Last-Minute Christmas Dinner: Quick Recipes and New Guidance to Avoid Overeating

Overview

• Newest advice flags common pitfalls: calorie‑dense swaps such as extra nuts, coconut‑based creams, ghee and heavy cheeses can make a “fitness” menu more caloric than the traditional one.
• For drinks, nutritionists favor drier choices like brut sparkling wine, dry wine or a gin with zero‑tonic over sweeter cocktails to cut added sugar.
• Avoid pre‑feast fasting; arrive nourished, start with proteins and salads, serve smaller portions, eat without distractions and alternate alcoholic drinks with water.
• Media roundups offer quick, accessible menus for tonight, including staples like arroz à grega, salpicão, farofa, roasted poultry and rabanada, plus simple desserts.
• Fipe pegs a typical Christmas meal at about R$ 453.06, with savings from planning the guest list and menu, potluck sharing, buying wholesale, choosing seasonal fruits and repurposing leftovers.