Welcome to Dishing Up Nutrition, brought to you by nutritional weight and wellness.

I'm Leah Kleintrode, a registered and licensed dietitian. And joining me today is special

guest, our resident chef Marianne Jurej,

here to share tips of how to enjoy the upcoming Thanksgiving holiday

with peace of mind and confidence that you'll be feeding your body well

and a little can-do adventurous spirit to go along with it. We want to be able to enjoy the

Thanksgiving meal to the fullest without some of those feelings of regret afterwards like we've

overindulged. And so many of us truly want to make our Thanksgiving dishes healthy and balanced,

but we worry that it won't turn out as well as

those traditional recipes or it won't be approved by our families. Sometimes when we think

about those healthy alternatives to your favorite traditional holiday dishes, it can sound kind of

unexciting or even disappointing or maybe like you're

kind of zapping the holiday cheer out of that dish or that meal.

But Chef Marianne is here to show how healthy recipes can be anything but bland and boring.

She is an expert at creating dishes that are real, whole foods-based, yet don't compromise on

flavor. So today we'll be sharing our favorite twists on classic dishes from the beautiful

sides that impress your family to the desserts that satisfy without overloading on sugar. So welcome, Chef Marianne.

It's good to see you again and excited for you to be here with us, share your expertise,

and just have a great conversation today. Yeah, absolutely. Thanks. My pleasure to be here

chatting about food. Love to chat about food. And I love, this is, I'm going to say this is

my favorite holiday, and I'll tell you why, obviously for the food, the family, but there's no

pressure of gifts. It's just all about the food and family. And I love that. I'm also fortunate

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