Thanksgiving Side Dishes

Toasting your own bread cubes results in a nice quality stuffing, and saves money. However, if you are more concerned about saving time, you can purchase pre-toasted bread cubes for this recipe.

This low calorie potato dish is fancy enough for company, and simple enough for busy weeknights. Low calorie potato skins are stuffed with flavorfull cheese and rosemary, and then baked until hot an bubbly.

This recipe is to be used with drippings from a roasted turkey. It can really be altered to your needs as you may have more turkey drippings than this recipe calls for. Simply use more cornstarch and milk (maintaining same proportions) to achieve the consistency you desire. The most important component is assuring that you use a fat separator which will remove the calorie-laden fat and leave the flavorful drippings for your gravy.

This recipe looks much like any traditional pumpkin pie recipe, with less sugar. The real calorie savings comes from the phyllo dough crust, which is made from a premade product that you can find in the frozen section at the grocery store.

This low calorie sweet potato casserole recipe is a lightened version of the thanksgiving classic. It is missing the fat and calories of the original, but it certainly is not missing the marshmallows, nuts, and flavor.

Pumpkin dinner rolls add an extra festive element to your holiday meal. Canned pumpkin can be used to make these dinner rolls extra soft and delicious.

The most difficult part of this recipe may be slicing through the thick skin of the acorn squash. Just make sure you have a nice sturdy chef's knife for the job, and the rest is a snap.

These adorable pumpkin tarts aren't only delicious, but also lower in calories than you would expect. A graham cracker crust wraps itself around a sweet pumpkin cheescake center in this tasty pumpkin tart recipe.

The sweetness of the apples and the crunch of the walnuts makes this apple stuffing an exciting twist on a traditional recipe. This apple stuffing nicely compliments turkey as well as pork.

I have trouble feeling satisfied with holiday dinner without the green bean casserole. However, I'm not a fan of the typical, processed ingredients. Here's a healthy version of green bean casserole that lacks none of the flavor, but does lack the fat and calories in the traditional recipe.