The trick is choosing the right foods. Use our at-a-glance guide. For dessert, these goodies weigh in at about 300 calories-much better than the average holiday treats.

See our tips: What to Eat When Eating Healthy Isn't an Option

by Marissa Lippert, R.D.

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Fact: We eat more during the holidays... 619-calories-per-day more to be exact! Want to eat more and weight less? Then make those calories count, even when you're working the holiday party circuit! Fill up on these superfoods at your next fete to help you drop pounds by revving your calorie burn and curbing cravings. Come 2010, you won't need to add "lose weight" to your list of resolutions...

Mexican tuna tostada: Start the party off right with this satisfying superfood. An avocado's 29 grams of fat (for one) is what make it a top weight loss food. Plus, appetizer-sized bites mean you indulge with foolproof portion control. (PS: Use this strategy to cut a 'cato with ease!)

Pomegranate salsa: Serve this sweet and spicy dip at your next get together! Seeds are loaded with folate and disease-fighting antioxidants, they're low in calories and high in fiber. Bonus: This dish also features goji berries, another chewy, tart superfood that's a surprising source of protein.

Roasted eggplant

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In a perfect world, we'd carefully unwrap gifts and save the paper for reuse next year. But tearing apart wrapping paper is about 98 percent of the fun, isn't it? Still, gift wrap accounts for much of the 25 percent spike in waste during the holiday season. Meanwhile, according to The Use Less Stuff Report, reuse of just two feet of ribbon per family would save enough of the trimming to tie a bow around the entire planet. That's a whole lot of ribbon.

If the mounds of colorful wrapping paper on your living room floor make you feel a little guilty-wasteful, even-here are a few creative reuse ideas to ease your conscience.



Off the Wall

The repetitive patterns of wallpaper are very similar to that of wrapping paper. Check your garage or closets for wallpaper scraps or samples you may have leftover. Create a reusable "Hollywood box" by wrapping a lid and box separately, or cover an old shoebox to put your gift into. Your box will be so pretty that the receiver is sure to reuse it to

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By Laurel House

A post holiday dinner walk is tradition for lots of families. But a marathon? Before you gorge on that 3,000 calorie holiday feast- yes, the average holiday meal is 3,000 calories(!)y, think about the aftermath first. You might be shocked to find out the calorie and fat breakdown, and then how much exercise it will take to work each tasty serving off.

Your Holiday Meals:

DRINK:

-Eggnog- nonalcoholic (1 cup)- 343 calories, 19 grams fat = 95 minutes walking, 39 minutes running

TRADITIONAL CHRISTMAS:

-Dark Meat Turkey with skin- 204 calories, 8 grams fat = 53 minutes walking, 22 minutes running
-Turkey Gravy (1 cup)- 100 calories, 4 grams fat = 26 minutes walking, 11 minutes running

-Mashed Potatoes- with whole milk and butter (1 cup serving)- 237 calories, 9 grams of fat= 61 minutes walking, 25 minutes running




-Spinach Souffle- 233 calories, 18 grams fat = 60 minutes walking, 25 minutes running

-Dinner Roll (no butter)- 136 calories, 3

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Homemade candy canes? I didn't even know there was such a thing! Today, a talented CafeMom walks us through how to pull sugar to make candy canes.

CM: So what was the impetus for making candy canes? Are you going to give them as gifts?

Peppermint candy has always been a favorite of mine, and I've always stocked up on Candy Canes when the holidays roll around. They've always been a comfort food for me. I get migraines quite often, and last Christmas, I had a DOOZY. No medicine could touch it, and I wanted nothing more than to just lay in my bed in the dark and eat a candy cane.

About an hour or so later, it dawned on me that my migraine was gone! I did some research into it and found out that peppermint oil is actually used as an herbal remedy for migraines, even morning sickness! I remember telling myself "I need to learn how to make these!" I wanted to make sure I would never run out!

I would love to give these as gifts, but nobody else in my family really likes

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Oh Hanukkah, oh Hanukkah...

The Festival of Lights begins tomorrow evening, so in its honor, I thought I'd do a little latke poll. Like many aspects of Jewish cooking, potato pancakes seem to inspire strong opinions. My personal feeling is that the classic version(see recipe below), made from grated raw potatoes, is by far the best. I like them crispy but not too hard-for the perfect contrast of textures, there should also be a thicker, soft section in the center and lots of thin, crispy strands on the edges. (To accomplish this, I don't squeeze out the water from the grated potatoes, but I do press down on the pancakes as they cook to spread them out a bit. If you like them very crispy, use a kitchen towel to squeeze the excess moisture from the potatoes before mixing them with the rest of the ingredients.)

On the other end of the softness spectrum, there's the mashed potato latke, in my opinion a b------ ization of the form. But I know some people who appreciate these

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Want more great toy ideas? For the best in baby toys, click here.

Need fun toddler picks, click here. And for toys that will wow the big kids, try these.

By Kate Silver for Parents.com.

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Is regifting an acceptable practice, or is it rude and unspeakably tacky? REDBOOK's advice guru, Karen Karbo, gives tips on how to handle a regifter.



Q: My stepsister is a notorious regifter. Once, she even regifted a Christmas present of expensive perfume I'd bought for her and gave it to our stepmom for her birthday. For my last birthday, she gave me this awful glass platter that my stepmom told me my stepsister got from a company for hosting one of their product parties (you know, like a Tupperware party). I always select a gift for her that I think she'll like, and it hurts to know that she cares so little for me or my feelings that I get her discarded presents. Is there any way I could talk to her about this that isn't offensive? -A.R., 29, Newport News, VA


A: I have a regifter friend. The one time I called her on her habit (she gave me an electric carving knife her mom had given her), she laughed and said, "Busted!" The next time it happens to you, say, "Whoa, Emily! Didn't you

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