Healthy Thanksgiving Entrees for Your Festive Meal

Watercress Salad with Nuts This nutritious salad is a great choice for Thanksgiving entrees. It is very healthy and it serves to whet your guests’ appetite so that, by the time the Thanksgiving entrees are finished, they’re looking forward to the main course. Raw watercress is a rich source of iodine and provides a perfect contrast to the crunchiness of almonds and dried cranberries for beautiful flavor and texture.

To make the salad, take two bunches of fresh watercress and tear the leaves by hand. Quickly make vinaigrette by whisking together two teaspoons of red wine vinegar, three tablespoons of extra-virgin olive oil, freshly ground black pepper and salt to taste. Pour this vinaigrette over the watercress and toss the salad. Mix in a cup of roasted almonds and a quarter of a cup of dried cranberries for a crunchy texture. The nutty almonds and the sweet cranberries will blend beautifully with the raw watercress to create a flavorful dish that your guests will simply love.

Pumpkin and Sweet Potato Soup Both pumpkins and sweet potatoes are considered to be an essential part of traditional Thanksgiving food. This recipe combines the two in the form of a delicious, healthy soup. If your main course has many meat dishes, select vegetarian Thanksgiving entrees like this to create a balanced meal.

Begin your preparations by chopping one and a half pounds of pumpkins, three sweet potatoes and some fresh thyme leaves. Dice an onion and two stalks of celery and keep them aside. Make a vegetable broth by boiling together chopped onions, carrots, potatoes, celery, garlic cloves and add salt and pepper according to taste.

To make the soup, cook the onions and celery in a tablespoon of margarine for about two minutes. Lower the flame and pour in a cup of white wine. Allow it to simmer for five minutes and then add in the remaining ingredients. Bring the mixture to a simmer and leave it to cook for half an hour, or until the pumpkins and sweet potatoes turn soft. Puree this mixture in a blender or food processor till it acquires a smooth, even consistency. Serve this hearty soup hot to treat your guests to a delicious and nutritious dish.

Give your festive meal a healthy twist by accompanying traditional Thanksgiving food with these wholesome entrees.

Authors Profile: William Socket is a certified interior designer and runs his own interior decoration consultancy. William especially loves decorating a home in wooden furniture and believes that nothing gives a home as warm and cozy a touch as all-wood furniture and decor. William loves reading up on new design ideas, and has a special interest in space saving techniques. Here William writes about Traditional Thanksgiving Food and Thanksgiving Entrees.

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