5 Easy Low Carb Thanksgiving Recipes

Make your Thanksgiving healthier with these 5 easy low carb Thanksgiving recipes. You can still have your favorites tastes but in a low carb version. Enjoy a low carb Thanksgiving when you make low carb recipes for stuffing, cranberry sauce, vegetables and even dessert.

If you want to make a low carb cranberry sauce, you will need:

• 3 cups fresh cranberries
• 1 cup water
• 1 cup orange juice
• 1 teaspoon cornstarch
• 1 cup sugar substitute meant for cooking
• 1 cup water
• 3 cups fresh or frozen cranberries
• 1 tablespoon orange peel

1. Rinse cranberries and pat dry.
2. Combine water, sugar substitute and orange juice in a saucepan and bring to a boil. Add the cranberries and orange peel to the saucepan.
3. Let the cranberries simmer until the cranberry skins pop open. Remove from the stove and let cool. Chill before serving.

To make shrimp cocktail, a low carb appetizer, you will need:

• 2 pounds shrimp, cooked, peeled and deveined
• 1/4 cup cocktail sauce
• 1/4  cup of fresh cilantro, chopped
• 1 tomato, diced
• 1 small onion, diced
• 1 lime, cut into wedges

1. Chill the shrimp in the refrigerator for at least one hour. When ready to serve, remove from the fridge and place one serving of shrimp into a margarita glass.
2. Peel and slice the avocado. Add a few avocado slices to each glass. Add a tablespoon of chopped onion and chopped tomato.
3. Squeeze a wedge of lime over each serving. Sprinkle with chopped parsley.

To make a low carb Thanksgiving stuffing, you will need:

• 2 tablespoons salted butter
• 1 1/2 cups onion, chopped
• 2 cups celery, chopped
• 2 cups cranberries (fresh or defrosted if frozen)
• 1 cup walnut pieces
• 1 1/2 cups almond flour
• 1 pound ground pork
• 3 tablespoons lemon juice
• 2 teaspoons ground thyme
• 1/2 teaspoon salt, or to taste
• 1/2 teaspoon ground pepper, or to taste

1. Put the butter in a pan and add the chopped vegetables. Cook until the onion is translucent. 
2. In a bowl place the cranberries, nuts, pork lemon juice and seasoning. Add the cooked vegetables. Mix well.

To make low carb pumpkin bars, you will need:

• 3/4 cup almond flour
• 2 teaspoons oat flour
• 2/3 cup canned pumpkin
• 2 eggs
• 1/4 cup vegetable oil
• 2 teaspoons brown sugar substitute
• 3/4 cup sugar substitute meant for baking
• 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1/4 teaspoon ginger
• 1/2 teaspoon nutmeg
• 1 teaspoon vanilla 
• 1/2 cup chopped nuts of your choice
• Cooking spray

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Beat the eggs with brown sugar substitute. Add vanilla and pumpkin and mix well.
2. Mix together the rest of the ingredients except the nuts. Now mix together the wet and dry ingredients well.
3. Mix in the nuts. Put into a greased baking dish. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
4. Bake for 25 to 30 minutes. Cook about five minutes longer if you use a square pan. 
5. Let the bars rest in the pan for ten minutes. Cut into serving pieces and serve.

To make low carb mashed cauliflower instead of mashed potatoes, you will need:

• 1 head of cauliflower
• 2 cloves of garlic
• 2 tablespoons mayonnaise
• 1/2 cup shredded cheddar cheese
• Salt and Pepper to taste

1. Core the cauliflower and chop it roughly. Steam it with the garlic until quite soft.
2. Put the cauliflower into a food processor and add two tablespoons of the cooking water and the mayonnaise. Process until smooth.
3. Remove to a bowl and add salt and pepper and cheese. Mix together. Serve as part of a low carb Thanksgiving meal.