1) The main course is fresh baked turkey! Turkey is the lowest calorie meat, lowest cholesterol and lowest fat. I eat turkey through the year, but there's no better turkey than fresh off a carcass on Thanksgiving day.
2) There are always veggie sides. Our family typically has green bean casserole and something purely veggie. This year it will be salad and crock pot mushrooms. Yummy! I can have tons of those!
3) Mashed potatoes. While I won't eat my pre-diabetes amount of 2 gigantic helpings, fresh whipped spuds are still a favorite of mine. I never make them at home, because we would never eat them all. So, Thanksgiving is the only time to get them and they are yummy.
4) Pumpkin pie. Hubby's Grandfather makes a fresh pumpkin pie for Thanksgiving. I choose not to eat pumpkin pie any other day but on Thanksgiving day and it's worth the wait every year. Sometimes I'll eat it at Thanksgiving. Sometimes I take it home and savor each bite later.
5) Leftovers!! I love having leftover turkey to eat on sandwiches and/or cook with. This year, I am scoping Pinterest for a tasty turkey recipe to make for dinners later this week.
Thanksgiving is actually one of the healthiest family dinners we have through the year. I'm very thankful that I get to spend my day with family and stuff myself with lots of healthy food and a bit of not so healthy food.
What about you? What are you thankful for?
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