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Last year, I had grapes for Thanksgiving (thanks, stepmom) so anything you serve is welcome--really, just having vegetarian side dishes is enough.

My favorites, in an ideal world would be vegetarian stuffing (dressing), green beans, stuffed vegetables like autumn squash, and sweet potatoes (plain, no 'stuff' for reasons of taste, not just vegetarianism). And cranberry sauce and pie, of course.

I honestly wouldn't worry too much about the protein--no one is going to keel over and die for want of protein after eating a huge plate of T-day veggie sides.

However, since this person is vegan--why not have a 'nut tray'--everyone would like that actually, and stuff like walnuts, pecans, and so forth are very seasonal, and just about everyone (except for people with allergies) likes cashews or peanuts.

Hummus for the appetizer spread is another possibility.

I am vegetarian, but for a vegan, you might want to have fruit for dessert. Actually, although I love dessert, after a meal I'm usually too full to enjoy it and would probably prefer fruit, and like to 'take home' a slice of pie or two.

Call me crazy, but I like them plain--no butter--with lots of salt.

@Luna--you were probably pulling my vegetarian leg, but by 'Turtle Pie' I meant the 'pie' version of chocolate turtles--usually some combo of nuts, chocolate, and caramel (and sometimes cookie dough) baked in a pie shell.

@everyone--I wonder why people don't try just baking apples, no sugar in a pie crust. That is the type of pie I like--I think I may try that, just baked apple, some cinnamon and nutmeg. Pumpkin as well.

I'd love to see the best bakery pies in the tri-state area: may I suggest Delicious Orchards in NJ, to start?

Peanuts on the table is a definite plus--reminds me of my favorite chain restaurant as a little kid, The Ground Round, which had bowls of popcorn on the table.

However, that slice looks like a pizza from a box that has been dropped on the floor.

Not to be a nutrition nut, but humans need a daily dose of Vitamin C. Without it, you can get scurvy. In one kind of 'funny but not funny' case, a bunch of frat guys who lived on beer and hot dogs got it even in the modern era. So those of you who are eating oatmeal or yogurt, I hope you're taking a multivitamin, eating fruit, or eating vitamin-fortified foods.

The thing with 'za is that it is a multicomponent food--tomatoes have Vitamin C, and there is calcium, protein and carbs in the 'food profile.'

I think to get enough nutrients you'd have to pick a 'dish' more than a single food like, say, grapes, or a single food group like nuts.

Dan, I surfed the LTH forum--hilarious link, btw--and I have to say I was surprised at three things:

1. Lots of the pizza this guy ate looked pretty bad. Does the consumption of Tombstone really count as pizza?

2. He ate his pizza with TABASCO sauce.

3. Lots of disturbing accounts of people who ate the same thing for 10+years of their lives, like one guy who said his mom ate nothing but instant coffee, hot dogs, and Life cereal for his entire teenage years. And I thought I was bad when I was a dieting chick in my 20s...

I'm a vegetarian and I absolutely hate all of these hair-splitting definitions about what a vegetarian is--as long as people eat less meat, and eat ethically-raised meat when they do eat meat, I think they are making the world a better place. So even though I don't personally eat meat, Mark Bittman gets a warm swishy veggie hug and kiss from me, as do you @PoorOldMama.

You said you had creamed spinach and meat together--that is an awful lot of fat (I love fat, but just speakin' digestion) in one meal. Actually, I've gotten sick from creamed spinach before, not because it is rancid but when I eat it made by someone else, it's often made with several cups of heavy cream, sometimes parmesan cheese for good measure. If it was that, plus the meat, I can see why you might be queasy.

I didn't know this was the secret of Texas sheet cake, or what made it so special!

Erin, isn't the title of this post a bit misleading--your friend isn't obeying a compulsion, she's just not putting milk in her cereal to save calories. Actually, she's probably leaving out the substance with calcium and protein that (provided the milk is good) is healthier than the cereal!

Why not use unsweetened almond milk, vanilla flavored (I prefer nondairy milks personally)--that has only 40 calories a cup?

My weird compulsion--I haven't eaten cereal for years! As a kid, I used to love it, but now cereal tastes like cardboard to me, except oatmeal, which I love.

Just thought of one more--cake with butter and honey on top. Or peanut butter and honey and/or jelly.

I am not a big pizza person anymore, but as a kid, sometimes if we were 'good' we would have pizza parties in school. Those were the best! As a kid, color me happy with a slice of 'za, a cupcake, and a festive paper plate.

The crust is the best part of the cheesecake, and I believe Jr's has no crust, so it's only fitting a mouse would prefer a cake that only had his favorite part!

That picture would be totally awesome for a 'caption contest'--although all I can think of is the mouse must be thinking "oh my goodness, and they say dreams can't come true. Cheese. cake. Cheese. cake."