Easy Healthy Snack Options For Your Super Bowl Party

Regional Nutritionist at Giant Food Stores, Rabiya Bower, joins CBS3 to talk about some healthy snack ideas.

HEALTHY OPTIONS FOR YOURGUESTS, WHAT DO YOU PUT ON THECOFFEE TABLE THAT APPEALS TOEVERYONE?WELL, FOR SOME LAST MINUTEIDEAS, WE WELCOME ROB IA, THEREGIONAL NUTRITIONIST AT GIANTFOOD STORES.THANKS FOR WAKING UP WITH US,I KNOW A LOT OF PEOPLE HAVE ALONG DAY WITH A LOT OF IS THATCORRECT ON HAND BUT NO REASONWE CAN'T HAVE HEALTHIER SNAKESON THE MENU, AS WELL, SO WHATHAVE YOU BROUGHT FOR THUSMORNING?ABSOLUTELY.THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR HAVINGME.SO WE TALK ABOUT HEALTHYSMACKS, REALLY LOOKING FORWAYS TO SUBSTITUTE SOME COMMONITEMS TO GET LITTLE MORENUTRITION IN, OVER HERE TURKEYMEATBALL WITH BARBEQUE SAUCE.SOMETHING YOU CAN THROW IN THECROCK POT.AND FOR YOUR GUESTS, SUPEREASY, AND I'VE TURKEYMEATBALLS, THEY TASTEIDENTICAL, DELICIOUS, BUTHEALTHIER.ABSOLUTELY, LITTLE LESS FATTHERE.STILL GET THE LEAN PROTEIN,BUT LESS FAT THAN NUTRITIONALMEATBALLS, THEN SOME OF THEOTHER SMACKS, LIKE POPCORN, ORTILL A CHIPS, ESPECIALLY IFYOU BUY MULTI GRAIN VARIETYCAN GIVE YOU THE EXTRA BOOSTOF NUTRITION.SO THESE ARE THINGS THATEVERYBODY EXPECTS AT THEPARTY, AND STILL PROVIDINGTHEM, JUST WITH THE HEALTHIEROPTIONS?MULTI GRAIN, SO EASY TO DO.ABSOLUTELY YOU GET THEBENEFIT OF SOME FINE NERVE,THERE AS WELL.YOU KNOW, CHIPS AND SALS, YOURVEGETABLE SOURS.NOTHING WRONG WITH OFFERINGTHAT.I LOVE SALSA I CAN EAT THATEVERY DAY.AND THAT'S A HEALTHY FOOD.EVERY TIME I GO TO A PARTY THEVEGGIE TRAY IS ALWAYS POPULAR.SO DEFINITELY GET YOUR VEGGIETRAY OUT THERE.WE HAVE SOME DIFFERENT DIPS ASWELL.SNOW IS A BUFFALO STYLE DIP.BUT IT IS PLANT-BASED SOCAULIFLOWER IS THE MAININGREDIENT.WHAT SHOULD WE BESUBSTITUTE THAT WITH?INSTEAD OF THE TRADITIONALBUFFALO CHICKEN DIP, WITHCHEAP CHEESE, HIGH SALTFLAVORING, TRY THE BUFFALOSTYLE DIP PLANT-BASED.THAT'S KEY.DEAF WILL HE OR HUMMUS WITHHEALTHY FAT, RANCH DRESSWITHING YOGURT IN IT, AND SOAGAIN.OH, CONTROLLING YOU ARE?YOGURT, ABSOLUTELY.THAT'S GREAT.YES.SO CUTTING SOME OF THE FASTTHERE BUT STILL GETTING ALL OFTHE FLAVOR REALLY KEY.IT IS LITTLE THINGS HEREAND THERE, AND THEY REALLY ADDTO UP BIG DIFFERENCE.DEFINITELY.AND YOU HAVE EVERYTHINGCOVERED.WE HAVE THE SMACKS, WE'VE GOT,YOU KNOW, COULD BE DINNER,MEATBALLS, SO WE CAN'T FORGETDESSERT.WHAT'S ON TAP FOR TEST WERTHWE COME TO A HEALTHIER OPTION.YES, I'VE MADE SOME BLACKBEAN BROWNIES HERE, ANDTHEY'RE IN THE SHAPE AFTERFOOTBALL.I LOVE IT.IT IS JUST REGULAR BROWNIERECIPE WITH SOME BLACK BEANSIN IT, THE BLACK BEANS GIVEYOU FIBER AND PROTEIN AND WAYTO SNEAK SOME HEALTH INTOUREIDESSER.BEANS ARE REALLY GREATSUBSTITUTE, AREN'T THEY?YOU CAN'T REALLY TELL.RIGHT.YOU CAN'T TASTE THEM AT ALL.I LOVE THINGS THAT KIND OFMIMIC OTHER THINGS.BUT ARE THE HEALTHIER OPTIONS.OVERALL WHAT'S THE ADVICE THATPEOPLE PLAN TODAY START TO GETUP AND MAKE THE SMACKS?SO JUST REMEMBER BALANCE ISKEY.IT IS A CELEBRATION TODAY,ENJOY YOURSELF, BUT EVERYTHINGIN MODERATION, AND IF YOU HAVEROOM TO SNEAK IN SOMEHEALTHIER ITEMS WHETHER IT ISWHOLE GRAIN OR VEGGIE OR BLACKBEANS, DEFINATELY DO THAT.IT IS SO EASY.LIKE YOU SAID, YOU DON'T HAVETO THROW AWAY EVERYTHING, THEPIZZA, AND THAT KIND OF STUFF