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Thanksgiving?
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by Alicia Palu
on November 6, 2009
What do you eat for Thanksgiving?
Alicia's book offers a few receipes for Thanksgiving. I haven't tried them yet, I've only just begun this lifestyle but they sound delish!
OH How I love Thanksgiving! You can get a Tofurky that has stuffing inside of it. Most Whole Food Stores have it! It's delicious. You could also get a Celebration Roast from Field Roast.. You can make mash potatoes with Earth Balance soy margarine and rice milk. You can get instant stuffing, but look on the ingredient bag to make sure it doesn't have chicken stock in it. I think Pepperidge Farms has on that's okay for vegans. Obviously, if you can make stuffing yourself from scratch, it's healthier. You can get Tofurky gravy from Tofurkey. Then we usually have green beans and roasted carrots. Don't forgot your yummy vegan dessert. I'll find the name brand later. Cheers, Temple
My friend and I never do a traditional Thanksgiving. We're eating several meals throughout the day including a millet-butternut squah bake, autumn potato salad w/ roasted parsnips, shallots, and carrots. Since I still eat fish on occasion my friend made tuna gravlax (it's hard to give up seafood when you live in the Pacific NW and it's all fresh and local!). I'll get there by next Thanksgiving, and everything else is vegan. We're also doing a wild mushroom risotto (we have lots of fresh chanterelles & other goodies this time of year), sauteed kale with carmelized onions, garlic, and shallots; and homemade vegan Marionberry pie. Yum! We're also opening some special bottles of red wine we picked out wine tasting a couple weeks ago. I hope you have a great Thanksgiving!
With my fam being non-vegetarian we are having the traditional dinner. I make all the sides without meat or gravy for me to eat. Roast butternut squash with cranberries and walnuts is my favorite. I add brown sugar and pumpkin pie spice to it and it is delicious.
I am making :
Sweet Potato Casserole
Garlic Mashed Potatoes
Tart Cranberry Relish
Spicy Cranberry Chutney
Nonnas Garlic Peas & Corn
Maple-Dill Carrots
Parker House Rolls
Pumpkin Pie -and-
Dutch Apple Pie
My mouth is watering just typing this...No "Main Dish" needed! Who could ask for anything more? yummm
We had:
Croissants
Green Bean Casserole with fresh beans and mushrooms
Hasbrown Casserole
Onion/Mushroom/Celery Stuffing
Cranberry Sauce
Chocolate Chip Pecan Pie
YUMMY!
Happy Thanksgiving everyone! :)
We had
crackers and vegan cream cheese with hot pepper jelly
vege tray with white bean/cilantro dip
relish tray
tofu/seitan roast
tempeh
golden mushroom gravy
cranberry sauce
bread pudding with chestnuts
cornbread stuffing with apples and pecans
kale with shallots
roasted beets and sweets
smashed yukon gold potatoes
kabocha squash pie
apple crisp
fresh fruit
All vegan and gluten free (except the seitan roast and conrbread). It was the first Thanksgiving I've "done" in over a decade and my first vegan one.
CANDIED YAMSby Amber Maisano Equipment:
1 stock pot and lid
1 steamer basket
1 baking dish
1 cutting board
1 vegetable knife
1 wooden spoon
Ingredients:
5 medium sweet potatoes, cleaned and cut into 2-inch chunks
½ cup rice syrup
¼ cup barley malt
1 tablespoon safflower oil, for oiling baking dish
1 pinch of sea salt
Preheat oven to 375°F. Bring two inches of water to boil in a covered stock pot with a steamer basket inside. Steam the sweet potatoes in the basket for ten minutes. Oil the baking dish. Remove the sweet potatoes from the steamer, and put them in the baking dish. Sprinkle a pinch of salt over them. Pour the rice syrup and barley malt over the potatoes and stir with a wooden spoon until they are coated. Put in the oven and bake, uncovered, for 15 - 20 minutes. Remove from oven and serve hot.
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