Instead of serving up a bar with soda or alcohol, consider setting up a smoothie bar that uses fresh fruits. // © Westin Hotels & Resorts
Here are just a few simple and cost-effective F&B examples and tips from experts and planners that pack a powerful nutritional punch. For more tips on how to make your meetings and events healthier overall, click
here.
• Set up a trail mix bar for attendees that lets them create their own trail mix at meetings
• Serve “skinny cocktails” made with low-calorie liquors. Or ask hotels or venues to provide you with a fresh, custom juice bar station instead of a bar serving up soda or alcohol between sessions. Many hotels, including
Westin and Kimpton's
Eventi Hotel in New York City, offer these types of set-ups.
• Provide a working lunch that includes fully packed picnic baskets, encouraging attendees to split off into smaller groups and to eat healthfully outdoors
• Offer an easy grab-and-go breakfast like oatmeal served in coffee mugs
• Serve vegetable crudité or fruit kebabs
• Invite meeting attendees to participate in the cooking process to work together to create a healthy meal
• Always offer proteins in combination with carbohydrates
• Always have attendees eat breakfast within an hour of waking
• Add lemon or other fruit to water to encourage more people to drink it
• Cut out mayonnaise-based sides and replace butter with olive oil and fresh herbs
• Serve hard-boiled eggs, a great source of protein
• Always pay attention to portion sizes