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Meatless Main Dishes for Thanksgiving

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[Photograph: Herbivoracious]

It's called Turkey Day not Other Non-Turkey Stuff Day for a reason. Vegetarians are usually stuck piling on the sides on Thanksgiving, which isn't the worst thing in the world, but they could use some entrees with a little more heft. This photo of squash stuffed with orzo in a sage brown butter sauce from our Seriously Meatless man Michael Natkin is a great example of a turkey alternative—and we're not talking the turkey-flavored proteins. Here are some others, and feel free to chime in with your ideas.

5 Comments:

"Blue Cheese, Pear, and Pecan Quiche"?... "Spaghetti Squash with Ricotta, Sage, and Pine Nuts"?...... I'm swooning. YUM!

I've made this mushroom pie recipe (originally in Bon Appetit, now mysteriously missing from the epicurious and Bon Appetit websites) for Thanksgiving a few times in a row, and it's a delicious alternative (for me, then a vegetarian), or substantial side, to turkey. I made it exactly as printed the first year, and substituted heavy cream for 3/4 of the cream cheese in following years (the cream cheese flavor was too prevalent for my taste). The sour cream crust is awesomely flaky, and the filling is rich and yummy, especially if you use a variety of wild mushrooms. Highly recommended!

http://recipes.epicurean.com/recipe/15972/mushroom-pie.html

Meatless? The Chestnut, Pumpkin, and Farros Soup has pancetta. I often think that pancetta is candy, but it's still considered as meat to some people.......

@brucey79: Ha! Somehow I missed that. Or I was just trying to dupe you with a sneaky gateway meat.

these all sound so lovely, but i know the times my neice and i have tried making a "fill-in" centerpiece dish for ourselves, it's usually mercilessly cast aside lest it suck up too much potato/green bean/pie space in the tummy!

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