What's the thanksgiving food you skip out on?
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I am doing bulk of the cooking this year. While we are having turkey this year it is not my favorite, so I will stick to my 4oz of turkey with a bit of cranberry sauce to make it more palitable. I am also roasting brussel sprouts and squash/zucchini to which I will have a 1/2 cup of each. I am not going to eat any stuffing (as it is probably just going to be stove top anyway) and I am not a huge fan of sweet potato casserole, so I will be skipping that as well as dessert. I am going to stick to my diet for Thanksgiving, Yule and Christmas, but all bets and diets are off for New Years. Pass the corned beef, black eyed peas, potatoes, cabbage and corn bread my way!
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I always skip dressing - don't like it, and rolls - what's the point of eating a hunk of bread? I also skip gravy and just have turkey, some mashed potatoes with butter, corn and sweet potatoes. I usually also skip dessert unless there is pumpkin pie or cheesecake. We rarely have these desserts, so I usually skip it.0
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I love turkey & mashed potatoes. I don't like anything pumpkin and am able to bypass sweets without too much problem. I like stuffing but not enough to have to have it. I do love left over turkey sandwiches on rye bread with lots of mayo tho2
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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.4
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Turkey! I'm just not a fan but one of the benefits of hosting Thanksgiving dinner is that I can make whatever I want. Rib eye roast will be the main event this year!
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The food I *might* skip out on is stuffing. I don't think I ever liked stuffing. I'm not sure if I do now, though.0
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Anything with too much carbs and sugar.. usually only will eat ham turkey and deviled eggs, good enuf for me!!2
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stuffing... I dont like it lol0
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Gravy and cranberry sauce.0
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I don't care for candied yams or green bean casserole...but I just replace those with pecan pie.3
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Mashed potatoes are something I can have any time of the year.....nothing special there. I make cranberry orange relish with Splenda (helps a bit). I like sweet potatoes, but they don't need to compete with desert (lighter versions are fine). I've never been a fan of green bean casserole, nicely steamed fresh green beans are waaay better.0
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Most of it, except the turkey and vegetables. I eat the mashed potatoes if they have no garlic and the sweet potatoes if they have no cinnamon, marshmallows or brown sugar. I hardly drink and if I have a desert it will be a small portion of pecan pie.
Edited to add: I don't eat anything with cinnamon or all spice, so if I even get a sniff of it in a dish, I will not eat it.1 -
I plan to eat cheese stuffed celery, olives, deviled eggs, turkey, ham, mashed cauli, dressing, spinach, roasted Brussels sprouts, sweet potatoes and parsnips, macaroni & cheese, gravy, cranberry sauce, lemon pie, pecan pie, whipped cream, wine, coffee, and anything else that makes its way onto the table. I'm only sad there aren't crescent rolls on the menu this year.
I'm not skipping anything on my favorite holiday.
And I plan to have leftovers the next day.
I can't wait...yum!6 -
I skip the rolls.1
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Nothing. I'm cooking everything and having stuff I like.
I am not making sweet potato casserole because I don't like it and don't feel we need another side dish.
My mom is making sweet potatoes for my dad, but she and I aren't touching them. With mashed potatoes and another veggie, it wouldn't be necessary even if we liked them.
I hated sweet potatoes growing up but found as an adult a plain sweet potato with salt and pepper is fine. What I really hate is all the stuff added to sweet potatoes on Thanksgiving.
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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!0 -
I'll probably skip the potatoes and the rolls. Splurging on the cornbread, Apple pie and stuffing! I don't generally go nuts for Thanksgiving food, because I make it all. I'm a great cook, but by the time it's served i am kind of over it all haha1
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Seems many de-prioritize rolls to make room for other stuff they like better. It's funny because my kids are bonkers for these particular rolls, probably the meal highlight for them. They come from an old school southern fried chicken drive through. Come to think of it, it's a little insulting to the cook who labored hours on all the homemade stuff.
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I have learned that I don't have to eat what I don't like... Revolutionary concept, right? So no stuffing, and I'm meh on the rolls my aunt serves. Also not sure I will have macaroni & cheese. If I do, it will just be a little taste. I will be making mashed potatoes for the crowd since I don't like the way my aunt makes them (no salt and very little butter...WHY) and from-scratch green bean casserole, which is worlds beyond the canned stuff!1
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I will skip nothing.3
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Turkey, dressing, rolls, green bean casserole, broccoli w/ cheese, Marie Callender pie0
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Not sure this counts as skipping but pumpkin is my last choice behind pecan. apple or chocolate (and we will usually have at least one of those). This year I am making "Pecan pie baked apples" which is pecans, butter, brown sugar and cinnamon in a baked apple and I will have that instead of pie. With those ingredients it isn't exactly low calorie, especially if I put a scoop of vanilla ice cream on top, but lower than the pie would be.3
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Mashed potatoes and rolls.0
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Seems many de-prioritize rolls to make room for other stuff they like better. It's funny because my kids are bonkers for these particular rolls, probably the meal highlight for them. They come from an old school southern fried chicken drive through. Come to think of it, it's a little insulting to the cook who labored hours on all the homemade stuff.
My 3 kids go crazy over the rolls at Thanksgiving too. Ours are homemade by my grandma though so it always warms her heart, but in my head I'm thinking "it's just bread, nothing special". lol And none of my kids will touch mashed potatoes and gravy, hard to believe they are my kids. 0 -
I'll be skipping the green bean casserole, rolls, and cranberry sauce... but I'll be having an extra glass of wine and a bigger piece of pie!1
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I EAT IT ALL DRINK IT ALL, I INDULGE! ITS ONE frickin day I have no idea why everyone goes bat *kitten* crazy, GO LIVE LIFE! AND HAVE FUN!3
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Seems many de-prioritize rolls to make room for other stuff they like better. It's funny because my kids are bonkers for these particular rolls, probably the meal highlight for them. They come from an old school southern fried chicken drive through. Come to think of it, it's a little insulting to the cook who labored hours on all the homemade stuff.
My 3 kids go crazy over the rolls at Thanksgiving too. Ours are homemade by my grandma though so it always warms her heart, but in my head I'm thinking "it's just bread, nothing special". lol And none of my kids will touch mashed potatoes and gravy, hard to believe they are my kids.
Put me at the kids'/Oprah table, because I LOVE BREAD. Holidays are the only time rolls are around me, so I end up packing them in. I could skip the turkey, any candied/honeyed veggie and pecan pie.0 -
Everything besides turkey, roasted brussel sprouts/veggies, and pie of course! (My favorite is apple)
I hate most thanksgiving foods like stuffing, mashed potatoes, gravy, cranberry stuff, green bean casserole, etc1 -
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