Given the essential ingredient of fat free ricotta or fat free farmers cheese ( both freeze well so if I ever find any I clean off the grocery store shelf) I can make a heckuva fat free sugar free pumpkin cheesecake.

One slice is still calorie dense n filling enough to eat as a meal and it does keep fresh for months in the freezer /defrost microwave.

Crust is either lowfat graham cracker crumbs or ginger snaps mixed w butter buds n ho****er patted into a ring mold or pie plate - I prefer to bake it jes a bit before pouring on the egg beaters , organic vanilla and milky, cheesy goodness .

Then... the lightening homegrown pumpkin layer mixed w spices ,egg beaters n butter budz n ff half n half .

Bake it lo n slo like forever...cool ... that super lite homemade cranberry sauce sounds great n Thanksgivingy w it :)

Its raining but soft n romantic . Im going 4 a long ( hopefully ) walk around Central Park- probably jes th top lake water reservoir.

If U guyz ever came here Id treat U 2 the long sweet carriage horse ride Ive always wanted .... NYC is TH most beautiful place in rain ... in snow and in daffodil n cherry blossom spring .

So lovely ! Also,... pretty much th best food outside of Long Island lol!

Well being originally from ( thrifty) Communist Hungary where pretty much everything has been organically grown for 10,000 years ( including meat) -

I just stuff and roast a little but delicious free range organic chicken .

The skin gets extra crispy from so called non heart attack inducing half boar half pig " Malanyica" bacon ... and I roast baby vegetables alongside her

. Fresh gravy is made from the separated juices and roux n ff half n half .

Fat free ( but Ud never know it ) homegrown green bean casserole w buttery creamy trumpet or morel mushroom sauce and fresh fruit very low or no sugar strudels of various kinds usually popyseed/ morello cherry and apricot/ pecan .

Coffee n tea aftrwards w ff whipped cream n liquors like Frangelico :)

N a LONG walk !

If we have guests I might bake a clove studded apricot glazed Polish Krakus ham - but thats usually too much leftovers - better to have it on my birthday or at Christmas !

Ate like a champ yesterday n today - lots of fresh mozarella cheese , olive bread and hard cider . Also half a large sized payday bar .

Mornin folks.

We have a lot to do around the house today. I need to clean the bathroom since my mom seems to be allergic to it. I also will need to do the dishes and some laundry. I may wait till tomorrow to vacuum.

I'm not sure I'll be posting the rest of the week so I hope we all have a safe and happy thanksgiving however you are celebrating (or not). I am not particularly excited as I have a lot of work to do for it. My mom does a share of it but it's usually on me for most of it. At least e found the pecan pie my mom wanted so I won't have to make one(so sweet eck). I wanted a fruit tart or sweet potato pie but was overruled. So I am in the whatever stage. My mom has been nitpicking me a lot lately. Critical of everything I'm doing. It's annoying me.

QOTD: if I make it I'd say cheesecake because I can control the sugar. I want to try one of those "burnt" once from Spain or Portugal, can't remember which one. I do like pie if it's not to sweet.

haven't ate yet today again so I haven't got a clue.

My SIL's mom is a hard to deal with. It's all about her. But she ignores my nieces and nephew. She doesn't think my brother is good enough for their family. We usually get thanksgiving and Christmas without an issue because the MIL doesn't really want to spend it with em. I am not impressed with em all as my SIL is the only one without a DUI....

i am making fudge before my surgery as my brother loves the peanut butter kind I make. It should be interesting on me stirring it lol.

We're almost done with decorating, thank goodness!