Eating healthy during the long Thanksgiving weekend, a time when feasting is expected, can be a challenge. This page collects links to low fat Thanksgiving recipes as well as tips from outside sources on how to stay healthy during the holidays.
Low Fat Thanksgiving Tips
All Recipes's guide to making Thanksgiving food healthier has some helpful tips:All Recipes: Healthy Thanksgiving Recipes
- Reduce butter and oil in dishes like mashed potatoes
- Offer fruit instead of pies
- Skip turkey skin and choose white breast meat
- Don't deep fry the turkey
- Make low fat or vegetarian gravy
- Make regular steamed vegetables instead of creamy vegetable casseroles
- Bake stuffing on the side of the turkey, not inside the bird
More Thanksgiving Survival Help
Low Fat Thanksgiving Recipes
References
Fast Facts
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Thanksgiving
Fourth Thursday in November
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Fact:
Turkey is a low fat meat
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Fact:
Many Thanksgiving dishes include plentiful amounts of high fat ingredients like butter and oil
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Fact:
Alcoholic beverages are often served at Thanksgiving and other holiday gatherings; many contain a lot of calories
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National Institutes of Health
Americans gain, on average, an extra pound of weight during the holiday seasonCTV.ca: Eight Secrets to Healthier Holiday Eating (November 8, 2008)
