If this is your first Thanksgiving on the keto diet, you're probably still figuring out which of the classic dishes you can actually eat [1]. Let's start with the star of the table: Thanksgiving turkey is keto [2], but what about the gravy you pour on top?

It all comes down to one ingredient. The broth, drippings, and seasonings that serve as the base for gravy are low-carb, Meghan Lyle, RDN, health coach at Arivale [3], told POPSUGAR. "But instead of using flour or cornflour as a thickening agent, choose additional fats like oils [4] and meat drippings." With this method, the thickness of your gravy will come from the reduction of the sauce, instead of flour.

If you prefer a traditional thickening agent, you can also swap in keto-friendly tapioca starch [5].

But what if you're not the one making dinner this year? Know this: the number of carbs in a serving of gravy varies widely, depending on how much of any one ingredient was added during cooking. If you want to stay firmly in ketosis [6], it's probably best to pass.