Have a Healthy Birthday Celebration with Citrus Fruit

This year make a commitment to get healthy by starting a healthy birthday celebration. Instead of having a sugar laden cake celebrate your birthday with a sweet citrus treat and some fresh citrus fruit. Instead of using candy and cookies for party favors order a large citrus fruit assortment and give out fresh citrus fruit as party favors. Instead of sugary sodas serve citrus juice enhanced smoothies or light, refreshing fresh citrus fruit punch. Candied orange and grapefruit peels are great as garnishes for many different kinds of treats, including drinks and pies. If you do not want to give up on a birthday treat entirely prepare a delicious fresh citrus fruit pie instead of a birthday cake.

Choosing to have citrus fruit instead of candy or a cake at your birthday celebration is a great way to start off a new year on a healthy note. You also will be making your friends and family who cannot eat sweets or cake feel more welcome at your celebration since delicious, naturally sweet citrus fruit is often ok for people who cannot eat a lot of sugar to eat. Here are a few more ways that you can replace traditional birthday treats with fresh, sweet citrus fruit this year:

Instead of birthday cake serve a no sugar poundcake with Honeybell Tangelo preserves. That way you will still be serving cake but it will be a lower sugar, lower calorie cake that will be at least a little bit healthier than a traditional birthday cake.
Keep the ice cream, lose the cake. Serve some delicious candied orange segments and Florida orange marmalade over some low fat vanilla ice cream for a cool and refreshing treat that is sweet without being too sweet. You can also add candied orange and grapefruit peels to add a splash of color to the dessert.

Use fresh citrus fruit assortments as centerpieces and then allow guests to take home citrus fruit as a party favor. Citrus fruit assortments are beautiful and will give your guests a healthy snack to munch on throughout the party. A fresh fruit tower is a great centerpiece for the head table where the birthday boy or girl is seated, or for the gift table.

Keep the fresh citrus punch flowing. Making a fresh citrus juice punch is very simple to do and adds a lot of pizzazz to a party. Your guests will love having a cool, refreshing citrus punch full of fresh fruit instead of plain old soda.

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