On Tue, 18 Nov 2003 20:04:56 GMT, (Christopher C. Stacy)
wrote:

1. Do you have any good recipies for Thanksgiving?

Yup, see below.

2. How are people handling Thanksgiving at traditional
dinners that the (non-diabetic) relatives are presenting?

I do the cooking in our area, but if my family were doing it, they'd get
some help with recipes that are low carb, but I'd expect that *I* would
have to handle my carb intake. I wouldn't expect them to change much at
all. That's why I'd bring a few low carb things of my own, and there's no
problem with turkey at all.

Siobhan's Low Carb Pumpkin Pie with Walnut Crust

Makes 1 nine-inch regular depth pie (not deep dish)

Crust
1.5 cups finely chopped walnuts (almost powder, but not paste, you can use
other types of nuts if you don't like walnuts, no this isn't safe for
people with nut allergies, obviously)
3 tbsp butter, softened
3 tbsp Splenda (or a sweetener that can be baked, not nutrasweet)

Filling
2 eggs, beaten
15 ounces canned pumpkin/cooked pumpkin
12 ounces evaporated milk (I used non-fat/skim)
1.5 cups splenda
1 tsp ground cinnamon
1/2 tsp ground ginger
1/4 tsp ground cloves
1/4 tsp ground allspice
Dash or two ground nutmeg

Make the crust:
Mix the chopped walnuts and splenda together, then smoosh in the butter
until it's all crumbly. Spray a 9 inch shallow pie pan (not deep dish)
with non-stick spray then press the nut mixture on the bottom and sides of
the pie pan. Put in fridge to chill until ready to bake.

Preheat oven to 425 degrees.

Beat the eggs then add the rest of the ingredients (increase or decrease
spices to taste). Pour into pie shell but don't overflow the crumb crust.
Place in oven and bake for 10 minutes at 425 then reduce temperature to 350
and bake another 45 minutes or until a knife inserted in the center comes
out clean.

The whole pie has 101 total carbs, 25 grams of which is fiber.

--
Siobhan Perricone
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