10 Recipes for Your Oscar Party

Whether you're having a few close friends over or pulling out all of the stops for your awards party, these 10 recipes are delicious Oscar party dishes that your guests will love.
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Chocolate-Cherry Cupcakes

The chopped cherries blend into the ultra-rich chocolate cake, giving these cupcakes a slight cherry flavor while keeping it super-moist with little added oil. The combination of reduced-fat cream cheese and sour cream gives the frosting cheesecake-like flavor with about 40 calories and 3 grams saturated fat less than a traditional cream cheese frosting.

Ingredient Note: Look for whole-wheat pastry flour in the natural-foods section of large supermarkets and natural-foods stores. Store in the freezer.

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Blueberry & White Chocolate Chunk Ginger Cookies

These easy cookies are a real snap to make - just stir and bake.

Tip: Dried cranberries or cherries will also work in place of blueberries; all can be found, along with crystallized ginger, in the baking, dried fruit or produce sections of many supermarkets and natural-foods stores.

Per serving: 115 calories; 4 g fat (1 g sat, 2 g mono); 9 mg cholesterol; 18 g carbohydrate; 2 g protein; 1 g fiber; 83 mg sodium; 23 mg potassium; added sugars

Carbohydrate Servings: 1

Exchanges: 1/2 other carbohydrate, 1 fat

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Turkey Fingers with Maple-Mustard Sauce

Popular with both children and adults, these crispy, low-fat turkey fingers will disappear faster than you expect. For a fruity alternative, substitute apricot jam for the maple syrup in the dipping sauce.

Per serving: 326 calories; 5 g fat (1 g sat, 2 g mono); 64 mg cholesterol; 43 g carbohydrate; 27 g protein; 2 g fiber; 795 mg sodium; 353 mg potassium; 12 g added sugars

Carbohydrate Servings: 3

Exchanges: 1 1/2 starch, 1 1/2 carbohydrates (other), 4 lean meat

Nutrition Bonus: Iron (17% daily value).

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EatingWell Fish Sticks

You can make these homemade fish sticks in about the same amount of time it takes to bake a box of the frozen kind—with a fraction of the fat.

Ingredient notes: We like Ian’s brand of coarse dry whole-wheat breadcrumbs, labeled “Panko breadcrumbs.” Find them in the natural-foods section of large supermarkets. To make your own breadcrumbs, trim crusts from firm sandwich bread. Tear the bread into pieces and process in a food processor until coarse crumbs form. (To make fine dry breadcrumbs, process until very fine.) Spread on a baking sheet and bake at 250...

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Bok Choy-Apple Slaw

Bok choy serves as a peppery alternative to cabbage in this crunchy and creamy slaw. Try it with barbecued chicken.

Per serving: 50 calories; 2 g fat (1 g sat, 0 g mono); 3 mg cholesterol; 8 g carbohydrate; 2 g protein; 1 g fiber; 272 mg sodium; 227 mg potassium; 1 g added sugars

Carbohydrate Servings: 1/2

Exchanges: 1 vegetable

Nutrition Bonus: Vitamin A (80% daily value), Vitamin C (45% dv).

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Muffin-Tin Crab Cakes

We've taken the frying and fuss out of crab cakes by shaping and baking them in muffin tins. For the best taste, look for pasteurized crabmeat in the refrigerator case at your market's fish counter, a better choice than canned varieties. Make It a Meal: Try these cakes with some tangy tartar sauce and coleslaw.

Tip: To make fresh breadcrumbs: Trim crusts from firm sandwich bread. Tear bread into pieces and process in a food processor until a coarse crumb forms. One slice of bread makes about 1/3 cup crumbs.

Per serving: 183 calories; 4 g fat (1 g sat, 1 g mono); 124 mg...

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Avocado Tea Sandwiches

Smoked salmon plays off crispy cucumber and creamy avocado.

Per serving: 140 calories; 5 g fat (4 g sat, 3 g mono); 3 mg cholesterol; 17 g carbohydrate; 6 g protein; 4 g fiber; 303 mg sodium; 129 mg potassium; added sugars

Carbohydrate Servings: 1

Exchanges: 1 starch, 1/2 very lean meat, 1 fat

Nutrition Bonus: Protein, fiber, vitamin C.

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Garlic-Tomato Toasts

Pan con tomate, a classic Catalan tapa, is delicious alongside most soups or stews. Or serve with thinly sliced prosciutto and Manchego cheese for a tasty appetizer.

Per serving: 91 calories; 3 g fat (1 g sat, 2 g mono); 0 mg cholesterol; 12 g carbohydrate; 4 g protein; 2 g fiber; 168 mg sodium; 81 mg potassium; 1 g added sugars

Carbohydrate Servings: 1

Exchanges: 1 starch, 1/2 fat

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Tomato-&-Olive-Stuffed Portobello Caps

Portobello caps make excellent mini casseroles. Here, they hold a tomato, cheese and olive stuffing that grills up to a smoky perfection. Serve them with whole-wheat couscous and a mixed green salad for an easy meal.

To oil a grill rack: Oil a folded paper towel, hold it with tongs and rub it over the rack. (Do not use cooking spray on a hot grill.

Per serving: 118 calories; 8 g fat (2 g sat, 4 g mono); 9 mg cholesterol; 7 g carbohydrate; 7 g protein; 2 g fiber; 314 mg sodium; 433 mg potassium; 0 g added sugars

Carbohydrate Servings: 1/2

Exchanges: 1 vegetable, 1...

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Fennel & Chicken Flatbread

Here's an easy, new take on pizza: pita rounds that hold a fennel and chicken saute and that are then baked until the cheesy topping melts. Although great warm, they're just like pizza: a fabulous lunch out of the fridge the next day.

Per serving: 449 calories; 13 g fat (6 g sat, 4 g mono); 51 mg cholesterol; 53 g carbohydrate; 30 g protein; 10 g fiber; 667 mg sodium; 562 mg potassium; added sugars

Carbohydrate Servings: 3

Exchanges: 3 starch, 1 vegetable, 3 medium fat meats

Nutrition Bonus: Vitamin C (160% daily value), Vitamin A (35% dv), Calcium (25% dv).

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