Cocktail party food ideas

asparagus wrapped in crescent rolls, marinated mushrooms, cubed cheeses with a variety of crackers or with pretzel sticks in them, zucchini bites, tzatziki, hummus, fresh fruits, fresh vegetables, guacamole, whole wheat pita crisps... really depends on how many people you're trying to feed and whether you're trying to keep them from getting shnockered.

A good low cal dessert is to drizzel chocolate onto strawberries. You can just put a bunch of strawberries on a platter then put some chocolate chips in a zip top bag in the microwave until they melt. Be careful though the chocolate will burn easily! Cut off a corner of the bag and use that to make pretty stripes all over the strawberries. It seems very decadant but very low cal and easy.

Stuffed mushrooms are great because the mushrooms themselves have very little calories. I normally stuff mine with a filing made of chopped sauted onions, chopped sauted mushroom stems, minced garlic, frozen chopped spinach (thawed of course) and grated cheese. Mix it all together, stuff the mushrooms, put them in the oven until the cheese melts and the mushrooms are tender.

Instead of chicken wings do chunks of chicken breast on toothpicks. You can still make them bbq flavored or with buffalo wing sauce but they will have way less calories.

Toasted bread with a fresh tomato topping is good. Or mini egg salad sandwiches with some of the egg yokes discarded and served on cocktail rye. Low cal, nutritious and cheap!

I am also a big fan of fat free sour cream. I think it tastes like the real thing and you can use it to make all of your normal dips like french onion dip and spinach dip. Serve them with veggies and you can snack to your heart's content and still stay in your calorie goal.

http://www.skinnytaste.com/2010/07/skinny-taco-dip.html