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Healthy Thanksgiving Recipes, Menus and Cooking Tips

Here is a visual comparison of EatingWell’s Thanksgiving recipes versus more traditional versions of the same foods that are bound to be gracing your holiday table. We included calories, fat, saturated fat and sodium in our comparison, and we think you’ll agree the statistics are telling.

Best of all, the tricks and techniques used to make these recipes lighter also make them delicious! There is no sacrificing taste in any of these great recipes. Share these healthy dishes with your family and friends this year—and save up some of those calories for the next big holiday.

• To keep the calories reasonable, we start with a smaller amount of potatoes. This yields about a ½ cup serving size for each person, which is plenty, especially considering all the other food on a Thanksgiving menu.
• Given that sweet potatoes are already sweet, we use just enough maple syrup to give them a great flavor without overdoing it; this helps keep calories in check.
• We add butter, for its flavor, but just enough so that the potatoes taste great, but the total fat and saturated fat is still reasonable.

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