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Holidays are a time when traditions mean so much. If you don't have traditions already that your family are use to, now would be a good time to start them. A lean ham or a turkey would be a good start. A salad and veggies. For some reason we all think we have to have 20 dishes of food on the holidays. Not true. Especially if you are just having your immediate family there!
If you do already have traditions set and know that the family would be disapointed without Mom's banana pudding or sweet potatoes, look for ways to cut the fat and calories as much as possible. Banana pudding can be done low cal just by using skim milk, sf pudding, sf cool whip, and sf or low fat vanilla wafers. Sweet potatoes can be lightened up by using raw yams (instead of those canned in syrup), dab with light margarine/butter and Splenda Brown sugar (cover with foil & bake until soft)...top with sf marshmallows (perfectlysweet.com has ones which melt well....bariatriceating.com also has them but they don't melt as easily). Remember that you don't have to put a pound of butter on every veggie just because Paula Dean does. Let your family taste what those veggies REALLY taste like. If they want to add butter to theirs, have some light butter on hand (we like Country Crocks). Go dark..avoid white..when possible. If your family is use to having noodles (my sil is), get wheat pasta. If they love potatoes, use yams instead of Idaho's. Get wheat bread instead of white. Brown rice is healthier than white rice. Of course, all of these suggestions go for every day cooking too. I try to get my daughter to cook like this but she just let me know she went from a size 22 last Christmas to a size 26 this year so...I guess she isn't doing it.
What Bill & I eat hasn't changed nearly as much as how I cook it. Stick to sugar-free and/or fat-free ingredients as much as possible. Don't over-do it on the carbs. And as always, being post-op, watch how much you put on your plate...and remember, if you can't eat all on your plate, a child in Ethiopia is not going to starve because you threw away those last few bites instead of 'finishing your plate'.
Happy holidays!
Sherri
ps...I do have some recipe ideas on my profile if you're interested. The PB cookies are a fantastic treat! Ummm..so are the eclairs...oh..the rice crispie treats are my daughter's favorite. LOL!
If you do already have traditions set and know that the family would be disapointed without Mom's banana pudding or sweet potatoes, look for ways to cut the fat and calories as much as possible. Banana pudding can be done low cal just by using skim milk, sf pudding, sf cool whip, and sf or low fat vanilla wafers. Sweet potatoes can be lightened up by using raw yams (instead of those canned in syrup), dab with light margarine/butter and Splenda Brown sugar (cover with foil & bake until soft)...top with sf marshmallows (perfectlysweet.com has ones which melt well....bariatriceating.com also has them but they don't melt as easily). Remember that you don't have to put a pound of butter on every veggie just because Paula Dean does. Let your family taste what those veggies REALLY taste like. If they want to add butter to theirs, have some light butter on hand (we like Country Crocks). Go dark..avoid white..when possible. If your family is use to having noodles (my sil is), get wheat pasta. If they love potatoes, use yams instead of Idaho's. Get wheat bread instead of white. Brown rice is healthier than white rice. Of course, all of these suggestions go for every day cooking too. I try to get my daughter to cook like this but she just let me know she went from a size 22 last Christmas to a size 26 this year so...I guess she isn't doing it.
What Bill & I eat hasn't changed nearly as much as how I cook it. Stick to sugar-free and/or fat-free ingredients as much as possible. Don't over-do it on the carbs. And as always, being post-op, watch how much you put on your plate...and remember, if you can't eat all on your plate, a child in Ethiopia is not going to starve because you threw away those last few bites instead of 'finishing your plate'.
Happy holidays!
Sherri
ps...I do have some recipe ideas on my profile if you're interested. The PB cookies are a fantastic treat! Ummm..so are the eclairs...oh..the rice crispie treats are my daughter's favorite. LOL!
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One other thing I have learned so far.... use a smaller plate or dish for yourself. I know you are still early out. But for me... at Thanksgiving, I used a saucer for my plate. I was able to try a teaspoon of a few different dishes and it looked like a full plate for me. It was not the king size dinner plates that everyone else had heaping full. But in my mind, it was ok. It helped me to feel like I had a full plate of food. Weird? maybe... but you will find that alot of this process is in your head just as much as your stomach. Sometimes you have to outsmart yourself. LOL.
I love all the advice Sherri has to offer. I even found stovetop stuffing made with wheat this year. The kids didnt even know the difference. And they have come to love the wheat pastas. They said it has a sweeter taste then the regular spaghetti.
Good luck and happy holidays!
I love all the advice Sherri has to offer. I even found stovetop stuffing made with wheat this year. The kids didnt even know the difference. And they have come to love the wheat pastas. They said it has a sweeter taste then the regular spaghetti.
Good luck and happy holidays!
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