Looking to bring a little more health to your holiday table this year? Join Allison Stowell and Kit Broihier for a fun, informative webinar to help you manage your holiday planning without compromising nutrition. We know that there are some beloved dishes you just can’t mess with, but for those you can, we want to help you make small changes that will have a big impact. (Your guests won’t even know: we promise!) Tune in to:
- Learn how make creamy, savory dishes with less fat, calories and sodium.
- Pick up tips for making pies just a bit healthier.
- Discover new recipes for healthy holiday breakfasts.
- Get ideas for easily entertaining without compromising your healthy eating plan.
Resources
Guiding Stars blogs and recipe round-ups for holidays:
- Pinterest Board: Here’s to Your Health!
- Holiday Brunch Ideas
- Five Ways to Minimize Holiday Food Prep Stress
- Holiday Spice is Nice and Healthy
- Not So Sweet
- An Appetizing Feast
- All the Trimmings
- Baking with Fruits and Veggies
Other helpful links:
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Allison uses her background as a food and nutrition expert to help others adopt healthier living. Frequently asked to contribute to nutrition, wellness and family life blogs and publications. She also frequently speaks to community groups and leads seminars on nutrition, balanced diet and disease prevention. As Guiding Stars’ Consulting Dietitian, Allison supports Guiding Stars partners in using the Guiding Stars nutritional algorithm to educate the communities they serve.
Her thoughts on nutrition can be also found in her Guiding Stars health and wellness blog. Allison also serves as a Retail Dietitian for Hannaford Supermarket, a Guiding Stars retail partner. Her professional journey also includes maintaining a private practice, which emphasizes a non-diet approach and increasing mindful eating as the key to making better food choices and healthy living. She lives in Connecticut with her husband, two children, and her dog Josie.

Kitty is a member of the Guiding Stars Scientific Advisory Panel, a panel of experts in the fields of nutrition and public health, formed to develop a set of criteria which resulted in the design of a now patented algorithm used to analyze food products. Kitty is also a food and nutrition communications expert and the owner of NutriComm Inc., a marketing and communications company that services food manufacturers, trade groups and public relations firms nationwide.
Previously on the editorial staff at Good Housekeeping magazine, she has written many magazine articles and contributes regularly to a variety of publications and websites, including the Guiding Stars blog. Kitty is also the co-author of several cookbooks. A member of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics and several of the association’s practice groups, she served two terms of service as the president of the Maine Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics. Kitty is also an adjunct instructor in the nutrition department at Southern Maine Community College. A mother to two young adults, she resides in Lisbon, Maine with her husband.