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Platter of sliced roasted turkey with herbs and apple slices arranged on a colorful serving dish.

Super Moist Roasted Turkey. Breast Down!

Make a super moist turkey that everyone at the table will love and a Bariatric Post Op will be able to eat! The secret is UPSIDE DOWN... you have heard about it for years... this Thanksgiving give it a try. The difference is unbelievable!

Sweet potato casserole in a brown dish topped with a ring of pecans, with a spoon and extra pecans in the background.

Caramel Pecan Sweet Potatoes. Zero Sugar Added

The dish stands on its own and goes beautifully with holiday turkey. The Starbucks Sugar Free Caramel Syrup adds incredible flavor without turning this into a high sugar, high calorie dish.

Smiling woman in a kitchen holding a large platter of assorted meats, cheeses, and vegetables.

3 Genius Tips for the Perfect Bariatric Thanksgiving!

That behavior now embarrasses me. Almost twenty years after bariatric surgery, we eat much cleaner and prefer simple fresh foods - like NORMAL people.

Brown gravy being poured from a white sauce boat onto sliced roasted meat on a white plate.

Turkey Gravy

While you can buy gravy or gravy mixes, the really good stuff is made from scratch - this recipe is a foolproof hybrid. Soon you will be The Gravy Queen.

Soft brown whoopie pies filled with creamy white frosting, stacked on a lace doily against a red background.

Pumpkin Whoopee Pies

Perfect for no sugar dessert lovers, these spiced pumpkin soft cookies made with the Truvía are sandwiched with no sugar cream cheese frosting.

Creamy chicken stew with carrots, peas, and corn served in a blue bowl on a woven placemat.

Turkey Pot 'Pie' - Best Use of Leftover Turkey Award!

Sometimes I even moisten some Inspire Protein Kitchen Pancake Mix with enough milk to make a couple of drop biscuits to place on the bottom of our bowls too!

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Wooden bowl filled with creamy apple salad mixed with nuts and raisins, with a wooden spoon resting inside.

Waldorf Turkey Salad - Use Thanksgiving Leftovers

The perfect salad for all that Leftover Turkey you have in your fridge after Thanksgiving or Christmas. Use a rotisserie chicken for other times! 
Oatmeal cookies cooling on wire racks on a countertop with colorful ceramic pottery in the background.

Skinnier Oatmeal Cookies

I am not a stress eater, I am a stress cooker who will make lovely dishes and then not care about eating them. I've baked Skinner Oatmeal Cookies twice during...
A close-up of a freshly baked chocolate chip cookie, showing a soft, chewy interior with chocolate pieces, resting on a decorative plate with faint patterns.

Chocolate Chip Cookies, no sugar added

They are a perfect nibble to make when you need a plate of festive sweets to share at a gathering of family, friends or office folk. It is nice to be a part of the group and NOT sabotage your path to goal.

Baked cookie bars with a strip of red fruit filling oozing onto the parchment paper.

Strawberry Jam Bars sugar free

I have a bag of Pecan Meal in my freezer procured on a trip to a Pecan Grove in Georgia last fall that feature a touch of Southern Pecan goodness. You can choose any flavor of Jam you would like, I had half a jar of Smuckers Sugar Free Strawberry! So I made Strawberry Jam Bars in my kitchen.

Sugar-free pistachio and cranberry biscotti slices on a cloth, decorated with festive string lights.

Pistachio Cranberry Biscotti

These cookies taste so good that you will have zero desire to eat anything with real sugar from the family holiday table. Food this good is a pleasure and not a punishment or compromise. I live and love this lifestyle and so will you!

Iced gingerbread cookies shaped like trees and people on a festive table with pinecones and warm holiday lights.

Gingerbread Men

Bake these as small puffy powdered sugar dusted rounds, or as traditional gingerbread men - either way these are a winner.

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