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Grabbed these off of my new favorite website: www.sparkpeople.com
Thought I'd post them here for any ladies who are looking to keep Thanksgiving a little healthier this year, if anyone has any other suggestions, would LOVE to hear them!!!
You can cut your Thanksgiving day calories in half and enjoy the traditional treats without the extra calories ~ Here are a few ideas to follow ~
♦ Pick a light lightener. Cool down your coffee with milk instead of cream and save 36
calories and 4.5 grams of fat, ounce for ounce.
♦ Use less whipped cream on top of the pie. Use 1/4 cup of the white fluff instead
of 1/2 cup to get the job done.
♦ Make pumpkin pie lighter. Use egg whites instead of eggs. (Two egg whites can be
substituted for a whole egg, a savings of 34 calories; 5 grams of fat, and all the
cholesterol.) Use evaporated skim milk rather than whole milk and save 120 calories
and 16 grams of fat per cup.
♦ Serve the vegetables naked. Veggies don't need a heavy, fat-laden, cheese sauce
overcoat.
♦ Whip sweet potatoes with apple or orange juice instead of butter. This
traditional potato dish is all the sweeter without those added calories.
♦ Use whipped butter, light margarine or I Can't Believe It's Not Butter Spray. You
can shave about one-third of the calories and fat grams by using a tablespoon of
whipped butter rather than the same amount of the stick variety. Since it is "whipped"
with air it spreads more easily, so you may even be able to get by with less. Light
margarine has only 50 calories per tablespoon. Lastly you can spray on a few sprays
of I Can't Believe It's Not Butter spray which has no calories.
♦ Mix less fat into the stuffing and scoop less onto your plate. For every
tablespoon of butter you remove from grandma's recipe, you can eliminate 108
calories and 12 grams of fat. Substitute chopped apples and pears for a healthy,
moist, sweet flavor. (She'll never know!)
♦ Undress the turkey. Take the skin off to strip away almost half the fat and a chunk
of calories. Six ounces of the bird with the fatty overcoat provide 357 calories and
almost 17 grams of fat. Cutback to only four ounces skinless, and you're down to less
than 195 calories and 6 grams of fat. Bonus tip: Eat less turkey; you'll use less gravy.
♦ Skip the cheese and crackers. One ounce of brie cheese on three crackers hauls
in over 150 calories and almost 10 grams of fat. That's more than a roll with butter!
Save your calories for the good stuff, like stuffing or dessert. If hors d'oeuvres are
a must, go with raw vegetables and a low-fat dip.
♦ Roast some chestnuts over an open fire. At only 70 calories and less than 1 gram
of fat per ounce, chestnuts are wickedly low in fat. Compare that to 169 calories and
almost 15 grams of fat for the same amount of mixed nuts.