Thanksgiving

Thanksgiving. A day usually set aside for gorging on vast amounts of turkey, potatoes, stuffing and gravy, not to mention pies! Oh and I do love pie. In fact I think I like pie more than almost any other dessert, well except chocolate!

But I digress.

Hubby and I were up as usual and we worked together to get old Tom Turkey stuffed with the chestnut stuffing I had put together the night before. I could tell that this was going to be good.

While we finished up the preparation of the turkey, Hubby peeled and sliced the apples for our sugar-free apple pie. I put them both in the oven and after an hour the pie was done, I basted the turkey and sat down to watch the Macy’s Thanksgiving Parade.

My comment to Macy’s: Cut the stage show and give us a good old fashioned parade!

Switching channels, I found a marathon showing of the series “House” on USA TV. Since we like that show, we left it on all day. I think I like it even more now.

The turkey was basted, the potatoes boiled, as well as the pearl onions, peas, butternut squash and gravy.

At 2 PM I lit the candles, and we sat down to our Thanksgiving Dinner.

Now before you think I went off the deep end here is what I ate:

2 ounces of turkey,

1/3 cup mashed potatoes

1/3 cup butternut squash

1/3 cup stuffing

1/3 cup peas

1/4 cup gravy

1/8 cup cranberry relish

and dessert was a small slice of the sugar-free apple pie!

All in all, I think I did well. The funny part was realizing that I was really full after eating this limited amount of food. I was shocked! I thought that I would be left feeling hungry, but that was not the case.

I did part one of the clean up, turned on the dishwasher and then came into the family-room and curled up on the sofa with Arnie and Anneliese and fell asleep. Whoever said that turkey makes you sleep was 100% accurate! I slept like a baby!

Part two of the clean up is done, Hubby and I are satiated as only a good New England Thanksgiving can provide, and I’m feeling happy that I didn’t blow the whole diet thing with a meal that could have been larger, if I hadn’t been aware of what I was doing.

I hope you and yours had a wonderful day whether you celebrated Thanksgiving here in the USA or just another average day in your own country!