How Do You Make Healthy Thanksgiving, Christmas And Holiday Side Dishes?
Thanksgiving (or Christmas and other Holidays) dinner isn’t only about the turkey. If you focus only on making the centerpiece healthy, you’ll be skipping over the part of the meal that has the most potential for improvement. While the turkey is the main dish, the sides are what contain the bulk of the calories. There are plenty of ingredients that you can use in some of your sides that will make them healthier. To make your mashed potatoes healthier, leave the peel on. This adds vitamins, minerals and fiber. Extra fiber can make you feel full without eating as much. If you’re going to load your mashed potatoes up with dairy, use low fat sour cream, cream cheese and milk. Also replace butter or margarine with a vegetable spread. Butter and margarine can be replaced with a vegetable spread in anyone of your dishes. Instead of being produced from animal or trans fat, spreads are made using vegetable oils. These are low in saturated fats and high in unsaturated fats making them healthy an
