{"id":521,"date":"2013-11-26T21:55:38","date_gmt":"2013-11-26T21:55:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.granitepeaksgi.com\/blog\/?p=219"},"modified":"2016-10-12T14:25:00","modified_gmt":"2016-10-12T20:25:00","slug":"thanksgiving-calories-substitutes-and-gluten-free-options","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.granitepeaksgi.com\/thanksgiving-calories-substitutes-and-gluten-free-options\/","title":{"rendered":"Thanksgiving calories, substitutes and gluten-free options"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>According to the <a href=\"http:\/\/caloriecontrol.org\/\">Calorie Control Council<\/a>, &#8220;the average American may consume more than 4,500 calories and 229 grams of fat from snacking and feasting.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The following are some tips to help decrease the caloric increase, according to Toby Amidor, from US News:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Turkey: &#8220;Smaller birds are usually more tender than larger birds in which could lead to over eating.&#8221; \u00a0Also, dark meat has less calories and fewer grams of fat than white meat.<\/li>\n<li>Stuffing: &#8220;Stuffing can average 425 calories per serving.&#8221; Wild rice, veggies, nuts and dried fruit is a healthier alternative.<\/li>\n<li>Green Bean Casserole: &#8220;Heavy cream and cream-based soups drive the calories in this dish to 500 calories and 35 grams of fat per serving.&#8221; There are other alternatives when making this dish that could help the calorie counters.<\/li>\n<li>Apple Pie: &#8220;To cut calories, make an open-faced pie. \u00a0For a lighter filling, aim for half to three quarters of a medium apple and use less butter.&#8221;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>To read more, click here to get the full article.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Gluten-Free Thanksgiving:\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>According to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.celiac.com\/articles\/23477\/1\/Gluten-free-Thanksgiving-2013\/Page1.html\">celiac.com<\/a>, the following are helpful tips to make your Thanksgiving gluten-free:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>&#8220;Make sure your turkey is gluten-free. Numerous brands use gluten when processing their turkeys, so be sure to read the label, and make sure there is no hidden gluten in any of the ingredients.&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;Brining is a great way to prepare your gluten-free turkey that will leave your guests quizzing you about your secrets to such a moist, savory turkey.&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;Thicken homemade gravy with either corn starch, tapioca or arrowroot flour. Be careful, Bouillon cubes often contain wheat or gluten, so make sure to use only gluten-free bouillon cubes. Vegetarian Bouillon is also an option.&#8221;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>To get recipes and other gluten-free tips, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.celiac.com\/articles\/23477\/1\/Gluten-free-Thanksgiving-2013\/Page1.html\">click here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>According<a href=\"http:\/\/www.granitepeaksgi.com\/condition\/heartburn-acid-reflux\/symptoms\/\"> <\/a>to the Calorie Control Council, &#8220;the average American may consume more than 4,500 calories and 229 grams of fat from snacking and feasting.&#8221; The following are some tips to help decrease the caloric increase, according to Toby Amidor, from US News: Turkey: &#8220;Smaller birds are usually more tender than larger birds in which could [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":40,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"gallery","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"wds_primary_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[110,50],"tags":[215,111,217,118,340,226],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.granitepeaksgi.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/521"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.granitepeaksgi.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.granitepeaksgi.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.granitepeaksgi.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/40"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.granitepeaksgi.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=521"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.granitepeaksgi.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/521\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.granitepeaksgi.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=521"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.granitepeaksgi.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=521"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.granitepeaksgi.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=521"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}