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Holiday and Christmas recipes: light dishes with protein

Recipes for Christmas Eve, Christmas, New Year's, and Three Kings Day for when you eat little: an appetizer board, shrimp cocktail, Spanish picadillo soup, turkey in sauce, New Year's lentils, a light pozole, a yogurt and fruit dessert, and a Three Kings breakfast. Every one puts protein first, in small portions and mostly soft textures, and none has alcohol or anything fried. They follow the order of a holiday meal: starters, mains, dessert, and finally the morning of January 6.

The numbers on each card are per serving and are not eyeballed: they add up the per-100 g values of each ingredient in the food database, which come from USDA FoodData Central. If you take a GLP-1 medication and fill up fast, start each plate with the protein and leave the sides for last. For more ideas, read Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Year on Ozempic, Wegovy or Zepbound: How to Eat, Drink and Enjoy the Holidays.

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