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Trying to decide what to make for Thanksgiving. Whole family goes to my sister's house where I am the only vegan (and only GF person). So most of what I bring will be eaten by me,although brave others have been know to try my food! I'm thinking of trying fatfreevegan's Thanksgiving loaf http://blog.fatfreevegan.com/2010/11/th ... -loaf.html and maybe being untraditional and making Vegan Diner's mint truffle pie for dessert (there will already be a punpkin pie there) So what are the rest of you planning?

I stay traditional: chickpea cutlets, gravy, cornbread stuffing (I'm thinking of stuffing the cutlets this year), cranberry sauce, pumpkin pie, mashed potatoes, corn, kale salad, green beans, sweet potatoes. My die-hard stuffing fan niece and nephew LOVE the gluten free stuffing. In fact, the fam will eat anything I make except the cutlets. They'd probably like those fine, but since they're eating turkey, I keep those to myself :D

here's what we're having:

walnut crusted oven-baked tempeh
vidalia onions stuffed with gluten-free stuffing
garlicky smashed potatoes
roasted veggies (prolly aspagarus, broccoli, 'n brussels)
mushroom gravy to smother everything above (http://elizaveganpage.blogspot.com/2010 ... gravy.html - we make it with chickpea flour)
pumpkin pie with coconut cream

I always have grand plans, then I have to downsize cause I have to share oven/kitchen with non-vegan fare.
Last year I made vegweb's enchiladas (per my mom's request), Dreena's Festive Chickpea Tartlets using a GF crust, Garlicky Sweet Potatoes, Bryanna's Rich Brown Gravy and fatfreevegan's mini Pumpkin Cheesecake with her oat crust. It was very good.

i've never tried Dreena's Festive Chickpea Tartlets but have always wanted to. i just might have to this christmas. mmmmmmm! totally gonna give Susan V.'s pumkin cheesecake a whirl, too!

i'd love to hear about what you end up making this year, too. w00t!

I really love Dreena's tart, I've been making it for the last 3 TG. But I would like to branch out and do a homemade Tofurkey with all the trimmings. Can you guys recommend a non bread stuffing recipe? All I can get is Ener-G bread and do not like it.

I'm traveling home to my parents' this year. I'm super excited because my mom is a great cook and always makes the sides vegan (and now xgfx). She is awesome. I'm gonna help with the cooking, so we're gonna make:
cornbread stuffing with xgfx cornbread
caramelized shallots: http://smittenkitchen.com/2008/04/caramelized-shallots/
lemony brussels (i add a little candied nuts): http://www.nytimes.com/2010/11/17/dinin ... ref=dining
some sort of sweet potato, these look great: http://www.cookincanuck.com/2010/11/twi ... am-recipe/
fruit compote: http://pakupaku.info/thanksgiving/baked ... dley.shtml
and maybe a big head of roasted cauliflower with cheeze sauce on top.

xo
kittee

Those sweet potatoes look yummy. I am tempted to make them this year. Thanks Kittee!

Thank you so much for posting this loaf! It's just what I've been looking for.

Have a Happy Thanksgiving!

This is my first time hosting my parents since they went gluten free this year. I've got everything covered except for the stuffing! Could anyone recommend a simple cornbread recipe or a suggestion of a good vegan, gluten free bread I could make bread cubes out of? Thank you!

We don't do Thanksgiving here but I gave it a go last year for MoFo, I made mushroom and spinach stuffing, roasted Brussels sprouts with hazelnuts, festive chickpea tart, cranberry sauce and pumpkin pie (blërg).

I might do some of these recipes for Christmas plus this mushroom spinach pie too.

hey there. i just modified the recipe from the new farm, and it came out great. this makes a non-sweet pretty cakey bread, which is perfect for cubing and turning into dressing. i use a different recipe for eating, but i like a less cakey bread, usually.

so take this recipe: http://www.bigoven.com/recipe/18005/Veg ... Corn-Bread
and instead of the wheat flour add:

1 cup superfine brown rice flour
1/2 cup sorghum flour
1/4 cup tapioca flour
2 tbl potato starch
1/2 tsp xantham gum

you could prolly leave out the gum and add a bit of ground flax seed, but i wanted to make sure my bread wasn't crumbly. i am bringing this on an airplane tomorrow night!

xo
kittee

Thank you! You are the best!

i hope you like it. i'm pretty excited with how it came out, i've been munching on the little cubes all day. i think it needs a bit of salt, or be sure to season the dressing with some.

xo
kittee

Okay, I just made the mint pie (awesome!) and a sweet poato casserole http://ohsheglows.com/2009/11/24/this-a ... casserole/ which is yummy but I could have used a bit more potatoes(apparently the was a run on them at my market) I've decided to make chickpea cutlets in the morning cause I know they're yummy. Haven't had a chance to test other recipes yet. If I have time I might make biscuts. Oh,I also got an apple pie from a local gluten free bakery. Turns out their apple and blueberry pies are vegan!