Thanksgiving Tips

Here's how to slim down your Thanksgiving meal.

1. No Green bean casserole. For your green vegetable try Brussels sprouts or broccoli. Spray with Pam, season salt and garlic powder oven roast for 45 min to one hour. Or steam fresh green beans, serve with I Cant Believe It's Not Butter spray.

2. No candied yams. Just bake the yams and enjoy with out butter or with I Cant Believe It's Not Butter spray.

3. Turkey- White meat only. No skin.

4. Gravy- Use fat free stock and flour mixed in water only, not rue, to thicken. Pour off the fat and use the dark part stuck to the pan (de-glazed with stock) to flavor the gravy.

5. Mashed potatoes- Use fat free sour cream and fat free turkey stock to make, not butter or cream. Substitute cauliflower for half of potatoes.

6. Dressing - add no fat, use bread cubes (not croutons) or corn bread, cook vegetables like celery, onion and green pepper in fat free turkey stock add to bread. Season to taste, I use poultry seasoning, season salt and pepper. Spray pan with Pam and spray Pam on top. Bake.

7. Have a green salad with spray dressing.

8. Cranberries- Boil fresh cranberries, sweeten with splenda and add to sugar free orange jello. Or just eat the regular jelly like I do- eat less and count the calories.

9. See pumpkin pie alternatives below.

Have a wonderful Thanksgiving and remember all the blessing you have to be thankful for.