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Cooking Thanksgiving Turkey and Turkey Leftovers

The festive season brings with it both joys and stresses.  And the place where the tensions are often most evident is in the kitchen!  If you want to avoid being harassed over the holidays, a modicum of thinking ahead can avert potentially fraught situations.  Planning your healthy Thanksgiving recipes is the first step.  You’ve got the recipe for cooking Thanksgiving turkey  But what to do with the turkey leftovers? Turkey a la King is a great way of producing an entirely new meal with the previous day’s turkey.  Turkey Burgers with Coriander, Soy and Pickled Ginger also ring the changes and give a slightly fusion twist to a traditional recipe.

Ground Beef Casserole Recipes and Simple Chicken Recipes

However, November is not ALL about Thanksgiving!  We all have three weeks of meals to produce before then.  This needn’t be a chore if you plan wisely.  The trick is to try and get another meal out of a main meal.  For example:  Shepherd’s Pie Recipe on one night will easily make a reappearance as a glamorous Meat Pie Recipe, complete with light puff pastry.  Oven Baked Whole Chicken as a main meal could become a delicious Chicken Pasta Bake with Pesto Sauce and Parmesan Crust.  Your Best Grilled Salmon Recipe could then double as Fresh Salmon Croquettes.  So, you can see, that with a little monthly meal planning, putting nutritious daily meals on the table needn’t be too onerous.

Fresh Pumpkin Recipes

Autumn Meal Planning wouldn’t be complete without an offering of Pumpkin Recipes.  Of all pumpkins, Butternut Squash is my favorite for its intense, nutty flavor.  Using vegetables  that are bountiful at this time of year makes sense if you are trying to

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The holiday season is upon us and soon families will gather together and prepare homemade dishes for everyone to enjoy.   It’s definitely a happy time of year, but most of the time, we usually end up eating so much food that we feel like we’ve gained 5 to 10 pounds, and then we become irritable, fatigued and full of guilt.

I have a question for you?  This year, would you rather, (A) starve yourself all day so you can eat more than your body can handle and feel awful afterward with nagging, negative guilty thoughts, or (B) nourish yourself before arriving at your big feast, enjoying your food, your company and leaving with beautiful, positive thoughts without guilt?

If you want your answer to be (B), then here’s your assignment on how to give thanks on Thanksgiving Day without giving in to guilt  – well after the leftovers are gone.

1.    Be grateful

Start your day by giving thanks.   If you already write in a gratitude journal, write down all the things you are grateful for.  If you’re not writing in one, start by writing down one or two in a notebook, or just saying to yourself what you’re grateful for.   This is a wonderful way to start your day and to transition to a positive mindset.

2.    Self-care

On days like these, it may seem difficult to put yourself first. You’re probably saying, make time for ME today?  Yeah right!  If you can find 5 to 10 minutes for yourself, you WILL notice that your day will go smoother.  You will feel more at ease, calmer and happier.   Take a walk outside, sit outside and soak up some sun, watch the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day parade with your kids, read a chapter of your favorite book, listen to your favorite music (or, even better, start playing your favorite holiday music) and dance around the kitchen while you bake your pumpkin pie.