American in Australia for Thanksgiving - Healthy Recipes

Thanksgiving is always a bit of an emotional time for me as an American living in Australia. Of course Aussies don’t celebrate Turkey Day and it definitely doesn’t feel like Thanksgiving.

Since we live in the opposite hemisphere it’s hot instead of cold. Nobody drinks pumpkin spice lattes. In fact, you can’t even find pumpkin spice or canned pumpkin at the grocery store. I special ordered them from USAFoods.com and we special ordered a turkey from our local grocery store. BTW who knew there was such a thing as USAFoods.com!?! LOL

Of course in our family, we DO celebrate Thanksgiving. I cook every year for a big group. It will be a little smaller this year (being mindful of COVID - even though we are doing really really well containing the virus in Australia).

Here are some recipes I loosely followed for freeze ahead, healthy - errrrr options for Thanksgiving. BTW — I am not at all opposed to ‘splurging’ on Thanksgiving. Of course our household does that too!

Healthy Pumpkin Pie — I followed this recipe very very loosely. But swapped the crust for a sugar free vanilla chocolate cookie crust! I also used a sugar free apple/cinnamon maple syrup in place of the regular maple syrup.

Healthy Green Bean Casserole — I followed this classic recipe very loosely. But I swapped the soy sauce for vegemite, left out the milk and fried onions. And added some fresh sauteed mushrooms and leeks.

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