"Ozgirl" > wrote in message
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> "Julie Bove" > wrote in message
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>> "RodS" > wrote in message
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>>> On 19/12/2012 8:40 AM, Julie Bove wrote:
>>>> "Colt T" > wrote in message
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>>>>> Mac and cheese and canned pumpkin. Pumpkin may have twice as much
>>>>> alpha
>>>>> carotene as carrots and carrots have super much more than whatever 3rd
>>>>> place is. Yam type sweet potatoes may have a good bit tho.
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>>>> That's a lot of carbs!
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>>> Now lets see roast chicken, roast pork, ham, baked vegies (Sweet potato,
>>> potato, pumpkin, carrots), peas, gravy small serve plum pudding and
>>> custard. Traditional dinner for me, sensible portions size but no
>>> testing :-)
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>> That's a lot of meat! I found out when we are doing our family
>> celebration. We're going to a restaurant and anyone who wants dessert can
>> get it there. No dessert at my parent's house. Yay! I have found that
>> most of the time when we do it this way, nobody gets dessert.
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> 3 meats are fairly traditional here. Chicken or turkey, the pork and in
> our family, cold ham as well.
We usually have Ham and Turkey on Christmas.