In summer, the hardest thing to keep fit is to resist all the temptations during the endless aperitifs and which often set the tone for the rest of the meal. However, it’s impossible to spend the summer refusing invitations! What if you learned to make the right choices for good? Here are simple but terribly effective tips to enjoy sweet evenings with family or friends, without ever biting your fingers!

Watch out for: ultra-processed foods such as crisps or snacks which have no nutritional value and which are the sworn enemies of your line! Also be careful not to abuse oleaginous fruits (olives, almonds, peanuts, cashews or pecans, etc.) which quickly raise the caloric balance with 45% lipids (fats) on average.

Always place raw vegetables on the table: cherry tomatoes, radishes, carrot sticks, cucumber, celery, bunches of cauliflower, etc. To make them more attractive, prepare two or three dips: one made with cottage cheese and pesto, the other made with tapenade with or without anchovies and the other made with vegetable caviar (tomatoes, eggplants, you have a choice!). Hummus is also a safe bet, as are pickled vegetables (peppers, heart artichokes, marinated mushrooms, etc.)

1. Place endive leaves in a large platter and place in the hollow of the tip of cheese with fine herbs or a mixture of tuna / tomato / homemade mayonnaise, for example. Guaranteed treat

2. For toast, consider using cucumber slices to replace bread. On top, you can add all kinds of spreads, preferably homemade: tuna rillette, sardine cream, guacamole or even tzatzíki for example.

3. And if you choose spreads in supermarkets, make sure that they contain less than 25% fat (lipids), less than 600 mg of sodium (or 1,5 g of salt) per 100 g and which are made with quality sunflower oil.