Tag Archives: healthy Thanksgiving Recipes

Featured Recipes: Green Ginger Shooter & Banana Bliss from Alyssa Rasul

11.14.2012

Green Ginger Shooter

This is a great pre-Thanksgiving beverage, a yummy palette cleanser in between courses, or a post-meal pick me up...and it's so easy! 

Ingredients

2 cucumbers
3-4 stalks of celery
1 pear
handful of basil
large chunk of ginger (peeled)
1-2 lemons

Directions

Combine all ingredients in a juicer, pour and [...]

Featured Recipes: Healthy Turkey Breast & Sweet Potato Casserole from Manning Sumner

11.14.2012

Healthy Turkey Breast

Many turkey recipes call for additional ingredients like mustard, garlic, glazes, brown sugar, corn bread etc. that just add calories to the turkey. Sticking to oil, salt and pepper is the perfect low-calorie and clean recipe to prepare a healthy turkey for Thanksgiving.

Ingredients
Yield: 6 servings 
1 whole all-white meat turkey breast, 6 1/2 to 7 pounds
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Cranberry Persimmon Compote

11.26.2013

- By Natasha Bernardez, Founder of Clean Plate Culinary

The bright, tender fruit of persimmons mellows the intensity of cranberries while lending this sauce a beautiful contrast of flavors. This great fruit that originated from China contains contains high amounts of antioxidants and phytonutrients.

Ingredients

yield: about 2 ½ to 3 cups

  • 3/4 lb fresh or frozen cranberries (3 1/2 cups)
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Featured Recipe: Gluten-Free Pumpkin Pie

11.19.2015

- By Ksenia Lova, Breakfast Criminals

Even though I didn't grow up with Thanksgiving around, the cozy hominess of the Holiday takes a special place in my heart. Perhaps because it encapsulates the essence of Fall: the contrasts of cold weather and the warming spices, of going inside (physically and metaphorically) and as a result finding more connection (within ourselves and in our communities). 

To me [...]

Featured Recipe: Roasted Yams & Sweet Potatoes

11.19.2015

- By Steve Macari, Drive 495                                                                                            Photo Credit: @naturally_nutritious

Yams and sweet potatoes are a great source of carbohydrates, are naturally sweet (especially when roasted), gluten-free and paleo-friendly.  This simple recipe is an excellent way to take your roasted sweet potatoes up a notch and maximize the flavor via a process known as blooming which opens up the herbs and spices by heating them in oil.
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