Turkey is a lean protein and offers a handful of B vitamins, and choosing to oven roast it versus frying it makes it a healthier choice. When it comes to turkey, the

white turkey breast meat is the healthier choice.  Of course, if you are a dark meat lover then just got for it-after all, Thanksgiving only comes but once a year. 

Ingredients:

1 whole Fresh or FrozenTurkey that's non self basting  (If hosting a smaller gathering a more healthier option is a whole turkey breast)

1 tablespoon minced garlic (3

cloves)

2 teaspoons dry mustard

4 tablespoon chopped fresh rosemary leaves

1 tablespoon chopped fresh sage leaves

1 teaspoon chopped fresh thyme leaves

1 cup chopped fresh

parsley

2 teaspoons kosher salt

1 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper

2 tablespoons good olive oil

2 tablespoons freshly squeezed lemon juice

1 cup dry

white wine

To make this classic healthier the amount of salt has been cut back versus what is usually called for, and the addition of more flavored herbs like rosemary, sage,

thyme and parsley. This will make for one juicy bird that is deliciously flavorful and healthy. Guests will love it!

The traditional recipe for yams calls for lots of butter and refined sugar. Here’s a recipe that will give you sweet and delicious candied yams, without the candy. 

Ingredients:

4 medium sweet

potatoes (Can mix in some purple yams to make this dish even healthier)

1 1/2 cup  apple cider or apple juice 

3 Tablespoons raw honey

2 Tablespoons maple syrup

2 Tablespoons coconut oil

1/2

teaspoon cinnamon

1/4 teaspoon nutmeg

1/4 teaspoon salt

Gravy is definitely one of the biggest calorie culprits on the table. Here's a very tasty and low-fat gravy to make with all the wonderful herbs from the roasted turkey.

Ingredients:

4 cups (32

fluid ounces) unsalted turkey stock, divided

2 tablespoons fresh sage, remove from stem and finely chop

2 tablespoons fresh thyme, remove from stem and finely chop

1 cup (8 fluid

ounces) skim milk

1/4 cup cornstarch

Stuffing is a rather high in carb dish, but it definitely wouldn't be thanksgiving without it.  Just by making your stuffing in a casserole dish instead of inside of your turkey

will make it healthier since it won't be absorbing the fat from the turkey while its baking.

1 loaf of white or wheat bread torn into pieces

1/2 cup

diced carrots

1/2 cup diced mushrooms

2-3 cloves of garlic 

2 1/2 cup chicken broth 

poultry seasoning to taste (I usually use 1-2 tsp) 

pepper

to taste around 1 tsp

This perfect pumpkin pie recipe is amazing! It's a tasty buttery, flaky crust with a sweet pumpkin filling thats mixed with cozy spices. Eggs and sugar are excluded from this recipe, and after

having one slice you'll never go back to your old recipe. 

Ingredients:

1 1/4 cups raw soaked cashews

1 cup maple syrup

1 can organic pumpkin puree (16 ounces) (or

use fresh puree)

2 tsp pumpkin pie spiced

1/2 teaspoon of all spice blend (mix of cinnamon, clove, nutmeg)

2 teaspoon cinnamon

Recipe from Lunch Box Bunch