Thanksgiving: Healthy Thanksgiving dinner recipes
November 18, 2007
Be food adventurous this Thanksgiving with healthy Thanksgiving recipes!
The Mayo Clinic has published a collection of Thanksgiving Day recipes that replace the traditional Thanksgiving dinner feast without sacrificing taste. According to the Mayo Clinic’s Tools for healthier living, the following recipes have less calories, fat and sodium than the turkey smothered in gravy, candied yams, buttered corn and pumpkin pie we are all accustomed to serving on the biggest food holiday of the year.
From appetizers to dessert, following are links to healthy Thanksgiving Day dinner recipes:
Starter recipes
- Recipe: Pumpkin soup
- Recipe: Carrot soup
- Recipe: Chickpea hummus
- Recipe: White bean dip
- Appetizer recipes
- Soup recipes
Thanksgiving turkey and stuffing recipes
- Recipe: Roasted turkey with balsamic brown sugar sauce
- Recipe: Herb-rubbed turkey au jus
- Recipe: Turkey gravy
- Recipe: Turkey potpie with baby vegetables
- Recipe: Stuffing with cranberries
- Poultry and meat recipes
Potatoes and healthy sides
- Recipe: Sweet potatoes and roasted bananas
- Recipe: Honey-glazed sweet potatoes
- Recipe: Garlic mashed potatoes
- Recipe: Roasted potatoes with garlic and herbs
- Recipe: Seared endive
- Recipe: Sweet carrots
- Recipe: Acorn squash with apples
- Recipe: Green beans with red pepper and garlic
- Side dish recipes
Salad recipes
- Recipe: Fennel and leeks with roasted onion vinaigrette
- Recipe: Apple salad with figs and almonds
- Recipe: Salad greens with pears, fennel and walnuts
- Recipe: Spring greens with butternut squash
- Salad recipes
Bread and muffin recipes
- Recipe: Apple corn muffins
- Recipe: Pumpkin-hazelnut tea cake
- Recipe: Three-grain raspberry muffins
- Recipe: Southwestern cornmeal muffins
- Recipe: Popovers
- Bread recipes
Healthy dessert recipes
- Recipe: Peach crumble
- Recipe: Rustic apple-cranberry tart
- Recipe: Baked apples with cherries and almonds
- Recipe: Grapes and walnuts with lemon sour cream sauce
- Recipe: Fruited rice pudding
- Recipe: Warm chocolate souffles
- Recipe: Caramelized pear bread pudding
- Dessert recipes
The Mayo Clinic has produced an instructional how to video for making a low-fat, low-sodium, healthy Thanksgiving turkey and turkey gravy.