You’re on board with benefits of eating healthy, right? You know that food can be medicine, and medicine can be food, right? And you know that your family wants you to eat healthy so you can live longer and spend more holidays together, yadda, yadda, yadda. Ok, so you get it.
BUT
Maybe you’re still not sure exactly what to eat. Much less cook. And that’s just on a regular day. 
The holidays are coming, everyone will be sharing food and breaking bread (Ok, not everyone). So now you’ve got to cook for others. You’re not even sure if healthy food can taste good. Yikes!
Relax. I get it. I’ll help you through it. Just take the time to prepare. Prepare yourself for the onslaught of tantalizing food and tempting treats. Prepare some delicious dishes that will wow your guests. Serve up sides that will make everyone forget they ever liked having meat on their plate. Don’t let the next two months undo all the hard work you’ve put in to the last 10 months! You can do this!
Ok, so panic averted. Now what. Well, you can comb the internet looking for tasty holiday dishes and then try to modify them so they’re actually healthy. OR, you could just watch Chef AJ’s upcoming webinar: Holiday Extravaganza Party where she not only gives you the recipes but lets you watch her make them in an entertaining cooking demo! Some of my most favorite and most frequently used recipes have come from her fabulous cooking webinars in the past.
This holiday feast edition will be no different. If it tells you anything, I woke up this morning with a sneak peek of the recipes at 7am and I had the Creamy Curried Kabocha Soup on the table by breakfast… Yep, it’s that good. Dinner included the Kabocha Soup and a salad with the House Dressing. The Butterscotch Pudding recipe is in the fridge for dessert.
Without further ado, I give you the Holiday Extravaganza Party! Check it out for a list of all the recipes. Mark your calendar for Tuesday Nov 15th, 8pm EST. Don’t worry if you can’t watch the webinar live. You will still be able to watch the replay and get the recipes by email.
Eating well and living well leads to good health. And that’s the real gift that keeps on giving – not only for you, but for everyone that loves you. But just in case that’s not enough and you like your gifts wrapped in a box with a bow… I have a wonderful surprise!
Thanks to Chef AJ’s generosity, you can win access to the Holiday Extravaganza Party for free! There are several ways you can enter to win. Each activity gains you a new entry. Please note the instructions require you to come back to this page to record your activity in order for it to be counted.
1) Post a comment below and tell me what you’re most concerned about this holiday season.
2) Post a comment below and tell me one tool/tactic you’re going to use to sail through this holiday season.
3) Subscribe to Beans Not Bambi (look in the sidebar on the right side of the main blog page), then come back here and post a comment that you did so.
4) LIKE Beans Not Bambi on Facebook, then come back here and post a comment that you did so.
5) Find a post you like on my Facebook page and COMMENT or SHARE with your friends, then come back here and post a comment that you did so (which ones?).
6) Follow Beans Not Bambi on Twitter, then come back here and post a comment that you did so.
If you’re new to Beans Not Bambi, check out my weight loss success story and you’ll find out why I’m a big (well, smaller than I used to be!) fan of Chef AJ and the Ultimate Weight Loss Program she created with John Pierre. And if the thought of preparing or eating healthy food really is daunting, please read back through the posts on this blog. It was designed to help people navigate the transition toward a healthy whole food plant based diet. Always feel free to contact me if you’re interested in more personal support. I’m happy to help!
The giveaway contest will remain open until 12pm EST on Tues Nov 15th and the winner will be chosen with the aid of a random number selection app. The winner will be announced on my Facebook page. Get your entries in now!
I have been working on losing weight and I am finally at a weight I am happy with. I don’t want to ruin it and gain it back this holiday season. I want to be smart and thoughtful of how and what I am eating at all times.
To get through the holidays I still want to enjoy parties etc so I will be sure to work on keeping my portions small and bringing what I like to eat so I know at least I don’t make bad decisions.
I subscribed to the blog
I like your Facebook page
Family!
Liked the page on Facebook
Commented on pumpkin waffles, yum!
Subscribed
I plan to take food to all gatherings to help get through the holidays successfully.
Have subscribed, have liked the page on Facebook, have commented on one of your posts there (the Evelyn Ozniak one) – and am following you on Twitter 🙂 I’m already subscribed to the webinar – so don’t actually need an entry – but should I by some wonderful chance win – please pass it on to someone else 🙂 Happy Holidays, everybody! I’m a Brit living in Scotland – but I’m going to start celebrating with Thanksgiving, just like you guys 🙂
Thanks – Ozniak should (of course!) re Oswick – please could you correct it for me? Thank you 🙂
I plan to make as many dishes as possible that are in line with what I’m happy with eating for family gatherings.
Liked you on FB. Holiday season is crazy around our home only because from October thru December we have not just the holidays but all our birthdays and our wedding anniversary. Too many tempting occasions around!
I am most concerned about Family gatherings this time of year. I always thought it was about WHO was around the table, but now I am finding out it was about the FOOD. I just do not feel welcome when I bring my own food.
One tactic I am using to get through this Holiday Season: I listen to Chef AJ and check into the Ultimate Weight Loss Facebook group site several times a day. Oh, I guess that is more than one – duh.
I have subscribed to this website. This is a really nice site. Thank you Christin.
I ‘liked’ you on Facebook. I am so glad Chef AJ is having this contest so that I found out about you. I am looking forward to a new site to go to that understands this way of life!
I suppose concern would be staying compliant, but will prepare by having compliant foods and NO non-compliant ones.
Subscribed and Liked your Facebook page.
Commented on the post for 5 ways to keep produce fresher longer. Now to share that post…….
Each activity should be in a separate comment because they each give you an entry in the contest. So I’ll count this reply as one of your comments too.
I am concerned about Christmas dinner. I will bring a UWL dish.
I subscribed to your blog, thank you.
I am concerned about Christmas dinner at my sister’s house. I will bring a UWL dish.
The tool I will use daily meditation to help me get through the holidays.
I am so glad that I heard about you from Chef AJ and that you are having this contest (today 11/23/2016) so glad that I found out about you.What I am concerned by, all the food holidays and becuse we have so many coming up.The tool/tactic that I am going to use are your page a Chef AJ’s video post I subscribe to your page I liked your FB Sorry, but I don’t have twitter