So I don’t mind it if I don’t get invited to a dinner at a friends house where everyone is there BUT me because I am vegan. Their excuse was, “There wasn’t anything for you to eat.” Far be it from me to offer to bring a dish for not only me to eat but others to try. See, no, no, this situation isn’t what burns my buns, what burns my buns is when someone DOES invited me and KNOWS I am vegan and has nothing for me to eat and turned down the offer of me bringing a dish or two for not only me but for others to try. Their reasoning for why I shouldn’t bring a dish, “There will be plenty of food. I’m sure there will be something here you can eat.” Well, in this season of turkey, ham, chicken stuffing, meat, meat and more meat and buttery rolls, whip cream, dairy, dairy and more dairy, I am very upfront on offering to bring food. It not only makes me look gracious, but it prevents me from starving. So color me surprised when I arrived at this dinner party and come to find out there was nothing, literally nothing I could eat. It drives me banana sandwich when the host first apologizes then gets huffy and tries to find something for me to eat. Grrrrarrrgh.
So now that is off my chest, I’d like to present some ideas and recipes to the vegans out there for this Thanksgiving season. First of all, the Tofurkey Thanksgiving dinner box. PERfect! I tried it last year. Totally AWesome. This year I am going to change it up though. Last year, I just followed the directions on the box and let the “turkey” cook. This year I am going to let it slow roast and perhaps put a light coat of honey (yes, I do honey) or agave sweetener, you know to give it a little crunch and let the mushroom gravy soak in. I got you drooling now having I? Plus I plan to Google for many other Thanksgiving favorites, veganized. Check out this recipe for vegan pumpkin pie, http://www.simple-vegetarian-recipes.com/desserts-vegan-pumpkin-pie.html
I personally am planning on bringing the Tofurkey dinner along with the pie and some other goodies to my uncle’s house where I am having my Thanksgiving dinner. Yes, he will have plenty of food but I am still bringing it!
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Dear Denise,
I don’t want to get all 1997 here but – you can’t eat honey and be a vegan. People describing a vegan diet and including honey in recipes should not be allowed a vegan website. There’s nothing more vegan about honey than there is milk. Seriously, we can’t start bending the rules on what’s vegan or else the term won’t mean anything.
If you eat honey, you aren’t vegan yet. Don’t get me wrong, if the only animal product you eat is honey – that is fabulous and you rock! But by definition it’s not vegan.
Stick with the Agave.
-Sarah
Good to know you love the tofurky– I often hear mixed reviews, and although I’ve been veg*n for some 15 years now, I’ve never tried it! Mmmm, mushroom graaaaavy…