Many people associated Super Bowl snacks with junk food. Food that contains high sodium and fat that tastes delicious but not good for your body. This how to make healthy Super Bowl snacks will guide you to make delicious snacks that are healthy as well.
Many people think that healthy food tastes bland, but that is not the case. You can still make some of your favorite snacks, but with some adjustment to the recipes. Grill or bake the food instead of frying it, because grilling and baking are healthier than frying.http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/healthy-cooking/NU00201 Use organic products instead of regular ones.http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/organic-food/NU00255 You also need to omit or substitute some ingredients with healthier ones to cut your fat, sodium, and food additives intake.http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/healthy-recipes/NU00585 Use more herbs and garlic in your recipe and reduce the salt.
To cut down fat content from your dairy product, use skim milk instead of regular milk and use low-fat or fat-free cottage cheese or sour cream instead of regular ones.http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/healthy-recipes/NU00585 Substitute olive oil for butter and regular oil because olive oil contains healthier type of fat than regular oil.http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/food-and-nutrition/AN01037
Aside from adjusting your favorite snack recipes, you can also create entirely new snacks recipes. Below are some delicious Super Bowl snack recipes that are both healthy and delicious.
Spicy Popcorns
This video by Pedro Ceja shows you how to make spicy popcorns Latin style. The ingredients are popcorn kernels, garlic, crushed peppers, and olive oil.
Heat the olive oil in a pan, but be careful not to overheat it. Add in the crushed peppers. Stir the mixture so the peppers won’t stick to the pan. Add the garlic. Cook while keep stirring until the garlic is browned. Strain the oil and discard the peppers and garlic.
Heat the oil in a large cooking pot and add the corns. Stir the corns in the oil. At the first sign of a corn popping, quickly put the lid to cover the pan. To prevent the corns from sticking to the bottom of the pan, shake the pan a bit. When most of the corns have popped, it’s OK to open the lid and stir the corns. You can eat it as it is, or add some final touches such as salt with lime and pepper to the popcorn.
Chicken Kebab
‘’’Ingredient’’’
- 1lb of chicken breast
- 1 tsp of lemon pepper seasoning
- 1 red onion
- 2 bell peppers of your choicehttp://rasamalaysia.com/chicken-kebab-chicken-kabab-recipe/
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 1 tsp ground black pepper
- Juice from 2 lemon
- 1 garlic
- 1/2 cup extra virgin olive oil</ref>http://www.hub-uk.com/foodpages12/recip0562.htm
‘’’Directions:’’’
- Make the marinade: mix 1/4 cup of the olive oil with the lemon pepper seasoning, salt, black pepper, lemon juice, and grate the garlic into the marinade. Stir to mix.
- Cut the chicken into 1 inch squares. Marinate in the marinade for 15- 30 minutes.
- Cut the red onion and bell peppers to 1 inch square cubes.
- Thread the chicken cubes, red onions, and bell peppers on the skewers.
- Grill the chicken kebabs with the remaining olive oil. Baste the kebabs with the marinade while grilling and the rest of the olive oil when necessary.
Healthy Crisp Potato Skin
‘’’Ingredient:’’’
- Skin from 8 potatoes
- olive oil
- 1 tsp Tabasco sauce
- 1 tomato
- 1 onion
- 1 garlic
- 1/2 tsp ground black pepper
- 1/2 cup of low fat ranch dressing or low fat sour cream, for serving
‘’’Directions:’’’
- Preheat the oven to 350 F.
- Mix the olive oil with the Tabasco sauce and pepper. Grate the garlic into the olive oil mixture. Stir to mix.
- Slice the potato skins into several parts.
- Place the potato skins, outer side up on a baking sheet. Brush the potato skins with the olive oil mixture.
- Bake for about 3 – 5 minutes until the skins are crisp.
- Chop the tomato and onion finely.
- Turn over the skins, brush with remaining oil. Top with the chopped tomato and onion. Bake for 3 more minutes.
- Serve with the low fat ranch dressing or low fat sour cream.
Tomato and Bell Pepper Pizza with Feta Cheese
‘’’Ingredient:’’’
- 1 cup of pizza sauce
- bell pepper of your choice, slice thinly
- 1 cup cherry tomatoes or 1/2 cup of sun dried tomatoes, slice thinly
- 1 cup of feta cheesehttp://www.cooksrecipes.com/appetizer/pita_bread_salsa_pizzas_recipe.html
- Several pieces of pitta breadhttp://www.cooksrecipes.com/appetizer/pita_bread_salsa_pizzas_recipe.html
- Olive oil
‘’’Directions:’’’
- Preheat the oven to 400 F.
- Brush some olive oil on the pitta bread.
- Spread the pizza sauce on top of the pitta bread. Add the toppings: sliced tomatoes and peppers. Top with the crumbled feta cheese.
- Bake for 4 to 5 minutes and serve immediately.
