{"id":3005,"date":"2008-11-25T22:41:42","date_gmt":"2008-11-26T03:41:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/?p=3005"},"modified":"2008-11-26T11:58:36","modified_gmt":"2008-11-26T16:58:36","slug":"chef-roccos-thanksgiving-recipes-from-biggest-loser","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/11\/chef-roccos-thanksgiving-recipes-from-biggest-loser\/","title":{"rendered":"Chef Rocco&#8217;s Thanksgiving Recipes from Biggest Loser"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/11\/chef-rocco-dispirito.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-3006\" title=\"chef-rocco-dispirito\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/11\/chef-rocco-dispirito-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a>Everyone has that family member who assumes the role of chef on Thanksgiving. Imagine that person being Chef Rocco DiSpirito. He surprised the Biggest Loser contestants during week 10 with a Thanksgiving spread that had Heba nearly in tears. &#8220;This is one temptation I don&#8217;t think we&#8217;ll be able to avoid,&#8221; she groaned, as she looked at the table covered with a turkey and all the trimmings.<\/p>\n<p>Rocco assured them their 10 weeks of hard work would not be in vain, and that they wouldn&#8217;t have to put one bite of those traditionally calorie- and fat-laden recipes in their mouths. Instead, he was going to teach them how to make the &#8220;healthy alter egos&#8221; of these recipes. We have each one of those five recipes to share with you.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/11\/heba-and-chef-rocco.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-3007\" title=\"heba-and-chef-rocco\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/11\/heba-and-chef-rocco-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a>Each contestant was assigned a recipe to prepare, to prove that you can have delicious, traditional recipes, but with far more flavor and far less calories and fat.<\/p>\n<p>These five <a title=\"thanksgiving recipes\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/tag\/thanksgiving\/\" target=\"_self\">Thanksgiving recipes<\/a>, created by Chef Rocco, can serve six-to-seven people and in most cases have only five simple steps to follow.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a title=\"turkey recipes\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/recipes\/roasted-thanksgiving-turkey-breast\/ \" target=\"_self\">Roasted Thanksgiving Turkey Breast<\/a><\/strong>, by Ed<br \/>\nThe original had 480 calories; Rocco&#8217;s alternative has 190 calories.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"apple crumble recipe\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/recipes\/apple-crumble\/ \" target=\"_self\"><strong>Apple Crumble<\/strong><\/a>, by Amy C.<br \/>\nThe original had 500 calories; Rocco&#8217;s healthy alternative has 120 calories.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"turkey gravy recipe\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/recipes\/turkey-gravy\/ \" target=\"_self\"><strong>Turkey Gravy<\/strong><\/a>, by Renee<br \/>\n(nutrition facts not available)<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"sweet potato pie recipes\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/recipes\/sweet-potato-pie\/ \" target=\"_self\"><strong>Sweet Potato Pie<\/strong><\/a>, by Vicky<br \/>\nThe original had 350 calories; Rocco&#8217;s healthy alternative has 102 calories.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a title=\"collard greens recipes\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/recipes\/braised-collard-greens-with-red-wine\/\" target=\"_self\">Braised Collard Greens with Red Wine,<\/a><\/strong> by Michelle<br \/>\n(nutrition facts not available)<\/p>\n<p><strong><a title=\"rocco turkey stuffing recipe\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/recipes\/herb-turkey-sausage-stuffing\/\" target=\"_self\">Herb Turkey Sausage Stuffing<\/a><\/strong>, by Heba<br \/>\nOriginal had 400 calories; revised facts not available.<\/p>\n<p><em>See Rocco&#8217;s other <a title=\"biggest loser recipes\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/09\/chef-rocco-creates-7-recipes-for-biggest-loser\/\" target=\"_self\">Biggest Loser recipes<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Everyone has that family member who assumes the role of chef on Thanksgiving. Imagine that person being Chef Rocco DiSpirito. He surprised the Biggest Loser contestants during week 10 with a Thanksgiving spread that had Heba nearly in tears. &#8220;This &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/11\/chef-roccos-thanksgiving-recipes-from-biggest-loser\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":85,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3695,16],"tags":[8,3677,29,1073,353],"class_list":["post-3005","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-diet-and-nutrition","category-recipes","tag-biggest-loser","tag-diet-tv","tag-nutrition","tag-rocco-dispirito","tag-thanksgiving"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3005","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/85"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3005"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3005\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3019,"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3005\/revisions\/3019"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3005"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3005"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3005"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}