That should say for a fee. Gah!
"Julie Bove" > wrote in message
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> This year is going to be kind of weird. Most likely my dad will still be
> in the rehab place. They will be serving Thanksgiving dinner and guests
> can eat there, for a few of course. However my brother, SIL and mom will
> be eating at a restaurant. My nephew may also join them. Not sure. But
> the meal this place is serving is not something Angela and I can eat. Yes
> we could have the turkey or the ham (except that we don't eat ham) but
> really everything else is off limits either because of our food
> intolerances or the South Beach diet.
>
> So... I will be fixing a meal for just the two of us. We both like the
> South Beach stuffing. It is baked in a pan. A goodly portion of
> mushrooms, celery and onions with a small amount of whole wheat bread
> cubes, broth and seasonings. The original recipe calls for something I
> can't have. I can't remember what that was. I left it out and it was
> fine. Might have been Worcestershire sauce. Whatever it was, it was a
> small amount. I've been buying the Kirkland (Costco) brand sliced turkey
> breast. It's much cheaper than the stuff I usually buy when we have
> Thanksgiving at home and we're fine with it so we'll have that. Boxed
> gluten free and dairy free gravy. We don't even need the GF any more but I
> can't have the dairy. Canned green beans. Probably some olives. We both
> like olives. The only special thing that we will have is some baked
> apples. I will probably just buy extra of the sliced apples from Costco
> and bake them with a little cinnamon. I don't think they'll need any
> sweetener.
>
> Must look for some festive paper plates. Yes, that is what we use. Or
> maybe the fancy plastic disposable kind. I'll let Angela pick. We
> usually get some fancy plastic cutlery too. Angela likes the silver
> colored stuff.
>
> Will be weird to have just the two of us this year. Even when my husband
> is home I have to go to greater lengths for the meal than I normally
> would. But he likes the legs only so I usually do a whole crock-pot full
> of those. And I buy and/or make various finger foods for him because he
> eats while watching football. But we won't need to do that now.
>
> I might try to give Bali and Jazzy a little turkey. Bali might eat it.
> She did eat a little bit of chicken once. But Jazzy seems to only like
> tuna. Maui used to love the Thanksgiving meal. I always gave her a little
> plate of turkey and some mashed potatoes. She loved potatoes. These two
> will sniff the human food but generally they don't eat it.
>