Healthy Thanksgiving Side Dishes
If you are trying to find Healthy Thanksgiving Side Dishes, look no further! These side dishes will help you cut the calories without sacrificing flavor on your Thanksgiving table!
1. Cranberry Sauce from Alton Brown uses honey and fresh cranberries.
2. Garlic Roasted Butternut Squash from Eat Well 101 gets its flavor
from garlic sauce and Cajun seasonings.
3. Thanksgiving Slaw from The Kitchn include almonds and
cranberries and will last up to 2 hours on the buffet without wilting.
4. Apple Cranberry Spinach Salad from Julia's Album combines
spinach, fruits, nuts and avocados served with a vinaigrette dressing.
5. Baked Carrots from This Autoimmune Life uses a small
amount of olive oil with Montreal steak seasoning for a burst of flavor.
6. Nanou's Garlic Green Beans from The Life Jolie combines fresh
green beans, garlic and a brown butter sauce.
7. Cauliflower Stuffing from Delish offers a great alternative
for your gluten-free or low-carb friends.
8. Roasted Broccoli and Brussels Sprouts from Moms Without Answers are
roasted with a small amount of Parmesan cheese until crispy.
9. Sweet Potatoes with Cranberries offers a sugar-free sweet potato option
Even though most of our traditional holiday meal is far from healthy, I like to throw in a few healthier items to balance it out. These are great suggestions and I wish you a Happy Thanksgiving!
ReplyDeleteI LOVED this post! We have a few special food needs in my family and these recipes fit the bill. Enjoy this time of Thanksgiving.
ReplyDeleteSo glad you can use some of these recipes! Happy Thanksgiving!
ReplyDeleteI make all the traditional foods for the rest of my family and the healthy ones are mainly for me! Happy Thanksgiving!
ReplyDeleteThanks for all these healthy alternatives!
ReplyDeleteHappy Thanksgiving Amy! Thanks for stopping by!
ReplyDeleteOk, I'm definitely making the slaw and the spinach salad. I've made something like this before and it was a hit! I'll be tweeting and pinning this.
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Your side dishes look wonderful especially the butternut squash.
ReplyDeleteThank you for sharing on #omhgff this week!
Wishing you a wonderful Thanksgiving!?
Sweet potatoes sound so good right now!
ReplyDeleteThese look fantastic, and perfect for what I was looking for. I'm trying to keep my starchy carb intake down, so these will definitely be healthy alternatives.
ReplyDeleteLooks like some tasty healthy sides
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ReplyDeleteThese all look wonderful for anytime of year. Pinning.
ReplyDeleteI do eat this other times of the year myself!
ReplyDeleteThey are definitely a great alternative to all the carbs!
ReplyDeleteThanks Amber!
ReplyDeleteThanks for stopping by Christine!
ReplyDeleteI need to make that garlic roasted butternut squash now! Such a yummy selection of recipes.
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