One stick thanksgiving challenge

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  • kaotik26
    kaotik26 Posts: 590 Member
    Ah crap now you got me thinkin about it!:ohwell: I would say substitution is our best bet! Margarine, olive oil depending on what your making. My husband and I agree that we are going to be as healthy as possible about it!
  • sgv0918
    sgv0918 Posts: 851 Member
    simple answer: margarine
    complicated answer: margarine

    most people won't taste the difference, and one day won't kill you

    Based entirely on this comment alone, I'm putting you on my ignore list.

    Nothing personal...but I have principles.

    yes!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
  • msstuard
    msstuard Posts: 131 Member
    simple answer: margarine
    complicated answer: margarine

    most people won't taste the difference, and one day won't kill you

    NO, butter makes Thanksgiving....sound it out. B U T T E R see sounds just like Thanksgiving!

    B U T T E R Your rite, can't be thanks giving with out Butter. take a break and enjoy special days when all your special people are around. You have the rest of the year to worry about it.
  • newmooon56
    newmooon56 Posts: 347 Member
    I suggest chicken broth and veg. broth in place of butter in some places. In other places you probably have to just go for it - or try out some new recipes that have no or little butter. Sweet potatoes are great with cinamon and little else, or other spices perhaps. Try new veggies? Or how about some kind of squash bake with loads of spices or herbs instead of butter.
  • Renae_Nae
    Renae_Nae Posts: 935 Member
    Thanksgiving and Christmas are the two days a year where my goal is to eat EVERYTHING! lol
  • VorJoshigan
    VorJoshigan Posts: 1,106 Member


    Wait, were you feeding 25 last year as well? Averaging out to about 2.5T of butter per person for all the food? If so, I think 8 sticks is reasonable.
    This x100. Seriously - that's only 250 calories per person, assuming there's absolutely nothing left over at the end of the day. Most subs for butter would just bring their own problems, so I say EAT ALL THE BUTTER!

    I thought you were talking about a gathering of 8 or something. I can just imagine everybody tucking into their very own sticks of butter. mmmmmm
  • BigBrewski
    BigBrewski Posts: 922 Member
    Ah, so the MFP thanksgiving freakout starts early this year

    lol.


    reminds me what one of my friends here said once.

    "too many people are worried about what to eat between thanksgiving and christmas, when they should be worried about what they should eat between christmas and thanksgiving."

    great quote...i may have to steal that when people start talking to me about how they are going to deal with holiday eating
  • ExplorinLauren
    ExplorinLauren Posts: 991 Member
    I don't use milk or butter in my mashed potatoes... just light sour cream and some seasonings, and they are amazing :)
    Other than that I don't know... but its Thanksgiving. lol Thanksgiving would def fall in the "cheat day" category :)
  • Savemyshannon
    Savemyshannon Posts: 334 Member
    I am going to pretend that I didn't read this thread because I refuse to acknowledge that summer is nearing its close. :(
  • KatiD83
    KatiD83 Posts: 152 Member
    if it's thanksgiving and it ain't rich food, then whoever made it can die in a fire.

    gravy from the drippings or GTFO!

    Agreed! I make all my holiday food the southern way, butter and gravy. I only control my portions, this allows me to enjoy thanksgiving dishes for a week or more.
  • MFPBrandy
    MFPBrandy Posts: 564 Member
    Ha! My signature everybody-asks-me-to-bring-it dish (pecan bars) takes two and a half POUNDS of butter. That would be 10 sticks. Disgusting to think about, but it's so freaking good...It's my evil power -- I've never made it without getting at least one marriage proposal.
  • jofjltncb6
    jofjltncb6 Posts: 34,415 Member
    Personally, I believe that a high quality, grass fed butter (like Kerrygold) is actually healthy.

    But I'm also one of this nutjobs that believes quality grass fed beef and eggs from pastured bug-fed chickens are healthy and processed foods, wheat, soy, sugar, etc are not healthy.
  • Melanie_RS
    Melanie_RS Posts: 417 Member
    simple answer: margarine
    complicated answer: margarine

    most people won't taste the difference, and one day won't kill you

    Based entirely on this comment alone, I'm putting you on my ignore list.

    Nothing personal...but I have principles.

    Thanks BEST laugh I got today!!

    me too.ive been stalking him from afar.

    he needs more friends, please FR him! :D
  • jofjltncb6
    jofjltncb6 Posts: 34,415 Member
    simple answer: margarine
    complicated answer: margarine

    most people won't taste the difference, and one day won't kill you

    Based entirely on this comment alone, I'm putting you on my ignore list.

    Nothing personal...but I have principles.

    Thanks BEST laugh I got today!!

    me too.ive been stalking him from afar.

    he needs more friends, please FR him! :D

    This is a lie. I'm barely tolerating the friends I have.

    In fact, I generally dislike people.

    And here's a smiley to make you wonder if I'm being serious or not: =)
  • Agator82
    Agator82 Posts: 249 Member
    Wow, I just read through the entire post and all I can say is WOW! We get to have a holiday freak out in August and what a response. First to the margarine people I will say two words to narrow the cause...Smart Balance. I love the stuff, even my Mom who prefers butter commented that she was surprised by the texture and taste.

    That being said, it cannot always replace butter because after all it is just olive oil so at some point the great and holy stick of butter must be called upon. I say it is Thanksgiving I think each person should just get their own stick on a saucer and go to town.because after all even if you went crazy crazy crazy it is still hard to have more than 8000 calories on the holidays.

    Finally, I will say that some of us have much more important things coming up such as Rosh Hashanah (Jewish New Year) which is followed by Yom Kippur (Fast Day) and then eight days of eating outside in a booth. I have honey bread to consumes sins to lament, and construction projects to start I am just not ready to start thinking about Thanksgiving, except for the 300 or so words I just wrote contemplating Thanksgiving.

    Thanksgiving is about giving thanks and in many ways we can be thankful for the overabundance of food which we Americans enjoy. Every year many of us on these forums spend hundreds of days depriving ourselves for greater goals, but for one day we can enjoy the blessing which we have and go MELT SOME BUTTER!!!
  • MFPBrandy
    MFPBrandy Posts: 564 Member
    at some point the great and holy stick of butter must be called upon.
    :heart: I love this :heart:
  • sjohnny
    sjohnny Posts: 56,142 Member
    I chuckle at worrying about 8 sticks of butter. I use more than that just in my pie crusts. Not to mention the mashed potatoes, dressing, and a bunch of other stuff.

    Kerrygold butter is awesome and the French Normandy butter is so badass also. I could just eat them with a spoon. The pie crusts I make with them are heads and tails over the pie crusts made with regular butter

    Margarine is not allowed in my house.
  • BodyByButter
    BodyByButter Posts: 563 Member
    We are weird here. We don't do the whole turkey thing. My husband is European and has no nostalgia about it, and the kids hate it.

    So several years ago we made it our personal tradition to have beouf bourguignon as our Thanksgiving meal. It's special to us, everyone gets super excited about it, and I get to use my awesome orange Le Creuset pot. Everyone's happy!
  • sjohnny
    sjohnny Posts: 56,142 Member
    Thanksgiving is hands down my favorite holiday. I spend the whole day drinking and cooking and eating. Three of my favorite things to do.
  • ThePenguin36
    ThePenguin36 Posts: 10 Member
    I'm dreading it too! Thanksgiving is my FAVORITE holiday and the thought of being around all that food and not going back for seconds is too much! LoL! I'll have to fast the whole week before and walk 10 miles to prepare.

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