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Carly Pearce eats pretty lean and clean in her everyday life – think boiled chicken with no spices and steamed vegetables, fresh fruits and no processed foods. So, when it comes to Thanksgiving, we wondered if she indulges in traditional Thanksgiving dishes, most of which aren’t super healthy, or if she sticks to her clean eating. “My dad had a massive heart attack when I was 19,” Carly shares, “and it kind of changed the game for my family as far as how we eat. We have a modified Thanksgiving, I feel like.”
While they find ways to make healthier versions or alternatives to some of the typically high-fat, high-calorie Thanksgiving dishes, Carly says, “There’s one thing that I will forever want ‘the real thing,’ as I call it, and that’s pumpkin pie. You can’t mess with a pumpkin pie. So, there may be different variations of how we make other things, but pumpkin pie is full fat and all.”
We imagine this Thanksgiving, as Carly enjoys her modified Thanksgiving and full-fat pumpkin pie, she will be counting her blessings, including her recent CMA win for Musical Event of the Year with Lee Brice, for “I Hope You’re Happy Now.”
Carly Pearce – Thanksgiving healthy :29
“My dad had a massive heart attack when I was 19 and it kind of changed the game for my family as far as how we eat. We have a modified Thanksgiving, I feel like. We don’t go crazy on a lot of things, but there’s one thing that I will forever want ‘the real thing,’ as I call it, and that’s pumpkin pie. You can’t mess with a pumpkin pie. So, there may be different variations of how we make other things, but pumpkin pie is full fat and all.”