The About.com Food Sites have everything you need for a great Thanksgiving. After checking out my Low-Carb Thanksgiving Tips and Recipes, head out to these sites for more Thanksgiving help.

Check Out These Resources:

• Thanksgiving Equipment Check List- Cooking Equipment
  
  
• Roasting the Bird Around the World- Italian Food
  
  
• Cooking a Turkey When It's Still Frozen - Busy Cooks
  
  
• Turkey Tips- Low Fat Cooking

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After last week's report on diet and mood there have been lots of great comments about how low-carb eating has affected people's moods. A really great one came from Dr. Richard Feinman, a researcher in the field. He writes, "I have been following a low carb diet for many years and was in a good mood until I read this paper." He goes on to tell of a study that he and his colleagues did several years ago, where 70% of the people on a low-carb forum who filled out a questionnaire reported improved mood since changing their diets. Even allowing for the fact that people who have a good response to low-carb eating are most likely to be hanging out on a low-carb forum, that is an impressive result! You can read the study for yourself here: http://www.nutritionj.com/content/pdf/1475-2891-5-26.pdf

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Thanksgiving is next week! Time to make sure you plan your menu and have all the ingredients you need. For example, planning on making my stuffing bread? You'll need almond meal. Take a look at this Low-Carb Thanksgiving Planner to help you out.

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Low-Carb Thanksgiving Recipes:

• Sugar-Free Cranberry Sauce
  
  
• Low-Carb Pumpkin Pie
  
  
• Low-Carb Green Bean Casserole

Sometimes I come up with recipes just because I don't feel like going to the store, and I look around to see what's in the pantry. Could I make pancakes out of pecans? And wouldn't pumpkin taste good in them? Answer to both questions: yes! It turns out that if you put pecans in your blender or food processor, you have the start of some really tasty pancakes! With pumpkin, cinnamon, and nutmeg, they really taste like autumn. Try my Low-Carb Pecan Pumpkin Pancakes this weekend for a nice treat!

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Related Recipes:

• Low-Carb Almond Meal Pancakes
  
  
• Low-Carb Coffee Cake
  
  
• Easy Pecan Chocolate Torte