Yesterday, we wrote about how you can enjoy holiday dishes anytime. Eating them more frequently makes them less enticing and makes you less likely to overeat on special occasions.
At home, you can control exactly what goes into your meals. But it’s difficult when you are a guest in someone else’s home. You can bring your own food or some dishes to know you have some safe foods. But knowing what you should and shouldn’t eat can be challenging at a potluck. Then, it’s easy to feel you missed out when you skip holiday favorites.
Today, we are aiming to address both problems. You can cook some beloved holiday sides without the carbs. That way, when you get to the holiday buffet where higher-carb versions are on the table, you won’t feel sad about leaving them off your plate. You can enjoy these any day you like!
This sweet potato mash is missing one thing, sweet potato. Sweet potato is a tasty but high-carb vegetable. This dish has won awards for how delicious it is. It is creamy and buttery and tastes just like the real thing. But it’s made with cauliflower and pumpkin to keep the flavor profile and color but lose the carbs. This will be a game-changer for your holiday menu if you love mashed sweet potatoes. A serving has 235 calories, seven grams of carbs, two grams of fiber and 23 grams of fat. Get the recipe.
Some squash are high in carbs. They are all delicious and always enticing on a buffet. Fried things always call to us. But between the high-carb batter and the high-fat content, they aren’t great when trying to take healthy steps. These oven-fried squash rounds solve the problem. They are crispy and delicious. The recipe calls for yellow squash. You can use a different option, just recalculate the nutritional information. A serving has 137 calories, eight grams of carbs, two grams of fiber, and 10 grams of fat. Get the recipe.
We love pearl onions around the holidays! They are so tasty, and any holiday spread without them is sad. But they can be surprisingly high in carbs and fat. This version uses low-fat cream and less flour than usual to cut the carbs. You can remove the flour completely to lower the carbs further. In that case, we recommend using a little low-carb flour in its place to act as a thickener. As it is written, a serving has 145 calories, eight grams of carbs, one gram of fiber and 12 grams of fat. Get the recipe.
We have seen a lot of vegan stuffing recipes that use cauliflower instead of bread. But this recipe uses meat and it’s our favorite. It tastes like traditional stuffing. This recipe is rather high in fat. You can use turkey sausage to cut out some of the fat or omit the sausage completely. Keep in mind that some of the fat comes from pecans. We were looking for the best low-carb stuffing rather than the lowest-fat option. We love this one. It hits the spot when you want traditional stuffing but don’t want carbs! A serving has 324.5 calories, 9 grams of carbs, 3.3 grams of fiber and 27.9 grams of fat. Get the recipe.
We hope these wonderful recipes help you have a fantastic dinner tonight, on a holiday or any day of the year!
