Alice RD
If you love any excuse for a party or spending a quiet evening with friends, try this: host an Oscars party and serve movie-themed, cancer-fighting foods.
My friend Janna often hosts an Oscars viewing party and a buffet filled with healthful dishes evocative of the Best Picture nominees. Here are some of her favorite 2012 movie food picks and I’ll add some of my own.
Janna’s picks:
Tree of Life: Play off the title and serve a dish with foods that come from trees – perhaps a healthy take on the traditional Waldorf salad – include apples, pears or oranges with walnuts in a salad.
War Horse: England is one of several countries featured, so you could serve elegant cucumber sandwiches – use whole wheat bread with thinly sliced cucumbers.
Midnight in Paris: Set in Paris in different decades there are so many options, but nothing beats a classic whole grain baguette with a few French cheeses, bunches of grapes and dark chocolate squares.
My picks:
The Descendants: With the gorgeous Hawaiian landscape as the setting, serving Hawaiian tropical fruits is a great place to start: try our Teriyaki Shrimp Stir-Fry with Pineapple and Peppers or Papaya Salsa.
Moneyball: Take me out to the ballgame! All about baseball, you can’t beat basic peanuts and “Cracker Jack.” Serve bags of peanuts in the shell, mini peanut butter popcorn balls or make our Broccoli Salad with Peanut Dressing.
Learn more about cancer fighting foods in AICR’s Foods that Fight Cancer section.
What are your food ideas for the other four nominees? Share what healthful foods you’d serve for “The Artist,” “Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close,” “The Help,” and “Hugo.”
