The wellington is almost ready to come out of the oven and it smells spectacular and looks beautiful!

Only thing I didn't think through is transporting it and keeping it hot, since we are going as guests. Hopefully it's just at good at more of a room temp.

Anonymous wrote:In the past I’ve made wild mushroom tart. DELICIOUS!

Recipe?

In the past I’ve made wild mushroom tart. DELICIOUS!

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Anonymous wrote:If you eat crab, we’ve done a crab au gratin type dish that everyone enjoyed.

Please tell us more about this vegetarian crab.

+1. It's like my MIL has entered the conversation.

Two people have already talked about vegetarian crab. Go ahead and read up.

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Anonymous wrote:If you eat crab, we’ve done a crab au gratin type dish that everyone enjoyed.

Please tell us more about this vegetarian crab.

+1. It's like my MIL has entered the conversation.

Anonymous wrote:Farro with roasted carrots, parsley, white beans, tomatoes, and a basil sauce.

Tomatoes roasted in olive oil with za'atar

Vegetable pasta strata

Black bean fajitas with an avocado sauce

Quinoa with parsnip, zucchini, squash, and a lemon glaze

This sounds lovely. Can I come? My family members are dedicated to meat and sides loaded with cream, butter, or cheese, with no vegetable retaining anything close to its original state. UGH.

Farro with roasted carrots, parsley, white beans, tomatoes, and a basil sauce.

Tomatoes roasted in olive oil with za'atar

Vegetable pasta strata

Black bean fajitas with an avocado sauce

Quinoa with parsnip, zucchini, squash, and a lemon glaze

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Anonymous wrote:We are having butternut squash gnocchi with sage brown butter sauce, sautéed mushrooms, broccolini, cranberry relish, and biscuits. Desserts will be pecan pie and dark chocolate caramel saltine toffee.

Pretty sure no one will miss the turkey too much; I am the only omnivore in the house and am pretty excited about the menu.

I love this menu. Where do you find the gnocchi?

Agree this sounds lovely

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Anonymous wrote:We are having butternut squash gnocchi with sage brown butter sauce, sautéed mushrooms, broccolini, cranberry relish, and biscuits. Desserts will be pecan pie and dark chocolate caramel saltine toffee.

Pretty sure no one will miss the turkey too much; I am the only omnivore in the house and am pretty excited about the menu.

I love this menu. Where do you find the gnocchi?

I am making it; it will be similar to this: https://www.bonappetit.com/recipe/butternut-squash-gnocchi-with-sage-brown-butter

It’s pretty straightforward and delicious.

Anonymous wrote:We are having butternut squash gnocchi with sage brown butter sauce, sautéed mushrooms, broccolini, cranberry relish, and biscuits. Desserts will be pecan pie and dark chocolate caramel saltine toffee.

Pretty sure no one will miss the turkey too much; I am the only omnivore in the house and am pretty excited about the menu.

I love this menu. Where do you find the gnocchi?

We are having butternut squash gnocchi with sage brown butter sauce, sautéed mushrooms, broccolini, cranberry relish, and biscuits. Desserts will be pecan pie and dark chocolate caramel saltine toffee.

Pretty sure no one will miss the turkey too much; I am the only omnivore in the house and am pretty excited about the menu.

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Anonymous wrote: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.

Hopefully one of those sides includes a vegetarian protein.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote: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.

Hopefully one of those sides includes a vegetarian protein.

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.

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.

It’s Thanksgiving. Make a plate and calm down, really.

I think something like pumpkin or butternut squash ravioli would be a nice main. Whip up a quick brown butter sauce, with a little sage, cream, and Parmesan, and that would fit the bill for something filling. My DD loves the pumpkin-sage ravioli they sell at Aldi. They’re filled with pumpkin along with cheese, so anyone worried about protein should be satisfied.

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Anonymous wrote:If you eat crab, we’ve done a crab au gratin type dish that everyone enjoyed.

Please tell us more about this vegetarian crab.

Not PP, but many people use Lion's Mane mushrooms for a vegetarian crab.

Of course that's not necessary if you are serving pescatarians.

Hearts of palm makes a good sub for crab in crab cakes and [/b]crap soup[b].

I’m really curious about this soup…