I was wondering if anyone had any good side veggie reciepes for Thanksgiving.  I think we will have the normal sides but I want a veggie side to vamp it up for me and my bf (we are trying to eat more veggies and anything I can do will help).

Thanks!

Hi Danita,
I posted a veggie side dish recipe a couple weeks ago in the Eating Without Cheating part of the forum. Here’s a link to my Cornbread Casserole recipe: http://www.motivationtomove.com/forums/viewthread/1867/. It is so easy to make, so good, and it has lots of corn in it.

I’ve heard of this but haven’t tried it: Mashed cooked cauliflower instead of mashed potatoes. I’ll bet it’s delicious.

Otherwise steaming fresh broccolli is always a good, healthy veggie side.
Hope this helps.

I’m loving on the butternut squash! Cut it in half length wise, scoop out the seeds, drizzle a little olive or peanut oil, sprinkle a bit of cinnamon and bake at 350 for about an hour or until you can easily stick a fork in it. It tastes like pumpkin pie with the cinnamon, but has none of the fat and sugar!

Bree

Ooh, Bree, the butternut squash sounds good. 

Here’s a recipe I just tried this week:
1 Acorn squash, cut into 6 wedges, butter lightly and sprinkle some salt and pepper on (not much)
Stick into oven and cook until tender, approx. 20-30 min (I think the microwave would work, 7-8 min)
Meanwhile, take some unsweetened applesauce(3/4 cup to 1 cup) and 1 tsp butter and heat in saucepan, stir in some cinnamon (1/8 tsp).
Place a dollop of applesauce over wedge and a squirt of maple syrup.

Yum! Tastes like mashed potatoes with applesauce, and has only 12 g carbs if you use sugar-free syrup and unsweetened applesauce.  Looks like pumpkin.  My daughter thought it tasted okay, but wouldn’t eat it because it was orange. *grin*

Also, adding spaghetti squash to anything tomato-based passes for spaghetti noodles.

Tip for anyone who doesn’t know anything about squash: Always cut it in half and scoop out seeds with a spoon.  Smells like raw pumpkin.  I accidentally cooked squash with seeds in it one time, the seeds do not taste very good!  Squash is also extremely healthy and it keeps in the fridge forever (well, a month or so).  I’m beginning to really look for more squash recipes, so send them my way if you’ve got ‘em.

Hi Danita,

If you haven’t decided on anything yet, try the foodnetwork.com

Rachel Ray had a green bean recipe on “60 minute Thanksgiving” special that had caramelized onions and a reduced apple sauce glaze.  It sounded so good I may try it.