The best part about Super Bowl Sunday is getting together with friends and enjoying game day tasty morsels. There’s plenty of healthy and lightened food recipes out there that are flavorful to boot and just as good as their original counterparts. Here are some of my favorite lightened recipes for game day that are low in saturated fat, low in carbohydrates and low in points.
For my Super Bowl party spread, I like to include a hot and cold dip, a soup, a few sandwiches or main dish, a side or two and of course a couple of desserts. Everything in moderation is my motto. I aim for a taste of this and a taste of that as I catch up with friends.
Dips
Dips are a mainstay on my party buffets. They can be served along with a tray of your favorite raw veggies such as baby carrots, celery sticks, bell pepper rings and a basket of crackers or good thins. An of course you can make make tortilla chips from low carb tortillas in an air fryer. Here are some of my favorite recipes.
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Buffalo Chicken Dip
Buffalo chicken dip is the perfect appetizer for game day. It's packed with creamy, packed with shredded chicken and has that Buffalo chicken wing zing.
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Chilled Spinach, Artichoke & Parmesan Dip
This chilled spinach, artichoke and parmesan dip is one of my favorites. It’s creamy, flavorful, and low in points and saturated fat. You can serve it with fresh veggies, crackers, pita chips, the possibilities are endless.
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Hot Artichoke Dip
Hot artichoke dip is creamy and cheesy with mild undertones of garlic. It's a crowd pleaser that can be served at parties or gatherings of family and friends.
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Buffalo Blue Cheese Dip
Buffalo blue cheese dip packs a punch with a zip of Buffalo wing sauce and a tang of blue cheese in every bite. It pairs well with baby carrots and celery sticks and other veggies.
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Refried Bean Dip
Refried bean dip can be whipped up in a jiffy from basic pantry staples. It is creamy, flavorful and satisfying. Need an appetizer for a game day party or get together, give this bean dip a try. You can serve it with baked tortilla chips, Good Thins or make your own chips from low carb tortillas.
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Soups
If you are in a colder climate, hot soup hits the spot on a cold February day. Serve up the soup in mugs. They are easy to hold on to and to eat from as you watch the game. I like to have an assortment of toppings, when appropriate, that my guests can add to their mug of soup.
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Chicken Fajita Soup
Chicken fajita soup is creamy and hearty with a hint of spice and heat in each spoonful. This soup is loaded with fresh bell peppers, onion, tomato and chicken. The ingredients are available year round and it’s easy to prepare.
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Broccoli Cheese Soup
A bowl of hearty, cheesy broccoli soup is good year round. This classic is easy to make in a relatively short amount of time. Broccoli, fresh or frozen is a winner when paired with cheese.
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Corn & Green Chili Soup
Corn and green chili soup is rich and creamy with a touch of spice and heat. It can be tossed together and cooked up in a jiffy.
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White Bean, Spinach & Sausage Soup
White bean, spinach and sausage soup is flavorful and packed with protein, fiber and other healthy nutrients. Whether it's a cup or a bowl full, this soup is hearty sand satisfying. he flavor profile can be changed up by using different kinds of sausage such as Italian, smoked, or roasted garlic – the possibilities are endless.
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Chicken Chili
This chicken chili is packed with shredded rotisserie chicken, white beans, green chilies, aromatic veggies and plenty of flavorful from warm, earthy spices. It’s a one pot wonder that is quick and easy to make. Serve it with a variety of toppings, such as tortilla strips, shredded fat free cheddar cheese, chopped onions and light sour cream or plain yogurt, that your guest can choose from.
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French Onion Soup
A bowl of French onion soup is good year round but it is especially satisfying on a cold day. Cooking the onions until caramelized along with the addition of some Worcestershire sauce punches up the flavor of the soup. Serve with your favorite croutons and some fat free shredded mozzarella or cheese of your choice.
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Sandwiches, etc.
Who doesn’t love a good sandwich or burger? You can choose a couple of your favorites and make them full size, cut them into thirds or quarters and make sandwich platters. And of course, any burger can easily be made smaller and slapped on a slider bun. Watching your carb intake, then ditch the rolls and roll the burger meat into meatballs. Meatballs with a dipping sauce is a winner.
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Buffalo Chicken Burgers & Sliders
These Buffalo chicken burgers are flavorful and easy to make. The chopped onion and celery keeps them moist and the Buffalo wing seasoning gives them a nice punch. They work as full side burgers or smaller sliders. If you make meatballs from the meat mixture, you can serve them with a dipping sauce made from plain non fat yogurt and Bolthouse Farms blue cheese dressing.
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Italian Turkey Sausage Burgers
An Italian turkey sausage burger with grilled onions, marinara and melted provolone that is reminiscent of one I had growing up. They can easily be sized down and served as sliders. Meatballs made from the burger mixture can be served along with a small bowl of your favorite marinara for dipping.
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Cauliflower Mock 'Potato' Salad
What better accompaniment to burgers and sandwiches than cauliflower mock ‘potato’ salad. Cauliflower is a great substitute for potatoes in your potato salad recipe.
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Chicken Enchiladas
These lightened up chicken enchiladas are creamy and gooey and flavorful to boot. I have made them with both flour and corn tortillas. We prefer the flour tortillas and they also seem to hold up better. Smaller enchiladas, made with mini tortillas, work well on party buffets.
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Pulled Chicken Panini
Pulled chicken paninis are simple fair that are easy to make and tasty. Grilled paninis have a crispy exterior and a juicy interior of shredded barbecue chicken with gooey cheese and crunchy coleslaw. You can make them on full sized or slider rolls.
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Lightened Coleslaw
Crunchy coleslaw, made with coleslaw cabbage mix and lightened up creamy dressing, pairs well with sandwiches and burgers.
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Mediterranean Turkey Burgers
My Mediterranean burgers are seasoned with garlic, dill, and oregano. Addition of salty fat free feta and chopped roasted red peppers finishes to push them over the top. Full sized burgers can be cut into quarters and added to platters or they can be made as sliders. If you go the meatball route, serve then with some homemade tzatziki for dippings.
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Sloppy Giuseppes
Sloppy Giuseppes are the Italian cousin of traditional sloppy joes. Pile some saucy Italian meatball crumbles on a hoagie roll along with some mozzarella or provolone and pop it under a broiler until the cheese is melted. They can be down size by preparing them on slider buns. They are a great addition to a game day spread or tailgate party.
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Broccoli Salad with Cranberries & Walnuts
Broccoli salad is the perfect side dish to add to game day parties. Dried cranberries add a sweet component to this broccoli salad while chopped celery and walnuts give it a nice crunch component. The dressing is made from yogurt and light Miracle whip and has a sweet tangy flavor.
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Beef Flautas
Flautas are flour tortillas stuffed with taco seasoned ground beef and cheese that are rolled and air fried until they are crispy and crunchy. They can be served as an appetizer at parties or gatherings of friends or for dinner. Serve them with salsa, yogurt salsa dip, guacamoke or queso. Use mini flour tortillas to make appetizer sized flautas
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Dessert
What’s a party without sweets? Trays of cupcakes, cookies, pie bites and other desserts are guest favorites. Keep them small so folks can sample several goodies without guilt,
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Orange Ricotta Cookies
Orange ricotta cookies are incredibly tender cake like cookies that burst with orange flavor from orange zest. The ricotta cheese makes them incredibly moist.
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Mexican Chocolate Pie Bites
Homemade Mexican chocolate pudding is creamy and decadent. It has an undertone of cinnamon and a slight kick from cayenne pepper. I made pie bites but you can easily make shooters with the pudding. Leave out the spices and you have a great chocolate pudding.
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Lemon Blueberry Cupcakes
These cupcakes are moist and delicious with juicy blueberries and a lemony tang in each bite. You can easily make mini-cupcakes for smaller bites.
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Cannoli Bites
Cannoli bites are crispy phyllo shells filled with a lightened version of my Italian grandma’s creamy ricotta cannoli filling. Key ingredients in this recipe are vanilla, cinnamon, grated chocolate bar with almonds and chopped maraschino cherries.
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Hummingbird Cupcakes
Hummingbird cupcakes are moist and delicious with bananas, pineapple, walnuts and cinnamon in every bite. They work well on buffets as either full size or mini cupcakes.
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Parfaits 3 Ways: Banana Cream, Coconut Cream, Vanilla Cream
These parfaits are made with vanilla pudding and a vanilla wafer for all three varieties. For the banana cream parfait, banana slices are layered in with the pudding. Flaked coconut was mixed into the pudding for the coconut cream parfait. Vanilla pudding was layered over the vanilla wafer for the plain parfait. Party stores have smaller serving size cups that are perfect for buffets.
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Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cookies
These are a moist and chewy oatmeal cookie with a hint of cinnamon and chocolate in each bite. The chocolate chops can be replaced with fresh blueberries or dried fruit such as dried cranberries, dried cherries or raisins.
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