How can vegetarians replacing a meal that is less about the turkey?

It depends on the person. Some people will eat just the sides, such as the green beans, mashed potatoes, etc. Others will eat the faux meat, a Quorn roast or Tofurkey. There are people that will make a fall themed dish, using fall vegetables, squashes, etc. Still others just make a general main dish with not fall theme.

I change it up every year. My sister likes the faux turkey products so sometimes we use those. Other times I will make a fall themed dish, last year I made a generic dish that had nothing to do with fall. This year I want to make a fall themed meal.

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i am a vegetarian but the rest of my extended family isn't, so i don't make them make me anything special.... i will eat the sides like stuffing, mashed potatoes, and cranberry sauce. Even without turkey it is still the best meal all year. Also make sure you get your protein... maybe make some beans to eat beforehand.

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My last Thanksgiving dinner with the family had two or three vegetarian casseroles, spicy green beans, candied sweet potatoes, mashed potatoes, cranberry sauce, a salad or two, a nutroast, some bean dish, macaroni and cheese, and loads of desserts. If that meal is lacking for something, well I must be crazy.

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After I gave up turkey I made a feast of vegetables cooked the way I liked them best. Seasoned roast potatoes, mashed potatoes, mashed yams with ginger,green beans with almonds, candied root vegetables like carrots, turnips, parsnips etc. Lots of stuffing, vegetable stock gravy, cranberries. I had so much taste variety that I never missed the Turkey and haven't even bothered with a meat substitue.

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Some eat faux turkey or faux meat. But some of us left the idea of a meat or meat-like "main" dish in our past. Omnivores typically think of meals as a hunk of flesh with "sides". I think of a meal as several colorful and varied dishes.

What is the most important healthiest veggie you should be eating?

there is no 1 healthiest veggie. The person who suggested spinach apparently does not know that spinach contains oxilates which inhibits all that lovely iron from absorbing.

BUT if you eat the spinach with, say, tomatoes, the vitamin C in the tomatoes aids in iron absorption.
Thats the way it is with all veggies and fruits too. That is why it is recommended to eat a wide variety of fruits and veggies. They all have something different to offer the well balanced diet.

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eat a full range of fresh vegetable any that you cook should be steamed or oven cooked rather than boiled to preserve the vitamin content of the vegetable as most vitamins are water soluble.

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Most people don't know this but an artichoke is the healthiest vegetable you can eat. One artichoke is 60 calories and contains over 4 grams of protein. It also increases your sex drive.

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If you want a healthy diet, the key is not to have one "healthy" veggie... the key is to eat a variety of veggies that are a variety of vibrant colours.

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Sweet potatoes (fresh) or brussel sprouts rank quite high nutritionally across the board but any fresh vegetable is extremely healthy even white potatoes.

What is the best protein shake Homemade?

Quick and easy.

• 1 raw egg
• 8 oz glass of milk
• 1 tsp sugar
• shake of salt
• sprinkle of ground nutmeg
• mix well.

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the best protein shakes are the ones you make at home with a blender. If you don't have a blender, you can find one pretty cheap at Wal-mart, Target, K-mart, etc. Purchase a good protein powder at a health food store. If you're trying to lose weight, use a whey product, otherwise just regular protein powder is fine.

Mix a scoop of the powder with 1 cup milk (skim to lose weight), 1/2 cup plain yogurt, and fruit--fresh or frozen. Add ice and blend to the desired thickness. The shake will be healthy and delicious. You can make a million variations using different fruits, flavorings, instant coffee, chocolate syrup, etc. The web page below has lots of protein shake recipes. They are mostly geared towards weight loss, so just change the skim milk for regular and the fat-free yogurt for regular.

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3 raw eggs. Five ducklings and a some veal. Blend that together with some milk.

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Half cup of water, big scoop of protein powder, 1 banana, tablespoon of peanut butter.

Add chocolate syrup if you aren't watching what you eat.

How to make homemade veggie burgers?

I start by boiling some chick peas, red kidney beans and haricot beans for 5 minutes. Drain the water, add parsley, butter, salt and pepper, paprika and a little cayenne pepper. Then you mush it with a potato smoosher, till it's mashed but has a little texture. Then mould them into balls, flatten them into burgers and stick 'em in the oven for 20 minutes at about 200c. get them out, bung them in a bread roll with letture, pickles, oinion etc. And viola.......you have a happy burger!

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I use mince, flour, bread crumbs, oregano and egg yolk. This makes a delcious pattie. Then I will often add bacon, onions, lettuce, tomato, ketchup and aoili. Oh, and aged cheddar cheese.