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This is the place to post your Thanksgiving recipes .Ones you have created or ones you want converted.Doug and I will be posting a traditional canadian meal and an american meal complete with desserts.
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STUFFING REPLACEMENT- Stuffing replacement- saute 2-3pounds of your favorite sausage 0 sugar meat in a skillet, drain the fat. Add 1/4 cup of chopped onion, 1/2 cup chopped celery, 1/4 cup chopped walnuts and a tablespoon of ground sage....mix well then season to taste with additional herbs of your pleasure....stuff the bird and roast.
GOBBLE...GOBBLE!
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GREEN BEAN CASSEROLE
Green bean casserole- replace the mushroom soup with home made mushroom soup. Microwave 2 cups of sliced mushrooms in a glass covered bowl with a couple of tablespoons of water in the bottom for 3-5 minutes on high. strain the mushrooms well, they are now reduced to a cup and much of the water is gone. Melt 1/4 butter in a skillet, add the mushrooms and 3/4 cups heavy cream, bring to heat but not boiling....salt and pepper to taste. If all of that work doesn't interest you the Mushroom Alfredo Sauce doctored with more shroons works well too.
Topping, rough crunch up a bag of pork rinds and coat them well with onion powder...sprinkle over the top and bake.
GOBBLE GOBBLE
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THANK YOU THANK YOU!
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Umpa, I had made this recipe for Spinach Slaw for a dinner when we had company one time last year and everyone asked for the recipe after. I thought it might be a good one to use for Thanksgiving instead of the standard cabbage coleslaw and need some help to convert it over. The honey is the key ingredient because it gives the dressing a nice "sweet" taste and not sure what will give it that same taste. It makes a huge amount of slaw, so I cut the amount of vegetables in half. I still made the same amount of dressing to be sure to have enough.
SPINACH SLAW
12-16 Servings
Prep: 20 min. + chilling
Ingredients
8 cups shredded iceberg lettuce
5 cups shredded spinach
4 cups shredded red cabbage
3 cups shredded green cabbage
1 cup mayonnaise
1/4 cup honey
3/4 to 1 teaspoon garlic powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon pepper
Directions
In a large bowl, toss lettuce, spinach and cabbage; cover and refrigerate. In a small bowl, combine remaining ingredients; cover and refrigerate. Just before serving, pour dressing over the salad and toss to coat (if you toss too early it will go too limp). Yield: 12-16 servings.
Nutrition Facts: 1 serving (1 cup) equals 132 calories, 11 g fat (2 g saturated fat), 5 mg cholesterol, 163 mg sodium, 8 g carbohydrate, 1 g fiber, 1 g protein.
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Hey Umpa, I was wondering about using the one minute muffins to make stove top stuffing. I haven't tried it yet but I wonder if you could make the muffins and then crumble them up and bake them in the oven until they got toasty and then make the stuffing on top of the stove. What do you think? I might give it a try this weekend.
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Paula....that just might work....throw some poultry seasoning into the muffin mix....I love that muffin recipe....let us know about the toasting!!! ;)
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OJ Shihtzumom1, this is the list you posted for a traditional Canadian Thanksgiving dinner; going over the list and reading your comments I think you have it under control. The lemon fluff will be like my strawberry mousse and will be wonderful, check the video out on the cooking show board and simply replace the strawberry jello with the lemon jello. The pumpkin cheesecake Umpa posted is wonderful and will replace the pie....but you can make a great sugar free crustless pumpkin pie if you wish. Pumpkin can also be served to replace the acorn squash and sweet potato! Ever eat pumpkin as a main course side dish?....delicious. Simply boil or bake, mash, add butter...a little xylitol and cinnamon. Baked beans can be replaced easily with the canned black soy beans. The wasabi cole slaw dressing in the book is excellent and very low sugar. If cranberry is important buy frozen berries, drop them into 1 inch of water in a saucepan, cover and cook till soft, mash and continue to cook till thick. remove from stove and sweeten to your taste with xylitol.
GOBBLE GOBBLE
Turkey, gravy, stuffing, cranberries, dinner rolls, mashed potatoes, cabbage rolls, corn, acorn squash, sweet potatoes, baked beans, coleslaw, devilled eggs, veggie tray, pumpkin pie, lemon meringue pie, apple pie...carbs, carbs, and more carbs...OMG I just gained 10 pounds typing these food items. No wonder I put on weight!!!
I already know what to do for the gravy, stuffing and mashed potatoes. And I'm sure I could figure out some cabbage rolls made with cauli-rice (I made stuffed peppers with this a few weeks ago). I can live without corn, sweet potatoes and baked beans. I just think I need help with coleslaw dressing and a fall-like dessert, does not have to be traditional pie with crust. Something pumpkiny maybe. I did come across a recipe for Lemon Fluff that was just heavy cream and SF lemon jello, that may take care of my lemon meringue pie needs. Maybe something cinnamony would be a good substitute for apple pie.
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Paula try it and report back ;) Over the weekend i will be doing thanksgiving pies and will post ;)
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I used the OMM (one minute muffin) recipe last week in baked chicken with stuffing/dressing. My DH really liked it, but I thought it was pretty tasteless. My holiday stuffing has been Pepperidge Farms cornbread mix, and I would add mushrooms, nuts, celery and raisins. Still trying to find a substitute for raisins... The OMM stuffing I made was:
3 C OMM (approx. 6 muffins, I think – lost count)
3 C chopped celery
1 C chopped onion
¾ C melted butter
1 t. Nature’s Seasoning salt
1 ½ tsp poultry seasoning
1/3 C canned mushrooms
½ C walnuts
2 t. Better Than Bouillon (chicken flavor – didn’t have turkey flavor)
¾ hot water (used about ¼ c. mushroom juice, so water would be about ½ C)
Mix, put in pan with breaded chicken breasts on top, covered, baked 350 for 30 min.
IMO, it was kinda blah. Maybe I needed to add more ingredients. Hoping some of you will come up with something that tastes better, and post it in time for Thanksgiving.
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Hi, Doug and Umpa!
Up above Doug mentions Umpa's Pumpkin Cheesecake recipe. I can't seem to find the recipe in Search - would greatly appreciate it if someone could point me in the right direction - thanks! Sounds deelish! ;D
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OMM Muffin?
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OMM = one minute microwave
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Schitzumom I have recipes that require Honey and i use the sugar free honey from Netrition it is made from xylitol and is excellant ;)
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Romarc its in the cookbook, if you can't find it let me know and I will post it.Tonight I will be posting pumpkin pie and pumpkin bread.
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Actually I just found Nature's Hollow Taste Like Honey on the Low Carb Grocery website and it is made with xylitol and has 0 net carbs. Should work good.
http://www.thelowcarbgrocery.com/catalog/product_info.php?cPath=132_200_291&products_id=2079 (http://www.thelowcarbgrocery.com/catalog/product_info.php?cPath=132_200_291&products_id=2079)
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We did the video yesterday for pumpkin pie ,baked squash and toasted pumpkin seeds .Soon as doug is done editing they will be posted.
Make sure your honey is not malitol as a sweetner or you will get a tummy ache.
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Make sure your honey is not malitol as a sweetner or you will get a tummy ache.
Not malitol, Taste Like Honey is made with xylitol:
Ingredients: Xylitol, Spring Water, Xantham gum, Natural honey flavor, Citric Acid, Sorbic acid
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Thats it! It really is good in hot tea too! ;)
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Low carb Pumpkin Bread and Pumpkin Cookies- http://fattoskinny.net/index.php?topic=1248.0 (http://fattoskinny.net/index.php?topic=1248.0)
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Doug, the pumpking bread & cookies look wonderful. I can't wait to try them! I'm thinking some chopped walnuts or pecans might be a nice addition to the pumpkin bread. I just love that there are so many possibilities instead of the old way to lose weight (http://www.fattoskinny.com/) by seeing wonderful baked goods and saying "I can't have that". Thank you for changing my life!!
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These are just basic recipes .You can add whatever you like :) What are we missing for your canadian thanksgiving ??
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Recipe?
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I think I have all the ideas I need for Thanksgiving. Actually my sister invited us to her house. Her husband started FTS the week before I did although he is not on the forum (not sure what his weight loss (http://www.fattoskinny.com/) is, but I know he is amazed at his blood sugar results). My sister and niece cannot eat gluten, so I'm sure the entire meal will be FTS friendly. I have forwarded some of the ideas from the forum to them so Thanksgiving should be a breeze. Thanks for your help.
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You are very welcome!Enjoy your holiday! :)
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Okay, what items are missing for your thanksgiving table???What recipes do you guys need??? :)
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I dont even know where to start sigh. Im in the middle of a mess Thanksgiving is the last thing on my mind. Please pray for me.
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Beebs, saying a prayer and sending positive thoughts your way.
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You are in my prayers beebs!
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Sending Prayers Beebs!
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Sending prayers your way Beebs :)
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Me toooooo, Beebs! Buckets of blessings and answers and direction from Above are on their way to you!!
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Is everybody set for Thanksgiving???? Do you all have your recipes???? ::)
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Um pa is sweet potato casserole impossible ?
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No Jo.Did you watch the pumpkin video we did where doug baked the whole bottom of the pumpkin?
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where are these videos??
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Go back to the Home page and click in the Fat to Skinny Cooking Show. There are 2 pumpkin videos.
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Here are a couple of recipes from Dana Carpender (Just for you Beebs)
Pork Rind Stuffing
1 cup chopped celery
1/4 cup chopped onion
salt and pepper, to taste
poultry seasoning, to taste
1 packet splenda or other sweetener
1/4 stick butter
1/4 cup cream
3 1/2 ounces chicken broth (about 1/4 can)
10 ounces pork rinds, crushed a bit
4 eggs
Saute celery, onions, salt, pepper, poultry seasoning, sweetener, and butter in a frying pan, until transparent and tender. Add other ingredients and mix together until the pork rinds are coated and moist. Put into baking dish and bake for 35 to 50 minutes until set like regular bread stuffing. Feel free to add more eggs or cream to get to texture you are used to. Some people also add mushroom, sage, sausage or oysters.
Assuming 8 servings, each will have: 276 Calories; 18g Fat; 25g Protein; 2g Carbohydrate; trace Dietary Fiber.
You can also dilute the carbs in your stuffing by adding lower carb ingredients. Like this:
Increase the ratio of vegetables to bread. Much of the flavor of stuffing comes from the celery and onions, both of which are considerably lower carb than even the lowest carb bread.
Add sliced, sauteed mushrooms. They add a delectable flavor, and are very low in carbohydrate -- 1 cup of sliced mushrooms, before cooking, contains only 2.3 grams of carbohydrate, with 0.8 grams of fiber, for a usable carb count of just 1.5 grams. A couple of cups of mushrooms will bulk up the volume and pump up the flavor, while cutting the carb count per serving!
Nuts add a wonderful flavor and crunch to dressing, and they're quite healthful. Walnuts or pecans would be my choice, but almonds would be good, too. 1 cup of chopped walnuts contains 16 grams of carbohydrate, with 7.8 grams of fiber, for a usable carb count of 8.2 grams. 1 cup of pecans has 15 grams of carbohydrate, with 10.5 grams of fiber, for a usable carb count of just 4.5 grams. And 1 cup of slivered almonds contains 21 grams of carbohydrate, with 12.7 grams of fiber, for a usable carb count of 8.3 grams. If you add nuts to your stuffing, saute them a bit of butter first, until they smell toasty, to bring out their flavor and increase their crispness.
My mom always put cooked, crumbled pork sausage in her stuffing. It tastes wonderful, and of course it's very low carb. My sister makes her dressing with as much sausage as bread!
Less traditionally, you can make a great dressing with no bread at all. Try this quick-and-simple skillet recipe:
Apple Walnut Dressing
4 tablespoons butter
1 crisp, tart apple
2 large stalks celery
1 medium onion
1 cup shelled walnuts
8 ounces sliced mushrooms
3/4 teaspoon salt or Vege-Sal
1 1/2 teaspoons poultry seasoning
Start the butter melting in a large, heavy skillet over medium heat.
Quarter the apple and trim out the core, whack each quarter into two pieces (making eighths), and drop them in your food processor with the S-blade in place. Whack each stalk of celery into 4-5 big chunks, and throw them in, too. Quarter the onion, peel, and throw it in, and then dump in the walnuts. Pulse the food processor until everything's a medium consistency.
Dump this mixture, along with the mushrooms, into the butter in the skillet, turn the heat up to medium-high, and saute everything for a minute or two, stirring. Then cover it, and let it cook for 10 minutes, uncovering every 3 minutes or so to stir the whole thing again.
Stir in the salt and poultry seasoning, let it cook for another minute or two, and serve.
6-8 servings. Assuming 6, each will have 9 grams of carbohydrate and 3 grams of fiber, for a usable carb count of 6 grams.
© 2010 by Dana Carpender. Used by permission of the author. What do you think? Please send Dana your comments to Dana Carpender.
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Paula have your tried the porkskin dressing ?
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Beebles dont like pork rinds. oocky!
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Paula have you cooked this? :)
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Sorry! I haven't tried it yet, just found it last night. It looks pretty promising. We are doing our dinner early, next Sunday so I will try it then. Just wanted to see what everyone else thought ;)
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Here are a couple of recipes from Dana Carpender (Just for you Beebs)
Paula~
Have you made many of her recipes? If so, how do you like them. I believe she's an Atkins follower and wondered if her recipes have too many carbs for the FTS lifestyle.
Thanks
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I have her book "500 Low-Carb Recipes" and many of them are too high for FTS. There are, however, some really useful ones in there as well. Of course, we can always convert her recipes that are too high to make them more FTS friendly.
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She shares some pretty good ideas for pork rinds
and I make the pork rind cookies pretty often. The dressing is only 2 carbs per serving, not too bad for a holiday replacement.
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Thanks Ladies! I just ordered her latest book, which I think is just a compilation of her 3 previous ones. I appreciate your advice!
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I have never heard of her.....I never get out of the kitchen :D :D :D
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Is it time for the bakery book? Can we have it now? huh huh? Pwease! ;D
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STUFFING REPLACEMENT- Stuffing replacement- saute 2-3pounds of your favorite sausage 0 sugar meat in a skillet, drain the fat. Add 1/4 cup of chopped onion, 1/2 cup chopped celery, 1/4 cup chopped walnuts and a tablespoon of ground sage....mix well then season to taste with additional herbs of your pleasure....stuff the bird and roast.
GOBBLE...GOBBLE!
How and how long do you cook this if you don't put it in the bird? I'm bringing my own items to my MILs Thanksgiving dinner. lol There is also no breading substitute so I'm assuming it won't have the same texture as stove top. I'll look on the board for more versions as well.
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I posted a cornbread stuffing recipe Izzet.I just reposted it for Jo.If you can't find it let me know. ;)
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I just can't get the cornbread from online-hubby has banned me from online low carb shopping for a while lol...I wish we could find something we can buy locally at the store...hmmm
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Izzet Umpa said you can use my cornbread recipe .
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I think the goldenflax would make a beautiful cornbread.It has the same consistency as cornmeal. ;)
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Ok, I know I moved the recipes and organized them but I can not find your recipe Jo! Too much going on I think my brain is drained! BTW I just got promoted to a Hallmark Territory Manager effective Monday! Woot!
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Congrats on your new job IZZET! Isn't it amazing how when you take control of your health/life things just fall ino place :)
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Thanks Umpa....I know exactly what you mean...it affect every area of your life! Confidence and you show how much you care about yourself...it makes a difference.
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Congrats on the promotion Izzet!!
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Congratulations IzzeT. That sounds like a fun job! I love Hallmark! ;D
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thank you all for your congrats! It's fun but a lot of work goes into it. I'm excited.
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Congrats!
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Congrats Izzet !!!!!!!!!!!!! You should give yourself a Hallmark card, no-one writes em like Hallmark ;)