Are you ready for Thanksgiving?
Thanksgiving may seem like a challenging holiday for vegetarians, but it can be a fun adventure. This is an opportunity to enjoy a variety of great dishes, and at the same time, share the bounty of vegetarian food with your non-veggie friends and family.
I'm looking forward to hearing your holiday stories and your suggestions for a successful Vegetarian Thanksgiving. I'd also love to hear from meat-eaters that may be concerned about providing alternatives to their vegetarian guests.
Vegetarian Cookbooks
These are some of my favorites
Vegan with a Vengeance : Over 150 Delicious, Cheap, Animal-Free Recipes That Rock
This is a really fantastic cookbook, with a huge variety of tasty, easy to prepare, meat-free dishes. I would recommend this to anyone trying to put together a wonderful Vegetarian Thanksgiving.
Veggie Meals: Rachael Ray's 30-Minute Meals
Rachael Ray's unique style of cooking makes everything easier and there are some great ideas in here, too.
Vegan Cupcakes Take Over the World: 75 Dairy-Free Recipes for Cupcakes that Rule
Oh my, these are amazing cupcakes. I highly recommend this book to anyone interested in vegan baking. Cupcakes are a fun dessert to offer at Thanksgiving.
Vegetarian Celebrations: Festive Menus for Holidays & Other Special Occasions Tag: Updated Ed...
This is a great book with vegetarian meal ideas for every major holiday, and smaller celebrations, too.
Tofurky?
photo courtesy Farm Sanctuary
Turkey Alternatives
Save the turkey, save the world.
- Celebration Roast
- This is a yummy vegetarian roast stuffed with butternut squash, apples, and mushrooms.
- Quorn Turk'y Roast
- Quorn is another really yummy meat alternative made from a product called mycoprotein. They have a nice roast perfect for Thanksgiving, however it does contain egg and milk ingredients.
- Tofurky Holiday Feasts
- If you want to simulate the traditional Thanksgiving meal, Tofurky creates everything from the roast to the gravy, stuffing, and sides.
Vegetarian Recipes
Thanksgiving suggestions
- Cruelty Free Thanksgiving Recipes
- A tasty turkey free thanksgiving feast, from Farm Sanctuary
- Easy Pasta Salad
- This is one of the easiest recipes to take to a pot luck. Experiment with pretty pasta varieties, and colorful ingredients from your cupboard and refrigerator.
- Gingerbread Men Cookies
- Everyone loves gingerbread cookies. These little men are fun to bake and decorate with candies or sprinkles.
- Pumpkin Bread
- This is really yummy and it makes a perfect hostess gift to bring along to holiday parties.
- Sweet Potato Crisp
- This is a fantastic treat for Thanksgiving, or any time you are in the mood for something sweet and crunchy.
- Turkey-Free Thanksgiving Recipes
- Tasty Thanksgiving recipes and tips from the Animal Rights Foundation of Florida.
- Vegetarian Gravy Recipes
- These vegetarian gravy recipes are perfect for any holiday dinner.
- A Vegetarian Thanksgiving
- Thanksgiving recipes and turkey alternatives from the Animal Advocacy Network.
Prepared Vegetarian Foods
Vegetarian Thanksgiving Links
information and resources
Feeding the Turkeys
Photo by eprescott
- Adopt a Turkey Project
- This turkey rescue organization encourages people to feed turkeys, rather than eating them. They have turkeys available for adoption, and for those of you that live in the city, you can sponsor a turkey at the sanctuary.
- Cruelty in the Turkey Industry
- This Compassion Over Killing page includes information about cruelty in the turkey industry, as well as healthy vegetarian holiday meals.
- Joaquin Phoenix's Vegetarian Thanksgiving Video
- Check out Joaquin's vegetarian thanksgiving commercial, and enter to win his movies on DVD.
Veggie Schwag
Guestbook
Tell us about your Thanksgiving plans
What do you plan to serve for Thanksgiving this year?
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EelKat
We used to have huge feast style dinners for Thanksgiving, but that was when we had a house. After the flood/fire we no longer have the kicten to cook in, so the past few years we head out to a local buffet resurant, where you pay at the door, and than just eat whatever yu want for as long as you can keep eating. Turns out that it's cheaper than cooking the meal yourself, and we end up with more time spent together as we are not running back and forth cooking, and have more time to talk. So now we do that every year. Posted September 21, 2008 |
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JaguarJulie
You know, I'll just bet that you could make a stuffed cabbage roll with some soy protein other than pork or meat -- I've never had a vegetarian thanksgiving -- I could do it, but the rest of the family NAY. 5***** Posted August 20, 2008 |
