What vegetarian food can I cook for a visiting vegetarian at Thanksgiving as the rest of the guestes eat meat?

Answer 1

I second the "With all the variety of foods at your average Thanksgiving dinner, a visiting vegetarian can eat really well with a plate of mashed potatoes, green bean casserole, corn, stuffing, sweet potatoes, and cranberry sauce. Really no need to make anything special" answer. Just keep the stuffing separate from the turkey, and watch weird ingredients -- Worcestershire sauce, which tends to end up in that green bean thing, has anchovies in it.

And I don't know what use vegetarians have for cranberry sauce; it has never been popular with my (partially vegetarian) family.

Throw in a salad, though -- simple is fine -- or else those Thanksgiving sides end up being just a plate of hot mush, which can be a bit boring.

If you're low on side dishes, though, or really want more of a main course for your guest, I suggest some sort of quiche (or similar -- a frittata?) or pasta dish. Lasagna's probably too involved, but a ready-made tortellini with ready-made sauce might work.

I'm happy if there're enough side dishes, thrilled if something else is thrown in.

That said, I, and a lot of other vegetarians, have no interest at all in 'tofurky.' I just went to look at a picture of it, and can say I wouldn't even taste it. I don't care for tofu or other meat substitutes, either, and that's not _that_ uncommon. (Why not eat meat just to eat things that resemble it?)

Since it's just one person, don't put yourself out. I'd go and buy the best quality take-away vegetarian entrée I could find, and maybe a ready-made green salad to put out for everybody.

And: please avoid anything too self-consciously healthy. The salad need not be large or complex; it's just there for the sake of different texture &c. I assure you most of us do not want to be sitting picking at a delightful vegan dish of curried lentils while everybody else is tucking in to their second baked potato with a half cup of butter on top.

Answer 2

With the complete type of foods at your traditional Thanksgiving dinner, a journeying vegetarian can devour fairly just right with a plate of mashed potatoes, green bean cassarole, corn, stuffing, sweet potatoes, and cranberry sauce. Rather no ought to make some thing specified.

Answer 3

With all the variety of foods at your average Thanksgiving dinner, a visiting vegetarian can eat really well with a plate of mashed potatoes, green bean cassarole, corn, stuffing, sweet potatoes, and cranberry sauce. Really no need to make anything special.

Answer 4

With the whole type of ingredients at your organic Thanksgiving dinner, a vacationing vegetarian can consume rather good with a plate of mashed potatoes, green bean cassarole, corn, stuffing, candy potatoes, and cranberry sauce. fairly no ought to make something particular.

Answer 5

You could do a nut roast. Im a vegetarian and i have that for our xmas dinner. Its very tasty. Your supermarket should sell them at the thanksgiving time of year. Sorry im not up on thanksgiving coming from the UK, im not ignorant just honest lol

Answer 6

Smashed Potatoes

Answer 7

Fix a casserole with cheese in it. Or you can make macaroni and cheese for them. My Mom used to make this GREAT broccoli cheese and rice casserole. It was made with cream of celery soup and cheese whiz. (You can find that recipe on MANY sites.) It's DELICIOUS! You can also make green bean casserole. If you make stuffing, I think you can substitute chicken broth for vegetable both (?????) not sure how it would taste though. Just make sure you have lots of veggies on hand. A good pasta salad should do too. Here, use these EXCELLENT websites for tasty vegetarian recipes. They should help.
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Answer 8

Proper etiquette says not to fix anything extra
1 there will be enough non meat dishes
2 you have enough to do it's not polite to ask you to go out of your way to do something extra for one person
3 being a vegetarian is ther choice they shouldn't expect you to accommodate them
4 If you do that for one person than it leaves the door open for others and their special requests

Answer 9

There are several options

1. A Tofurky http://www.tofurky.com/
2. Quorn makes a turkey alternative http://www.quorn.us/
3. Make a non traditional dish (veggie lasagna, veggie stew)

Good luck

Answer 10

Pasta is always a good choice.....make some colorful pasta (like veggie pasta) and toss in some stir fried seasonal vegetables like squash, carrots, snow peas, garbanzo beans. It will be colorful and seasonal. Top with some fresh grated cheese......or if you are really ambitious, make your own ravioli stuffed with squash