Holiday Meal Calories
Calories in Turkey Dinner
Written by Sky Taylor, Diet Bites
How many calories in a traditional holiday meal?
Quite a few, although most entrees tend to be healthy, such as lean turkey, yams or sweet potatoes, peas, and the common white potato.
But butter, creams and sugar turns up the calorie and fat content in a hurry.
Below, we've provided calories based on the traditionally-prepared meal as well as tips for dieters searching for methods to reduce calories and fat.
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Because poultry tends to be naturally low in caloric values when the skin and visible fat are removed before consumption, it makes an excellent protein choice for your diet plan.
Start adding batters prepared with cornmeal, flour, potato flakes, panko breading, bread crumbs and so forth - and the unhealthy values naturally increase. Generally, eggs or milk - or cream is used so that the batter will adhere to the food.
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But where things really go raw is when the lean poultry selection is dipped into cooking oil; even opting for vegetable oils over lard or butter makes for a very unhealthy choice. And once the selection is prepared - it often gets dipped in yet another food such as gravy, sauces, cheese or dressings - and ranch appears to be quite popular.
Amount of Calories Contained in a Typical Holiday Meal
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Holiday Goody |
Calories |
Diet Tips! |
Calories |
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Roasted Turkey - 6 Ounces Dark + White Meat, Untrimmed |
450 |
Roasted Turkey - 3 Ounces White Meat - Trimmed (no skin, no fat). White meat contains a little less calories than dark. Add 30 more calories if you prefer dark meat. |
130 |
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1 Cup of homemade stuffing |
400 |
1/2 Cup of boxed stuffing prepared with no calorie refrigerated butter spray. |
110 |
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1 Cup of Giblet Gravy |
300 |
1/3 Cup of Giblet Gravy |
100 |
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1 Cup of Mashed Potatoes |
350 |
1/2 Cup of Mashed Potatoes prepared with skim milk, no calorie refrigerated butter spray |
100 |
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Stuffed Celery - 1 stick |
100 |
1 Stick of stuffed celery prepared with reduced fat cream cheese. |
40 |
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2 Sweet Pickles, 10 Black/Green Olives |
125 |
2 Black Olives, 2 Green Olives |
25 |
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1 Cup of Candied Sweet Potatoes |
400 |
1/2 Baked Sweet Potato with a small pat of butter, dash of cinnamon, a couple of packs of no calorie sweetener. |
100 |
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1/2 Cup of Cranberry Sauce |
200 |
1/6 Can of Cranberry Sauce - Jelled or Whole Cranberries |
100 |
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2 Rolls With Butter |
300 |
1 Roll With 1/2 Pat of Butter |
125 |
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1 Cup of English Peas with Butter |
150 |
1/2 Cup of English Peas with refrigerated no calorie butter spray |
60 |
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2 Glasses Sweetened Tea, Wine, Punch or Cider |
300 |
Unsweetened Beverages - Unlimited |
0 |
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1 Slice of Pumpkin Pie With Topping |
450 |
1 Slice of Autumn Pumpkin Pie |
150 |
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1 Slice of Pecan Pie |
650 |
1 Cup of Fruit Salad |
100 |
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1 Cup of Egg Nog |
400 |
1 Cup of Holiday Egg Nog |
100 |
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Grand Total |
4,575 |
Grand Total |
1,240 |