Memorial Day 2015: Top 5 Healthy & Guilt-Free Dishes to Prepare for the Family

While celebrating, people tend to eat more and forget their diet, but there are some healthy dishes that can be prepared for celebrations. Listed below are some healthy dishes to prepare for Memorial Day 2015. 

1. Barbecued Meat Served with Tessemae's BBQ Sauce

Fox News suggests purchasing a bottle of Tessemae's Matty's BBQ sauce to add while grilling meat in the backyard this Memorial Day. This sauce is not only gluten-free, it is also vegan, paleo-approved and to top it all off, it is sugar-free. 

2. Salad from Earthbound Farm  

Add a side of salad to go with the barbecued meat and it completes a delicious, yet healthy Memorial Day meal. Earthbound Farm offers three salad kits that come in "festive flavors," according to Fox News. These kits make salad easy to prepare as it includes all the vegetables needed and the dressing as well. Simply place in a decorative or festive salad bowl and serve 

The three flavors for the salad kits are as follows:  

• Garden Party Salad: Fresh greens, dried blueberries and cranberries, sunflower seeds, feta cheese and raspberry vinaigrette. 
• Sun-Washed Mediterranean Salad: Fresh greens, sun dried tomatoes, roasted chickpeas, feta cheese and Greek olive dressing.  
• Kale Caesar: Baby kale, cabbage, shredded carrots, sunflower seeds, Parmesan cheese, multigrain croutons and a spicy light Caesar dressing. 

3. Mozzarella-Stuffed Turkey Burgers 

Eating Well states that this burger is low in cholesterol and healthy for the heart. It is also a great meal for diabetics out there. For the recipe, click here.

4. Inside-Out Cheeseburgers 

This cheeseburger recipe is made for cheese lovers. The cheese in this burger is surrounded by meat, so the meat can be cooked to a crisp, while the cheese stays gooey and mouth-wateringly "cheesy" on the inside. 

According to Eating Well, this cheeseburger recipe is low in calories, carbohydrates and sodium. It is also gluten-free and labeled "diabetes appropriate" by the site. For the recipe, click here. 

5. Oatmeal Cookie Bars with Raspberry Ginger Filling 

This Memorial Day sweet treat comes from Take A Bite Out of Boca, a website that features recipes from South Florida. 

Shaina, the creator of this dessert recipe, describes it as "crispy on the outside, chewy on the inside and filled with the sweet spicy flavors of raspberries and ginger. These Oatmeal Cookie Bars with Raspberry-Ginger Filling will make your sweet tooth very happy." 

For the recipe click here.