Thanksgiving ideas?

Roger Zoul wrote in message ...

Why not cook a turkey? It's great as long as you don't get bored with
it...

Mashed cauliflower is great as long as you get the seasonings right.

I'll probably just do ribs or steaks on the barby.

Prime Rib works well too. :-)

Cheri

On Tue, 6 Nov 2007 21:51:48 -0800, "em" wrote:

I'm not about to cook a turkey this year, at least not a whole fricken'
bird. I've been thinking about a honey-baked ham, but they add too much
sugar. What's a good simple thing to cook other than steak and eggs? I have
a slow cooker, if that helps.

Also, there's a lot of carby crap that goes along with tg, mashed potatoes
and so forth. What are some of the things you guys make, especially the
simple stuff? Also, what's a good mashed potato substitute make out of
cauliflower?

Thanks!

Mike
what the hell happened to c?

Hi, Mike --

We were late getting our turkey one year and the day before
Thanksgiving they had only frozen ones. I didn't want to deal with
that, so I got Cornish Game Hens. Everyone got their own "little
turkey" and it was a lot of fun -- and no leftovers to deal with.

Other than that, this will be my third year doing LC Thanksgiving. I
still make all the "usual" stuff, just LC versions of it. For
instance, I make my stuffing with LC bread, and pumpkin pie with cream
instead of evaporated milk.

Good luck!


--
BlueBrooke
254/225/135

It is just one day. In my opinion the chef should just do the normal carby
toxic menu for the guests' sake.

On your own plate the bad stuff can be moderated by portion size. Who would
notice that you only put a tablespoon of mashed potatoes on your plate? You
don't even need to eat it, it just looks nice for them.

In my experience the best way to prepare for exposure to a tempting carby
meal is to eat ahead of time. If you eat an 8 ounce block of cream cheese
before dinner, you won't be hungry as the bad stuff sits on your dinner
plate. Not being hungry adds amazing self-control.

IMHO



"em" wrote in message ...
I'm not about to cook a turkey this year, at least not a whole fricken'
bird. I've been thinking about a honey-baked ham, but they add too much
sugar. What's a good simple thing to cook other than steak and eggs? I
have a slow cooker, if that helps.

Also, there's a lot of carby crap that goes along with tg, mashed potatoes
and so forth. What are some of the things you guys make, especially the
simple stuff? Also, what's a good mashed potato substitute make out of
cauliflower?

Thanks!

Mike
what the hell happened to c?

Cubit wrote:
It is just one day. In my opinion the chef should just do the normal carby
toxic menu for the guests' sake.

There's lots of non-carby choices anyways as I am not gonna spend half
the day cooking and not have good stuff to eat myself! I'll do a "real"
pumpkin pie for them, but I'm gonna do a sugar-free pumpkin custard for
me too. If guests want *only* carby foods available, they can go to a
restraunt instead of coming here!


On your own plate the bad stuff can be moderated by portion size. Who would
notice that you only put a tablespoon of mashed potatoes on your plate? You
don't even need to eat it, it just looks nice for them.

I do mashed potatoes at all holidays for my husband and/or daughter,
even if there's no other guests. I don't put any on my plate, but have
been known to swipe a tablespoon's worth off of theirs.


In my experience the best way to prepare for exposure to a tempting carby
meal is to eat ahead of time. If you eat an 8 ounce block of cream cheese
before dinner, you won't be hungry as the bad stuff sits on your dinner
plate. Not being hungry adds amazing self-control.

I can't see why I'd want to eat an 8 ounce block of cream cheese before
dinner; that is more food than I normally eat *for* dinner.

Just eat the turkey! Or ham. Or whatever. And the non-starchy
veggies, of course.


--
http://www.ornery-geeks.org/consulting/

"Cubit" writes:

It is just one day. In my opinion the chef should just do the normal
carby toxic menu for the guests' sake.

Why, will it harm them to go without a large number of carbs for a meal
or two?

In my families, the host makes the meat and maybe a side dish or two,
and everyone else brings a covered dish. So for Thanksgiving, that
usually means the host makes turkey, ham, and mashed potatoes and gravy,
and then everyone else brings the beans, noodles, salads, and enough
dessert that we could eat nothing *but* dessert and be stuffed. Oh
well.

On your own plate the bad stuff can be moderated by portion size. Who
would notice that you only put a tablespoon of mashed potatoes on your
plate? You don't even need to eat it, it just looks nice for them.

You lost me; why put them on your plate at all? By the time I load up
plenty of the meat course(s), some salad, a vegetable or two (cooked or
raw from a veggie tray), and whatever I brought, my plate is full.

In my experience the best way to prepare for exposure to a tempting
carby meal is to eat ahead of time. If you eat an 8 ounce block of
cream cheese before dinner, you won't be hungry as the bad stuff sits
on your dinner plate. Not being hungry adds amazing self-control.

Yeah, I've started eating a regular meal right before going to events
where food will be served. Then I can nibble on whatever's lowest in
carbs if I want, just to be participating in the eating. If there's
absolutely nothing acceptable to eat--and I have run into situations
like that, where even the meat dish was loaded with sugar--I just beg
off. It *really* bothers some people when you don't eat, but I've
finally reached a point where I don't let peer pressure be more
important than my health. It only took a few years.



--
Aaron -- 285/254/200 -- aaron.baugher.biz

"Aaron Baugher" wrote


Yeah, I've started eating a regular meal right before going to events
where food will be served.

I've been doing that too.

If there's
absolutely nothing acceptable to eat--and I have run into situations
like that, where even the meat dish was loaded with sugar--I just beg
off. It *really* bothers some people when you don't eat, but I've
finally reached a point where I don't let peer pressure be more
important than my health. It only took a few years.

I use the blood sugar excuse, even though my blood sugar has normalized due
to low-carbing. "Nope, looks great, wish I could have it but I can't. I've
got diabetes."

Mike

em wrote in message ...

I use the blood sugar excuse, even though my blood sugar has
normalized due
to low-carbing. "Nope, looks great, wish I could have it but I can't.
I've
got diabetes."

Mike

Really? I'd much sooner just say oh, no thank you, I've had plenty of
everything, otherwise people will keep trying to find things for you
to eat next time, such as "sugar free" cookies, candies etc. Besides,
no reason to make others uncomfortable by feeling that they're eating
good stuff in front of you, while you're deprived. :-)

Cheri

"Cheri" gserviceatinreachdotcom wrote in message
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em wrote in message ...

I use the blood sugar excuse, even though my blood sugar has
normalized due
to low-carbing. "Nope, looks great, wish I could have it but I can't.
I've
got diabetes."

Mike

Really? I'd much sooner just say oh, no thank you, I've had plenty of
everything, otherwise people will keep trying to find things for you
to eat next time, such as "sugar free" cookies, candies etc. Besides,
no reason to make others uncomfortable by feeling that they're eating
good stuff in front of you, while you're deprived. :-)

Its just been the easier way to go, and its true. My AM blood sugar was
regularly 220ish before I started low-carb.

Also, this is really serious stuff to me. I'm a total sugar junky and I used
to be really obese. If I have that "just one cookie" or whatever, I go over
the edge.

I'm pretty direct about what I will and won't eat with people. I can eat
this and this and this, I can't eat this and this and this.

Mike

On Nov 6, 11:51 pm, "em" wrote:
I'm not about to cook a turkey this year, at least not a whole fricken'
bird. I've been thinking about a honey-baked ham, but they add too much
sugar.

WAY too much. The outside is like candy. You know, you can get
pretty darned small turkeys, and you can order one fresh, never
frozen. Which reminds me...

There are also ducks, and don't forget about baked chicken.

What's a good simple thing to cook other than steak and eggs? I have
a slow cooker, if that helps.

Steak and eggs are everyday staples. We're talking Thanksgiving.

Also, there's a lot of carby crap that goes along with tg, mashed potatoes
and so forth. What are some of the things you guys make, especially the
simple stuff? Also, what's a good mashed potato substitute make out of
cauliflower?

That cauliflower stuff is repulsive. The consequences of taking a day
off of low carbing are putting back on a load of glycogen, going out
of ketosis *temporarilty*, and having to go through a couple of days
of induction (which many find rather unpleasant). It's just like
paying for a great party where you get ****faced drunk, and then feel
like crap the next day, and it takes a couple more days to completely
recover.
On Thanksgiving Day,I'm going to eat anything I want, though I won't
stuff myself, and will be sparing with carby things like potatoes and
may not have any dressing (but I'll probably have a little bit), and
won't have any bread at all. I will have LOTS of gravy, turkey and
butter. I do not need bread as an excuse to enjoy butter.

The next 48 hours will be back to induction levels to void myself of
glycogen, and then on Saturday night there's a symphony concert (no
sweet treats at intermission for me, just coffee with Splenda and
half&half), then drop off wife and son, and head out to a Rock'n Roll
fundraiser for a couple of kids orphaned by cancer, where I'll drink
Michelob Ultra or Miller's Lite.

Will the weekend set me back? Not really, it'll just be a pause, and
hey, it's Thanksgiving. One thing is certain, I won't be having any
imitation mashed potatoes (cauliflower). I'd rather have none.

Thanks!

Mike

--Bryan

On Nov 6, 11:57 pm, Alice Faber wrote:

You can make pumpkin custard (aka crustless pumpkin pie). You buy a can
of pumpkin puree (not the pumpkin pie filling). There's a recipe on the
can. Ignore the crust, and substitute cream for the condensed milk and
Splenda for the sugar. I brought some to a Halloween potluck at work,
and had non lc'ers ask me for the recipe.

You could do *exactly* that, but use *fresh* pumpkin, not canned. A
lot of work? You bet, but your pumpkin custard will be far better
than anyone else's pumpkin pie. Also, you need to make Splenda
sweetened whipped cream to go with it.

--Bryan