Low Carb Thanksgiving Recipes

 

This was my first year trying to prepare low carb recipes for Thanksgiving. It was quite a success, though I will make some adjustments to certain things, next time.

My family loved everything, especially the stuffing. I modified a keto savory bread recipe that I found. I didn't have all of the ingredients that the original recipe called for, so I substituted a few things. Here is what was left over (hardly anything).

This is a 4 quart casserole dish, which was full. There were only
a few spoonfuls left, when my family got through with it!

The turkey and the vegetables I prepared as per my normal methods, but I did not use any of the instant broths that I have used in years past. Too much salt, which my husband needs to be careful with, and they typically contain monosodium glutamate, which we decided to eliminate from our diet a few months ago.

The stuffing, mashed potatoes and pumpkin pie were the things that I targeted for reducing the carbohydrate content. I had intended to make mashed cauliflower instead of mashed potatoes, but I ran out of time. I'll do that sometime soon and share my recipe.

The stuffing recipe (and the bread I used to make it) are here.

The pumpkin pie recipe is here.

With regard to gravy, as I mentioned I didn't use any instant broth. I saved the pan drippings from meat that I prepared over the course of a week, and froze it. After I added some hot water to it and strained it, I ended up with just the right amount to make gravy. I tried thickening the gravy with xanthan gum, which is the typical thickener used in keto recipes, but it didn't get as thick as I like. So I ended up adding a tablespoon of cornstarch. Not keto approved, but how many carbs can there be in 1 tablespoon of cornstarch? I decided to go for it, anyway. The gravy was still a little thin, but very tasty.

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