A Not-So-Thankgiving Turkey

So I found this little Butterball turkey after Christmas and it's been hangin' in my deep freezer asking to be made into an awesome low carb meal. For this meal there is 9.3 net carbs 12.3 if you decide to have gravy. With the turkey at only 1g of carbs per serving you can see that the veggies can be a little carb heavy, so don't feel guilty packing the meat on your plate!

Ingredients:

• Butterball Turkey Breasts
• 12 large Carrots
• 4 large stalks of celery
• 1 large yellow onion
• 1 stick of butter

(I only ended up using 1 onion because they were HUGE!)

My roasting pan that I used.

(Don't mind the coffee, it always find a way to photo bomb.)

Directions:
 I preheated the oven to 325 degrees, then chopped my veggies into nice big chunks and dropped them in my roasting pan. I put the rack in first so I didn't have to mess around with getting it to fit after. I went with big chunks so they wouldn't be overcooked by the time the turkey way done. 

I put the turkey on the rack part of my roasting pan and poured a little bit of water in the bottom of the pan, just enough to keep the veggies from burning. I like to spray my turkey with some zero carb olive oil spray, it wont burn, like butter would, and it helps to seal in the juices.

I cooked this as directed at 325 degrees for the recommended hour and 45 minutes and it was only 96 degrees internally. :( I knew it wasn't still partially frozen as I took it our 4 days in advance.) So I cranked the heat up to 350, tented it with some tin foil, and cooked it for another 30 minutes. I melted a stick of salted butter in the microwave and then poured it over the turkey and vegetables and popped it back in with the heat on 450 for about 5 minutes, make sure you keep an eye on it though, or it will burn. This step gets the skin nice and crispy!

This is what the turkey looked like after.

And the veggies..

This is the gravy that came with it. I tried it, it tasted great, but was strange because it didn't thicken upon cooking.

When I originally looked at the roast I thought it looked a little wimpy to have a serving size of 10, but upon slicing it they were actually pretty big portions. 

This is a pic of my husband's plate, it just looked prettier than mine. I had deviled eggs as well. I don't know about you guys, but at every Thanksgiving these are a staple to our meal. Last year my sister made the eggs and didn't make it until after dinner. She will never live it down..

Be sure to leave a comment and let know know what you guys think!