What Is The Healthiest Thanksgiving Food?

What to do with a turkey and veggies?

Cook your turkey and veggies in a skillet to give them a nice sear, and then pop them in the oven until the vegetables are tender and the turkey is fully cooked. Spice up chocolate chip cookies with pumpkin puree, cinnamon, ginger, nutmeg and cloves. No need to scrap the stuffing.

Vegetarian Gravy. Use ingredients high in umami (the fifth taste after sweet, sour, salt and bitter), such as tomatoes, carrots and mushrooms, to create a super-savory gravy for veggie lovers. Get the Recipe: Vegetarian Gravy. Mustard-Parmesan Whole Roasted Cauliflower.

Salty, crispy bacon makes everything better, especially these Brussels sprouts served warm as a holiday side dish. Get the Recipe: Brussels Sprouts with Bacon. Roasted Sweet Potatoes With Honey and Cinnamon. It just takes a delicate drizzle of honey to get these roasted sweet potatoes to ambrosial perfection.

Although green tea may seem like an oddball ingredient, the earthy flavor makes it a better replace ment for chicken stock than vegetable stock, which can be too sweet and high in sodium. Get the Recipe: Vegan Stuffing. Next-Day Turkey Soup.