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I've been a vegetarian since I was 13 (I'm 31 now) and I was never much of a meat eater before that, so my family has been wise to Veggie Holiday foods for a while now: We never have meat in the stuffing and we never put it in the bird (that's more for bacteriological reasons; everyone in my family also works in the healthcare field). My grandmother sometimes makes a gravy with turkey drippings, but there's also always a meatless one (usually from roast veggies). The sweet potatoes don't have marshmallows on them, and there's always tons of other traditional and non-traditional sides, non of which contain meat. We do all the holidays and family gatherings this way and no one's ever complained about not having enough meat. -- My most-requested dish is a Kraft Stuffing Ball recipe where I substitute sautéed mushrooms, green onions and garlic, for the pork, and use vegetarian stuffing and vegetarian cranberry sauce. So good!