The post had a mushroom phyllo dish in its thanksgiving recipes that I bookmarked as a possibility for my vegetarian daughter. It is strange that this and other recipes are marketed as main dishes when there is no protein in them, though. My daughter would probably prefer to eat the vegetable sides and stuffing.

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Anonymous wrote:Why are you allowing your 10 year old to dictate the meal? You are really setting that kid up for problems. Not only does she or he have food control issues but now you are allowing those issues to dominate the foods eaten by the entire family. You really need to get into talk to a family therapist and dietician fast. This will only get worse as your kid gets older. You and your spouse should also consider doing parent therapy to figure out why you are allowing your child to dictate things like this to you.

I’d give this a troll score of 2/10. Lots of room for improvement!

Not a troll. A psychologist who works with high risk kids. OP is literally hand-making a kid whose butt is going to be in the seat of our waiting room within the next year or two.

Ok now you get a 3/10 for the silly credential story. Keep going and you can get closer to ten soon!!

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Anonymous wrote:Why are you allowing your 10 year old to dictate the meal? You are really setting that kid up for problems. Not only does she or he have food control issues but now you are allowing those issues to dominate the foods eaten by the entire family. You really need to get into talk to a family therapist and dietician fast. This will only get worse as your kid gets older. You and your spouse should also consider doing parent therapy to figure out why you are allowing your child to dictate things like this to you.

I’d give this a troll score of 2/10. Lots of room for improvement!

Not a troll. A psychologist who works with high risk kids. OP is literally hand-making a kid whose butt is going to be in the seat of our waiting room within the next year or two.

Well my 26 year old has decided to become a vegetarian and doesn’t like many vegetables. Yes it is a pain for me to accommodate him, but it is my pleasure to try. Being respectful of your child’s preferences is also a way to show love and support. While he could end up needing therapy, it’s not going to be because his mom can’t be bothered.

You truly don't see a difference between a 26 year old and a 10 year old? Really? I agree with the psychologist. The food control issue is the first step towards anorexia and bulimia, and other disordered eating. It is a very dangerous path for the 10 year old to be on. It is scary that the OP is not only encouraging the daughter but facilitating the disordered eating.

Lots of people become veg young without it being disordered. I stopped eating meat when I was 7, because I made the connection between the animals I love and the food on my plate. I now work in animal welfare, am still vegetarian, and have no eating disorders - and never did. I am so grateful, these four decades later, that my parents were understanding and supportive, even though they did not care about animals at all - they could see how much it meant to me. And this was before it was really normal for people to have non-meat diets - it's very very common today. Plenty of veg kids who are normal, well adjusted, and just don't eat animals. Your experience with high risk kids might cause you to see the whole world as full of high risk kids - when that's not the case.

My sibling is now veg, too, and raising two veg kids. They're great, too.

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Anonymous wrote:Why are you allowing your 10 year old to dictate the meal? You are really setting that kid up for problems. Not only does she or he have food control issues but now you are allowing those issues to dominate the foods eaten by the entire family. You really need to get into talk to a family therapist and dietician fast. This will only get worse as your kid gets older. You and your spouse should also consider doing parent therapy to figure out why you are allowing your child to dictate things like this to you.

I’d give this a troll score of 2/10. Lots of room for improvement!

Not a troll. A psychologist who works with high risk kids. OP is literally hand-making a kid whose butt is going to be in the seat of our waiting room within the next year or two.

Because the child is a vegetarian and the rest of the family mostly eats vegetarian? OP didn’t say they won’t cook meat, they just want to get some creative side dishes. Sounds like the psychologist has some pretty big issues.

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Anonymous wrote:Why are you allowing your 10 year old to dictate the meal? You are really setting that kid up for problems. Not only does she or he have food control issues but now you are allowing those issues to dominate the foods eaten by the entire family. You really need to get into talk to a family therapist and dietician fast. This will only get worse as your kid gets older. You and your spouse should also consider doing parent therapy to figure out why you are allowing your child to dictate things like this to you.

I’d give this a troll score of 2/10. Lots of room for improvement!

Not a troll. A psychologist who works with high risk kids. OP is literally hand-making a kid whose butt is going to be in the seat of our waiting room within the next year or two.

Well my 26 year old has decided to become a vegetarian and doesn’t like many vegetables. Yes it is a pain for me to accommodate him, but it is my pleasure to try. Being respectful of your child’s preferences is also a way to show love and support. While he could end up needing therapy, it’s not going to be because his mom can’t be bothered.

You truly don't see a difference between a 26 year old and a 10 year old? Really? I agree with the psychologist. The food control issue is the first step towards anorexia and bulimia, and other disordered eating. It is a very dangerous path for the 10 year old to be on. It is scary that the OP is not only encouraging the daughter but facilitating the disordered eating.

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Anonymous wrote:Why are you allowing your 10 year old to dictate the meal? You are really setting that kid up for problems. Not only does she or he have food control issues but now you are allowing those issues to dominate the foods eaten by the entire family. You really need to get into talk to a family therapist and dietician fast. This will only get worse as your kid gets older. You and your spouse should also consider doing parent therapy to figure out why you are allowing your child to dictate things like this to you.

I’d give this a troll score of 2/10. Lots of room for improvement!

Not a troll. A psychologist who works with high risk kids. OP is literally hand-making a kid whose butt is going to be in the seat of our waiting room within the next year or two.

Well my 26 year old has decided to become a vegetarian and doesn’t like many vegetables. Yes it is a pain for me to accommodate him, but it is my pleasure to try. Being respectful of your child’s preferences is also a way to show love and support. While he could end up needing therapy, it’s not going to be because his mom can’t be bothered.

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Anonymous wrote:Why are you allowing your 10 year old to dictate the meal? You are really setting that kid up for problems. Not only does she or he have food control issues but now you are allowing those issues to dominate the foods eaten by the entire family. You really need to get into talk to a family therapist and dietician fast. This will only get worse as your kid gets older. You and your spouse should also consider doing parent therapy to figure out why you are allowing your child to dictate things like this to you.

I’d give this a troll score of 2/10. Lots of room for improvement!

Not a troll. A psychologist who works with high risk kids. OP is literally hand-making a kid whose butt is going to be in the seat of our waiting room within the next year or two.

Laura Theodore has put on a few holiday spreads that look good on her show The Jazzy Vegetarian. That type of cooking doesn't appeal to me but I enjoy watching her show. Google "Jazzy Vegetarian Thanksgiving meals/holiday meals" and you'll get a bunch of recipes. Here are a couple of results.


https://jazzyvegetarian.com/easy-vegan-thanksgiving-menu/

https://jazzyvegetarian.com/25-vegan-thanksgiving-recipes/

Anonymous wrote:Why are you allowing your 10 year old to dictate the meal? You are really setting that kid up for problems. Not only does she or he have food control issues but now you are allowing those issues to dominate the foods eaten by the entire family. You really need to get into talk to a family therapist and dietician fast. This will only get worse as your kid gets older. You and your spouse should also consider doing parent therapy to figure out why you are allowing your child to dictate things like this to you.

I’d give this a troll score of 2/10. Lots of room for improvement!

Anonymous wrote:Why are you allowing your 10 year old to dictate the meal? You are really setting that kid up for problems. Not only does she or he have food control issues but now you are allowing those issues to dominate the foods eaten by the entire family. You really need to get into talk to a family therapist and dietician fast. This will only get worse as your kid gets older. You and your spouse should also consider doing parent therapy to figure out why you are allowing your child to dictate things like this to you.

Why are you allowing your 10 year old to dictate the meal? You are really setting that kid up for problems. Not only does she or he have food control issues but now you are allowing those issues to dominate the foods eaten by the entire family. You really need to get into talk to a family therapist and dietician fast. This will only get worse as your kid gets older. You and your spouse should also consider doing parent therapy to figure out why you are allowing your child to dictate things like this to you.

Anonymous wrote:The ombre vegetable gratin featured in NYT cooking looks very good.
Our whole family is vegetarian and it's nice because we are freed from the traditional Thanksgiving meal, we just use seasonal ingredients in creative ways. Some of the popular ones over the years: fall vegetable lasagne with sage bechamel, cauliflower cheddar soup with mustard croutons, butternut squash soup with Thai red curry and coconut milk, twice baked leek & goats cheese souffles with a red pepper sauce, spiced fall vegetables baked in puff pastry, winter vegetable tagine with couscous... I'd recommend picking up a nice vegetable or vegetable-forward cookbook like Ottolenghi's Plenty, and looking for inspiration.

I want to make this, but I'm a little intimidated. Any idea how difficult this is?

By far this has been our favorite, though labor intensive:
https://cooking.nytimes.com/recipes/1020596-vegetarian-mushroom-wellington

We've also done for mains:
-Veg chicken n dumplings
-Veg chicken pot pie
-Stuffed acorn squash
-Various tofurkey over the the years

Op here. Thanks for the ideas! We haven’t made a risotto in a long time - I like that idea a lot.

I do a mix of roasted root vegetables: beets, carrots, sweet potato, parsnips, turnips, red onion. Cut into one inch pieces. Add whole bulb of garlic, separate the cloves, but no need to peel. Toss with olive oil, salt, pepper, and a few splashes of balsamic vinegar roast 450 until done. May need to turn down heat after the first 20 min