Thanks so much, Verbena! and yes, bluesinger, because my mom is coming I have to go as close to traditional as possible. She is already difficult enough with the guilt trips. She said to me "well since you and your husband don't eat anything I didn't figure we were even going to DO Thanksgiving...

"She keeps saying things like "well a little gravy (made the regular way) won't hurt you..the fried onions in the green bean casserole won't hurt you" You get the general idea.. so I need to have a proactive plan for the dishes I am going to make and that is why I am reaching out to all of you LC culinary experts!