* walking the neighbors dog this morning

Happy thanksgiving to you.

I make wild rice and sweet potatoe dressing whenever we go to someone’s house. Then I am guaranteed my brown!!!! And others love it. In fact I made cranberry chutney and my husband took the neighbors some to try and she
wanted the recipe! Wondering how I made it without sugar and taste so good!

And you are right it does get easier every year.

Chloe
Healing is grand

: The holiday season is upon us,
: starting with Thanksgiving
: tomorrow.

: The good thing about Thanksgiving is
: that getting protein is not a
: problem, and there are usually
: vegetables served. There usually
: aren't many, if any, browns served
: at your typical Thanksgiving
: dinner, unless you make cornbread
: stuffing, but I never found it a
: problem to have regular mashed
: potatoes at the meal, although
: skin-on mashed potatoes would be
: better. If you are the one
: cooking, you could do a separate
: smaller batch of skin-on mashed
: potatoes for yourself if you think
: your family will object, or have
: some baked sweet potato.

: The biggest challenge I had with this
: holiday is the timing of the meal.
: The meal is usually served
: mid-afternoon, so I always found
: that I needed to eat 4 meals that
: day: breakfast, some kind of
: lunch, the big meal, and then
: something in the evening because
: from mid-afternoon until bedtime
: was way too long to go without
: food.

: My husband and I are going to a
: wildlife sanctuary for the day. We
: will cook our Thanksgiving meal,
: or most of it, today. We'll take a
: picnic lunch with us, and then
: heat food up when we return to the
: house. We have a small turkey
: breast and a leg quarter, and we
: will make skin-on mashed potatoes,
: gravy and some sort of vegetable
: (we have several options). I am
: baking my sweet potato pie right
: now. It has no added sugar and
: actually is a brown. (I get this
: little thrill when a program
: dessert is also a brown, or a
: serving of protein. I know it's
: silly.)

: I hope everyone has a good
: Thanksgiving. Whatever happens on
: your day, keep in mind that
: holidays get easier every year you
: are doing the program.
: Allison