What do vegetarians eat for Thanksgiving?!
Answers: I'm just curious as to what vegetarians use as their main dish in major dinners, such as holidays, or family gatherings, instead of turkey or ham.
I make a big meal every Thanksgiving. I make
stuffed celery
big salad
mashed potatoes w/mushroom gravy
sweet potatoes
Vegetarian chick oregano made with heartline chick
Stuffing
some kind of green veggie this changes from year to year
homemade cranberry sauce
pumpkin pie
apple pie
pudding pie
Sweet potato pie
and
wine
Now I'm hungry!
Tofu-rkey
i dont eat any birds, so thanksgiving isnt my favorite holiday. however there are plenty of other food. for me, of course there's ham, and most of the time, there are green beans, yam or potato dish available, dinner rolls and pie, cake, ice cream, etc, i think either you eat meat or not, you are not going to go hungry. if your family know you are vegetarian i am sure they will be sensitive about it. like my family knows i wont touch any chicken/turkey dishes.
mashed potatos, cranberry sauce, salads, anything but the turkey- there's plenty to choose from.
I am not a fan of the tofu-turkey or any fake made to look like an animal. I think that is hypocritical. Some people I know serve a baked pumpkin stuffed with traditional type stuffing. Others just serve all the side dishes that you would normally serve and don't really have a main dish persay. Others serve a soup based on typical foods such as a pumpkin or squash soup.
not turkey:P
we are italian so we do lasagna and/or eggplant parmesan for the main dish and then we have all of the same side dishes w/o gravy. yum!
Salad
A concotion called Tofurky, which is made by blending organic tofu and other ingredients (deriving from animals). You combine these, along with the secret Colonel's herbs and spices and natural (animal) flavorings. And this texture process makes this matrix that really has meatlike characteristics to it. So it's meat, but not meat, but meat. Personally, I think it's just liquid that squeezed into a bag and once hardened, resembles a turkey taste. Wonderful and healthy for you too!
Roasted potatoes dripping with (vegan) butter and spices...mmm. Perfectly decadent!
I'm also making a sweet potato casserole with pecans and coconut, rolls with preserves, cobs of corn, green beans, corn bread stuffing (baked till crispy on top...mmm), and apple AND pumpkin pies for dessert.
I can't wait.
theres these pretty good little things called "TOfurkeys" that are large family -sized and shaped kinda like a ham. They're soy meat and you can carve it up and eat it like turkey slices with your mashed potatoes, stuffing, cranberries, etc...
My vavorite though is "Worthington Smoked TUrkey" You buy it in a 4 lb "log" and slice it like bologana.. Then you put a spoonfull of stuffing on the slice, roll it like an enchilada.. line the rolls up in a casserole dish.. drown it with a fake chicken flavored gravy, and bake!! YUMMMMMMMM
sushi
I've cooked a couple of Thanksgiving dinners, and I made the typical sides--a stuffing, some cranberry sauce, a veggie dish. My boyfriend made this casserole (ick). I would make for a main dish a veggie loaf and varied it each time. You can check out the Adventist Loaf Studio, select the ingredients you have or want, and make your own loaf. Many vegan cookbooks or cooking websites have recipes for stuffing and gravy.
I have a recipe for a wonderful tofu casserole with cornbread stuffing. Mashed potatoes, mushroom gravy, yum!
Veggie lasagna. I didn't really care that much for turkey to begin with.
I had a Tofurkey for the first time this thanksgiving.... OMG IT WAS SO GOOD! And I usually don't like soy products... gahhhh and the gravy was awesome...
Before that we used to eat walnut gnocchi(my favourite) or any sort of rice dish, with veggies and whatever vegan dessert my sister made.
JenasaurusX, your stuff sounds REALLY good.... I WANT SWEET POTATOES!!!!
tofu-furkey, beans, corn, veggies, pie ect... its delicious!
There are plenty of fancy holiday meals that can be prepared without meat. Thanksgiving should be more about sharing a meal with family than having to have a turkey.
I usually eat the Quorn fake turkey(which is only because I don't feel like cooking a big thing). I have made vegetarian nut loaves on other occasions.
This year I may try:
Appetizer: Pumpkin Soup
Dinner: Stuffed Acorn Squash
Sides: Green bean casserole, roasted cauliflower, ect
I just shun the whole holiday. what does it celebrate. the obesity of America? the murder of innocent creatures? stealing the land from the native Americans? i hate thanksgiving.
We eat food like everyone else! lol
I have never liked turkey so I dont eat tofu turkey.
I eat stuffing, cranberry sauce, mashed potatoes, green beans, etc.
they eat tofu and peanuts .....tsk tsk tsk....vegeterians