Thanksgiving dinner calories
A full Thanksgiving dinner plate has about 1,100 kcal. Below it, every dish on the table, highest first.
Numbers for the portion shown, the same as on each food's page. Sports are for someone of about 70 kg.
The plate is about 1,100 kcal, before dessert. Mac and cheese is 600 a plate, a slice of pecan pie 500, sweet potato casserole 350 and pumpkin pie 320.
Roast potatoes are 300, mashed potatoes 210, a piece of cornbread 200, turkey 195 with 44 g of protein and stuffing 180. Green bean casserole is 160 and a dinner roll 110.
Cranberry sauce is 55 and gravy just 30. Turkey carries the protein, the sides and pie carry the rest, and that is how Thanksgiving is meant to be.
Questions
How many calories in a Thanksgiving dinner?
About 1,100 kcal for a full plate, before pie.
How many calories in Thanksgiving dinner with pie?
About 1,420 with a slice of pumpkin pie, or 1,600 with pecan.
What is the lowest calorie Thanksgiving food?
Gravy at 30, cranberry sauce at 55 and a dinner roll at 110. Turkey at 195 gives the most protein.