Guest guest Posted December 1, 2008 Report Share Posted December 1, 2008 Hi all, I thought it might be nice for those of us in the US to check in on how Thanksgiving was for us? I never really thought about how much the meal is focused on the meat before this program. And now that I'm not eating meat I almost feel a bit orphaned at dinner. Everybody raves about the bird, how great it is, how beautiful it is and all I can do is smile and nod and ask them to pass the spinach LOLOL. For me I had two Thanksgiving meals this year. The first one was the weekend before Thanksgiving with my in-laws. It was a traditional meal with the turkey and lots of whites in the side dishes. Well I came prepared, brought my own dish of quiche and whole wheat noodles. I paired it with some creamed spinach that was prepared by the family and voila, instant meal. It was very tasty, nobody gave it a second thought--except for my mother-in-law who made a point to make sure I remembered to heat my meal up. My second meal was this past weekend, again it was a traditional Thanksgiving meal, but I brought my first ever tofurkey. Well I should've read the directions before because apparantly a tofurkey is like a regular turkey and needs to be defrosted before cooking LOL. Luckily there were directions for cooking it frozen, but it takes almost 3 1/2 hours. Anyways, not sure I cared for the tofurkey. I found it quite salty and was indifferent on the taste otherwise. Next year I think I may just make a stir fry or something . Anywas, I paired the tofurkey with salad, green beans and whole wheat rolls (which I provided and wouldn't you know people ate them more then the white rolls) and voila, another RR vegetarian meal. I am already looking ahead to Christmas and have been talking with my family about what foods I can eat. I will be visiting my parents and my brother's family this year for about a week. My mom is dieing to try out some new Indian curry, so we are working out if seitan or tofu would work better in it for me. Oh did I mention my parents never were traditional cooks? LOL! Our Christmas dinners always had a different theme: Lebanese, Spanish, Brazillian, etc. Looks like this year is Indian! For the meal at my brother's house it will be more traditional. My sister-in-law has been coming up with all sorts of vegetarian dishes to cook me for, including a brown filled chestnut stuffing--yum. I think that meal will be a lot of layering of protein, with plenty of good browns. How are your holiday meals looking? Heather There are two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle. --Albert Einstein Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 1, 2008 Report Share Posted December 1, 2008 Hey Heather - what a great post! I am fortunate because my mother, who hosts Thanksgiving dinner, is very supportive of my program. We chatted the week before to talk about *food for me*. I offered to make some of the sides which I will share below. She had lots of veggie dishes and, of course, her famous stuffing which is made of white bread. I haven't had it in years and I must say this was the first year it didn't talk to me! That was a nice surprise. Anyway, I made a very easy sweet potato dish - 4 cooked and mashed sweet potatoes with about 1 T grated fresh ginger and 2 T ground cinnamon. We served it very cold and it was yummy! The other dish is my favorite. Two cans of white beans heated on low and covered in about 1/4 cup veg broth. Once it is at a simmer, turn off the heat and add about 1/2 - 1 cup grated Parmesano Reggiano cheese until it is fully melted. Stir and allow to simmer until a smooth sauce forms. This will take about 5 minutes. It can be served like this, or you can add fresh herbs (rosemary, parsley or basil). For anyone who is going to try this recipe, play around with the amounts. It can be thick and creamy or thin and soupy - whichever you prefer. Also, the Parm. Reg, cheese is rather strong! But as I said, this is my favorite. I call this dish 'Adult Mac and Cheese' even though there is no mac in it. My mother and I enjoyed the sides I made. The rest of the family didn't touch them. They think I cook weird. (smile) I think it is gourmet and I am so glad my mother and I have something nice to talk about. As for dessert, my sister surprised me with a *sugar free* pie, but it would cause major triggers for me, so I passed. I actually did not stay for dessert. I didn't even miss it! I hear what you are saying about Thanksgiving being all about the food. We had a nice distraction this year - my parents adopted a young dog (she is a rescue) named Abby. She is a sweetheart and already snuggling into our family! ________________________________ Heather Butler <hawaiihmb Monday, December 1, 2008 7:58:15 AM Thanksgiving and looking ahead Hi all, I thought it might be nice for those of us in the US to check in on how Thanksgiving was for us? I never really thought about how much the meal is focused on the meat before this program. And now that I'm not eating meat I almost feel a bit orphaned at dinner. Everybody raves about the bird, how great it is, how beautiful it is and all I can do is smile and nod and ask them to pass the spinach LOLOL. For me I had two Thanksgiving meals this year. The first one was the weekend before Thanksgiving with my in-laws. It was a traditional meal with the turkey and lots of whites in the side dishes. Well I came prepared, brought my own dish of quiche and whole wheat noodles. I paired it with some creamed spinach that was prepared by the family and voila, instant meal. It was very tasty, nobody gave it a second thought--except for my mother-in-law who made a point to make sure I remembered to heat my meal up. My second meal was this past weekend, again it was a traditional Thanksgiving meal, but I brought my first ever tofurkey. Well I should've read the directions before because apparantly a tofurkey is like a regular turkey and needs to be defrosted before cooking LOL. Luckily there were directions for cooking it frozen, but it takes almost 3 1/2 hours. Anyways, not sure I cared for the tofurkey. I found it quite salty and was indifferent on the taste otherwise. Next year I think I may just make a stir fry or something . Anywas, I paired the tofurkey with salad, green beans and whole wheat rolls (which I provided and wouldn't you know people ate them more then the white rolls) and voila, another RR vegetarian meal. I am already looking ahead to Christmas and have been talking with my family about what foods I can eat. I will be visiting my parents and my brother's family this year for about a week. My mom is dieing to try out some new Indian curry, so we are working out if seitan or tofu would work better in it for me. Oh did I mention my parents never were traditional cooks? LOL! Our Christmas dinners always had a different theme: Lebanese, Spanish, Brazillian, etc. Looks like this year is Indian! For the meal at my brother's house it will be more traditional. My sister-in-law has been coming up with all sorts of vegetarian dishes to cook me for, including a brown filled chestnut stuffing--yum. I think that meal will be a lot of layering of protein, with plenty of good browns. How are your holiday meals looking? Heather There are two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle. --Albert Einstein Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 1, 2008 Report Share Posted December 1, 2008 Hi Heather! I am still eating Turkey so Thanksgiving wasn't a huge deal for me. The best part was that I hosted this year so I was able to make sure that the stuffing and rolls were whole grain and that the mashed potatoes included the skins - it was fun and everyone said it was good! No whites except the pie that my MIL made. I made Kathleens Pumpkin Pecan Pie for me. It was delish! It's good to get some ideas on what to have when I finally decide to give up fish and fowl! Thanks for sharing! JJ " Your food shall be your remedy. Let food be your medicine and let medicine be your food. " ~Hippocrates, Greek Physician, 5th century B.C. --- On Mon, 12/1/08, Heather Butler <hawaiihmb wrote: Heather Butler <hawaiihmb Thanksgiving and looking ahead Monday, December 1, 2008, 5:58 AM Hi all, I thought it might be nice for those of us in the US to check in on how Thanksgiving was for us? I never really thought about how much the meal is focused on the meat before this program. And now that I'm not eating meat I almost feel a bit orphaned at dinner. Everybody raves about the bird, how great it is, how beautiful it is and all I can do is smile and nod and ask them to pass the spinach LOLOL. For me I had two Thanksgiving meals this year. The first one was the weekend before Thanksgiving with my in-laws. It was a traditional meal with the turkey and lots of whites in the side dishes. Well I came prepared, brought my own dish of quiche and whole wheat noodles. I paired it with some creamed spinach that was prepared by the family and voila, instant meal. It was very tasty, nobody gave it a second thought--except for my mother-in-law who made a point to make sure I remembered to heat my meal up. My second meal was this past weekend, again it was a traditional Thanksgiving meal, but I brought my first ever tofurkey. Well I should've read the directions before because apparantly a tofurkey is like a regular turkey and needs to be defrosted before cooking LOL. Luckily there were directions for cooking it frozen, but it takes almost 3 1/2 hours. Anyways, not sure I cared for the tofurkey. I found it quite salty and was indifferent on the taste otherwise. Next year I think I may just make a stir fry or something . Anywas, I paired the tofurkey with salad, green beans and whole wheat rolls (which I provided and wouldn't you know people ate them more then the white rolls) and voila, another RR vegetarian meal. I am already looking ahead to Christmas and have been talking with my family about what foods I can eat. I will be visiting my parents and my brother's family this year for about a week. My mom is dieing to try out some new Indian curry, so we are working out if seitan or tofu would work better in it for me. Oh did I mention my parents never were traditional cooks? LOL! Our Christmas dinners always had a different theme: Lebanese, Spanish, Brazillian, etc. Looks like this year is Indian! For the meal at my brother's house it will be more traditional. My sister-in-law has been coming up with all sorts of vegetarian dishes to cook me for, including a brown filled chestnut stuffing--yum. I think that meal will be a lot of layering of protein, with plenty of good browns. How are your holiday meals looking? Heather There are two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle. --Albert Einstein Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 1, 2008 Report Share Posted December 1, 2008 Hi Heather I am not fully veggie either so my thanksgiving still involved turkey. The rest of the meal was mashed spuds with skins, brussells sprouts with pecans (really good!!!), and pumpkin pecan pie. Even my sugar loving family and boyfriend liked the pie! It was a fun treat. I'm glad I did it - I think I'll make a dessert for Christmas this year too. It felt like any other meal to me, which I thought was neat. No emphasis on sugar or this need to overeat just because it's thanksgiving! Tina Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 1, 2008 Report Share Posted December 1, 2008 My thanksgiving was pretty good this year. The main dish was a corn bread stuffing with vegan sausage, green beans, this amazing salad that we put sundried tomatoes in, and a pumpkin - well - crumble, since I put a nut crust thing on top instead of trying to mess with pie crust. I think the main issue for me was that it was served at 3 in the afternoon, so I found myself in the kitchen at noon, eating a meal alone and then having more of a snack with the rest of the family because the time was so off, but even my cousins were saying how happy they were I was eating. They've seen me when my blood sugar crashes, in fact, every holiday growing up, Jess would fall asleep, eat and then be bouncing off the walls. (: We also do the crazy themes for Christmas! It's Italian this year, so I'll bring brown rice pasta to add to my dad's fantastic sauce. Jess Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 1, 2008 Report Share Posted December 1, 2008 Karyn, thanks for sharing some of your dishes. The beans with the cheese sound really yummy to me. and so easy! I'll have to try that. Abby sounds like a doll, how lovely to have puppy time during the holidays! Heather There are two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle. --Albert Einstein ________________________________ Karyn baron <messagefromkaryn Monday, December 1, 2008 8:33:37 AM Re: Thanksgiving and looking ahead Hey Heather - what a great post! I am fortunate because my mother, who hosts Thanksgiving dinner, is very supportive of my program. We chatted the week before to talk about *food for me*. I offered to make some of the sides which I will share below. She had lots of veggie dishes and, of course, her famous stuffing which is made of white bread. I haven't had it in years and I must say this was the first year it didn't talk to me! That was a nice surprise. Anyway, I made a very easy sweet potato dish - 4 cooked and mashed sweet potatoes with about 1 T grated fresh ginger and 2 T ground cinnamon. We served it very cold and it was yummy! The other dish is my favorite. Two cans of white beans heated on low and covered in about 1/4 cup veg broth. Once it is at a simmer, turn off the heat and add about 1/2 - 1 cup grated Parmesano Reggiano cheese until it is fully melted. Stir and allow to simmer until a smooth sauce forms. This will take about 5 minutes. It can be served like this, or you can add fresh herbs (rosemary, parsley or basil). For anyone who is going to try this recipe, play around with the amounts. It can be thick and creamy or thin and soupy - whichever you prefer. Also, the Parm. Reg, cheese is rather strong! But as I said, this is my favorite. I call this dish 'Adult Mac and Cheese' even though there is no mac in it. My mother and I enjoyed the sides I made. The rest of the family didn't touch them. They think I cook weird. (smile) I think it is gourmet and I am so glad my mother and I have something nice to talk about. As for dessert, my sister surprised me with a *sugar free* pie, but it would cause major triggers for me, so I passed. I actually did not stay for dessert. I didn't even miss it! I hear what you are saying about Thanksgiving being all about the food. We had a nice distraction this year - my parents adopted a young dog (she is a rescue) named Abby. She is a sweetheart and already snuggling into our family! ____________ _________ _________ __ Heather Butler <hawaiihmb > Monday, December 1, 2008 7:58:15 AM Thanksgiving and looking ahead Hi all, I thought it might be nice for those of us in the US to check in on how Thanksgiving was for us? I never really thought about how much the meal is focused on the meat before this program. And now that I'm not eating meat I almost feel a bit orphaned at dinner. Everybody raves about the bird, how great it is, how beautiful it is and all I can do is smile and nod and ask them to pass the spinach LOLOL. For me I had two Thanksgiving meals this year. The first one was the weekend before Thanksgiving with my in-laws. It was a traditional meal with the turkey and lots of whites in the side dishes. Well I came prepared, brought my own dish of quiche and whole wheat noodles. I paired it with some creamed spinach that was prepared by the family and voila, instant meal. It was very tasty, nobody gave it a second thought--except for my mother-in-law who made a point to make sure I remembered to heat my meal up. My second meal was this past weekend, again it was a traditional Thanksgiving meal, but I brought my first ever tofurkey. Well I should've read the directions before because apparantly a tofurkey is like a regular turkey and needs to be defrosted before cooking LOL. Luckily there were directions for cooking it frozen, but it takes almost 3 1/2 hours. Anyways, not sure I cared for the tofurkey. I found it quite salty and was indifferent on the taste otherwise. Next year I think I may just make a stir fry or something . Anywas, I paired the tofurkey with salad, green beans and whole wheat rolls (which I provided and wouldn't you know people ate them more then the white rolls) and voila, another RR vegetarian meal. I am already looking ahead to Christmas and have been talking with my family about what foods I can eat. I will be visiting my parents and my brother's family this year for about a week. My mom is dieing to try out some new Indian curry, so we are working out if seitan or tofu would work better in it for me. Oh did I mention my parents never were traditional cooks? LOL! Our Christmas dinners always had a different theme: Lebanese, Spanish, Brazillian, etc. Looks like this year is Indian! For the meal at my brother's house it will be more traditional. My sister-in-law has been coming up with all sorts of vegetarian dishes to cook me for, including a brown filled chestnut stuffing--yum. I think that meal will be a lot of layering of protein, with plenty of good browns. How are your holiday meals looking? Heather There are two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle. --Albert Einstein Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 1, 2008 Report Share Posted December 1, 2008 JJ, I've made the pumpkin pecan pie before, too--it's always a hit! How cool you hosted and were able to have so many program friendly dishes. Heather There are two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle. --Albert Einstein ________________________________ J James <jjames1010 Monday, December 1, 2008 9:43:00 AM Re: Thanksgiving and looking ahead Hi Heather! I am still eating Turkey so Thanksgiving wasn't a huge deal for me. The best part was that I hosted this year so I was able to make sure that the stuffing and rolls were whole grain and that the mashed potatoes included the skins - it was fun and everyone said it was good! No whites except the pie that my MIL made. I made Kathleens Pumpkin Pecan Pie for me. It was delish! It's good to get some ideas on what to have when I finally decide to give up fish and fowl! Thanks for sharing! JJ " Your food shall be your remedy. Let food be your medicine and let medicine be your food. " ~Hippocrates, Greek Physician, 5th century B.C. --- On Mon, 12/1/08, Heather Butler <hawaiihmb > wrote: Heather Butler <hawaiihmb > Thanksgiving and looking ahead Monday, December 1, 2008, 5:58 AM Hi all, I thought it might be nice for those of us in the US to check in on how Thanksgiving was for us? I never really thought about how much the meal is focused on the meat before this program. And now that I'm not eating meat I almost feel a bit orphaned at dinner. Everybody raves about the bird, how great it is, how beautiful it is and all I can do is smile and nod and ask them to pass the spinach LOLOL. For me I had two Thanksgiving meals this year. The first one was the weekend before Thanksgiving with my in-laws. It was a traditional meal with the turkey and lots of whites in the side dishes. Well I came prepared, brought my own dish of quiche and whole wheat noodles. I paired it with some creamed spinach that was prepared by the family and voila, instant meal. It was very tasty, nobody gave it a second thought--except for my mother-in-law who made a point to make sure I remembered to heat my meal up. My second meal was this past weekend, again it was a traditional Thanksgiving meal, but I brought my first ever tofurkey. Well I should've read the directions before because apparantly a tofurkey is like a regular turkey and needs to be defrosted before cooking LOL. Luckily there were directions for cooking it frozen, but it takes almost 3 1/2 hours. Anyways, not sure I cared for the tofurkey. I found it quite salty and was indifferent on the taste otherwise. Next year I think I may just make a stir fry or something . Anywas, I paired the tofurkey with salad, green beans and whole wheat rolls (which I provided and wouldn't you know people ate them more then the white rolls) and voila, another RR vegetarian meal. I am already looking ahead to Christmas and have been talking with my family about what foods I can eat. I will be visiting my parents and my brother's family this year for about a week. My mom is dieing to try out some new Indian curry, so we are working out if seitan or tofu would work better in it for me. Oh did I mention my parents never were traditional cooks? LOL! Our Christmas dinners always had a different theme: Lebanese, Spanish, Brazillian, etc. Looks like this year is Indian! For the meal at my brother's house it will be more traditional. My sister-in-law has been coming up with all sorts of vegetarian dishes to cook me for, including a brown filled chestnut stuffing--yum. I think that meal will be a lot of layering of protein, with plenty of good browns. How are your holiday meals looking? Heather There are two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle. --Albert Einstein Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 1, 2008 Report Share Posted December 1, 2008 Tina, too funny, both you and JJ made the same pie! I highly recommend the apple pie with the cheddar cheese crust if you want to try a different pie for Christmas. Yes, so neat to have the emphasis be on other things then sugar and overeating Heather There are two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle. --Albert Einstein ________________________________ Tina Castronovo <tinacastronovo Monday, December 1, 2008 9:56:25 AM Re: Thanksgiving and looking ahead Hi Heather I am not fully veggie either so my thanksgiving still involved turkey. The rest of the meal was mashed spuds with skins, brussells sprouts with pecans (really good!!!), and pumpkin pecan pie. Even my sugar loving family and boyfriend liked the pie! It was a fun treat. I'm glad I did it - I think I'll make a dessert for Christmas this year too. It felt like any other meal to me, which I thought was neat. No emphasis on sugar or this need to overeat just because it's thanksgiving! Tina Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 1, 2008 Report Share Posted December 1, 2008 Jess, I always find holiday meals weird that way, too. My first Thanksgiving meal fell on a day I did my 18 mile run for my marathon training so I had an extra real meal at the 3pm meal time, worked out very well. But otherwise I'd be like you, having lunch at noon and then a snack for the meal. My family always misjudges the meal times so we'll probably end up eating at dinner time anyways for Christmas, but I plan to have lots of food on hand just in case. How neat you do the crazy Christmas themes, too!!! Hmmm, Italian, we haven't done that one yet, you'll have to tell me how it is! Heather There are two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle. --Albert Einstein ________________________________ Jessica Vaughan <londonoctober Monday, December 1, 2008 10:52:10 AM Re: Thanksgiving and looking ahead My thanksgiving was pretty good this year. The main dish was a corn bread stuffing with vegan sausage, green beans, this amazing salad that we put sundried tomatoes in, and a pumpkin - well - crumble, since I put a nut crust thing on top instead of trying to mess with pie crust. I think the main issue for me was that it was served at 3 in the afternoon, so I found myself in the kitchen at noon, eating a meal alone and then having more of a snack with the rest of the family because the time was so off, but even my cousins were saying how happy they were I was eating. They've seen me when my blood sugar crashes, in fact, every holiday growing up, Jess would fall asleep, eat and then be bouncing off the walls. (: We also do the crazy themes for Christmas! It's Italian this year, so I'll bring brown rice pasta to add to my dad's fantastic sauce. Jess Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 1, 2008 Report Share Posted December 1, 2008 Oooo! Heather that apple pie with cheddar crust sounds great! I think I will add it to my menu for Christmas! JJ " Your food shall be your remedy. Let food be your medicine and let medicine be your food. " ~Hippocrates, Greek Physician, 5th century B.C. --- On Mon, 12/1/08, Heather Butler <hawaiihmb wrote: Heather Butler <hawaiihmb Re: Thanksgiving and looking ahead Monday, December 1, 2008, 11:45 AM Tina, too funny, both you and JJ made the same pie! I highly recommend the apple pie with the cheddar cheese crust if you want to try a different pie for Christmas. Yes, so neat to have the emphasis be on other things then sugar and overeating Heather There are two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle. --Albert Einstein ____________ _________ _________ __ Tina Castronovo <tinacastronovo@ gmail.com> Monday, December 1, 2008 9:56:25 AM Re: Thanksgiving and looking ahead Hi Heather I am not fully veggie either so my thanksgiving still involved turkey. The rest of the meal was mashed spuds with skins, brussells sprouts with pecans (really good!!!), and pumpkin pecan pie. Even my sugar loving family and boyfriend liked the pie! It was a fun treat. I'm glad I did it - I think I'll make a dessert for Christmas this year too. It felt like any other meal to me, which I thought was neat. No emphasis on sugar or this need to overeat just because it's thanksgiving! Tina Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 2, 2008 Report Share Posted December 2, 2008 Hi Heather, Congradulations on the Run Again..... Tofurkey - " Yuck " (had it once) = Why Bother I think the Pilgrams really ate Salmon (dont have to worry about white vs dark meat), also had with a really nice salad, and yes Brown Rice too yummmmm. Don't want to eat any of those other " whites " that folks tend to " stuff down " too much of during this time of year. This marks my 6th aniversary of not eating meat, guess I'm never going back. Bob Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 2, 2008 Report Share Posted December 2, 2008 I had a really good Thanksgiving this year and for once it didn't seem centered around the food. I went to a party with a bunch of friends; the meal was a potluck with Turkey, Tofurkey, veggie & vegan dishes - so many non-meat options it was great. Afterwards, a bunch of people pulled out musical instruments and we sang songs or just listened to them jam. The holiday seemed about community and sharing; it was wonderful. Emily , Heather Butler <hawaiihmb wrote: > > Hi all, I thought it might be nice for those of us in the US to check in on how Thanksgiving was for us? I never really thought about how much the meal is focused on the meat before this program. And now that I'm not eating meat I almost feel a bit orphaned at dinner. Everybody raves about the bird, how great it is, how beautiful it is and all I can do is smile and nod and ask them to pass the spinach LOLOL. For me I had two Thanksgiving meals this year. The first one was the weekend before Thanksgiving with my in- laws. It was a traditional meal with the turkey and lots of whites in the side dishes. Well I came prepared, brought my own dish of quiche and whole wheat noodles. I paired it with some creamed spinach that was prepared by the family and voila, instant meal. It was very tasty, nobody gave it a second thought--except for my mother-in-law who made a point to make sure I remembered to heat my meal up. > How are your holiday meals looking? > Heather Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 3, 2008 Report Share Posted December 3, 2008 Emily, sounds like a wonderful time! Heather There are two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle. --Albert Einstein ________________________________ erahn8 <erahn8 Monday, December 1, 2008 7:41:53 PM Re: Thanksgiving and looking ahead I had a really good Thanksgiving this year and for once it didn't seem centered around the food. I went to a party with a bunch of friends; the meal was a potluck with Turkey, Tofurkey, veggie & vegan dishes - so many non-meat options it was great. Afterwards, a bunch of people pulled out musical instruments and we sang songs or just listened to them jam. The holiday seemed about community and sharing; it was wonderful. Emily , Heather Butler <hawaiihmb@. ..> wrote: > > Hi all, I thought it might be nice for those of us in the US to check in on how Thanksgiving was for us? I never really thought about how much the meal is focused on the meat before this program. And now that I'm not eating meat I almost feel a bit orphaned at dinner. Everybody raves about the bird, how great it is, how beautiful it is and all I can do is smile and nod and ask them to pass the spinach LOLOL. For me I had two Thanksgiving meals this year. The first one was the weekend before Thanksgiving with my in- laws. It was a traditional meal with the turkey and lots of whites in the side dishes. Well I came prepared, brought my own dish of quiche and whole wheat noodles. I paired it with some creamed spinach that was prepared by the family and voila, instant meal. It was very tasty, nobody gave it a second thought--except for my mother-in-law who made a point to make sure I remembered to heat my meal up. > How are your holiday meals looking? > Heather Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 3, 2008 Report Share Posted December 3, 2008 Bob, people seem to fall in two camps with tofurkey, love or hate . My boss loves it, bought two of them so he could have leftovers LOL. I say keep it! . 6 years, wow! Heather There are two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle. --Albert Einstein ________________________________ Bob <yogabob7 Monday, December 1, 2008 7:37:59 PM Re: Thanksgiving and looking ahead Hi Heather, Congradulations on the Run Again..... Tofurkey - " Yuck " (had it once) = Why Bother I think the Pilgrams really ate Salmon (dont have to worry about white vs dark meat), also had with a really nice salad, and yes Brown Rice too yummmmm. Don't want to eat any of those other " whites " that folks tend to " stuff down " too much of during this time of year. This marks my 6th aniversary of not eating meat, guess I'm never going back. Bob Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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