Thanksgivvukah

Low Amylose Thanksgiving can be done. Ours was a little bit of a hot mess, but there was a lot of potential there. It could've all be avoided by a little thought and planning, but that's not how I was rolling this year. Oh well. :)

Side note: Happy 20th blog post! It only took 9 months to get here, but here we are. I've been getting a little bit better at blogging more regularly, and just emailed Stirrup-queens.com to get myself added to their blogroll, so if we get any attention from that, it might light a fire under my tush even more. I've also started reading some other PCOS/infertility blogs and hope to get to know some of those ladies. If anyone has any suggestions to good ones, lemme know. 

Back to the real point of this post: Thanksgivukah. Here's our Chanukah House. Manischewitz makes a kit (we actually paid 1/2 that at Duane Reade)- we're not this talented. And it's just for show (in our house) due to it's extremely HIGH amylose content. I do suggest doing this with someone who will monitor you while building... E had to go to work in the middle of the creative process, and while it was nice to have an activity to keep me busy while all by my lonesome on Thanksgiving night, it resulted in me eating a crap-ton of icing. Whoops.

We got our kit like a month ago and thought we were going be be super original and hilarious, and couldn't wait to build it over Chanukah and surprise everyone with our big reveal. Then they started selling them in Crown Heights and everyone and their mother got one, built it, and posted it on Facebook before we'd even opened our box. Womp womp womp.

After about the 5th fb Chanukah house reveal, this is kind of what it felt like, haha:

The rest of our meal was way more diet-friendly. First, we had zucchini latkes since potatoes are a no-go for me. They were awesome. But not without a hitch. Y'see, E offered, ever-so-kindly, to make the latkes. I found the recipe and gave it to him, but he neglected to finish reading it... and as a result he tried to deep-fry them instead of using 2-3 TBS as was spelled out in the recipe (here). Cute. Luckily I caught him struggling before he tossed the entire batch into the garbage out of frustration. 

I tried to make gingersnap cookies, which you can find the recipe to here, but mine came out kind of dry. GREAT flavor, just too dry for my taste. Oh and even with freezing the dough for a bit, it thawed too quickly post-rolling to make the cookie cutter shapes work.

Here's the final spread. We never made it to mashing (or, um, buying) squash. And those deviled eggs were all E's, because they're just not my thing. Those brussels sprouts were amazing (recipe here). I seriously loved them and plan on making them again.

Other things we made:

Paleo Pumpkin Cranberry Muffins- Also a bit dry. Maybe it's just us.

Crustless Pumpkin Pie with Cinnamon Roasted Nuts- We tried a bit of this right out of the oven, and again a day later and it was infinitely better the next day. My mother-in-law was visiting and asked for the recipe. Twice. I should get around to sending it to her... haha. Either way, the nuts were great. 

The point is, we're not shining examples of a success story, but Low Amylose Thankgiving CAN be done!