Saturday, November 01, 2008

We are all trying to make it through the holidays without packing on any extra weight. One of the questions, as you can imagine we get is how to cut back on some of the calories during Thanksgiving without sacrificing eating a great meal. Below are a few tips we found that can help you out. If you have any tips you'd like to share, we'd love to hear from you. Just write a comment below.

Quick Low-Fat Tips for Thanksgiving

Here are six quick and easy ways to cut fat from your Thanksgiving feast:

  1. Remove skin from turkey before eating
  2. Make gravy from de-fatted drippings. Allow the fat to rise to the top, then skim. If time allows, cool the drippings, which makes the task of skimming much easier
  3. Replace the butter often called for in stuffing recipes with fat-free broth. If your stuffing calls for sausage meat, use chicken sausage instead of pork.
  4. Make skinny mashed potatoes by replacing butter and heavy
  5. Use reduced-fat mushroom soup in your green bean casserole, and use cooking spray to saute the onions.
  6. Make your pies with low-fat phyllo dough as the base.

By Fiona Haynes, About.com

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