Healthy Recipes on Thanksgiving…does this sound very unusual as well as uninteresting?
When we think of all the oily and health hazards recipes something like stuffed turkey, full creamy sauce, the buttered mashed potatoes as well as the pumpkin pies, then the word healthy does not seems to be a perfect adjective to be used. So why not give a try to something which is nourishing and tasty too?
For my family, Thanksgiving Day is a very favorable day and we celebrate it in a great way by inviting our near and dear ones for the dinner. So for this Thanksgiving Day special, I have a few ideas. I love testing with different kinds of ingredients as well as flavors. Don’t worry…nothing much I am going to do…just effortless adjustments to the normal Thanksgiving dishes.
Here are given a few modifications which I have done in the common Thanksgiving Day menu:
Turkey: turkey is a delicacy and could be the appealing dish of your festival meal or some other celebration for example Thanksgiving Day. Turkey is a very lean animal as well as contains less fat. But when you basted it in butter, it becomes high caloric and fatty food. So what Idid here, inplace of 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 I preferred to make with wheat flour and thus i serve the bread with baked turkey.
Good Gravy: Are you aware of the fact that gravy is the main culprits on the dinner table. Instead of using turkey drippings, i used the vegetable oil while making the gravy. You can also opt for preparing low-fat broth-based gravy or vegeterian gravy instead.
Dessert: dessert could be the last but not the least course of the meal. Instead of preparing cheesecakes and various kinds of piesthat are most often loaded with creams, nuts or caramel, I relied on serving fresh fruits as a dessert menu.
Another change 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 change it into an easy as well as mouth-watering dinner menu. We can truly enjoy the dish with boiled asparagus plus applesauce on the side.
This year it was not very difficult for me to create changes in my family’s 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