{"id":398,"date":"2009-11-23T01:00:00","date_gmt":"2009-11-23T01:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/drnorrischumleysatisfiedlife\/2009\/11\/healthy-recipes-thanksgiving.html"},"modified":"2009-11-23T01:00:00","modified_gmt":"2009-11-23T01:00:00","slug":"healthy-recipes-thanksgiving","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/drnorrischumleysatisfiedlife\/2009\/11\/healthy-recipes-thanksgiving.html","title":{"rendered":"Healthy Recipes &#8211; Thanksgiving"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Getting ready for a traditional Thanksgiving dinner?&nbsp; Dreaming of stuffing yourself with stuffing?&nbsp; A juicy, fat turkey?&nbsp; Marshmallow sweet potatoes?&nbsp; Buttery rolls and mashed potatoes?&nbsp; Pumpkin pie?&nbsp; These all sound great, sure, but they&#8217;re not so great for your body; certainly not so wonderful for your weight loss, or weight maintenance goals.<\/p>\n<p>Here are some tips, some things I plan to do for our family Thanksgiving.&nbsp; These are easy, simple ideas and no one will notice you&#8217;re getting &#8220;healthier&#8221; on them!<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>At the supermarket or grocery, take a planned list instead of impulse buying.&nbsp; Remember that you&#8217;re being mindful and conscious, caring about yourself, friends and family.&nbsp; This holiday is about giving thanks, not all about food and indulgence.&nbsp; Yes it&#8217;s about thanking God for abundance, but that doesn&#8217;t mean it&#8217;s a license for food abuse or addictive behaviors.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Turkey:&nbsp; instead of deep frying a turkey (oh my God), or serving a high-fat bird, first buy a turkey that&#8217;s has no oil or butter injected into it.&nbsp; If you can afford it, buy a small, free-range or organic turkey.&nbsp; Fresh tastes better than frozen.&nbsp; Roast it on a rack, instead of in a pan of greasy drippings.&nbsp; Brine the turkey with a salt-water mixture of a cup of salt to a gallon of water: soak it overnight or for a few hours.&nbsp; Baste it with a non-fat bouillon broth, instead of its own drippings, every 30-45 minutes of roasting.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Gravy:&nbsp; Make it from a non-fat bouillon broth, instead of the turkey&#8217;s own drippings.&nbsp; Use non-fat milk instead of high fat.&nbsp; Use whole-wheat flour instead of bleached white. Don&#8217;t forget to make a &#8220;roux,&#8221; a flour and milk paste, before adding all the flour &#8212; this will make for excellent, non-lumpy gravy.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Mashed potatoes:&nbsp; Instead of saturating them with tons of butter, use some flavorful herbs, such as fresh parsley, dill, or marjoram sprinkled on top. Use fat-free milk instead of whole.&nbsp; If you really must have butter, only drop \u00bc of a pat on top of a serving of the mashed potatoes.&nbsp; This gives that buttery taste, without so much of it marbled-into the potatoes.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Sweet potatoes:&nbsp; They&#8217;re sweet as is!&nbsp; That&#8217;s why they&#8217;re called &#8220;sweet&#8217; potatoes.&nbsp; You really don&#8217;t need to add extra sugar, such as brown sugar (often ordinary sugar that&#8217;s got coloring added) or marshmallows.&nbsp; Again, only drop \u00bc of a pat on top of a serving of the sweet potatoes, directly to the plate.&nbsp; If you must, put only 3 marshmallows on top. <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Stuffing: use whole-wheat bread, instead of white.&nbsp; Avoid much oil or butter.&nbsp; Use a mixture of non-fat milk and water for moistening instead.&nbsp; Chock it full of vegetables, such as diced celery, carrots, onion, peppers, even try a tomato for a different flavor that&#8217;s delicious.&nbsp; Bake it covered.&nbsp; Try to resist the urge to actually stuff it in the bird, as that soaks up a lot of very fattening drippings unnecessarily.&nbsp; Use lots of herbs, especially fresh sage and parsley, or even oregano.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Rolls and biscuits.&nbsp; Make rolls, instead of biscuits (as they&#8217;re mostly fat marbled into flour).&nbsp; Make the rolls whole-wheat, so you&#8217;re getting some whole grains.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Desserts:&nbsp; try baked apples with a little honey drizzled on top.&nbsp; Make a pumpkin pie with a whole-wheat crust, substituting non-fat evaporated milk (unsweetened).&nbsp; Use stevia sweetener instead of sugar.&nbsp; Serve fruit instead of dessert; sorbet or ice-milk sherbet instead of&nbsp; whipped cream or full-fat ice-cream.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Above all: limit portions.&nbsp; Keep servings small.&nbsp; Have only ONE (1) plate of food, and eat very, very slowly.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Drink a big glass of water before and after the meal.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Have a glass of hot tea before the dinner.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Skip all appetizers.&nbsp; If you must have some, serve some hummus instead of cheese, or fattening spreads.&nbsp; Have vegetables (crudit\u00e9s) to dip with instead of crackers.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Finally, remember to sincerely give thanks to God, or your Higher Power, for all you have.&nbsp; Think of your true abundance, and how fortunate you are to be alive.&nbsp; This way, you won&#8217;t feel so ravenous.<\/p>\n<p>After the meal, go for a long walk with your loved ones.<\/p>\n<p>I wish you a wonderful holiday.<\/p>\n<p>*** PLEASE COMMENT &#8212; what are YOU cooking, sharing, eating for Thanksgiving this year?***<\/p>\n<p><i><b>Please share these tips with all your cherished friends and family &#8212; click &#8220;email this&#8221; below.<\/b> Thanks!<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Getting ready for a traditional Thanksgiving dinner?&nbsp; Dreaming of stuffing yourself with stuffing?&nbsp; A juicy, fat turkey?&nbsp; Marshmallow sweet potatoes?&nbsp; Buttery rolls and mashed potatoes?&nbsp; Pumpkin pie?&nbsp; These all sound great, sure, but they&#8217;re not so great for your body; certainly not so wonderful for your weight loss, or weight maintenance goals. 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