Christmas Dinner

Phooey to cooking at Christmas. One of our daughters and her husband
are coming to stay and we shall go to the local Ritz-Carlton for
Christmas lunch. It's a buffet thing so everyone can have what they
want.

"Denise" <denise_research@*nospam*hotmail.com> wrote in message
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I'm trying to balance a traditional Christmas dinner, with my kids, my
hubby.......who is vegan........and me who is low carbing! Aaarrrrg
nightmare!
I know I'm going to have to make a range of dishes based around meat ( and
the vegan protien equivalent). How is everyone else coping?

Turkey dinner, no problem. I'll skip the roast potatoes, eat everything
else. I've bought some Splenda-sweetened cranberry sauce, there's a
Christmas pud made from rhubarb in the freezer, along with some low-carb
bread to make bread sauce, and some sausagemeat to make pork-and-apricot
stuffing balls. Lots of veg, and ignore whatever carbs are in the gravy, and
I'm set.

Nicky.

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Denise said:

I'm trying to balance a traditional Christmas dinner, with my kids, my
hubby.......who is vegan........and me who is low carbing! Aaarrrrg
nightmare!
I know I'm going to have to make a range of dishes based around meat ( and
the vegan protien equivalent). How is everyone else coping?
What is everyone cooking?

What's traditional? T-bone steaks,
cauliflower cooked with garlic, and a
relish tray with cheese, olives, and raw
veggies. SO and I are not picky.
Pre-low carb days, we once had ham and
bean soup with cornbread.

Marsha/Ohio

Can't help out on the vegan part, but a traditional
Thanksgiving/Christmas type dinner should be no problem on LC. Turkey
and vegetables like cauliflower mashed, collard greens, green beans,
turnips, squash and the like are already low carb. You can make
wonderful cranberrry sauce by just adding one package of fresh
cranberries to one cup water and the equivalent of one cup sugar. Add
in the zest from an orange and you have cranberry sauce second to none.

For stuffing, cook a couple slices of bacon. Then saute celery,
mushrooms, (carrot and onion in moderation) in the fat. Chop the bacon
and add back in. Add some chicken bullion, chopped parsley, a lot of
bell's seasoning, and some low carb bread that has been left out for a
day to dry out. Makes stuffing that is so good! But just be careful to
keep the serving size under control.

For desert, try pumpkin cheesecake. Make just like LC cheesecake, but
add some pumpkin in!

We've had a pizza party here for the last few years. The toppings are
good, the teenagers love the pizza, and we have lots of LC snacks, along
with the cookies, cakes, pies, etc. J&J pork rinds are some kind of
wonderful IMO. I also like DaVinci Eggnog flavored syrup, which I still
have tons of from a couple of years ago, add a bit of brandy and cream
occasionally, and a lot once in awhile. Merry Christmas and Happy
Holidays to all of you.:-)

--
Cheri

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Quoted message said:

Can't help out on the vegan part, but a traditional
Thanksgiving/Christmas type dinner should be no problem on LC. Turkey
and vegetables like cauliflower mashed, collard greens, green beans,
turnips, squash and the like are already low carb. You can make
wonderful cranberrry sauce by just adding one package of fresh
cranberries to one cup water and the equivalent of one cup sugar. Add
in the zest from an orange and you have cranberry sauce second to none.

For stuffing, cook a couple slices of bacon. Then saute celery,
mushrooms, (carrot and onion in moderation) in the fat. Chop the bacon
and add back in. Add some chicken bullion, chopped parsley, a lot of
bell's seasoning, and some low carb bread that has been left out for a
day to dry out. Makes stuffing that is so good! But just be careful to
keep the serving size under control.

For desert, try pumpkin cheesecake. Make just like LC cheesecake, but
add some pumpkin in!

Eating everything else is how you got fat in the first place.

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Most people are dumb as bricks; some people are dumber than that. -- MFW

"Nicky" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Turkey dinner, no problem. I'll skip the roast potatoes, eat everything
else.

Denise <denise_research@*nospam*hotmail.com> wrote:
|| I'm trying to balance a traditional Christmas dinner, with my
|| kids, my hubby.......who is vegan........and me who is low
|| carbing! Aaarrrrg nightmare!
|| I know I'm going to have to make a range of dishes based
|| around meat ( and the vegan protien equivalent). How is
|| everyone else coping?
|| What is everyone cooking?
|| Regards,
|| Denise
||

Prime Rib Roast.... :-)

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