THANKSGIVING: CARVING THE CARBS OUT(click here to print)

Some tips on how to avoid all those tasty carbs this Thanksgiving.

#1. Root for using rutabagas  instead of mashed potatoes.  Boil them as you would potatoes, and mash them up with butter and cream and a little salt.  Add garlic powder to taste.  Yummy!  21 carbs for one cup of rutabagas.  30 carbs for one small potato.  *Hint:  mashed cauliflower with butter and cream is also a great substitute for mashed potatoes

#2. Leave the sugar out of cranberry sauce.  Here is our sugar free version:
http://www.generositiesoftheheart.blogspot.com/2014/09/thanksgiving-cranberry-sauce.html

#3. Say no to marshmallows on top of your sweet potato casserole.  A medium sweet potato has 25 carbs.

#4. Make a low carb stuffing:  Here is one of our recipes:
http://www.generositiesoftheheart.blogspot.com/2014/09/thanksgiving-recipe-low-carb-stuffing.html


#5. Make pies without crusts:  Our recipe for crust-less pumpkin pie
http://www.generositiesoftheheart.blogspot.com/search?q=crustless+pumpkin+pie

#6. Don't save up for your Thanksgiving Day meal. Eat healthy early in the day so you are not famished by dinner time and won't over eat.

#7. LOAD UP ON TURKEY, and save some for those great turkey leftovers.

Happy Thanksgiving from Generosities Of the Heart!



*adapted from dlife.com*