Celebrate A Healthy And Organic Holiday Season

The holiday season is upon us. That busy time of year filled with celebrating, shopping, preparing and holiday gatherings presenting a challenge to even the most health conscious among us. Holiday menus tend to be higher in calories, fat and sugar which can further deplete our nutritional reserves and add to the stress of the season. Mambo Sprouts has collected some of our favorite green and organic living tips and resources to help make your holidays healthier, simpler and more enjoyable. Try a new healthy and organic Mambo Sprouts printable recipe, discover easy ways to substitute organic ingredients and add nutrition to create healthier variations of traditional holiday dishes and desserts, or visit our favorite resources for delicious and healthy holiday recipes.

Topics: organic holiday tips, sustainable entertaining, sustainable holidays, sustainable dinner party, green dinner party, green holiday tips, organic holiday recipes, healthy holiday recipes, low sugar holiday, eco holiday, earth friendly holiday, green home decorating

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‘Greening’ the Holiday Season

For those taking steps to live green and simplify their lifestyle, the energy used for holiday decorations and lighting, gift packaging and entertaining and the additional waste generated is a concern. According to the Ecology Center in Berkeley, California, “Americans throw away an additional 5 million tons of trash - 25% more than usual - between Thanksgiving and New Year's Eve.” Mambo Sprouts is offering easy steps you can take to ‘go green’ this holiday season including environmentally friendly entertaining ideas, tips for hosting a sustainable dinner party and reducing holiday energy usage and waste. Home holiday décor can be both inviting and “green” with eco-friendly organic cotton or hemp table linens and napkins, organic trees, LED lighting and safe and sustainable fireplace wood products.

Enjoy this edition of Health E-News and the resources provided for a healthier and more sustainable holiday season. Happy Holidays and healthy green wishes for the New Year from Mambo Sprouts!

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Green Holiday Tips: Earth Friendly Entertaining & Healthy Organic Recipes

Use these tips when hosting a sustainable holiday party complete with eco-décor and healthy and organic holiday recipes:

• Host a sustainable dinner party or healthy “pot luck” over the holidays with organic recipes and locally grown food. Sustainable Table holiday entertaining tips and recipes


• Check out this video podcast featuring a sustainable home and ideas for throwing an eco-party
  
• Decorate your holiday table with organic cotton linens and napkins and a hemp table cloth for sustainable entertaining and natural beauty.


• Find natural home décor, organic gifts and more at VivaTerra.
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• Listen to the Whole Foods podcast featuring multi-cultural holiday celebrations, nutritious foods and seasonal cooking tips.


• Click here and try these No Waste tips to reduce waste for a simpler and greener holiday


• Natural Home Magazine Tips: Dreaming of a Greener Holiday offers green tips such as using LED holiday lights and eco-friendly ways of reducing and reusing holiday wrap.


• Reduce wood burning and use logs made of recycled materials. Try a green earth-friendly- clean burning Java Log made from spent coffee grounds and special blends of vegetable oil.


• Save energy by increasing the efficiency of your fireplace. Money saving energy tips The Right Way To Build A Fire from Mother Earth News
  
• Avoid burning treated wood and colored paper to reduce toxic chemicals, fumes, for better indoor air quality…more tips for healthy fireplaces and woodstoves from the EPA


• Buy a sustainable green Christmas tree from a local organic tree farm.


• Consider decorating tree alternatives such as wreaths, indoor plants, or a living tree.
  Click here to check out these sustainable Christmas tree tips from Sierra Club.

 

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Easy Organic Recipe Makeovers and Healthy Substitutions for Holiday Cooking

When cooking for the holidays, look for opportunities to include or substitute healthy, natural and organic ingredients in place of conventional ones for healthier holiday cooking and baking. Here are some of Mambo Sprouts favorite tips for healthy recipe makeovers:

• Bake without refined sugar – try these healthy holiday sweet substitutions from HealthyChild.org


• For holiday baking use natural, raw and lightly processed sweeteners in place of refined sugar. Try these low sugar holiday recipes from Debra Lynn Dadd


• Substitute natural, organic and locally sourced ingredients in your favorite holiday recipes for healthy and sustainable cooking.


• Try a new healthy holiday recipe. Use natural and organic and locally sourced ingredients whenever possible. Check out these new prize-winning Mambo Sprouts healthy and organic recipes for holiday entertaining
  
  
  • Holiday Appetizers
    
    • Parmesean Chicken Bites With Dill Dipping Sauce
    
    
    • Blackberry Lime Chicken Wings
      
  • Organic Holiday Desserts
    
    • Irish Coffee Cups With Chocolate Cream
    
    
    • Miss Hannah's Healthy Apple Cake
  For more tips visit Mambo Sprouts Healthy And Green Holiday Guide
  
  Wishing you a healthy, green and sustainable holiday season!
  

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