• 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.

• 1. Thanksgiving: Fourth Thursday in November
  2. Turkey is a low fat meat
  3. Gravy and stuffing are two high fat components of the meal
  4. Many Thanksgiving dishes include plentiful amounts of high fat ingredients like butter and oil
  5. Alcoholic beverages are often served at Thanksgiving and other holiday gatherings; many contain a lot of calories
  6. 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)

• Low Fat Thanksgiving Tips

  All Recipes's guide to making Thanksgiving food healthier has some helpful tips:All Recipes: Healthy Thanksgiving Recipes

  1. Reduce butter and oil in dishes like mashed potatoes
  2. Offer fruit instead of pies
  3. Skip turkey skin and choose white breast meat
  4. Don't deep fry the turkey
  5. Make low fat or vegetarian gravy
  6. Make regular steamed vegetables instead of creamy vegetable casseroles
  7. Bake stuffing on the side of the turkey, not inside the bird

• More Thanksgiving Survival Help

  1. Low Fat Pumpkin Pie Recipes
  2. How to Survive Thanksgiving Dinner with Your Family
  3. How to Pick a Thanksgiving Turkey
  4. Thanksgiving Dinner Take Out
  5. Thanksgiving Recipes

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