Weight Watchers Recipe of the Day: Lighter Thanksgiving Recipes
Thanksgiving is one of my favorite holidays. I love gathering with friends and family to enjoy great food and give thanks!
Through the years I've been experimenting with ways to make lighter Thanksgiving recipes that don't sacrifice taste.
Some of my favorite simple strategies for lightening up classic recipes include:
- Substituting naturally low-fat buttermilk or Greek yogurt for butter in the mashed potatoes.
- Slimming down the pie(s) by skipping one or both crusts or by making a light cookie or graham crumb layer instead of a traditional pie crust.
- Using all or part whole-wheat bread and substituting chicken broth for most of the butter in the stuffing.
- Skimming most of the fat from the turkey drippings before making gravy.
- Reducing the sugar in the cranberry sauce.
My Favorite Lightened Up Recipes Perfect for Thanksgiving
Healthy Soups
8 Skinny Healthy Pumpkin Soup Recipes
Easy Chai Crock Pot Pumpkin Soup
Slow Cooker Curried Carrot Soup
Simple Salads
Brussels Sprouts Salad with Maple Mustard Dressing
Mixed Green Salad with Goat Cheese and Dates
Mixed Greens with Pears and Blue Cheese
In this video Weight Watchers shares more tasty ideas for lightening up Thanksgiving dinner without sacrificing flavor...
Enlightened Side Dishes
Roasted Brussels Sprouts, Carrots, Sweet Potatoes and Onions
Apple Glazed Carrots (Slow Cooker)
Apple Raspberry Cranberry Sauce (Slow Cooker)
Broccoli Corn Casserole (Slow Cooker)
Brussels Sprouts (Slow Cooker)
Green Bean Casserole (Slow Cooker)
Sausage Apple Stuffing (Slow Cooker)
Mashed Potatoes with Spinach and Dill (Slow Cooker)
Mashed Sweet Potatoes (Slow Cooker)
Skinny Mashed Sweet Potatoes with Pumpkin Pie Spice
Skinny Pumpkin Cauliflower Mash
Sweet Potato Apple Casserole (Slow Cooker)
Weight Watchers Cranberry Relish
Breads Made Lighter
3 Favorite Pumpkin Bread Recipes
12 Low Calorie Pumpkin Bread Muffin & Scone Recipes
Cranberry Nut Bread (Slow Cooker)
Low Fat Pumpkin Cranberry Scones
Pumpkin Bread (Slow Cooker)
Healthy Main Dishes
Turkey Breast (Slow Cooker)
Check out this informative Mel's Weight Loss Journey Video - What I Eat In A Day To Lose Weight - Thanksgiving Day!
Skinny Desserts
Creamy Pumpkin Pie Custard Cups
11 Healthy Low Fat Pumpkin Cookie and Bar Recipes
Apple Cobbler (Slow Cooker)
Cranberry Apple Cake (Slow Cooker)
Easy Crock Pot Pumpkin Crumb Cake
Enlightened Pumpkin Panna Cotta
Healthy Low Fat Pumpkin Cake Recipes
Low Calorie Pumpkin Cheesecake (Slow Cooker)
Low Fat Impossible Pumpkin Pie
Pumpkin Pie Pudding (Slow Cooker)
Skinny Healthy Pumpkin Dessert Recipes
The Skinny on Weight Loss Sisters share their thoughts on getting through the holidays without gaining weight including what they plant to eat for Thanksgiving...
Healthy Ideas for Thanksgiving Leftovers
Chicken Salad with Apples (Substitute leftover turkey for the chicken)
Crock Pot Turkey Vegetable Barley Soup
Easy Healthy Chicken Divan (Substitute leftover turkey for the chicken)
Skinny Chicken Broccoli Casserole (Substitute leftover turkey for the chicken)
Slim & Healthy Leftover Turkey Recipes
Turkey Leftovers Soup (Slow Cooker)
Turkey Wild Rice Casserole (Slow Cooker)
Martha is the founder and main content writer for Simple-Nourished-Living.
A longtime lifetime WW at goal, she is committed to balancing her love of food and desire to stay slim while savoring life and helping others do the same.
She is the author of the Smart Start 28-Day Weight Loss Challenge.
A huge fan of the slow cooker and confessed cookbook addict, when she's not experimenting in the kitchen, you're likely to find Martha on her yoga mat.
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Jan Karrick
We LOVE your recipes!!! Thank you so much for getting us hooked on slow cooking!!! My request is that your Thanksgiving recipes would be bundled in an e-book, so I could easily look thru them on my computer. I am not asking for this from free . . .
A happy follower,
Jan
Martha McKinnon
Hi Jan, Thanks so much for letting me know! I love the idea of bundling my Thanksgiving recipes into an ebook. I wish I'd thought of it a couple of months ago so I could have had it ready for this year. It's definitely getting added to my list for next holiday season. I appreciate your support more than you know. - Warmly, Martha
Pat Dixon
Good looking recipes
Pam N.
Love your recipes. How about a Thanksgiving or Holiday eBook?
Martha McKinnon
Thanks Pam! I'll put it on my list of eBooks to do!!
Kathy Eley
I used many of your slow cooker recipes to prepare for a 5 1/2 week vacation in our trailer. I loaded up the freezer with at least 20 meals. We enjoyed each one and the bonus was we both lost weight
Martha McKinnon
Hi Kathy, Thanks so much for letting me know! This makes me so very very happy 🙂