What are your favorite low carb side dishes and desserts to serve for Thanksgiving? Post your menus and recipes here.

Here is a picture of my Thanksgiving dinner in 2004:





THANKSGIVING DINNER 2004
Roast Turkey
Low Carb Stuffing
Faux Mashed Potatoes
Turkey Gravy
Buttered Green Beans & Carrots
Raspberry Dream Jello
Crustless Pumpkin Pie with Whipped Cream

Here is what I will probably serve for Thanksgiving dinner this year:

Roast Turkey
Sausage-Mushroom "Dressing"
Faux Mashed Potatoes and Gravy
Dottie's Green Bean Casserole OR Todd's Green Beans
Mashed Rutabaga
Cranberries or some sort of jello salad
Homemade Yeast Rolls
Pumpkin Bake with Whipped Cream

The rutabagas are traditional for Thanksgiving in my husband's family so they are a must. The rolls will be for anyone who isn't low carbing. I'm not sure yet which green bean recipe I'll make. I'm thinking that the green bean casserole might be a little too rich along with the sausage dressing which is also pretty rich. I may tweak the pumpkin bake a little and add more cream cheese to make it more cheesecake-like but we'll see.

Here are some recipes that would be perfect for a Thanksgiving feast:

SIDE DISHES

Cranberry Fluff

Raspberry Dream

Broccoli-and-Cauliflower Gratin

Brussels Sprouts with Browned Butter

Faux Mashed Potatoes

Chicken Gravy

Low Carb Stuffing

Sausage-Mushroom "Dressing"

Dottie's Green Bean Casserole

Green Beans Almondine

Green Beans with Bacon & Mushrooms

Todd's Green Beans

Cranberries

Mashed Rutabaga

Skillet Carrots

Creamy Squash Casserole

Cheesy Broccoli Casserole

DESSERTS
Crustless Pumpkin Pie

Pumpkin Bake

Whipped Topping

Cream Cheese Whipped Cream

Thank you LindaSue. How kind of you to post your whole menu with recipes!

They look wonderful!

Thank You LindaSue for posting this for us, it is going to help me so much in getting my Holiday cooking going! DonnaJo

Thanks Linda Sue for posting these great Thanksgiving recipes! I may have to give them a try!

My menu will look similar to yours Linda, but we always have to have deviled eggs and black olives!

LindaSue, you know your recipe for "Chicken and Sausage with Mushrooms & Cauliflower"? I tweaked it the other day and I'm going to make this as our stuffing/dressing recipe for Thanksgiving. It's "dressing" like and it's so darn good, I could eat it every day!

My dh and I will have 3 low carb side dish options. I'm making a spinach salad, the sausage/mushroom/cauli dish, and a low carb cheesecake. I'm looking forward to that fried turkey, yum-o!

Paula, that casserole was also the inspiration for my Sausage-Mushroom "Dressing". I later came up with the recipe below which I eat as a main dish even though it is also a lot like stuffing/dressing.



TURKEY AND DRESSING CASSEROLE
1 1/2 pounds frozen cauliflower
1 pound pork sausage
20 ounces ground turkey
2 stalks celery, chopped
1 medium onion, chopped, 4 ounces
1 pound mushrooms, quartered
8 ounces cream cheese, softened
8 ounces cheddar cheese, shredded
Poultry seasoning or seasoning of your choice
Salt and pepper, to taste

In a very large soup kettle, cook the cauliflower as directed on the package until tender; drain very well. In the same pot, brown the sausage and turkey along with the celery, onion and mushrooms. Season with poultry seasoning, salt and pepper. Drain the fat, but keep the meat in the pot. Stir in the cream cheese until well blended, then add the cauliflower and cheddar cheese. Adjust the seasonings, if necessary. Spread in a greased 9x13" baking pan; cover with foil and bake at 350º for 30 minutes. Uncover and bake an additional 20-30 minutes or until hot and bubbly and the top is browned.

Makes about 8-10 servings

Per 1/8 Recipe: 541 Calories; 41g Fat; 35g Protein; 9g Carbohydrate; 3g Dietary Fiber; 6g Net Carbs
Per 1/10 Recipe: 433 Calories; 33g Fat; 28g Protein; 7g Carbohydrate; 2g Dietary Fiber; 5g Net Carbs

YUMMY! Thanks for sharing, Linda!

Thanks Linda for posting this - I've just found my "stuffing" recipe for me for Thanksgiving !! I have a feeling that all the family will want to eat this !! Sounds sooo yummy !

I just started thinking about this and so far:

Roasted Turkey
Low Carb Cranberry Sauce
George Stella's Green Bean Casserole
Either Pumpkin Bake or Crustless Pumpkin Pie

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I haven't ever seen low carb gravy or low carb "stuffing". So that may be added. It's only two of us this year so, I don't need a lot.

~Danielle

I will mostly cater to the high carbers this Thanksgiving but I will make these three things that I can eat along with my turkey:

Sausage-Mushroom "Dressing"
Dottie's Green Bean Casserole
Pumpkin Bake with whipped cream

LindaSue

Thank you so much for posting this and for keeping your website up and updated. This year Thanksgiving snuck up on me and it's my first low carb Thanksgiving. This has helped me become prepared. I just bought my fresh turkey breast and fresh cranberries.

~Danielle

LindaSue,
Thanks for posting the Thanksgiving recipes. The Saugsage Mushroom Dressing & Dottie's Green Beans sound and look wonderful! I think I'm really going to dig the sausage stuffing since it sounds similar to my mother's higher carb version! Many thanks again and Happy Turkey Day! -CC

(11-21-2008 06:12 PM)LindaSue Wrote:  I will mostly cater to the high carbers this Thanksgiving but I will make these three things that I can eat along with my turkey:

Sausage-Mushroom "Dressing"
Dottie's Green Bean Casserole
Pumpkin Bake with whipped cream

I made the Sausage-Mushroom "Dressing" last year and it was incredibly good. I am putting it on the menu again for this year.

Thanks Linda Sue for your diligence in cataloging and posting your numerous LC Thanksgiving recipes!

I made the Sausage-Mushroom Dressing today and put it in the freezer until Thanksgiving. I'll just reheat it in the microwave that day. I've got enough other things to cook that day so I thought I'd save some time.

(11-22-2008 07:03 PM)LindaSue Wrote:  I made the Sausage-Mushroom Dressing today and put it in the freezer until Thanksgiving. I'll just reheat it in the microwave that day. I've got enough other things to cook that day so I thought I'd save some time.

Thanks Linda Sue,
What a good idea to freeze this ahead of time I wanted to make it but was deciding against it since I couldn't figure out how to cook this plus cheesecake-since I'm sorta disabled.

(11-22-2008 09:11 PM)con Wrote:  

(11-22-2008 07:03 PM)LindaSue Wrote:  I made the Sausage-Mushroom Dressing today and put it in the freezer until Thanksgiving. I'll just reheat it in the microwave that day. I've got enough other things to cook that day so I thought I'd save some time.

Thanks Linda Sue,
What a good idea to freeze this ahead of time I wanted to make it but was deciding against it since I couldn't figure out how to cook this plus cheesecake-since I'm sorta disabled.

The one thing that I'm not sure about yet is if the mushrooms will turn rubbery when I thaw the dressing. Since I'm the only one who will be eating it, I'm not going to worry about it too much. I might worry more if I was serving it to company though.

That's the one thing I thought of too Linda - the rubbery mushroom factor ??! I'm going to wait to make mine . Will be making it at our DS and DDIL's home then . They will most likely all be tasting it ! Really sounds good !!

(11-22-2008 09:11 PM)con Wrote:  Thanks Linda Sue,
What a good idea to freeze this ahead of time I wanted to make it but was deciding against it since I couldn't figure out how to cook this plus cheesecake-since I'm sorta disabled.

Hi Con - did you make LindaSue's cheesecake - have ya tried it ? It sounds delish too !!