Hey Chicks!

I can`t believe it`s almost Thanksgiving (at least it is here in Canada!). Don`t give up on your goals just cuz it`s holiday weekend. Plan ahead! Do you really want to feel like a slug after your turkey dinner, laying on the couch with your pants unbuttoned? A healthy turkey dinner is super easy to plan. Turkey and veggies is really healthy. It’s the stuffing, candied yams,  pumpkin pie and excessive drinking that can get you!

I’m just cooking dinner for the four of us, so it’s easier. I subscribe to Clean Eating magazine which I love –  and this month it’s loaded with yummy looking Thanksgiving recipes. I have planned to make the Glazed Roast Turkey, the Coconut-Cardomon Sweet Potatoes, and pair it with a side of kale, carrots (steamed without butter of course….I actually add capers for a yummy kick!) and low sugar cranberry sauce. I don’t really care for stuffing, so there’s no point in me wasting my calories on that. For gravy I have just bought a low salt instant gravy. I generally try to stay away from packaged foods, but it is just so much less fatty then homemade gravy (and I admit, I don’t know how to make real gravy! lol) For dessert I am going to make a Pumpkin Mousse. I will let you all know how my feast turns out!

I have chosen to indulge in one item – a couple of glasses of vino – so I am keeping the rest healthy. Maybe your indulgence is a piece of pumpkin pie. If so, have one slice and enjoy it, but don’t also have tons of other high fat trimmings! Make sure you eat only one plate of food (stay away from seconds!) Load about half of your plate with veggies, a quarter with lean turkey and a quarter with the higher carb sides like stuffing and cranberry sauce.

Above all, have a fun holiday weekend! Play with your family and get outside. Encourage family members to take a walk after dinner before dessert. You can have a successful and healthy Thanksgiving with just a little planning!

Talk to you later, Chicks!

Sis 🙂