Thanksgiving Menu Ideas for Dieters

Thanksgiving doesn’t have to be another excuse to fall off your diet. A dieter’s biggest downfall is usually in the thick carbs of Thanksgiving breads—biscuits or sugar breads. —as these contain most of the calories consumed on this day (besides the pumpkin pie, that is). Nevertheless, there are actually plenty of ways you can eat “well” without feeling guilty the next day. Here are some tried and tested menu ideas that are low in calories or fat, but not in flavor.

What’s a good dinner without some popovers? Well, this recipe is more than some great popovers, but it is actually only about 140 calories for the full sized popover. If you are using muffin tins, the popovers will come out smaller and with only about 100 calories.

Low Fat Popovers

1 cup all-purpose flour
1 cup 1 % low-fat milk or Skim Milk
2 large eggs
1 tablespoon butter, melted
½ teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon vegetable oil

1.Preheat oven to 375F

2.Add flour and salt to a mixing bowl.

3.Combine the milk and eggs in a separate bowl and whisk them together until well blended. You should let this stand for 30-40 minutes, as taking the cold out of these liquid ingredients will make the popovers expand more.

4.Add flour mixture and then melted butter, whisking them together well.

5.Coat popover or muffin cups with Pam. Place the tin in a 375 oven for about 5 minutes. Remove from oven and carefully divide the batter into the cups. Bake this for 375F for 40 minutes (five minutes less for really small muffin cups). Don’t open the oven door while they are cooking, or they may collapse while rising. They are done when they appear golden brown. As they do not store well, serve them straight from the oven. Yields about 9 popovers or 12 small popovers.


Next is a pumpkin bread recipe. This isn’t the sugared type, but a real yeast bread that has just a pleasant hint of pumpkin. And the best part about it is that it makes two ‘wreaths’ that are attractive and satisfying for only 75 calories a slice!

Pumpkin wreaths

cut the fat, not the flavor

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