{"id":12437,"date":"2023-10-25T13:00:04","date_gmt":"2023-10-25T17:00:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp2.dinnertime.com\/content\/?p=12437"},"modified":"2023-10-25T13:00:04","modified_gmt":"2023-10-25T17:00:04","slug":"ghosts-goblins-and-ghouls-oh-my-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wp2.dinnertime.com\/content\/2023\/10\/25\/ghosts-goblins-and-ghouls-oh-my-3\/","title":{"rendered":"Ghosts, Goblins and Ghouls, Oh My!"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Halloween is a scary holiday but not many people actually think about what the scariest part of Oct. 31st is\u2026\u00a0<\/span>The amount of\u00a0sugar<\/b><\/em><\/span>\u00a0consumed!<\/span><\/p>\n

We all know too much sugar isn\u2019t good for us but even as adults it\u2019s hard to resist the infinite amount of\u00a0candy\u00a0<\/b>available during October!\u00a0<\/span>I used to fall into the same pattern every year.\u00a0I told myself I was only going to have\u00a0one Snickers\u00a0<\/b>bar, just one!<\/span><\/p>\n

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But then, a couple of months later, my number one New Year’s resolution was to lose the weight I gained over the holidays that all started on Halloween.<\/span><\/p>\n

Ugh,\u00a0dieting<\/strong>. Now that’s a scary picture! <\/span>Over the years I have developed a few strategies that have helped everyone in our family control ourselves.<\/span><\/p>\n

8 Tips To Defeat the Invasion of the Body Snatchers<\/h2>\n
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  1. DON\u2019T<\/strong><\/span>\u00a0open the bags of candy you plan to pass out until Oct. 31. Hide them if you have to!<\/li>\n
  2. Feed your family<\/span><\/strong> (and maybe some friends too!) before everyone starts \u201cTrick or Treating<\/strong>.\u201d A full belly of something healthy keeps that night\u2019s candy consumption way down.\"\"<\/li>\n
  3. Separate and bag<\/strong><\/span> the candy by variety from your kid’s loot bags\u00a0(after they\u2019ve counted it all!)<\/li>\n
  4. Keep the\u00a0top 3<\/strong><\/span> favorite candy-types\u00a0and give the rest to charity the next day. GET IT OUT OF THE HOUSE!<\/li>\n
  5. Allow your kids<\/strong><\/span> to take a piece to school in their\u00a0lunch box\u00a0for a few days and maybe give them a piece after dinner too.<\/li>\n
  6. Everyone\u2019s candy bags<\/strong><\/span> go in the\u00a0freezer. No secret candy stashes at my house!<\/li>\n
  7. Out of sight out of mind<\/strong><\/span>. By day 5-6 they will have forgotten about it and you can\u00a0move\u00a0the rest out of the house.<\/li>\n
  8. Substitute<\/strong><\/span> with an apple or clementine for dessert to wean everyone back to healthy sources of natural sugar.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    I hope everyone enjoys a happy and healthy Halloween!<\/span><\/p>\n

    \u00a0Filling and nutritious recipes to fill up your big and little goblins before heading out.<\/span><\/h3>\n

    Search for more kid-friendly recipes in your Dinnertime Recipe Box<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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    \"\"Easy Slow Cooker Tuscan Beef Stew<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

    Filling and easy to make ahead so you have more time to put on your costume.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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    \"\"Panzanella Panini<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

    Delicious crowd pleaser, even the ghosts like it!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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    \"\"Burger Soup<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

    Hearty and easy for all the witches and ghouls to help make it.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    Halloween is a scary holiday but not many people actually think about what the scariest part of Oct. 31st is\u2026\u00a0The amount of\u00a0sugar\u00a0consumed! We all know too much sugar isn\u2019t good for us but even as adults it\u2019s hard to resist… Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":5872,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[5,4],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp2.dinnertime.com\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12437"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp2.dinnertime.com\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp2.dinnertime.com\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp2.dinnertime.com\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp2.dinnertime.com\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12437"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/wp2.dinnertime.com\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12437\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12440,"href":"https:\/\/wp2.dinnertime.com\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12437\/revisions\/12440"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp2.dinnertime.com\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5872"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp2.dinnertime.com\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12437"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp2.dinnertime.com\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12437"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp2.dinnertime.com\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12437"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}