As hard as it is to be gluten free, it is hard to hear that you are keeping your child vegetarian for lifestyle purposes. When you have a medical issue, you should make accommodations, not make things more difficult. Get some turkey for him, it's naturally gluten free, and serve everything else vegetarian.

Anonymous wrote:OP here. Thanks everyone got the great recipes and suggestions. This is DS's first gluten free Thanksgiving. It has been difficult enough for him getting used to being gluten free. He really likes tofurkey and I just wanted to find something else that he can enjoy. I think I'm going to try one of these recipes : )
For the other posters who have only obnoxious comments to make, I find it really stupid that you even bother to click on a post that has to do with being vegetarian. Are you really that bored?

(First recipe pp here!). Ugh-- the first gf thanksgiving!? Good luck! The first of anything new is always hard! I'm sure you will make it a tasty memory!

OP here. Thanks everyone got the great recipes and suggestions. This is DS's first gluten free Thanksgiving. It has been difficult enough for him getting used to being gluten free. He really likes tofurkey and I just wanted to find something else that he can enjoy. I think I'm going to try one of these recipes : )
For the other posters who have only obnoxious comments to make, I find it really stupid that you even bother to click on a post that has to do with being vegetarian. Are you really that bored?

Anonymous wrote:I'm a vegetarian, an don't love fake meat stuff, but this thread is ridiculous. If someone asked "Can I have a good cranberry sauce recipe" would you answer "ew, with all the good sides out there why bother with cranberry sauce?" She didn't ask for a vegetarian main dish or your opinion of fake turkey - she asked for a fake turkey recipe. Save your snark for the first time moms and leave the food board alone.

+1

I'm a vegetarian, an don't love fake meat stuff, but this thread is ridiculous. If someone asked "Can I have a good cranberry sauce recipe" would you answer "ew, with all the good sides out there why bother with cranberry sauce?" She didn't ask for a vegetarian main dish or your opinion of fake turkey - she asked for a fake turkey recipe. Save your snark for the first time moms and leave the food board alone.

Good thing is you won't have to worry about hosting Thanksgiving ever again.

I thought the thread about Toddlers on a Plane was about a new horror movie.

Turns out THIS is the horror movie thread.

The Vegetarian Times always has good ideas in their holiday issues. I like stuffed squash and pumpkin for sort of centerpiece-type dishes; I did see a GF stuffing mix (the kind in a box) at Trader Joe's last week, so we might try that.

We had Tufurkey in the past, which we didn't love, and Field Roast, which we loved, but I have a kid who can't do gluten, so that's not a great option any more. When I lived in the UK, nut roast was a popular vegetarian dish at holidays, and it's not difficult to make it gluten free. Here are a few recipes:

http://www.jamieoliver.com/recipes/vegetables-recipes/vegan-nut-roast/

http://www.thekitchn.com/winter-recipe-classic-vegetarian-nut-loaf-102222

They're not the prettiest things, but I think they're delicious, and they're easy to make ahead. Plus, they're great in "leftover" sandwiches with cranberry sauce.

Check Vegetarian times for alternative Thanksgiving main dishes- like stuffed squash, etc.

Anonymous wrote:recipe for stuffed acorn squash with quinoa??

http://bit.ly/1y6U6wD

Anonymous wrote:Because there is no such thing as a gluten free, vegetarian turkey!! If it is not the animal known as a turkey, you can call it whatever you want to but it's not a TURKEY!! Idiot, vegetarian asshats! You might as well look for gluten free, vegetarian unicorn roasts, same thing!!

Yes, but think of the poor unicorns. Now manticores, they are not very popular, and I have heard they are delicious as long as you get all the toxins out.

recipe for stuffed acorn squash with quinoa??

Anonymous wrote:This is what I don't understand. There are lots of good vegetarian and/or gluten free recipes for Thanksgiving that don't include the senseless cruelty to tofu. Why do you need a substitute turkey? Why not skip it? I'm not trying to be snarky, but genuinely curious.

I have to agree. My family was vegetarian for many years, and after the first year or two we have up on the faux turkey. Commercially available ones were just kind of gross, and there are a lot yummier things to make instead. Pp's idea about stuffed acorn squash is a fantastic one. We make a version with quinoa stuffing that is always a hit with herbivores and carnivores alike.

Tons of options

http://store.veganessentials.com/thanksgiving-foods-c181.aspx?noredirect