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Nutritious Thanksgiving Recipes
Healthy Recipes on Thanksgiving...does this sound unusual and boring?
When we think of all the oily and health hazards recipes for instance stuffed turkey, full creamy sauce, the buttered mashed potatoes as well as the pumpkin pies, then the word healthy is not a good adjective to be used with them. So why not give a try to something which is healthful and tasty too?
In my family, Thanksgiving Day is a very important day and we celebrate it in a great manner by welcoming friends and relatives for the dinner. So for this Thanksgiving Day special, I have a few ideas. I love experimenting with several ingredients along with flavors. Do not worry...nothing much I am going to do...just few alterations to the normal Thanksgiving recipes.
Here are given a few modifications which I have done in the normal Thanksgiving Day menu:
Turkey: turkey is a delicacy and could be the appealing dish of your festival meal or any celebration like Thanksgiving Day. Turkey is a really lean animal as well as contains very less fat. But when you basted it in butter, it becomes high caloric and fatty food. So what Changes i did here, inspite of using butter, I used olive oils and baked it. With this wholesome adjustments, i made the turkey more delicious and healthy too.
Bread: normally we make bread with white flour.. But This time i preferred to prepare with wheat flour and thus i serve the bread with baked turkey.
Good Gravy: Are you aware of the fact that gravy is the principal culprits on the dinner table. Instead of using turkey drippings, i used the vegetable oil while making the gravy. You can also make low-fat broth-based gravy or any vegeterian gravy.
Dessert: dessert is considered to be the last but not the least course of the meal. Inspite of making pies and cheesecakesthat are most often loaded with creams, nuts along with caramel, I relied on serving fresh fruits as a dessert menu.
Another alteration I did in my Thanksgiving dinner menu is the utilization of leftover ham. With this left over ham, i made a new dish called as Swiss Rosti. Rosti is actually a Swiss potato pancake which can be served as a side dish but I used the ham and thus make it into an easy plus mouth-watering Thanksgiving menu. You can truly enjoy the dish with boiled asparagus along with applesauce on the side.
This year it was simple for me to develop some variations in my Thanksgiving menu. I just made few variations and it was a hit. Why don't you guys try and impress your family then?
Take a look at the free Thanksgiving eCookbooks. You can also take a look at some yummy apple recipes