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I really like the holiday of Thanksgiving. No, not because of the food (my husband has something to say about that here: Snapping Out of the Thanksgiving Eating Trance), although, I do love the food, but because it is still fairly non-commercial and reminds everyone to be grateful for the blessings in their life. It’s some mainstream yogic philosophy – except the food binging.

© John Pritchett

Ok, here is what we will be eating for our vegetarian Thanksgiving dinner:
Vegetarian Thanksgiving Menu including my all-time favorite VegetarianCornbread, ‘Sausage,’ Apple, & Pecan Stuffing Recipe and this award winning Vegetarian Mushroom Thyme Gravy.

And our napkins may turn out like this:

Turkey Napkin Folding Instructions

And, of course, will be baking Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Cookies. Oh, they are just so good. Guests usually take some home. Speaking of, here are some more great Pumpkin Recipes.

Anywho, I hope you and yours have a wonderful Thanksgiving!

For dinner tonight:

• Fall Salad
• New England Clam Chowder
  (for a vegetarian version see Vegetarian New England “Clam” Chowder. Or use the original recipe and just substitute the clams with the arame from the vegetarian recipe and add oyster mushrooms for the texture.)
• Homemade Quick Rolls with Homemade All-Purpose Herbed Butter
• Grandma’s Apple and Honey Muffins* with Homemade Whipped Honey Butter

*The muffin recipe is from a great book we picked up at the library, The Beeman:


It’s an easy and healthy recipe with only flour, baking powder, salt, cinnamon, nutmeg, whole wheat or bran cereal flakes (we use whole grain with flax), apple, raisins, egg or Ener G Foods Egg Replacer, milk, oil & honey.

strawberry pie, originally uploaded by hlkljgk.

syna went strawberry picking yesterday and wanted to make strawberry pie. so, we came up with this quick and tasty version.

individual graham cracker crusts

sliced strawberries
some sugar
-mix and let sit

heavy whipping cream
some sugar
some vanilla
-whip together

tomorrow we’re going to try this Quick Strawberry Jam Recipe. no sterilizing, small batch, quick and simple to make.