Thanksgiving

I keep forgetting I need to post about Thanksgiving. I had two Thanksgivings - the one with family and the one at my house with friends. Thursday I decided to make tasty paleo desserts to bring with me because a) I don't like to eat pie (never did) and b) I don't like to eat sugary, carb loaded desserts, but I do like to have a special treat on a holiday.

So, thank you thank you thank you goes out to Paleo Comfort Foods for their tasty Chocolate Cake with a kick recipe. I left out the "kick" part and went straight for the dark chocolately goodness. It was a total hit with one person stating that my husband was a very lucky man. It was so good that said hubby begged for me to make it again at our Thanksgiving on Saturday night.

Saturday night I made my very first thanksgiving with meat! I admit I did not make a full turkey. Since there were only 3 meat eaters I opted for a breast and a thigh/leg. It was pretty tasty.

I didn't completely go paleo though. I really, really wanted mashed potatoes. So I gave in and ate them and then sent the leftovers home with my non-Paleo guests. So here was the menu:

Turkey
Mashed potatoes (my cheat)
Mashed sweet potatoes
Creamed spinach with artichoke hearts (creamed with coconut milk)
Acorn squash

It was all really very tasty if I do say so myself and to be quite honest I could have done without the potatoes.

I did also do one very bad thing. I ate bread. I really wanted bread mostly because I wanted dip. BAD idea I felt like someone took my insides out, ran over them, and then put them back in tied in a knot. Yup. I will NOT be eating bread again. BAD me.