I don't ever think I've gone 100%, but maybe 85%, but needless today I'm usually miserable after.

My turkey was late for Thanksgiving in Canada so I just cooked it up yesterday. Dry brined free ranged turkey with apple/onion/parsley stuffing, sweet potato casserole, gravy (slightly thickened with arrowroot), boiled cabbage with butter (butter works fine for me, and I have a heck of a time finding grass fed ghee that is reasonably priced and can be shipped to me in the Canadian Arctic), homemade cranberry sauce with a bit of honey, and pumpkin custard. No dairy, no wheat, no grain, no legumes, very low sugar. A little bit on the carby side for what works best for me, but almost 100% "Paleo". Best turkey dinner EVER.

HestiaMoon1 wrote: »

If you look, you can find some paleo sites that allow wine - I mean, come on, we're talking fermented grapes ... how can that be all bad?
Also, I make stuffing with my paleo bread that is made with almond and coconut flours instead of wheat flour.
As for desserts, I like crustless cheesecake cupcakes.
You'll make it work for you ... and eat with THANKS not guilt.

I sorry we don't have Thanksgiving. But in Oz, we use any excuse whatsoever to party!!

Akimajuktuq wrote: »

My turkey was late for Thanksgiving in Canada so I just cooked it up yesterday. Dry brined free ranged turkey with apple/onion/parsley stuffing, sweet potato casserole, gravy (slightly thickened with arrowroot), boiled cabbage with butter (butter works fine for me, and I have a heck of a time finding grass fed ghee that is reasonably priced and can be shipped to me in the Canadian Arctic), homemade cranberry sauce with a bit of honey, and pumpkin custard. No dairy, no wheat, no grain, no legumes, very low sugar. A little bit on the carby side for what works best for me, but almost 100% "Paleo". Best turkey dinner EVER.

Sounds yummy! We make a delicious fresh cranberry relish with orange sections and cranberries in the food processor. Youngest has also perfected (IMO) cooked cranberry sauce with frozen or fresh cranberries, a little OJ, and honey.

I've been collecting recipes so that I can have a Primal Thanksgiving with my friends. They may not eat primal, but If I bring enough primal options, I know I won't be eating any of the grained items, and won't suffer at all.

Sounds Delicious, Sarabeth. and, I've had the munchies all day - and I'm now salivating...

sarabeth624 wrote: »

My Momma's cooks for many non-primal folks for Thanksgiving, although some of us are. Her way of not depriving the non-primals is to set a basket of frozen rolls and a jar of canned cranberries on one end of the table. Other than that it tends to be 100%. Her philosophy is to make so many small-ish dishes of various veggies you don't notice the dressing is mostly fruit and nuts and there is no green bean casserole.

SO: sweet potatoes, zucchini gratin, green salad, fruit salad, warm greens, brussel sprouts, asparagus, beets, carrots, apple and nut dressing, turkey, hardly sweetened cranberries, hardly sweetened pumpkin cheesecake with nut crust, date fudge balls.

It's carby but good for you!

I'm making green bean casserole, it may not taste exactly the same but hopefully it will get the job done.
http://detoxinista.com/2012/11/clean-green-bean-casserole-vegan-paleo/

I don't know the "official" rule. LOL as if there was one. But I eat green beans. On the Whole30 they say as long as you eat the pod you can eat the bean/pea. I'm not as strict as some folks though. To me it is an individual decision to make.

Glad to hear the response. I love green beans and I pln to now add them to my meals. Thanks! (there is only so much broccoli and spinach I can sautee each week LOL)

I'm making this stuffing recipe this year. I made one batch of the paleo "cornbread" and decided that I needed more so made another batch subbing hazelnut meal/flour for the almond meal. It smells awesome!

How did the stuffing turn out? I'm really sick from the gluten free stuffing we had yesterday. It was probably the rice flour that's found in most gluten free breads. I can't stand the taste of hazelnuts, for some reason. I might have to try an almond-based stuffing... or just leave stuffing behind altogether. I know how good I felt before yesterday, and I prefer that feeling to eating "traditional" foods...

DD who helped me in the kitchen picked out the recipes we used for gluten free dinner rolls and pumpkin pie (she's celiac but can't do nuts), so there was a lot of rice flour involved. I had suspected I might have a problem with rice. Now I know.

Next year I might make gf stuffing and rolls for the family and paleo alternatives for myself. Or maybe just skip the paleo alternatives and focus on the turkey and vegetables. As it was, I spent five hours straight in the kitchen yesterday, only to have the festive meal spoiled by a big verbal fight between two of our teens.

I totally did not do Paleo Thanksgiving, but I CAN! I gave in to sick and hormones and ate whatever! (gluten free always).

I have been thinking about turkey stuffing and not coming up with anything that sounds palatable, at least at first thought. Like the apple and onion you mentioned. Or sausage.

I have made wild rice stuffing in the past, and quinoa stuffing before I went off all grains, and now that I don't eat rice or wild rice, I make cauliflower rice. I wonder what would happen to brussels sprouts or cauliflower in the long roasting time turkey requires? Other ideas might be jicama? Or root vegetables like turnips, rutabagas, carrots, parsnips (don't care much for parsnips, and turnips and rutabagas are only palatable to me when fried in bacon fat, but maybe baked inside a turkey with those lovely juices...?) and, can you believe it, radishes? I read a few months ago that baked or fried radishes lose their sharpness and resemble potatoes.

Try roasted radishes! I loathe raw radish but roasted-yum!