Save 1,273 calories and 92 grams of fat with this Thanksgiving menu-
Ever since I was a kid I've looked forward to Thanksgiving. As soon as Labor Day passed, my sister, my mom and I would scour ... more
Ever since I was a kid I've looked forward to Thanksgiving. As soon as Labor Day passed, my sister, my mom and I would scour ... more
Save 1,273 calories and 92 grams of fat with this Thanksgiving menu-
Ever since I was a kid I've looked forward to Thanksgiving. As soon as Labor Day passed, my sister, my mom and I would scour magazines and cookbooks to find new recipes. Every year we tried a couple of new dishes, some of which became instant classics in our family. Take our cranberry sauce: we loved the one I brought home from nursery school so much we've made it every Thanksgiving since.
Related: EatingWell's Complete Guide to Thanksgiving: Our Best Recipes, Menus, Cooking Tips and More
To this day, planning my Thanksgiving menu is a balancing act. I want to eat my favorite dishes, but the food editor in me wants to try something new. So my solution is this: rather than breaking entirely new ground (no smoked turkey and sage sushi rolls, thank you very much) I make small tweaks to the traditional Thanksgiving dishes that I like to have at my table.
This year I put together a classic menu from our new book, The Simple Art of EatingWell. It has sausage stuffing, green beans, easy pan gravy, sweet potatoes, creamed onions and of course roast turkey. With a few simple changes to the classic versions, our menu comes in with almost 1,300 fewer calories and 92 grams less fat than a traditional version. Just another small benefit of mixing it up.
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Ever since I was a kid I've looked forward to Thanksgiving. As soon as Labor Day passed, my sister, my mom and I would scour magazines and cookbooks to find new recipes. Every year we tried a couple of new dishes, some of which became instant classics in our family. Take our cranberry sauce: we loved the one I brought home from nursery school so much we've made it every Thanksgiving since.
Related: EatingWell's Complete Guide to Thanksgiving: Our Best Recipes, Menus, Cooking Tips and More
To this day, planning my Thanksgiving menu is a balancing act. I want to eat my favorite dishes, but the food editor in me wants to try something new. So my solution is this: rather than breaking entirely new ground (no smoked turkey and sage sushi rolls, thank you very much) I make small tweaks to the traditional Thanksgiving dishes that I like to have at my table.
This year I put together a classic menu from our new book, The Simple Art of EatingWell. It has sausage stuffing, green beans, easy pan gravy, sweet potatoes, creamed onions and of course roast turkey. With a few simple changes to the classic versions, our menu comes in with almost 1,300 fewer calories and 92 grams less fat than a traditional version. Just another small benefit of mixing it up.
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What's your favorite dish at Thanksgiving? Have you ever tried a healthier version of it?
By Jessie Price
Jessie Price is the deputy editor of food for EatingWell Media Group, where she directs all food content. Besides her work on nine other EatingWell books, she is the author of EatingWell on a Budget and The Simple Art of EatingWell. She lives in Charlotte, Vermont where she stays busy growing her own vegetables in the summer and tracking down great Vermont food products when she's not working.
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