ABC Charleston: Healthy Holiday Hosting

It’s Good Food Friday! I’m sharing healthy hosting tips and recipes for a fun and festive holiday season

For seasonal and nutritious breakfast options, Chobani and La Colombe are always winners! Add a taste of warm apples and cinnamon to your morning coffee with their new Apple Pie Dairy Coffee Creamer or rich chocolate flavors and sweet mint with their Peppermint Mocha Dairy Coffee Creamer. Or for a ready to drink option grab the La Colombe® Peppermint Mocha Draft Latte®. I also love the Chobani Oatmilk Oat Nog for a creamy and delicious holiday drink. And for breakfast options – we have the Chobani® Greek Yogurt Spiced Holiday Nog and the Chobani Flip® Peppermint Perfection.

Next, save time and money with new Fresh Express Hot or Cold Salad and Noodle Meal Kits. These are made with a blend of chilled, freshly chopped vegetables, ready-to-eat, pre-cooked noodles, a gourmet dressing sauce and crispy toppings. And each offers two meal options in every bag – hot or cold – so you can toss together as a cold salad or sauté in a pan. It comes in three varieties – Teriyaki, Asian Sweet Ginger and Korean Sesame. You can find next them next to the fresh pre-cut vegetables or in the refrigerated produce department at Publix, Harris Teeter and Food lion.

For a little on the go boost of energy during the busy season, we have Coffee Chews by YouChews, which is female-founded company. These are rich, velvety chews made with Kona coffee beans, cacao, and Guarana which is an Amazonian plant that some studies suggest offer longer-lasting, consistent energy. Each Coffee Chew offers the amount of caffeine found in about 1 cup of coffee but in a convenient chewable format with only 2 grams of sugar. Find them on Amazon. 

Finally, I have two wellness essentials to support digestive health. First is a high-quality probiotic supplement. I recommend TruBiotics Kids and Adults sugar-free Probiotic Gummy Supplements because they feature both prebiotic fiber and the most clinically researched Bacillus probiotic strain with research showing it supports immune and gut health. DiaResQ is another wellness essential to keep on hand. It’s a clinically studied drug-free intervention for digestive discomfort and irregularity that works with the body’s natural defenses by providing nutrition and immune factors to help rapidly restore normal intestinal