Lean mean Thanksgiving

We were late cooking our Thanksgiving Day meal because we were out of town on the real holiday enjoying social times with my nephew and his family. But today, we outdid ourselves on our own Holiday meal. We made it lean and mean, although let's be honest, there is a substantial amount of butter in the dressing. It *is* a holiday, you know. But this is what we had.

Turkey with dressing. I found a multi-grain cranberry stuffing mix made by Mrs. Cubberley, more well known for her croutons. I added pecans, and some sauteed celery and onions, a cup of chicken stock, and butter. I also added a teaspoon of sage, although the mix had some in it, there's never enough. They should put that on my tombstone.....Theres Never Enough Sage, RIP Robin Odach.

We had big plump asparagus we found at Costco. I skinned the bottoms, sprayed it with pam and roasted it with a little parmesan sprinkles and sea salt. I did make gravy from the drippings, but I only used 2 T. of flour and a little water, so it was more like a sauce than the usual congealed mess all over the plate. That was the brunt of dinner.

I made Paul a sweet potato pie from Alton Brown's recipe. It was low fat. I steamed 3 sweet potatos that were chunked up, added 3/4 cup of brown sugar, pumpkin spices and a cup of yogurt. It looks very good and really doesn't contain any fat except for whatever is in the crust.

Since January 5th I've sustained a 3 pound weight loss per month. It may be the slowest diet on earth but it's a weight loss that will stay put because I've learned a new way to eat over the past year. By my scales at home I've lost 34 pounds, but my doctor only credits me with 32 because she won't give me credit for 2 pounds of clothing. Well.... she's a skinny little thing, what does she know?

So what was your favorite lean mean dish this Thanksgiving?