What the Thanksgiving Cook Nibbled
When it comes to Thanksgiving calorie consumption, our bet is that the cook takes the cake. Realizing we are partly to blame—after all, we did rank "Not Tasting as You Go Along" number one on our list of Most Common Cooking Mistakes—we give you this fun calorie count to show just how quickly a nibble here and a sip there can add up.
11:00 AM
Toast bread cubes for stuffing. Need to keep energy up, so take opportunity to carbo-load...
15 Calories
11:35 AM
Whip heavy cream for pumpkin pie. Wonder if it's sweet enough? Good cooks taste as they go...
26 Calories
11:35 AM
38 Calories
11:40 AM
25 Calories
12:00 PM
57 Calories
12:05 PM
125 Calories
12:15 PM
49 Calories
12:30 PM
Pull beautiful bird from the oven. Before tenting with foil and letting meat rest, pry off juicy chunk of thigh meat (with skin, of course) when no one is looking...
48 Calories
1:00 PM
While blanching green beans, realize you're probably short on the day's recommended vegetable servings...
9 Calories
1:10 PM
As you prep topping for sweet potato casserole, 6 mini marshmallows "accidentally fall on the floor..."
13 Calories
1:20 PM
106 Calories
