Thanksgiving Day Menu

[tommet01]

1st time poster here! 

Anyone have a Low-Carb Menu planned out for Thanksgiving?  If so, can you share your recipes, or what you are having?

Tom

[shawn116]

Hi Tom!!  Welcome to the FTS forum family    

Have a look around the forum.  We have lots of wonderful recipes.  If you want to do a search for something just make sure you are on the Home page.  Searching from there will search the whole site.  Otherwise you will be only searching the thread you are in.  This should get you started though:  

http://www.fattoskinny.net/index.php?topic=1176.45
http://www.fattoskinny.net/index.php?topic=3636.0



At our house we will be having

Fried turkey (fried in our oil-less fryer)
Ham (watch for added sugar!)
Cauli-mash  

Cauliflower (“mashed”) potatoes Prepare “mashed potatoes” by steaming a head of cauliflower in a couple of inches of water until fork tender. Drain cauliflower and place into food processor with a chopping blade. Add two tablespoons of your favorite mayonnaise, one tablespoon of Benacol spread or butter, and salt & pepper. Process until smooth.

Low carb gravy
Green beans
Sugar Free cranberry jelly  http://www.fattoskinny.net/index.php?topic=3746.0
Deviled eggs
Upside Down pumpkin pie   http://www.fattoskinny.net/index.php?topic=3765.0
Pumpkin roll (Jo's recipe altered into a pumpkin roll)    http://www.fattoskinny.net/index.php?topic=4665.15
Sugar Free cheese cake, and of course for my carby family the normal rolls, potatoes and dressing.  Probably a few other things other family will be bringing.... 

Now keeping in mind that I will probably eat 0 carb if at all until I sit down to this feast.   That way I can indulge more in my meal, but I'll still have to watch my portions.      Sooo many yummy things to eat .....who says you can't survive on low carb food.   We are sooo torchered  

I hope this helps 

[Doug Varrieur]

Hi Tom, welcome to the family! Looks like toosweet gave you a great thanksgiving menu Umpa and I are still Bass fishing so for us it's BASS for dinner!! Enjoy your new lifestyle and your road from FAT TO SKINNY

[Zenababy17]

Hey TooSweet.. those are great suggest.. I am making the "mock Mash potatoes" and the punkin pie thingee... whoot.. i wont miss a thing at Thanks Giving.. already made many of the carby fixins for the family but many deserts with the low to no carb ingredients...will also save my carbs to schcoff ! lol xo Sher in Dallas

[shawn116]

That is great Sher!!    I wish you and your family a wonderful Thanksgiving    

As well as my whole FTS family......

A FTS Thanksgiving Blessing
May your Ham be tasty.
May your turkey be plump.
May your cauli-mash and gravy have nary a lump.
May your pumpkin be delicious and sugar free pies take the prize.
Keep the carbs low so your dinner will stay off your thighs.

Happy Thanksgiving!!    

[Andrea]

And remember that you don't need to justify what you put on your plate to anyone. 

Happy Thanksgiving to everyone!  I'm not sure how it got here so quickly. 

And Shawn's cranberry sauce recipe is a MUST HAVE!

[Stephanie]

Happy Thanksgiving from Jersey friends xo

[umpa]

tommet01 welcome!I am Umpa,Dougs wife  If I can help you please ask. :)I have a column on the homepage called ask umpa where I can convert your favorite recipes to fat to skinny friendly.We normally eat cuban food for Thanksgiving but this year its bass cause we are bass fishing.I will be making a roasted pumpkin dish which is my substitute for sweet potatoes.  There is a great pumpkin video on the homepage in the video section.
TooSweet how do you fry a turkey without oil?

[shawn116]

TooSweet how do you fry a turkey without oil?

It's in a fryer that uses heat wave infrared technology.  I bought mine at Lowe's but here is one that Amazon has listed.  I'm pretty sure it is the same brand I have.  http://www.amazon.com/Char-Broil-Oil-Less-Infrared-Turkey-Fryer/dp/B000W74HI2   I love this thing      The turkey or anything you put in it comes out perfect.  Crispy on the outside and moist on the inside..  Yummmm!!   Sure is a lot less mess

[mdanziger]

Tom, welcome.  You will find "FTS friendly" low-carb versions of almost anything you would want to eat (and if you don't, Umpa can work her magic and come up with something).  The beauty of FTS is substitution rather than elimination.

This program, and especially the people on this forum, have been added near the top of my list of what I am thankful for.  Wishing you all the happiest of Thanksgivings.

Mark

[mdanziger]

Just saw TooSweet's link to the infared turkey frier.  Wow, that is awesome.  Maybe we won't burn the house down this Thanksgiving after all.  LOL.

[shawn116]

Mark it's the best thing ever!!    Man does it make a good turkey and no worry of the oil boiling over.   If you get one don't do what I did though.  Be sure you check to see the size of turkey it will hold...LOL  The first one I bought was way too big      Ribs are to die for in that thing  

[Amber]

Great tips TooSweet.  Easy side dish  http://www.fattoskinny.net/index.php?topic=3246.0   Green Bean Bundles!

Happy Thanksgiving to all!

[mouseissue]

Welcome to the FTS family, Tom!!!

There are so many recipes here, it's crazy!

Here's one for holiday stuffing from KipP;
http://www.fattoskinny.net/index.php?topic=4911.msg51421#msg51421

  Happy Thanksgiving to our entire FTS family!!!

Tony

[Kim P]

Thanks for the plug Tony!!