"Cheri" > wrote in message
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> "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
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> 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
>
I handed the Thanksgiving wand over to my DIL, and the Christmas Dinner wand
over to my Daughter a few years back....I can't stand long enough to cook
large meals anymore . It's really nice that I can go to their houses and not
have to do anything if I don't want to. I will usually help with prep if I
can do it sitting down . When we were in the AF and were stationed away
from home we always had friends over for holiday dinners, we would also
invite single guys from the barracks...we always had a full house...I just
love holidays