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.