What do vegans & vegetarians have for thanksgiving since they don't eat turkey?!
Answers: P.s. Not a bashing question. Just curious.
Vegcooking has a list of vegetarian foods for Thanksgiving.
http://www.vegcooking.com/f-thanks05.asp
Have to say that Vegetarian Paté en Cro?te looks really, really good right now.
Easy. Everything but the meat. I've been a vegetarian for 8 years and have never had a problem at Thanksgivings with family and friends. There are usually so many yummy side dishes without meat, I don't miss the turkey at all.
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its tofu shaped as a turkey, with a kind of turkey like smell
Potatoes, carrotes, yams, other veggies, beans, tofu. I think every vegetarian and vegan has their own holiday recipes that suit their food preferences! I know mine have become tradition and I only make them on Thanksgiving or Christmas, just like the "traditional" meal eaters have their menus.
I've been a vegetarian for 13 years & I've never gone hungry at a Thanksgiving feast. I eat dairy, so I don't have a problem trying to find vegetarian-friendly dishes. I eat everything but the turkey.
I don't know what a vegan would eat, since most dishes contain butter, and many people add heavy cream to their mashed potatoes for this big event--even the pumpkin pie has dairy in it.
I've even been known to cheat & eat the little marshmallows on the yam caserole--even though they are made with gelatin.
Quorn "turkey" loaf, which is really quite good. Dressing made with veggie broth. I make a really good one with caramelized onions, celery, apples and mushrooms. The vegetables of course. Mashed potatoes with miso gravy, green bean casserole, spinach casserole, winter squash. Sweet potato pie. I cheat a bit at Thanksgiving and have a bit of cranberry sauce, even though it has gelatin in it. I'll probably get thumbs down now.
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TOFU
There are countries where turkey day is not celebrated.
But there's always Christmas, where there are meat dishes... and Easter... then, I avoid eating any of the meat dishes and eat what's left without meat.
I usually bring something and then just enjoy whatever else is suitable. Last year I made a seitan pot pie, and the time before that was a vegetable, mushroom and rice dish. My family is nice and makes a special batch of mashed potatoes for me with soy milk. Can't beat that! :)
Waaaaaaaaaay back when I lived with my parents and couldn't cook worth a ****, my mom came up with a novel idea - separate the meal into basic components. For example: pasta dish with a meat sauce and a vegetarian sauce, separate containers of poultry and mushroom gravy, and butter in a dish next to the vegetables instead of on them. This makes meals so much easier if you have people with different diets - I was vegan, my sister lacto-vegetarian, my dad low-salt, and my mom normal.
There are plenty of other foods to eat. This year I am going to try a stuffed acorn squash for the main dish, spiced pumpkin soup as an appetizer, and few of the traditional sides as well as green bean casserole.
everything else..
They eat anything else, just no meat. They probably wont answer here since they are too weak from lack of protein. lol