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Cholesterol free Thanksgiving side dishes
Cholesterol and Thanksgiving recipes: Eating simply
Adding full fat sour cream, butter and cheese to your side dishes can increase not only saturated fat, but also cholesterol. Eating simply can help you avoid these fattening ingredients. Avoid the heavy casseroles and gravy and focus on recipes that bring out the taste of the vegetables. When everyone else is so stuffed they sleep through the football games, you'll be glad you ate light.
Cholesterol free: Thanksgiving side dishes you can feel good about
- Potatoes with rosemary. Cut up red potatoes and drizzle with olive oil. Sprinkle with sea salt and flavor with fresh rosemary. Bake until tender.
- Squash with onions. Boil cut up squash and onions until tender. Flavor with salt and pepper.
- Sweet potatoes drizzled with honey. Bake sweet potatoes until tender and drizzle with honey. Season with salt and pepper. The pepper and honey combination creates an interesting flavor.
- Green beans with almond slivers. Use fresh or frozen green beans. Add almond slivers to give a more complex flavor and texture and cook until tender.
- Asparagus with olive oil and garlic. Fresh asparagus with olive oil and minced garlic really lets you taste the flavor of the vegetable. Combine ingredients and bake until slightly tender.
- Pineapple. Grilled pineapple has such an amazing taste of it's own... no other ingredients required!
Cholesterol: Learning to eat simple and healthy.
Eating healthy is all a matter of what you get used to. If you get used to lighter dishes, you'll be amazed at how stuffed you feel when you eat heavy, fattening casseroles. This principle applies to food quantity also. If you are accustomed to eating only one plate of food, you'll be surprised at how full you feel when going back for seconds. Do yourself a favor and get used to healthy choices. Don't be surprised to find yourself craving vegetables after a few weeks of eating in this manner.
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