What's the thanksgiving food you skip out on?

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  • infinitynevermore
    infinitynevermore Posts: 98 Member
    I think I'm skipping the rolls so I can get another slice of sweet potato pie!
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  • dsboohead
    dsboohead Posts: 1,899 Member
    dsboohead wrote: »
    I will skip mashed potatoes & gravy and stuffing (a meh moment)....one spoonful of candied yams and greenbeans....lots of turkey w/splenda cranberries....one spoonful fruit salad and 1 roll..Amen!
    Ps....one small sliver of a pie that looks good...Amen!

    Uh oh! Forgot mac&cheese! :#
  • dsboohead
    dsboohead Posts: 1,899 Member
    KelGen02 wrote: »
    This year there will be no skipping of anything instead it will be just a small taste of everything... Ok I lied, I will most likely skip the bread, I rather have a little bit bigger serving of pumpkin pie with some real whipped cream. :p

    This is my first year having Thanksgiving dinner without all of my boys home. My middle son shipped to basic training on 11/6 and while we did do our traditional thanksgiving dinner the day before he left it will just not be the same... My youngest son managed to find a picture of him so Cheers to my solider!!
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    Happy Thanksgiving everyone!!

    As a mother.....THANKYOU for YOUR sacrifice and prayers for you and your handsome son!
  • dmsl977
    dmsl977 Posts: 232 Member
    Green bean casserole and gravy. Yuck!
  • Tabbycat00
    Tabbycat00 Posts: 146 Member
    Thanksgiving has never been big for me. I only like the turkey and maybe stuffing. I hate mashed potatoes, gravy, any type of casserole...I don’t even like pumpkin pie. So, I guess I’ll be skipping just about everything but I’ve been skipping it since I was a child just because I’m super picky.
  • evilpoptart63
    evilpoptart63 Posts: 397 Member
    Or menu this year is super simple so Im planning on eating a bit of everything :)
  • The_Enginerd
    The_Enginerd Posts: 3,982 Member
    edited November 2017
    I'm passing on the mashed potatoes and only having a little turkey to make more room for ham, pie, and jalapeno cornbread.

    I think it's funny the number of people who only read the title of the thread and are commenting that they aren't going to skip anything and think this is a thread about not indulging on Thanksgiving... :lol: I only have so much room in my stomach. I'm going to fill it with the stuff I like.
  • KelGen02
    KelGen02 Posts: 668 Member

    @dsboohead

    Thank you very much I appreciate that... <3

  • janejellyroll
    janejellyroll Posts: 25,763 Member
    The_Enginerd wrote: »
    I'm passing on the mashed potatoes and only having a little turkey to make more room for ham, pie, and jalapeno cornbread.

    I think it's funny the number of people who only read the title of the thread and are commenting that they aren't going to skip anything and think this is a thread about not indulging on Thanksgiving... :lol: I only have so much room in my stomach. I'm going to fill it with the stuff I like.

    Yeah, even if someone isn't watching calories (either for the day or because they don't track calories overall), there are things they may skip because they don't like the taste of them or they just want to make more room for other things.
  • ccruz985
    ccruz985 Posts: 646 Member
    Yams because gross. And the salad because Thanksgiving is not the place for salad on my plate unless it is exceptionally good.
  • H_Ock12
    H_Ock12 Posts: 1,152 Member
    Losinandmovin wrote: »
    I'm skipping all the carbs: I'm gonna eat the hell out of that dark meat turkey, cauliflower/cheese/bacon casserole, green beans, and whatever else fits into my LCHF diet. No dessert, and I'm really ok with that.

    ooooh....cauliflower/cheese/bacon casserole sounds amazing!
  • H_Ock12
    H_Ock12 Posts: 1,152 Member
    I'll be eating all the foods at the lunch buffet with my side of the family. I'll be skipping the oysters at dinner with hubby's side.
  • AngryViking1970
    AngryViking1970 Posts: 2,847 Member
    I usually pass on the rolls/buns because they fill me up, leaving me with no room for the really yummy stuff.
  • mph323
    mph323 Posts: 3,565 Member
    I'm in the skipping the rolls camp, they have to be gf and I didn't have time to drive 45 minutes to the nearest gf bakery this year. The big thing I'm doing is skipping the all day snacks - since we have dinner in the evening we have a table full of cheese, fruit, chips with home-made dips, etc. I usually fill up on those before dinner, then eat a big dinner, then feel miserable for the rest of the night. This year I'll eat a plate of snacks around lunch time and then save my appetite for dinner and dessert.
  • Mrs181
    Mrs181 Posts: 36 Member
    Skipping sweet potatoes and cranberry sauce because they're gross.
  • jemhh
    jemhh Posts: 14,261 Member
    I skip the pumpkin pie as I'm not a big fan of it. I can eat it but it's not something I'd ever make myself or buy or think "gee, I'd like to have some of that."

    If I could, I would eat just a giant heap of turkey. Thanksgiving is generally the only day of the year when I get fresh roast turkey, which I absolutely love. However, I do have to leave some turkey for the rest of the people at the table so instead I will eat some sweet potato casserole along with the turkey.
  • sgt1372
    sgt1372 Posts: 3,997 Member
    No TG meal planned but if there were I'd skip the stuffing, mashed potatoes and/or bread to focus and the turkey, gravy, cranberry sauce and pie. I like yams but can skip any other veggies.

    I already roasted and ate a whole turkey 2 wks ago. Have 2 more turkeys broken down into parts plus over a gal of stock in the freezer. Bought three 20# turkeys in a pre-TG sale for just 29 cents/#. Couldn't resist.

    Roasted 4 turkey wings in BBQ sauce a couple days ago; just 1 wing left. And ground up 2# of turkey breast yesterday to make turkey meatballs w/tomato sauce tonite or tomorrow.

    Got enough turkey to last me well into next year. Gobble, gobble. :)


  • LoveForWine
    LoveForWine Posts: 20 Member
    I am going to eat all the food and drink all the wine:)
  • corinasue1143
    corinasue1143 Posts: 7,464 Member
    Chicken instead of turkey. No stuffing. No potatoes. Will eat anything homemade, taste anything I have not seen before. Will skip anything with cool whip, cream-of-anything soup.
  • josette06
    josette06 Posts: 119 Member
    Pumpkin pie - yuck
    Candied yams - yuck

    Turkey - meh.
    Mashed potatoes- meh
    stuffing- yum!!!!!!!!
    Sangria- Yum!!!!

    So pretty much stuffing with a side of stuffing and wash it down with a glass of sangria.
  • Sabine_Stroehm
    Sabine_Stroehm Posts: 19,263 Member
    Pie. Not worth the calories. Not a fan.
  • Jancandoit7
    Jancandoit7 Posts: 356 Member
    Skipping food? On Thanksgiving? I've been looking forward to NOT skipping anything for weeks! Bring it on! However-my appetite is much smaller so I will definitely eat smaller portions...of everything! I'm most looking forward to rolls, stuffing, and mashed potatoes w/gravy. Stuff I seldom eat anymore- and of course PIE! Yay! This splurge will carry me through until Christmas :D
  • toxikon
    toxikon Posts: 2,383 Member
    I'm the type of person who loves putting a little bit of everything on their plate. I've never met a Thanksgiving dish that I didn't like.
  • nickssweetheart
    nickssweetheart Posts: 874 Member
    I WAS planning on skipping dessert so I could eat more mashed potatoes (I am NEVER in the skipping mashed potatoes camp as it's only at Thanksgiving that I bother with them) but then I found these vegan superfood muffins and cherry turnovers at Sprouts. And I bought BOTH of them. Oops. That will teach me to shop when I'm hungry. I literally intended to buy a tofurky roast, tofu, clementines, and apples.

    So I stopped by my old boss's office and dropped off the turnovers for her and her kids (both her daughters work for her). I figure I spent 3.49 I didn't intend to but I saved 1120 calories that I otherwise would have been eating.

    So tomorrow I'll be eating tofurky, cranberry sauce, mashed potatoes, roasted butternut squash, and a superfood muffin. It's just me so I'm skipping any kind of sweet potato (they're okay but I prefer the squash), a green salad (which I was thinking of making because we ALWAYS had salads at my mom's Thanksgivings but I eat tons of salad all year) and the peas and mushrooms I was going to make because it's just more fuss. I'm feeling low-key this year.
  • grinning_chick
    grinning_chick Posts: 765 Member
    I did elect to skip the seafood and the crudité tray/board.

    This is the first time in a decade I am cooking dinner (no joke - last time was 2007). All from scratch. So, yeah, I'm eating all of it.

    Turkey, bread/herb stuffing, mashed potatoes, gravy, Parmesan crusted roasted asparagus, ginger pear cranberry sauce, yeast dinner rolls, and pumpkin pie with brandied whipped cream. One glass of semi-sparkling muscat on Thursday. Once cup coffee with cream.

    What I won't be doing, is taking huge portions of any of it. I figure it will be 2-2.5K calories per meal, though. And I'll be eating the same dinner at least three days (8# turkey, half is mine).
  • Sp1tfire
    Sp1tfire Posts: 1,120 Member
    My grandma gets those hawaiian sweet rolls I cannot pass those up! Any other roll though I will skip.
  • pancakerunner
    pancakerunner Posts: 6,137 Member
    Everything but the turkey. HATE thanksgiving food! Would much rather have the turkey with some fresh steamed green beans than potatoes ad stuffing :/
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