Trussed Issues! Thanksgiving AND Chanukah sneaking up on us!

Pulling It All Together:
Thanksgiving at the Low-carb Cook's Nook!

OK, Low-carbers, does your holiday planning have you running around like a chicken

with its head cut off?

Let's Talk Turkey and pull our menu all together!

The last two weeks, we covered side dishes, desserts, appetizers and our focus this week will be on the "Trimmings," and the turkey itself, plus leftovers and anything you might've missed. I'm guessing that you already know how to make a turkey

but just in case....(if you don't, try Butterball: Home for the Holidays, there is also a How-to video clip of Stuffing and Trussing a Turkey)

To add to the HECTIC pace of the holidays, Chanukah comes very early this year: December 2nd through the 10th! There is no chat next week (it's Thanksgiving) so if you need recipes for latkes or related Chanukah foods, ask away tomorrow night!
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When's the chat? Thursday, November 18th, 2010, 9-11 ET
Where: lowcarbcooksnook
Who: FOOD Magic, F00D Angel, and YOU!

Bring your favorite recipes, so we canGobble-gobble-gobble them up!
Running out of time?? Have you heard about this technique, from Safeway Stores, about how to cook a 16-18# turkey in just two hours?? Click here: High-Heat (Two-Hour) Turkey, Full Version And if you get stumped on Thanksgiving Day, call the Butterball Turkey Talk-Line: 1-800-BUTTERBALL The Turkey Talk-Line from the folks at Butterball is a great place for answers to turkey questions. The line is open Monday through Friday from 8 AM to 6 PM CST from now until December 21. And the best part of all: it's open Thanksgiving day, starting at 6 AM CST!! TDD line: 1-800-TDD-3848. Bilingual help is available. Online help in Spanish and English.
Honeysuckle White Help Line:1-800-810-6325This line offers pre-recorded answers to lots of your turkey preparation questions. Online help
Perdue Farms: 1-800-473-7383Find out about roasting, carving, stuffing, gravy and turkey leftovers. Online help.
Reynolds Turkey Line: 1-800-745-4000This hotline is open 24 hours a day. Call to get the best tips about cooking using Reynolds products. Online help. So this week's chat topic includes gravy, rolls and other breadstuffs, recipes for Leftovers, & miscellaneous Thanksgiving recipes that didn't fit any other category!
If you missed getting a particular recipe, this is the time to come!

As always, you can find the recipes for this and prior chats at Low-Carb Cook's Nook - AOL Message Boards
http://messageboards.aol.com/aol/en_us/articles.php?boardId=495619&func=3&channel=US+Food
Some great and helpful LC Thanksgiving websites... these are a few years old, but I go back to them year after year, they're helpful!Low-Carb Luxury Planning Your Low Carb Thanksgiving
Thanksgiving Recipes???? : Active Low-Carber Forums
Take some time away from the hectic part of the holiday and think about what you are truly thankful for. For me, it's the love of and to my family and friends, that I've found ways to work on recovering my health, and that I have freedom-from-food-addiction! Take a look at Rani's article onA Low Carb Thanksgiving: Something To Really Be Thankful For

HOW TO GET TO THE CHATROOM:
If you are on AOL, click here: lowcarbcooksnook or IM FOOD Magic (those are capital o's in FOOD) or F00D Angel (those are zero's in F00D).
If you are on AIM, send yourself a Chat Invitation, to go to the room "lowcarbcooksnook" (without the quotation marks). If you have any difficulty with that, IM Kasparcat, we will lasso you into the room.
There will not be a Low-carb Cook's Nook Chat next week on Thanksgiving. Happy and Healthy Thanksgiving to All! See you lighter!

~ Rani & Laura ~
FOOD Magic & F00D Angel

If you aren't yet on the mailing list to receive weekly chat invitations to this chat, just write to me FOODMagic@aol.com and I'll be glad to add you. :-)