Turkey Breast (4oz) With homemade cranberry sauce (2Tbsp) 195 calories 4g fat 265 mg sodium White meat turkey is as lean as meat gets, Homemade cranberry sauce cuts the sugar Dark turkey meat (4oz) With jellied cranberry sauce (1/2-inch slice) 410 calories 10g fat 320 mg sodium Dark meat is about twice as fatty as white meat

Pecan Pie (1 medium slice, 1/6 pie) 450 calories 21g fat 70g sugars The healthy fat from the pecans is not enough to justify the extra load of corn syrup calories Pumpkin Pie with low-fat whipped cream 335 calories 15g fat 38g sugars In the pantheon of pies, pumpkin ranks among one of the lower-calories slices

Green bean casserole (1/2 cup) 100 calories 6g fat 300 mg sodium Can the cream of mushroom and friend onions and make it with fresh green beans and and sautéed onion Stuffing (1/2) 175 calories 14g fat 420 mg sodium Stuffing is nothing more than a pile of croutons moistened with fat and loaded with sodium. Double this number of it was cooked inside the bird

Mashed potatoes (1/2 cup) with turkey gravy (1/4 cup) 140 calories 7g fat 340 mg sodium Don’t nix the mash just go easy with the butter and use low-fat milk to prepare them Candied sweet potatoes with marshmallow topping (1/2) 250 calories 8g fat 270 mg sodium Sweet potatoes lose their nutritional edge once they’re covered in marshmallows

Dinner roll with butter 130 calories 5g fat 210 mg sodium A small pat of butter helps lower the glycemic index of the roll, meaning the carbs will have less of an effect on blood sugar Cornbread with butter 190 calories 9g fat 360 mg sodium Sweeter, saltier, and fattier than a regular roll

Turkey is the least of your concerns on Turkey day. Pick smart sides and a reasonable dessert and you can save 500 calories or more Stuffing, sweet potatoes, and cornbread are among the worst of the Thanksgiving staples. combined, they bring 615 calories to the plate