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- Just when you think there's nothing healthy about Thanksgiving, the Fitness & Weight Loss Examiners provide a
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plethora of healthy recipes and cooking recommendations. Click here to meet all the Fitness & Weight Loss Examiners and see their latest tips and tricks. - Being on a low-carb diet doesn't mean you have to forego the stuffing. Just redefine it! Denver Low-Carb Examiner Linda Duffy fills you in on a secret: Low-carb squash and sausage stuffing recipe.
- Ditch the gelatinous cylindrical, sugary cranberries out of the can and dish up healthy, homemade cranberry sauce. After 20 years of collecting recipes, Weight Loss Examiner Gail Gedan Spencer shares two of her favorite recipes: Cranberry orange relish and cranberry fig relish.
- If the idea of roasting a turkey intimidates you, don't let it. St. Louis Low-Carb Examiner Amy Dungan lets you in on Butterball.com tips, Thanksgiving turkey video lessons and recipes. Her article will teach you how to cook the bird without feeling like a turkey.
- For all you sugar-free, low-carb dieters, don't be fooled by all egg nogs. Although the delicious drink is filled with sugar
and lactose, Low-Carb Examiner Jimmy Moore comes to the rescue with a low-carb egg nog recipe he claims will blow you away. Cheers to healthy egg nog! - Yams are fairly carby, but there are tricks to make a tasty, low-carb dish. Jamie Van Eaton, Low Carb Examiner, introduces a recipe for twice-baked yams that is able to be transformed into a sweet treat. Just top it with whipped cream, pecans and nutmeg and voila! Low-carb twice-baked yams recipe uses pumpkin
- Instead of spoiling your appetite with mashed potatoes, indulge in bundles of fluffy, floret cauliflower. This veggie is a perfect potato substitute that won't fill you up. Get the mashed cauliflower recipe here.
- Smoking a turkey not only makes the bird sultry and juicy, but it's easy and economical. Low Carb Examiner Jan Van Eaton shows you how not to cook the standard way with tips and tricks on how to smoke a turkey.
- Brining a turkey can be tricky, but the Low Carb Examiner provides helpful directions on how to make that bird a succulent, juicy Thanksgiving star of the table. Although it takes two days to properly perfect the turkey, don't fret and follow this easy-to-make recipe for how to brine a turkey.
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- This pumpkin cake is too good to be healthy. Salt Lake City Parenting Examiner Rachael Lever has tried endless cake recipes over the years, but this one tops them all. Learn how to make this healthy chocolate pumpkin cake.
- Making bread takes exercise: kneading it for 10 minutes and possibly chasing off family members for that last piece of dough. Rachael Lever lets you in on an excellent homemade bread recipe.
- If you're looking for a way to get the kiddos to eat their veggies, Seattle Gardening Examiners Jerry and Kristy have an excellent motive: sweet potato fries. They're healthy, super easy to make and your kids will have no idea they're snackin' on a vegetable!
- Just when you thought all bread needed tender, loving kneading, think again. Cooking Examiner Chef John debunks the myth with his no-knead pumpkin bread. Watch the video and you may never knead bread again!
- Although you may be tempted to toss those pumpkins you were using as decorations, New York Ethnic Food Examiner
Aimee Kligman shows you how to serve up a gourmet, post-decorating snack: pumpkin slices & shallot. - Low-carb broth gravy is easy, flavorful and healthy! This recipe uses organic chicken broth which helps you overload your turkey and potatoes with flavor and not MSG. If you're looking for a guilt-free reason to drench your meal with gravy, follow this recipe.
- Stock up on fruits and veggies for that Thanksgiving dinner to keep your micro-nutrient intake going strong. Disease Prevention Examiner Peggy Kraus shows you what plant foods to set out on the table to make sure nutrients abound at Thanksgiving dinner.
- If you're looking to lose weight, you may not be so thankful for Thanksgiving dinner. However, Baltimore Healthy Living Examiner Mila Lowery has put together an action plan: 5 tips to help you avoid Thanksgiving bloat.
- A typical Thanksgiving portion is 4500 calories and a 6 oz. serving of roasted turkey is 450 calories. Get diet tips and calorie shockers from Boston Fitness Examiner Sarah Dussault.
- There's a good chance that you'll get sick of the same old turkey and ham this holiday season. Switch it up with Salt Lake City Parenting Examiner's recipe for bean enchiladas.
- From handprint turkey cookies to sweet potato casserole, catch all the latest Examiner coverage of food for healthy families.
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