Low-Carb Thanksgiving

CarbSmart Low-Carb Thanksgiving Recipes & Articles

Thanksgiving is a family holiday focused on giving thanks for a bountiful harvest is usually celebrated with food. Lots of food. Lots of food that is usually full of unhealthy carbohydrates and sugars.

But you can plan your healthy Low-Carb, keto-friendly Thanksgiving celebration with recipes and ideas from CarbSmart.

Is Pumpkin Low Carb? Includes Low Carb Chili Lime Pumpkin Seed Recipe

Dana Carpender shares the many ways pumpkin can fit into a low carb diet including her Low Carb Chili Lime Pumpkin Seed recipe. If your only experience with pumpkin has to do with jack-o-lanterns and high-carb pie, rethink this tasty vegetable. Pumpkin is lower carb than most winter squashes, and one of the best sources of pro-vitamin A around.

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Make-Ahead Low-Carb Holiday Recipes, Part III: Holiday Desserts

Low-Carb Pumpkin Cheesecake Recipe

All of these Low-Carb Holiday Dessert recipes are simple, and yet they will add the final touch to your holiday meal that most of us crave. They can all be made ahead of time, and several of them can be made in individual portions. If you are the lone low carber and are traveling to a family dinner, you can take just one portion of your dessert and won't have to lug the entire dessert along with you.

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Make-Ahead Low-Carb Holiday Recipes Part II: Main & Side Dishes

Zesty Roast Turkey Recipe

The best tip I can give you for make-ahead main dishes is to buy ahead. My stepmother routinely serves beef tenderloins and veggies at Christmas. Turkey and sometimes ham are on sale around Thanksgiving and Christmas. Beef isn't. Every year she finds beef tenderloins on sale during the summer. She buys them, wraps them well, freezes them until the day before Christmas, and saves a bundle. It's too late for this year, I suppose, but don't forget this tip next summer.

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Make-Ahead Low-Carb Holiday Recipes Part I: Appetizers, Salads & Beverages

Low-Carb Green Beans and Bacon

The worst thing about preparing holiday meals is... preparing the holiday meals. It really is difficult timing everything to be ready to serve at the same time, especially when you want to socialize with your family and friends and not be isolated in the kitchen silently (or not so silently) tearing your hair out by the roots. Included are 10 Low-Carb Appetizers, Salads & Beverages recipes for a successful holiday meal.

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