Every year before I started low-carbing, I brought wild rice dressing to Thanksgiving dinner. Last year was my first low-carb Thanksgiving and my contribution was fauxtatoes, which no one guessed wasn't real mashed potatoes.

I had been low-carbing for about 10 months at that time and was not tempted by the deserts, but that's mostly because I've never been much of a sweets person. I've also never been interested in dressings or mashed potatoes, except for my wild rice dressing, and so I had a wonderful, satisfying, non-depriving Thanksgiving dinner of roast turkey, gravey, green beans, and fauxtatoes. And I could eat as much as I wanted, which was also less because the foods I ate were more filling. I plan to do the same again this year.

However, I do like pumpkin pie (interestingly, I've always preferred it without the crust), so this year, I'm going to bring low-carb pumpkin cheesecake and serve it with real whipped cream. This is going to be fun!