Try These 3 Bone-Healthy Superbowl Snacks

Vivian Goldschmidt, MA Lifestyle

Evidence-Based
6 min Read

Here in the US, football season is in full swing, and the Superbowl is coming up this weekend.

Finger foods traditionally accompany the “big game,” and are usually acidifying fare like chicken wings, chips, fries, and the like.

Savers know that it’s always better to serve bone-healthy alternatives like raw nuts and vegetables with dips like guacamole or salsa. Those are certainly good, but today I want to show you how you can add the “WOW” factor to Superbowl snacking with my three brand-new, delicious, bone-healthy finger foods.

All of them are either alkalizing or pH-balanced, and I’m sure that your family and friends will love them (so will you!), and they take just minutes to prepare.

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Let’s get started with the recipes!

Tangy Onion-Apple Cups

These sweet-savory cups are pH-balanced, and are especially good served with fresh fruit on the side.

Ingredients

  • 4 yellow onions, thinly sliced
  • 1 tablespoon avocado oil (add more if necessary)
  • 2 Granny Smith or any tart apples, peeled, cored, and cubed
  • 30 mini phyllo shells
  • 1 tablespoon of your favorite cheese, shredded
  • 1 tablespoon fresh parsley, minced (2 teaspoons dried)
  • Sea salt and black pepper to taste


Directions

  1. Bake mini phyllo cups following package directions.
  2. While cups are baking, heat the oil in a large frying pan and add the onions. Cook until the onions are soft, about 5 minutes. Stir in the apples and reduce heat. Sauté, stirring often, until onions are medium brown. Add salt and pepper to taste. Allow to cool.
  3. Fill phyllo cups with cooled onion-apple mixture, and sprinkle a pinch of shredded cheese and parsley over the top.
  4. Bake for a few minutes until cheese melts. Serve hot.

Creamy Mushroom-Garlic Cups

These phyllo cups are a bone-healthy alternative to prepared mini quiches, and they are full of bone-rejuvenating ingredients.

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Ingredients

  • 1 pound mushrooms, chopped
  • 1 ½ tablespoons minced garlic 
  • 30 mini phyllo shells
  • 1 ½ tablespoons avocado oil
  • 1/2 cup onion, chopped 
  • 2 tablespoons fresh basil, chopped (or 1 tablespoon dried)
  • 3 tablespoons plain yogurt
  • 3 tablespoons milk substitute (such as plain, unsweetened almond milk)
  • Sea salt and black pepper to taste

Directions

  1. Bake mini phyllo cups following package directions.
  2. While cups are in the oven, heat the oil in a large frying pan and add the onions. Sauté for 1 minute, then add mushrooms, basil, salt and pepper.
  3. Sauté mushrooms for approximately 4 minutes, then add garlic. Continue cooking until mushrooms are browned and liquid almost evaporates.
  4. Transfer mushroom mixture to a bowl and mix in the yogurt and milk substitute.
  5. Spoon mixture into phyllo cups and serve hot.

Crunchy Salmon-Pear Stacks

These Vitamin D-packed snacks combine sweet pears with tangy lemon and savory salmon, topped with crunchy almonds and sesame seeds.



Ingredients

  • 12 oz salmon, cooked (not canned or smoked)
  • 1 ½ cups baby arugula leaves
  • 1 lemon for juice
  • 3 pears (or as many as necessary), cut into 30 slices
  • Slivered almonds and sesame seeds, for garnish

Directions

  1. Arrange pear slices in a single layer on a tray or shallow dish.
  2. Spoon a small amount of arugula and fish on each slice.
  3. Sprinkle with lemon juice to taste and top with slivered almonds and sesame seeds.

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Till next time,

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