scoopers for guac.
Quinoa sushi
It’s not hard to make sushi rolls! More and more supermarkets now sell nori, the seaweed paper you’ll need for the outside of your roll. Go for quinoa instead of rice — quinoa is a perfect food, with a complete protein profile and amino acids for torching fat and building muscle. For fillings, try cooked shrimp or crab, avocado, cucumber or carrot matchsticks and slivered almonds. Serve with tamari and wasabi paste on the side. Here’s what it looks like.
Healthy meatballs
These minty meatballs have a great flavor — make them with ground beef or ground lamb. Make a big batch and serve with toothpicks. Just remember to replace the milk in this recipe with non-dairy milk.
Garlic shrimp
We featured this recipe in our newsletter. Cocktail shrimp are great for a party — it’s easy to make lots, and they taste great warm or chilled. These garlicky shrimp are so flavorful, they don’t need a sugary cocktail sauce.
16 ounces uncooked large shrimp, peeled and deveined
1 teaspoon coarse sea salt
3 tablespoons olive oil
1 1/2 tablespoons chopped garlic
1 bay leaf
1 dried red chili pepper, about 1 1/2 inches long (or 1/4 teaspoon crushed red pepper flakes)
2 tablespoons minced fresh parsley
In a bowl, toss the shrimp with the salt. Let stand for 15 minutes.
Heat the oil in a medium skillet over medium-high heat. Add the garlic, bay leaf, and chili pepper and stir for 30 seconds, until the garlic is fragrant. Add the shrimp and stir until just cooked through (about 2 to 3 minutes, depending on the size of the shrimp). Transfer the mixture to a serving dish and sprinkle with parsley. Serve warm, or chilled, with lemon wedges.
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