Thanksgiving Recipe Round-up

Thanksgiving Recipe Round-up

Holidays Are Coming

This year really has flown by…

Truth be told, the reason you end up sleeping away the afternoon after eating Thanksgiving dinner is not because of the turkey.  It has to do more with the excessive amounts of carbohydrates eaten.  Stuffing, mashed potatoes, rolls, pies, snacks, and desserts send your blood sugar skyrocketing and then it crashes sending you into a carb coma that can last for days.

Healthier Alternatives

Thanksgiving dinner can still be enjoyable without overindulging in too many carbohydrates and sugar-laden foods.  We can still have the pie and cookies with better alternatives. We don’t want to be in a sugar coma all day. That just doesn’t sound like a great plan to me.

Tips for a Healthier More Nutrient Dense Thanksgiving Dinner:

·     Replace mashed potatoes with mashed cauliflower or a mix of cauliflower and potatoes to decrease carbohydrates.

·     Increase number of green vegetables side dishes.  Roasted Brussels sprouts and simple steamed green beans are a great way to do this!

·     Use fruit as a sweetener in cranberry sauce instead of straight sugar.

·     Make a bread-free stuffing or use nut flours for breadcrumbs.

·     Use nut flours for the base of pies.

·     Instead of marshmallow topped sweet potato casserole mix squash, sweet potato, coconut milk, and spices such as cinnamon & nutmeg for a nice fall flavor.

·     Skip the alcohol…or minimize consumption.  

Below are 12 Healthier Alternatives to the traditional Thanksgiving dinner without sacrificing flavor or taste!

Thanksgiving Recipe Round-up

These Bacon Chive Sweet Potato Biscuitsare absolutely delicious!  

Try Sausage and Apple Stuffingor you may want to try this Thanksgiving Stuffing.

Everything tastes better with bacon!!!  Try Bacon Pecan Brussel Sproutsas a side dish this year.

I am a fan of anything pumpkin right now…it’s like there are red flashing lights that draw me to it.  Finish your meal with Pumpkin Cheesecakeor Pumpkin Pie w/Nut Crust.

Other side dishes and desserts include the following:

Fall Harvest Mashfrom Multiply Delicious

Cranberry Saucefrom Whole9

Roasted Brussels Sprouts, Squash, & Cranberriesfrom Whole9

Root Vegetable Mashfrom Mary Vance

Squash and Sweet Potato Bakefrom Whole9

Apple "Pumpkin" Piefrom Whole9

You can never go hungry on Turkey Day with these healthy recipes!! 

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