"Jacquie" > wrote in message
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> "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.
>>
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> We will be going to my Son's house in Scottsdale. My DIL, really puts on a
> spread. She will have turkey, bread stuffing and cornbread sausage
> stuffing, mashed potatoes, sweet potatoes with pecans, salad,fruit salad,
> corn casserole, green bean casserole, rolls, cranberries, and of course
> pumpkin pie. and a pumpkin cheesecake. Her brother will bring a ham.
> This is one time a year her family and our family join hands...she is
> Hispanic and allot of her family live in the Phoenix area, they will be
> there, as a couple of Aunts and cousins from Mexico...there will be a new
> baby we haven't met yet. Thank Goodness they have a big house. Wayne and I
> will go up Wednesday and come back Sunday...we used to do power shopping
> while up there but that is out until I get a scooter, my Dr is ready to
> fill out the paperwork, but I am waiting till we get our new SUV in a few
> months so we will know what kind of lift to get. Anyways, we are looking
> forward to our visit. I love the holidays especially if I don't have to do
> the cooking

Sounds like a grand time. I agree with you about the cooking. I don't care
to do it for a huge crowd much anymore, though I used to love it. Sometimes
I'm in the mood to do a lot of cooking, and enjoy a cooking day, but I don't
really enjoy having to do it on a certain day or timeline as much as I used
to.

Cheri