Lean Turkey Tips
Roast your turkey on a rack.
Try roasting several turkey breasts instead of a whole turkey you’ll have only the lower-fat white meat.
Baste turkey with apple juice instead of its own juices.
Use cranberry sauce instead of making higher-fat gravy.
If you make gravy, refrigerate the juices and skim off the fat first.
Roast the stuffing separately from the turkey.
Make a stuffing that contains fruit rather than high-fat nuts.
Carve the turkey in the kitchen and remove the skin. You won’t be as tempted to eat the high-fat skin or nibble on
extra meat!
Choose white meat over dark. 4 oz. of white meat, without the skin, contains only 3.7 grams of fat — less than half
the 8.2 grams of fat in an equal portion of dark meat.
Mash potatoes with skim milk and a dollop of no-fat yogurt and sour cream rather than whole or 2% milk and butter.
Use apple juice or maple syrup to fill and flavour squash rather than butter and brown sugar.
