Thanksgiving Mega Post: Great Ideas for your Holiday

I just loooove Thanksgiving. All the yummy food combined with family, friends and football makes for an amazing day! I thought I'd throw up some healthy suggestions for great Thanksgiving dishes. What is your favorite Thanksgiving food? I'm partial to pie, but I also adore Brussels sprouts and stuffing. 

• Mustard Green Beans
• Sausage Stuffed Squash
• Skinny Mashed Potatoes
• Apple, Pecan and Farro Salad

• Brussels Sprout Caesar Salad
• Roasted Garlic and Butternut Squash Soup
• Baked Pumpkin Pasta
• Roasted Broccolini with Pistachios

And Other Great Recipes:

• Roasted Squash Salad
• Green Beans with Fennel
• Greek Yogurt Smashed Potatoes with Caramelized Onions
• Delicata Squash Rings
• Pomegranate Balsamic Glazed Carrots
• Balsamic Roasted Cauliflower

Thanksgiving Menu: Roasted Squash Salad

With Thanksgiving coming up this week, I wanted to share a healthy and simple salad recipe that will compliment any menu. This salad combines lots of fabulous fall produce for a colorful and impressive starter. It features my favorite, delicata squash. This creamy, slightly sweet variety tastes fabulous roasted with some olive oil. Here, it is the centerpiece of an arugula salad topped with some fresh pomegranate seeds and walnuts. It is a colorful, flavorful and most importantly healthy way to start your holiday feast.

This recipe is featured in my new holiday cookbook, Gen Y Foodie Holidays, which is currently available on Amazon. 


You can get some more details about the book here.

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Greek Yogurt Smashed Potatoes with Caramelized Onions

How do you bring good living to your life?

To me, "good living" means being good to yourself and putting your physical and mental wellness first. It includes taking time every day to do things that relax and fulfill me. During law school, it became apparently that I needed to take a step back and define my priorities for maintaining my sanity. I came up with a three part plan: cooking, exercising and reading. I love doing these things, and all three contribute greatly to my physical and mental health. So I decided that if every single day included these three things, I would be able to survive anything.

Since starting my blog last year, cooking has become an even greater part of my life. After a day of doing serious things at the office, I enjoy the meditative quality of being in my kitchen and creating things. Despite the fact that I usually make a big mess and dirty a dozen plates taking photos, this is my "me" time and I really enjoy it.

Mashed potatoes have been featured a lot around here lately, which I think is because I have Thanksgiving on the brain! I saw some gorgeous purple potatoes at the store and had to use them. I got such a great response to my Skinny Mashed Potatoes on Kelly's blog last week I wanted to create another version as well. Once again, there is no butter or cream in these taters - I used Fage Greek yogurt to create a smooth, creamy texture. As I've mentioned a million times, Greek yogurt is packed with protein and calcium and is a perfect, healthy substitution in so many recipes. I've already used it to make muffins and Indian food. So, these taters are super simple. Greek yogurt creates the amazingly creamy texture and adds protein while caramelized onions add a ton of flavor As part of the Foodbuzz Featured Publisher program, I have been entered for the chance to win a trip to Greece courtesy of FAGE. You too can enter to win one of three trips to Greece by entering the FAGE Plain Extraordinary Greek Getaway here.

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