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You start the holiday season with the best intentions. But three cookie swaps<\/a>, 10 Christmas parties, a few Hannukah dinners and some spiked egg nog later, your commitment to clean eating<\/a> has fallen apart and your diet is way <\/em>off track<\/a>.<\/p>\n Luckily, there are plenty of ways to live it up this holiday season<\/a> without setting yourself up for a January defined by strict dieting \u2014 and these eight holiday cookbooks are here to prove it. Between mixing up skinny cocktails<\/a>, making your next dinner party a plant-based<\/a> affair, or whipping up a veggie detox soup between soirees, these books offer plenty of ways to survive the holidays without developing a Santa-sized waistline.<\/p>\n Get psyched to start cooking, we promise you\u2019ll be craving these holiday meals and treats all year long.<\/p>\n 1. Every Last Crumb: Paleo Bread and Beyond 2. Party Popcorn: 75 Creative Recipes for Everyone\u2019s Favorite Snack<\/a><\/strong> 3. Tara Stiles Make Your Own Rules Diet 4. The Grain-Free Family Table RELATED:<\/strong> 15 Healthy Snacks for Kids (And Grown-Ups, Too)<\/a><\/p>\n 5. Sweet Eats for All 6. Happy Herbivore Holidays & Gatherings: Easy Plant-Based Recipes for Your Healthiest Celebrations and Special Occasions<\/a><\/strong> RELATED:<\/strong> Amaranth \u201cPopcorn\u201d Recipe 7. Skinnygirl Cocktails: 100 Fun & Flirty Guilt-Free Recipes INFOGRAPHIC:<\/strong> How Many Calories Are In Your Cocktail?<\/a><\/p>\n 8. Gatherings: Bringing People Together With Food Healthy holiday recipes can be hard to come by, but never fear. These eight cookbooks are full of ideas for healthy Christmas cookies, cocktails and more. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":53,"featured_media":34628,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[428,23,7,9],"tags":[36,204,39,51,189,179,341,381],"class_list":["post-34599","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-dessert","category-diet-nutrition","category-health","category-recipes","tag-cocktails","tag-cooking","tag-dessert","tag-food-choices","tag-holiday","tag-paleo","tag-tax1living-well","tag-tax2low-carb-diets"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyburn.com\/life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34599","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyburn.com\/life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyburn.com\/life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyburn.com\/life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/53"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyburn.com\/life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=34599"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dailyburn.com\/life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34599\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyburn.com\/life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/34628"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyburn.com\/life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=34599"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyburn.com\/life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=34599"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyburn.com\/life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=34599"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}The Best Cookbooks for Healthy Holiday Recipes<\/strong><\/h3>\n
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\n<\/a><\/strong>Paleo dieters can have their cake and eat it, too, thanks to this book from Paleo and gluten-free cooking guru Brittany Angell<\/a>. Her fluffy loaves, muffins, pastries and desserts use flour made of everything from coconuts and almond to plantains, sweet potatoes and even chestnuts. Whether your feast is comprised of grain-free lavash or layered gingerbread crepes (with orange-maple cream cheese fillings!), this manual outlines how to make bakery-worthy treats, without worrying about breaking from your g-free<\/a> or Paleo plan. ($23.58, available December 9)<\/p>\n![\"Healthy](\"https:\/\/cdn-life.dailyburn.com\/life\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/10044533\/Healthy-Holiday-Recipes-3.jpg\")
\n<\/strong>No clue what to get your co-workers for Christmas? These popcorn recipes<\/a> from blogger Ashton Epps Swank (author of Something Swanky<\/a>) are just fancy enough to be impressive, without totally killing you in the kitchen. Savory recipes like bacon ranch or coconut curry, or sweet sea-salted caramel kernels ensure there\u2019s something that will satisfy even your pickiest desk-mate. Oh, and did we mention there\u2019s an egg nog flavored popcorn, too? Save a bag of that for yourself. ($9.99, available December 2)<\/p>\n![\"Healthy](\"https:\/\/cdn-life.dailyburn.com\/life\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/10044531\/Healthy-Holiday-Recipes-4.jpg\")
\n<\/a><\/strong>Take one look at Tara Stiles\u2019<\/a> yoga-toned body and you know she\u2019s doing something<\/em> right when it comes to eating and exercise. And because the holidays definitely aren\u2019t the time to commit to a strict routine, Stiles\u2019 \u201cMake Your Own Rules\u201d diet might just be perfect for the party season. Her recipes for creamy eggless \u2018nog, maple French toast and snickerdoodles will put you in a festive frame of mind \u2014 while still being pretty darn guilt-free. Fit in a few of the book\u2019s yoga<\/a> or meditation<\/a> sessions when you can, and whip up her veggie detox soup between parties to feel fit all month long. ($19.69, available now)<\/p>\n![\"Healthy](\"https:\/\/cdn-life.dailyburn.com\/life\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/10044530\/Healthy-Holiday-Recipes-5.jpg\")
\n<\/a><\/strong>Pumpkin breakfast cookies\u2026sweet potato casserole\u2026hot bacon and mushroom dip. These dishes don\u2019t sound like they\u2019d be particularly healthy (or easy on the digestive system), but that\u2019s where you\u2019re wrong. Carrie Vitt\u2019s<\/a> meals serve as a reminder that food allergies, or gluten intolerances<\/a> don\u2019t mean missing out on culinary fun. Her book is full of dinner party-worthy dishes that can all be made grain-free, Paleo<\/a> or dairy-free<\/a>. Kids will dig the Paleo chicken nuggets, and adults will go nuts over dishes like grilled rib eye with asparagus or roasted garlic cauliflower alfredo. ($18.99, available now)<\/p>\n![\"Healthy](\"https:\/\/cdn-life.dailyburn.com\/life\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/10044529\/Healthy-Holiday-Recipes-6.jpg\")
\n<\/a><\/strong>The ultimate guide to vegan, gluten-free treats, this book contains 250 recipes sure to satisfy any dessert snob. Cakes, breads, cookies, brownies, pies, cheesecakes and even ice creams and candy are all covered\u2014 and author Allyson Kramer<\/a> says your non-vegan friends won\u2019t notice the difference between her Ultimate Fudgy Brownies and non-vegan varieties in a taste test. A glossary in the front details the differences between the numerous flours used (like teff flour). Plus, you\u2019ll get a guide to the milk substitutes and binders that replace traditional dairy and eggs. In other words, reading this book is kind of like taking Vegan & Gluten-Free Baking 101. ($15.38, available now)<\/p>\n![\"Healthy](\"https:\/\/cdn-life.dailyburn.com\/life\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/10044527\/Healthy-Holiday-Recipes-7.jpg\")
\n<\/strong>Even people who can\u2019t imagine the holidays without a Christmas roast will find something they\u2019ll love in blogger Lindsay Nixon\u2019s<\/a> book. Detailing how to survive the holidays free of animal products<\/a>, each recipe is categorized based on whether it\u2019s quick, make-ahead, prep-ahead, portable, soy-free or gluten-free. With holiday dishes geared towards Christmas, Hannukah and Kwanza, there\u2019s a veggie-based<\/a> recipe for everyone in these pages (bring on the Portobello pot roast). Plus, an array of New Year\u2019s Eve apps, and New Year\u2019s Day brunch ideas will have you set through 2015. ($9.99, available now)<\/p>\n
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\n<\/a><\/strong>Low-cal cocktail connoisseur Bethenny Frankel<\/a> has got all the tricks you need to sip your way<\/a> through the holiday season without feeling bloated or hungover<\/a> 24\/7. Her Skinnygirl \u201cFixologist Formula\u201d will help you slash the calories<\/a> in all your favorite cocktails, and recipes for mulled wine, peppermint martinis and naughty nog will get you in the seasonal spirit. There are plenty of options that clock in at under 150 calories \u2014 and advice on how to enjoy your drinks without being too bleary to get through your workout<\/a> the next day. ($9.73, available now)<\/p>\n![\"Healthy](\"https:\/\/cdn-life.dailyburn.com\/life\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/10044525\/Healthy-Holiday-Recipes-9.jpg\")
\n<\/a><\/strong>If you\u2019ve got a party on your calendar, this book by blogger Julie Van Rosendaal<\/a> and food writer Jan Scott<\/a> is here to help \u2014 regardless of the occasion. With menus for everything from a snow day to a holiday open house, you\u2019ll have an arsenal of ideas for the entire holiday party season. The recipes range from light (lemony kale and Brussels sprouts salad) to decadent (maple apple upside-down buttermilk cake), but hey, everyone needs a cheat day<\/a> now and then. If the party is at your place, you\u2019ll also find tips on how to play hostess, so your night will be smooth (not stressful). ($34.95, available now)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"