You'll find these two desserts on nearly every Thanksgiving table. But pick pumpkin if you have a choice. A single slice of ordinary pumpkin pie offers half the calories and more fiber and calcium than pecan, and has nearly two-thirds of your daily vitamin A needs. Typical pecan pie is higher in calories and fat (though about half the fat percentage comes from "good" mono- and polyunsaturated fats). Lighten it up, though, and pecan pie can stay on the menu.

Pumpkin Pie
Calories: 210
Calories from fat: 39 percent

Pecan Pie
Calories: 400
Calories from fat: 41 percent

Pie recipes:
Classic Pumpkin Pie
Maple-Pumpkin Pie
Gingered Pumpkin Pie
Pumpkin-Praline Pie
Classic Pecan Pie
Pecan and Date Pie