Vegetarian for Thanksgiving? It's soooo easy.

In Whole Foods the other day, I saw a Thanksgiving offering by Field Roast that you can slip in to any holiday menu to satisfy - and I mean truly satisfy -  the vegetarian in your guest list. I mean, go ahead with your normal omnivore menu, but serve one of these right along side. Just be careful if you have a true ‘vegan’ attending - since they don’t do dairy or eggs either. But most vegetarians I know - do eggs and dairy.

Now, I could swear that the one I saw was actually called some kind of Turkey Roll, but it really looked yummy, and I would have liked it. Make it and serve with a vegetable broth based gravy, thickened with a roux.

Another thing you could do, is take a couple of those mini pumpkins or fancy squashes - and stuff them with a great mix of whole grain bread, brown rice, cooked barley, nuts, seeds, raisins or dates, dried fruit, celery, onions and other veggies. Why not roasted veggies? Or do an Italian artichoke and tomato sauce theme? Then bake it to tender goodness and serve.

Savory squash stuffed with millet.

Vegan stuffing tips and tricks

Quorn - a pretty yummy meat substitute - also has a turkey loaf type product out.

See, there are options beyond a Tofu Turkey.