Healthier Thanksgiving Recipes to Try This Year

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It’s almost time to get together with your family and friends to celebrate Thanksgiving and all that you have been grateful for this year.

Looking for some last minute holiday dishes to try to change things up a bit? Maybe eat a little healthier for Thanksgiving and feel a little better about having some seconds?

What if I told you there are some tasty healthier versions of some of our favorite traditional dishes?

Family members might be hesitant to have one of their traditional dishes replaced by one of these recipes, but if you explain that you wanted to introduce something new this year. I’d imagine they won’t mind having a little extra food when it looks so tasty! …And if they give it a try, they won’t be disappointed by the recipes below.

Lisa Bryan’s Healthy Green Bean Casserole featured on DownShiftOlogy.com is sure to satisfy anyone’s tastebuds. It’s so similar to the traditional green bean casserole, only it is completely made from scratch. You won’t be using anything canned here. You get to make a more elevated and delightfully tasty mushroom sauce using fresh ingredients. And just look at this elegant dish:



Or try Erin, the Almond Eater’s, tasty Savory Mashed Sweet Potatoes.




Love Cranberry sauce but trying to limit your white sugar? Try Cookie and Kate’s Naturally Sweetened Cranberry Sauce. I personally can’t even go back to the canned stuff. It is that good.



 

Now if you are looking for something a little different than your traditional stuffing and want something with lots of deliciously nutritious ingredients, let me introduce just that. Give Katie’s Butternut Squash and Kale Quinoa Stuffing a try.


 


Maybe you just want to try something a little different but also healthy?

Try Jo-Anna Rooney’s delightful Cranberry Glazed Turkey Breast.



 

Or if you don’t like Turkey, give Krista’s Pomegranate Maple Glazed Ham a taste.



 

If you try any of these recipes, leave them a review and let me know how you liked them, too.

Happy Thanksgiving from my family to yours!

 

References:

Each photo is of the original recipe from each of the sites below. Recipes can be found by clicking on the highlighted title of the recipe.

https://downshiftology.com/recipes/healthy-green-bean-casserole/

https://thealmondeater.com/savory-mashed-sweet-potatoes/

https://cookieandkate.com/naturally-sweetened-cranberry-sauce-recipe/

https://www.goodlifeeats.com/butternut-squash-and-kale-quinoa-stuffing/

https://aprettylifeinthesuburbs.com/cranberry-glazed-turkey-breast/

https://www.joyfulhealthyeats.com/easy-pomegranate-maple-glazed-ham-recipe/


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Comments

  1. ksu internsDecember 6, 2021 at 5:29 PM

    These are all great ideas to change up your thanksgiving dishes! Everything looks super delicious!

    CV

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