(A little late to post this, but hey, it doesn't have to be Christmas to
throw a family dinner....)
Even the non-low-carbers felt well-fed, and everything was easy.  (I like
easy things)

Appetizers:

   Deviled eggs with smoked salmon
   Pate with cheese "crackers"

Dinner:

   Roasted turkey
   Roasted cauliflower with shallots
   Roasted green beans with onions and garlic

Deviled Eggs  (done the night before)

   Hard-boil a dozen eggs, let cool, peel, slice lengthwise, scoop out
yolks;
   Combine yolks with 4oz finely chopped smoked salmon, and enough
mayonnaise to moisten (~4 tablespoons), plus pepper and dry mustard to
taste;
   Using a pastry bag to get the yolk mixture back into the whites makes it
all festive;
   Dust with good spicy paprika

Cheese "crackers"  (also done the night before)

   Combine 6oz shredded Parmesan (Belgioioso sells pretty good
pre-shredded) with ~6 oz finely grated Gruyere;
   make little tablespoon-sized piles of cheese on a cookie sheet lined
with a silicone baking mat (these will stick to *anything* else);
   Cook at 350 degrees for ~3 minutes - keep an eye on them - they'll
flatten out and bubble, and they're done the instant the edges start to turn
brown;
   Allow to cool in the pan for a couple minutes to firm them up, then move
to a cooling rack

Roast turkey

   I was pressed for time, so I finally got to try Barbara Kafka's
technique, which I love with chicken, but never had the courage to try with
a turkey.  The "recipe" is simplicity itself - bring the turkey to room
temperature, cut off the wing tips, remove giblets, dust with fresh-ground
pepper, put it in a pre-heated 500 degree oven, and leave it there until
it's done.  The kitchen will fill with smoke (luckily, it was a warm
Christmas, so we could open some windows), but a 19-lb turkey took a little
over three hours, and came out beautifully.

Roasted Cauliflower

   Chop two heads of cauliflower into small pieces (I like to slice the
whole head into ~1/4" slices, and then break up the slices into smaller
pieces).  Roughly chop two or three shallots, and spread out everything in a
large roasting pan.  Salt & pepper to taste, then add ~2 or 3 tablespoons of
olive oil and toss to coat everything.  Roast at 400 degrees for ~30
minutes, stirring twice - you want to see some good color on the
cauliflower, with some "burnt" spots.

Roasted Green Beans

   Cut stems off 2lb of fresh green beans
   Roughly chop 1 large or 2 small onions
   Roughly chop 2 or 3 cloves of garlic (to taste)
   Toss beans and onions with ~2 tablespoons olive oil, plus salt & pepper
   Roast at 400 degrees for ~10 minutes
   Add in the garlic, stir things around (if you add the garlic at the
start, it'll burn)
   Roast another 10 minutes