Vegetarian Thanksgiving Ideas

One of the years biggest holiday is almost here: Thanksgiving. This is the holiday that most people associate with Turkey for dinner. However, if you are planning on throwing a thanksgiving holiday meal for your friends and family, and either you or they are vegetarian, then you need to be mindful of what sort of food you can serve. Turkey might be fine for the majority of the dinner guests, but it's not right for all people....namely vegetarians.

Some people might think that the best way to handle the situation is to serve the turkey as the main dish and then expect the guests to eat just the sides. But that's a bit inconsiderate. It will make the vegetarian guests think that they were not thought of. Now if you happen to be a vegetarian, then you will surely know what to cook. But if you're not a vegetarian then you might be a bit puzzled about what main dishes to make. That said, here are a few examples:

1. Pasta

While many people might not associate pasta with thanksgiving, it is certainly a great dinner idea. You can make a baked pasta dish that would be perfect for your vegetarian guests. You can find some great recipes online for baked zita or even a vegetarian lasagna.

2.Quinoa

Some people don't like pasta, maybe it's the people who are gluten free, or maybe it's just too much trouble cooking. So what you might want to consider is something such as  quinoa. This is a fun dish that you can cook up and make seasonal by adding things such as squash or pumpkin.


3. Fake Turkey 

There is always the option to get fake turkey. These are made from something such as tofu. You can get them from brands like ToFurkey...which is one of the more popular ones. This way your guests can eat "turkey" and sides like mashed potatoes, sweet potatoes, etc...





Some additional links about how to handle a vegetarian Thanksgiving.

 And here's a Vegan thanksgiving.