This year John had to work on Thanksgiving, so we had our big meal the Sunday before, which was awesome. Since John and I are following the Paleo diet, we had a sugar-free, grain-free, dairy-free, low-glycemic-index meal.
Roasted rosemary and thyme sweet potatoes, garlic creamed spinach (with tofu and mayo), beef, apple and walnut stuffed acorn squash, crock pot turkey and gravy.
I was really worried about making this meal because I don't cook, and have never, ever made a Thanksgiving dinner out of food that didn't come out of boxes and cans. So, it was kind of a big deal for me to produce a meal that was not only edible, but conformed to our diet.
Pumpkin stuffed bacon (stole the idea from Fussy.org) I cheated a little with a pinch of brownsugar on the tops of these. It was worth it, these were AWESOME!
As nervous as I was, the family declared it a great meal and we had a wonderful day.
Alex and Max went a little crazy decorating for Thanksgiving.
The leftovers fed us all week and the best part for me was on Thanksgiving day I was able to relax and NOT cook. Ahhhh :)
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