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November 23, 2005
Vegan Thanksgiving
by flowermama
I know this is probably too little, too late 
, but I wanted to put in a quick word about vegan thanksgivings. I became vegan four years ago in November 2001, and this is my fourth thanksgiving as a vegan. Yes, that means I don't eat turkey. 
My kids don't eat turkey either, and we have a very, very yummy thanksgiving. 
There is a lot of stuff we can eat at our family's thanksgiving dinner. My mom is going to make a delicious tofu-turkey with stuffing. It really is good! She's also going to make mashed potatoes, baked yams, salad... and, knowing her, she'll probably bring more food than that.
My mother-in-law makes a great bean salad and a plate of cut veggies. I'm going to make macaroni salad and coleslaw and at least one pie, probably more.
I'll try and get my mom's tofu-turkey recipe to share here, and maybe share a recipe or two of my own, so keep your eye out for those if that type of thing interests you. Meanwhile, here are some recipes to check out:
http://vegweb.com/recipes/events/index-thanksgiving.shtml
I hope everyone has a Happy Thanksgiving. 
BTW, someone on the GCM board posted a link to this email card, and I think it's pretty funny. The kids and I sure got a kick out it. 
http://www.msn.americangreetings.com/display.pd?bfrom=1&prodnum=3081495&path=25203
Posted by flowermama at November 23, 2005 10:45 PM
Comments
So, when you mention your mother and mother-in-law, and what they are preparing, does that mean they are vegan, too?
Posted by: TulipGirl at November 24, 2005 06:47 AM
My mil is very much not a vegan. LOL ;) My mom is not vegan or vegetarian, but she is very sympathetic to it and supportive and doesn't eat very much meat (or dairy or eggs) any more. She always makes us vegan food and even took a vegetarian raw foods "cooking" class once at the health food store. She's a great mom!
MIL is great, too, though at first I don't think she was very .... um, excited, about us being vegan. But then a couple years ago she got sick, and we stayed with her for a couple months and I made all vegan meals for her, and I guess that at least now she knows we eat all right. :)
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at November 24, 2005 09:03 AM
That card is hilarious! I sent it to my meat-eating family, although I should add that they were very supportive of my choice to not eat meat on Thanksgiving :)
Posted by: Amanda at November 29, 2005 08:53 AM
