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One of my friends calls the holiday season--Halloween, Thanksgiving, and Christmas--the Trifecta of Diet Doom! It can seem like that. We can be tempted to just give up and indulge this time of year.
With just a substitution or two, you can turn your Thanksgiving feast into something just as delicious, but a whole lot healthier. Here are two of my favorite "special" vegetable recipes from the past year.
First up is a green bean recipe that will put that old green bean casserole recipe to shame. I cannot tell a lie. I had nothing to do with this recipe, except to enjoy it. It is Balsamic Glazed Green Beans and Pearl Onions. A most worthy side dish at only 53 calories per serving!
Next is one of my all-time favorite "comfort food" recipes. The original recipe came in my health insurance newsletter--so it has to be healthy, right? It is Cauliflower Potato Bake--somewhat reminiscent of potatoes au gratin. It is definitely healthified, at only 66 calories per serving. I actually think this dish is perfect paired with baked ham. Because everybody knows you have to have MASHED potatoes with turkey, right? Tada! I give you Mashed Cauliflower. Don't turn your nose up at it until you try it. It only took me two years of hearing about it before I would try it! And now its one of my favorite veggies. I felt especially vindicated when I heard some of the top chefs on The Food Network mentioning 'cauliflower mash.' Its so good and creamy that you don't even need gravy. (But at only 40 calories per serving, you can enjoy a little gravy on top!)
I've started a discussion topic in the Forum under The Healthy Quilter, where we can all share some of our favorite healthy Thanksgiving recipes. If you have a good one, I'd love to hear from you.
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