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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Plenty of vegetarian and even vegan sides, but no main dish. Make yourself a “veggie plate,” there are so many choices, you won’t go hungry.

Now, vegetarian AND picky? Can’t help you.[/quote]

Hopefully one of those sides includes a vegetarian protein.[/quote]

At least three of them do. But you know what? Thanksgiving is also one day/one meal. I don’t usually eat two desserts, but I do on Thanksgiving. Do you get it? Like the point is to make a plate and enjoy yourself, not Eat Perfectly Balanced and Amazing Thursday. [/quote]

offering everyone a protein at a meal isn’t the same as you choosing to eat two desserts at one meal and you know it.[/quote]

Sure it is. This just isn’t that big of a deal. Not having a protein is not some dire emergency. And I’m a vegetarian for 30 years. I’ve done just fine without a protein at every meal.[/quote]

NP. I agree. I’m not a vegetarian, but my sister was for 15 years, so I have a lot of experience incorporating vegetarian dishes into holiday meals/houseguest meals. And here’s what: no one needs to act like Thanksgiving Dinner is the only eating opportunity of the day. Eat some breakfast, eat some appetizers, eat a plate of even mishmash holiday food, have some dessert, and have an extra scoop of mac and cheese for a late snack. Like, it’s a no-rules eating day and I promise you, all will be well. In fact, a few times my sister and I would go to my aunt’s for Thanksgiving, and on the way back to my parents’ house (we drove later than almost everyone else to maximize cousin time), we’d hit up Taco Bell, get bean burritos and drive around and look at Christmas lights. The Protein Police did not ticket us.[/quote]

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