When we think of all the oily and health hazards recipes something like stuffed turkey, rich creamy sauce, the buttered mashed potatoes as well as pumpkin pies, then the word healthy is not a good adjective to be used with them. So why not give a try to something which is nourishing and delicious too?
For my family, Thanksgiving Day is a very important day and we celebrate it in a remarkable manner by inviting friends and relatives for the dinner. So for this Thanksgiving Day special, i invented few ideas which i am going to share with you in this article. I like experimenting with different kinds of ingredients plus flavors. Do not worry...nothing new I am going to do...just few modifications to the regular Thanksgiving recipes.
Here are a few changes which I did in the normal Thanksgiving Day menu:
Turkey: turkey is considered to be a delicacy and can become the attractive menu of your holiday meal or any other celebration like Thanksgiving Day. Turkey is an extremely lean animal plus contains less fat. But when you basted it in butter, it tends to be caloric as well as fatty food. So what Idid here, inspite of using butter, I basted the turkey with olive oil and then baked it. With this slight variation, my turkey came out extremely delicious plus healthy too.
Bread: usually we make bread with white flour.. But I chose to make with wheat flour and thus i serve the bread with baked turkey.
Good Gravy: you know gravy is one of the principal culprits on the dinner table. Instead of using turkey drippings, i used the vegetable oil while making the gravy. You can also make low-fat broth-based gravy or any vegeterian gravy.
Dessert: dessert is considered to be the last but not the least course of the meal. Inspite of making pies and cheesecakeswhich are most often loaded with creams, nuts as well as caramel, I relied on serving fresh fruits as a dessert menu.
Another modification I did in my Thanksgiving dinner menu is the utilization of leftover ham. I made Ham and Swiss Rosti. Rosti is actually a Swiss potato pancake which can be served as a side dish but I used the ham and change it into an easy and mouth-watering Thanksgiving dinner menu. You can actually enjoy the dish with boiled asparagus as well as applesauce on the side.
This year it was comfortable for me to develop some variations in my Thanksgiving menu. I just experimented with some changes and it was a hit. Why don't you guys try and impress your family then?
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Take a look at the free Thanksgiving eCookbook. You can also take a look at some yummy apple recipes
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