What do you eat at Thanksgiving?

@marsiey Moderation is the key! It's okay to indulge a bit, in my humble opinion, but we need to be mindful that it could be a challenge to indulge then get back on track. If you're like me, and find that might be too much to ask myself to do, then don't indulge at all. Modify the usual meal to fit you.

Here are a few links to look at:
From DaVita [a dialysis company]: https://davita.com/diet-nutrition/articles/a-feast-for-giving-thanks/
From the National Kidney Foundation: https://www.kidney.org/news-stories/thanksgiving-feast-fit-people-kidney-disease
Again from the National Kidney Foundation: https://www.kidney.org/news-stories/healthy-kidneys-happy-thanksgiving-5-delicious-recipes-to-try
Will you take a look at these?
Ginger

@gingerw , thanks for the links to these articles. Since it's just the 2 of us, I'm not going to cook and we'll just have the Lean Cuisine turkey meal and have corn and green beans also. I found Kings Hawaiian rolls @75 mg per roll. Now j just need to figure out dessert.

@marsiey I've found that ground turkey can be a huge help. You can make a loaf and have slices or I'm doing ground with a white sauce this year in a casserole with vegetables and dressing on the bottom.

We have a 23 lb turkey (only a bit of which I will eat), gravy, mashed potatoes, seared brussels sprouts, corn casserole, sourdough gluten-free vegetarian stuffing, mixed fruit, and pumpkin and apple pies. Other spices will be substituted for salt, pies will be low sugar, and no processed foods. The GF bread is made with no salt and minor sugar. Juggling the CKD and FODMAP/GF diets is a bit of a pain.

I have to count carbs due to diabetes and follow a renal diet due to stage 3 CKD. We had an early Thanksgiving meal with my oldest daughter’s family 2 weeks ago because my granddaughter was performing in a high school musical. (She had the lead female role and she is only a freshman!) On 11/30 we will gather at my youngest daughter’s home for a late Thanksgiving lunch before another granddaughter has to head back to college. (She is a college freshman.) My kids and grandkids mean everything to me. I made / will make whatever my daughters asked me to contribute.
For whatever it’s worth this is what I’m doing on the actual Thanksgiving Day (it is just my husband & me): Cornish hens, stuffing, mashed potatoes & gravy, cranberries, mashed rutabagas, crescent rolls and ice cream for my husband’s dessert.
I will do the Cornish Hens on a fabulous appliance called a Nu-Wave. The stuffing is left over from my oldest daughter’s meal. She asked me to fix it then. The leftovers are in my freezer and just need to be reheated. Mashed potatoes are easy to do and the gravy is canned. The rutabagas are a tradition in my husband’s family. They are high in potassium but I only do it once a year. The cranberries are canned. I mix one jelled & one whole berry together. They are high in carbs but I only do that once or twice a year. It is easier than cooking the berries over the stove and adding sugar. My youngest daughter requested that I bring it on the 30th. (She also asked me to bring a green bean / corn casserole.) My husband requested the crescent rolls. I get the pop out ones compliments of my friend the Pillsbury Dough Boy. I took King’s Hawaiian Rolls to my oldest daughter’s event and they were gone in a flash. I took pumpkin pie to my oldest daughter’s dinner (my son in law’s request). I bought a bakery pie from a mom and pop grocery that I’m fond of and they also had mini pie tarts so I took a package of them too. I ate 1 of them then and plan to abstain from dessert on T day and on the 30th.
That is how I role. I will make, buy and / or contribute stuff for a big family meal. It is satisfying to see other’s enjoy things. Then I can more easily control myself to eat what and how much I should. My Dr. told me long ago to NOT deprive myself of good things but to limit portion size to a bite or teaspoon of something. Eat it slowly and savor it, then be done with it. It helps to share food with others and eliminates the stress of feeling wasteful. The main thing is that if you end up overindulging, at least enjoy it; then get back on the wagon as soon as possible.