Hi all!

I'm in the midst of gathering LC versions of Thanksgiving favorites in preparation for the holiday. Thought I'd share what I've gathered already form friends and recipe sites in this thread. I have not tried any of the recipes yet, so I can't guarantee they are good!

Do you have a favorite LC recipe for Thanksgiving? Please share it here. It would be nice to have a Thanksgiving resource in one thread.

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Cranberry-Raspberry Sauce

From: atkinscenter.com

You need only three ingredients and 15 minutes to make this delicious sauce. We used raspberry jam, but feel free to choose another sugar-free fruit flavor. This sauce also makes a terrific sandwich spread or dessert topping (just thin it with a little water).

1 bag (12 ounces) fresh cranberries
3/4 cup Steel's Gourmet Raspberry Jam (no-sugar-added)
3/4 teaspoon freshly grated ginger


1. In a pot over moderate heat, mix cranberries, jam, ginger and 1 cup water. Cook 10 minutes, stirring occasionally, until cranberries have popped and sauce has thickened.
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Apple Almond Turkey Dressing
Serves: 6
Carbohydrates Per Serving: 5
Preparation Time: 30 min


Ingredients: 1 pre-baked Atkins bread loaf (any low carb bread will do) cut into cubes
1/4 cup (1/2 stick) butter
8 bacon slices, chopped
2 pearl onions chopped
1/2 cup chopped celery
1 large Gala or Fuji apple, peeled, cored, chopped
1 cup almonds, toasted, chopped 2 Tbsp chopped fresh parsley
2 tablespoons chopped fresh sage
1/2 tsp salt
pepper to taste
1 large eggs, beaten to blend
1/2 cup chicken stock or canned low-salt chicken broth

Cooking Instructions: In a heavy skillet saute butter bacon slices onions, celery until almost translucent. Add apples to the hot mixture and stir for a few seconds. Transfer to bowl and let cool. Mix in all other ingredients pack loosley in a 12-14 lb turkey. Roast according to the instructions with the turkey. Usually 3/4 hour for every lb at 325 degrees. Serving Suggestions: This turned out wonderful. Because there is so much flavor you don't even notice that it was low carb bread to start. This would be a wonderful thing to freeze those low carb loaves that might have overcooked a little. Additional Comments: If you are going to bake this separately from the turkey you may want to increase the chicken stock to 1 cup.
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Three mushroom dressing
Serves: 4
Carbohydrates Per Serving: 4
Preparation Time: 20 min

Ingredients: 1 ounce dried mushrooms, rinsed
6 tablespoons (3/4 stick) butter
1 chopped pearl onion
1/2 cup chopped celery
2 1/2 tsp dried marjoram
1 tsp dried thyme 3/4 pound fresh shiitake mushrooms, stems discarded, caps coarsely chopped
3/4 pound bulk mushrooms, stems trimmed, caps coarsely chopped
1 tsp salt
2 tbsp chopped fresh Italian parsley
1/8 tsp pepper
Cooking Instructions: Stuffing the turkey with this blend of mushrooms gives a wonderful aroma and the drippings for the gravy a special flavor! You can add 1/2 cup of turkey broth and place this in the oven in a glass dish after taking the turkey out. Let bake covered for 20 min. at 350 degrees
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Faux Potatoes
1 head cauliflower
1/2 c sour cream
4oz cream cheese
1/2 stick butter
1/4c romano or parmesean cheese
Minced garilc
Season with paprika, salt & pepper to taste
Shreadded Cheddar for topping.

Boil cauliflower until soft. Mash drained cauliflower in a pot melting all ingredients into it.
the topping before you casserole it is:
shredded cheddar

You bake it at 350 for 20 minutes.
Servings 9
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LC Pumpkin Pie

From Low Carb Luxury

Ingredients for Pie Shell:
1/2 Cup almond flour
1/4 Cup macadamia nut flour
1/4 Cup pecan meal
1/4 Cup Splenda® or Sweet-N-Low®
1 Pkt Sweet-N-Low® or Cyclamate (mixing sweeteners gives a sweeter, synergistic effect!)
4 Tbsp butter - melted

Ingredients for Pumpkin Filling:
1 can Pumpkin (not "Pie Filling" - it has sugar!)
1/2 Cup Splenda®
1 Tbsp Brown Sugar Twin®
2 Eggs - beaten slightly
3/4 Cup Heavy Cream
1 tsp Vanilla Extract (Use high quality unsweetened!)
1/2 tsp. salt
1 tsp Cinnamon
1/2 tsp Cloves
1/2 tsp Nutmeg
1/8 tsp Ginger
1/2 tsp Cardamom or Allspice (optional)
Prepare pie shell: Melt butter in a small bowl. Add ground nuts and sweetener. Mix well.Press firmly into bottom and up sides of 8 or 9 inch pie plate and refrigerate until firm.

Preheat oven to 350°F. In large bowl, mix all filling ingredients in the order given. Use your own judgement about spices - some like a more cinnamon-y mix and others like less. This is your call, but amounts listed result in a rich, aromatic "classic" mix. You can also adjust sweetness to your own taste (if you're using the Canadian cyclamate based Brown Sugar Twin you'll get better, sweeter results than from the American sacharine based version.) Pour mixture into prepared pie shell and place in preheated oven until center tests done (about 45-55 minutes - ovens vary.) Allow to cool completely before serving.

This pie must be kept refrigerated (no sugar to act as a preservative), but this pie is amazingly delicious!! Top with artificially sweetened real whipped cream if you like (I do!) This pie is at its best the 2nd day!

Makes 8 servings. 8 carbs per serving (allowing for fiber.)
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Gravy

Pour most of the fat/juice fron the turkey into a pot
Add about 1 tsp of thicken/thin into about 3/4 cup cream.
Add that to the pot,
add 3/4 c water and salt and pepper.
Hint:Put the liquid and that thicken thin stuff in a blender for a few seconds to really mix it in before you put it in the pan.

That's all I've got. Anyone want to swap some recipes? Remember, the more LC options we have the less likely we will be to CHEAT!

Post edited to include links to recipe sources.