"How do you make Traditional Thanksgiving Dinner for 12 that is Low-carb, Gluten-free, Vegetarian (except for the turkey), and does not taste like Diet Food to Anyone?"
(Without making yourself crazy!)
Dear Friend,
I am Geri Winters and cooking Thanksgiving dinner for everyone has gotten to be a real challenge.
If it was just the kids complaining about food preferences - "But Mom, I don't like green beans."
I would be a lot less sympathetic. "You can eat what is in front of you or not. I'm not making anything else."
But my family is on various diets for health reasons. It has to be gluten-free for the celiac, low-carb for the diabetic, and vegetarian for the person who has trouble digesting meat. Eating the wrong food will literally make someone sick.
Is it like that at your house too? Have you given up - either gone completely off the diet for the day or settled for bland, boring food? What if everyone could stay on their diet but the food is so great, no one notices?
Thanksgiving is Hard
A couple of years ago I was at my sister's house for Thanksgiving. She knows that eating gluten makes me sick, but she did not really think about it.
All I could eat was the turkey (no gravy), green salad, celery, and carrot sticks. I had an apple for dessert.
Everything else had gluten in the form of flour - the gravy, green bean casserole, bread stuffing, dinner rolls, and pies.
Since there was not much I could eat, I did not have to worry much about eating too much!
There was plenty of food - I did not starve. But seeing and smelling all that yummy food in front of me that I used to eat, and now I could not - well it was a sad day I have to say.
I could have eaten it anyway and suffered for it over the next several days. That was not something I wanted for my holiday either.
Accommodating Different Diets was Driving me Crazy
That experience made me vow to not do that to my dinner guests!
So when I was making Thanksgiving dinner I made some vegetarian dishes and some gluten-free dishes and some low-carb dishes.
But then I spent all dinner telling people what they could or could not eat based on their diet. And people left feeling unsatisfied because there were foods that looked and smelled good, but they could not eat them.
I had to come up with a way to satisfy everyone at once and not drive myself crazy.
I started Experimenting with Low-carb Gluten-free Foods from Japan
With the relatively recent availability of new gluten-free low-carb foods from Japan, I started experimenting with remakes of old favorites.
My goal for the remakes was that they taste as good as or better than the original. I wanted people to feel satisfied with the food, and not feel deprived because of their diet.
I tested the recipes on my husband, who is a picky eater. After a lot of trial and error I succeeded!
This food is so good, I started sharing it with family and friends. They loved it too!
So I put all the recipes into a book with shopping lists, make ahead schedules, and alterations for common allergies to make this whole Thanksgiving meal easy to share with you.
Introducing ...
This is a meal plan specifically for Thanksgiving (or other holiday) dinner. This means you have everything you need in one place to make a traditional Midwest Thanksgiving dinner with all the trimmings and still have it low-carb and gluten-free.
- Main Benefit #1 - All recipes you need are included. No need to hunt the internet for classics such as green bean casserole, sweet potato mash, or pumpkin pie.
- Main Benefit #2 - Recipes are already modified to be low-carb, gluten-free, and vegetarian. You do not have to research how to do it; I have done that work for you.
- Main Benefit #3 - I personally tested all the recipes in my home kitchen. I did not guess how something might work, I tried everything multiple times to be sure the recipe worked and the dish was yummy.
- Main Benefit #4 - Make ahead and Thanksgiving day cooking schedules are all worked out for you. These schedules make sure everything gets prepared and you have time to spend with your family and guests Thanksgiving day.
The Menu is Classic Midwest Favorite Thanksgiving Fare
Can you believe this whole dinner is just 115 grams of carbs (instead of 250) and 800 calories less than the equivalent traditional dishes? Look at this menu and tell me honestly that you would feel deprived!
Olives, dill pickles, deviled eggs
Herb Roasted Turkey
Spinach Mushroom Quiche
Shirataki Rice Stuffing
Turkey Gravy
Mushroom Gravy
Green Bean Casserole
Savory Sweet Potato Mash
Classic Waldorf Salad
Mixed Greens Salad
Keto Dinner Rolls
Individual Pumpkin Pie Custards
Apple Crumble
"I cannot use any flours, starches, or gums to thicken gravies. Your mushroom gravy is just perfect! Not only it is the best gravy I've ever had, it is perfectly smooth and thick and so easy to make. My family wants this now instead of turkey gravy."
- Sharon
More Benefits of Buying this Book
- Product Benefit #1 - Food does not taste like diet food; dishes are as good as or even better than the original.
- Product Benefit #2 - Menus provided for 100% vegetarian meal, 100% meat eater meal, or a meal that includes both.
- Product Benefit #3 - Shopping lists are included for each meal option.
- Product Benefit #4 - Recipes and shopping lists are sized for 12 people. It is easy to make less or more depending on the size of your dinner party.
- Product Benefit #5 - Each recipe includes suggested serving sizes with macronutrient counts. These serving sizes are smaller than normal because of the large amount of side dishes in the meal.
- Product Benefit #6 - All of the dishes are easy to take to dinner parties so you can have yummy, gluten-free, low-carb, vegetarian food no matter where you have dinner.
- Product Benefit #7 - Substitutions are provided for common allergies - eggs, dairy, and tree nuts.
- Product Benefit #8 - Simple alterations take carbs even lower - right into the keto zone!
- And Many More ...
BONUS!!
I do not cook every meal for the holidays. I am often out celebrating with friends. I thought the same might be true for you, so when you order today, I will also send you a free companion book "50 Tips to Stay Low-Carb and Avoid Holiday Weight Gain".
And if you have any questions at all, contact the help desk using the Support Desk link at the bottom of this page.
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Questions
- Is it low-fat? - No. I could not get the yummy taste I wanted with low-carb and low-fat. Since low-carb was required for health reasons, the meal overall remains high in fat. I include macro-nutrient counts for each recipe, so you can eat more of the lower fat dishes and just have a taste of the high-fat dishes if you choose to reduce the fat as well.
- Are there any peanuts? - No.
- Are there any tree nuts? - Yes in 3 of the dishes. For the shirataki rice stuffing, you can substitute mushrooms for the pecans. Leave out the walnuts in the Waldorf Salad. The Apple crumble is made with almond flour and should be avoided by anyone with a tree nut allergy.
- Are there any eggs? - Yes. The dip and Waldorf salad include mayonnaise (which is made from eggs). You can substitute egg-free mayo (search for vegan mayo). Also deviled eggs, quiche, pumpkin pie, and keto dinner rolls all include eggs so those dishes should be avoided by people with egg allergies.
- Is it dairy free? - No. The dip is made with cheese and so is the quiche, so these should be avoided by people who do not tolerate dairy. You can substitute coconut cream for the heavy cream in the green bean casserole and full fat coconut milk for the whole milk in the pumpkin pie custards. You can use ghee, olive oil, or avocado oil in place of butter.
- Is it low calore? - It is about 800 calories less than the original recipes, but the full meal is still a lot of calories for one meal (about 1800 calories using the suggested serving sizes). Since it is Thanksgiving day (one day of the year) I personally do not worry about getting more calories than I need. I can eat light the rest of the weekend and enjoy every bite on Thanksgiving Day. If you are concerned with calories, you can see the calorie information and serving size for every bit of the meal and choose the lower calorie dishes to provide the bulk of your dinner.
- Is it Primal/Plaeo/Ancestral? - It is Primal/Paleo/Ancestral if you include dairy in your definition. Some people do, some do not. For people who tolerate dairy it is a great source of protein and healthy fats, especially for vegetarians.
- Why do you use sugar instead of sugar-free sweeteners? - I do not like the taste of sugar-free sweeteners. You can save about 36 grams of carbs by replacing the white sugar in the apple crumble and pumpkin pie custards with erythritol.
- I can get the recipes online, even on your website. Why should I buy the book? - All the recipes are on my website. The book has additional information that turns the individual recipes into a complete meal. This includes cook ahead instructions, how to make a complete vegetarian meal, a complete meat eater's meal, and a meal that blends both, recommended serving sizes, amounts to make for 12 people, and shopping lists. With the book you also get a bonus book - 50 Tips to Stay Low-carb and Avoid Holiday Weight Gain - that is not otherwise available.
Thanksgiving is sooner than you think! Get your copy of Low-Carb Gluten-Free Midwest Thanksgiving for just $7 and start getting ready for the big day. There is no risk! If you do not find it useful, contact my support desk for a full refund.
Sincerely,
Geri
aLifeInHarmony.me