Halloween should be all about celebrating with spooky, fun activities! Trick or treating is a tradition that is enjoyed by many people!
Here are a few tips to balance your sweet tooth on Halloween, if you plan to go trick or treating:
- Eat a meal or snack before going trick or treating! This will prevent you and your family from overeating candy while you are out celebrating.
- Walk house to house instead of driving. Adding in some exercise will help burn a few extra calories and give you energy to stop at a few extra houses!
- Portion out candy to make it last! Let each of your family members choose 1-2 pieces of candy per day (after Halloween). This is a great way to make the candy last while also still being able to enjoy each piece.
For a fun, festive activity you can make at home with the family, check out this recipe for Frankenguac! This would be a perfect, filling snack to have with some corn tortilla chip[s before you head out to trick or treat.
Servings: 4
- Ingredients:
- 1 cup chopped avocado
- 1 Tablespoon fresh lime juice
- 1 Tablespoon original mild taco sauce
- 1 Tablespoon plain nonfat Greek yogurt
- 2 (¼-inch-thick) slices cremini mushroom
- 1 pitted black olive, halved crosswise
- 2 cups blue corn tortilla chips
Directions
- In small bowl, mash avocado, lime juice and 1/8 teaspoon salt with fork.
- Place taco sauce and yogurt in 2 separate small zip-top plastic bags; snip bottom corner of each bag.
- On serving platter, spread avocado mixture into a 5 x 6-inch rectangle. Place 1 mushroom slice toward bottom of each side of rectangle for “bolts.” Pipe yogurt on avocado mixture to make 2 “eyeballs;” place olive halves on “eyeballs” for “pupils.” Pipe taco sauce on avocado mixture to make “mouth” and “stitches.”
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