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What do you eat at Thanksgiving?
Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD) | Last Active: Dec 22, 2025 | Replies (8)Comment receiving replies
It's also only my husband and myself for Thanksgiving. We don't eat huge amounts either and watch ourselves with my being on a strict renal diet. The thing we do is to purchase a Lean Cuisine turkey meal. It's delicious and the right amount. We add a dinner roll (1 each) thankfully these come in a 4 pack now for those of us who don't have large gatherings. We also add a small amount of cranberry sauce as a side. It feels like Thanksgiving with this meal. I also purchase two each of them so we can have the second meal the same day again and it's like leftovers. That way you have the right portions, amounts and no huge piles of food left over. Let us know what you decide to do.
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@happilyalive, since we just found about my husband's CKD right before Thanksgiving, I was pretty bummed because Thanksgiving and the feast was always my favorite holiday, so it felt like with all the restrictions, all the joy of food was being eliminated. We had the Lean Cuisine turkey meals, with some corn and green beans, and each had a Hawaiian roll. That way, like you said, at least we knew the nutritional numbers. I like your suggestions of buying 2 meals each--one for "leftovers". However, I felt it was among the worst holidays ever because I really missed the feast.
Since then I have been researching and buying cookbooks for CKD. Margaret's response mentioned a turkey loaf, and I just found a very good recipe that even my picky husband liked, so I know I can make that in the future also. But nothing compares to a nice Butterball turkey with lots of stuffing, gravy and mashed potatoes! Now all I want to do is sit the holidays out. Hopefully as I learn more and find good recipes it will feel better.