May 10th is just around the corner, and this year, make Mom a healthy Mother’s Day brunch that will delight her taste buds without wrecking her diet (or at least steer your family in the right direction!) The Daily Plate on LIVESTRONG.COM has compiled some healthy and tasty alternatives to the typical calorie-filled Mother’s Day brunch items.
Here’s a list of some Mother’s Day food and drink favorites below, with delicious alternatives. Recipes for these healthy alternatives can be found at: Healthy Mother’s Day Brunch Tips on LIVESTRONG.COM.• Instead of: Eggs Benedict – 442 calories and 36 fat grams; have: Mediterranean Eggs Benedict — 355 calories and 15 fat grams
• Instead of: Traditional French Toast — 2 slices = 356 calories, 19 fat grams, Add Maple Syrup 2 Tbsp = 100 calories; have: Baked French Toast with Berry Medley– 2 slices = 270 calories, 6.7 fat grams
• Instead of: Traditional Breakfast Potatoes – 186 calories, 7 fat grams; have: Roasted Sweet Potatoes – 118 calories, 3.5 fat grams
• Instead of: Classic Coffee Cake — 1 slice, 570 calories, 28 fat…
Given a choice between Beef, Chicken or Seafood, I’ll always go with the Seafood. These easy-to-make crab and garlic-herb Florentine sauce crepes are just right for brunch or a light dinner on the deck during hot summer evenings.
Crepes With Crab and Garlic-Herb Florentine SaucePrep Time: 15 MinutesCook Time: 15 Minutes
What You’ll Need:
2 tbl. Butter or margarine½ c. chopped red bell pepper2 large shallots, minced1 (8 oz.) tub of Boursin (garlic-herb) cheese½ tsp. Hot sauce12 oz. King crab meat, chopped2 c. cooked white rice1 (10-count) pkg. Prepared crepe shells2 (9-0z). pkgs. Frozen creamed spinach, thawed½ c. shredded Parmesan cheese
How to Make It:
Preheat oven to 325 degrees F. Coat an 11×7×2-inch baking dish with non-stick cooking spray.
Heat butter in large skillet over medium-high heat. Add bell pepper and shallots; cook and stir until soft. Stir in garlic-herb Boursin cheese and hot sauce. Stir in crab and rice.
Spoon 1/3 of the crab mixture along one edge of a crepe shell; roll up shell jelly-roll style and place in prepared baking dish. Repeat with remaining crab mixture…