Menu Makeover: Thanksgiving
This Thanksgiving, keep your family traditions and indulge, but consider a healthier version of the traditional meal. By making some minor alterations to the meal, you'll feel a whole lot better in the morning - and maybe even have the energy to make it outside for your own game of football instead of just watching it on the tube.
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Traditional Meal
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Healthier Meal
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Roast turkey
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Roast turkey (no skin)
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Stuffing with onions and sausage
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Cornbread stuffing with apples, celery and cranberries
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Yams with marshmallows
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Baked Yams
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Green bean casserole
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Mashed potatoes made w/buttermilk and roasted garlic
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Creamed onions
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Roasted vegetables (drizzled with olive oil)
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Cranberry jelly
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Cranberry chutney
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Vanilla ice cream
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Cinnamon frozen yogurt
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Pumpkin pie
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Pumpkin chiffon pie
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Nutrition Information
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Traditional Meal
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Healthier Meal
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Calories: 1,713
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Calories: 1,090
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Total fat: 59 grams
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Total fat: 39 g
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Saturated fat: 21 g
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Saturated fat: 9 g
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Cholesterol: 246 mg
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Cholesterol: 143 mg
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Sodium: 2,904 mg
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Sodium: 1,238 mg
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Dietary fiber: 13 g
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Dietary fiber: 18 g
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Protein: 79 g
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Protein: 72 g
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Excerpted from The Complete Idiot's Guide to Total Nutrition by Joy Bauer. Joy Bauer is a registered dietician with a private practice in New York City.
