Vegetarian Thanksgiving

Lately the trend in vogue is going vegetarian andcelebrate this festival with friendly food and
sparing thousands of poor souls the brutalresources at their display to choose from. In fact
onslaught at the slaughter houses, to serve asvegetarian Thanksgiving can be a glamorous affair
delectable dishes for the occasion and delight thetaking into consideration that being vegetarian is
appetite of the guests invited. PETA along withnow in rage for the fact that is the best way to
the fervent efforts made by many organizationsshow your compassion towards the animals as
has raised the awareness of the public andwell as living healthy, keeping ailments such as
interestingly encouraged them to tread on theheart disease, cancer, strokes, diabetes as well as
path of trendy vegetarianism or prompted themfood poisoning at bay. In 1998, growing
to go all vegan, despite Thanksgiving beingawareness about the unhealthy conditions in which
marked out in the American calendar as athe turkeys were kept and the inhuman manner
meat-influenced holiday. However, there is a subtlein which these were genetically engineered to
difference between being vegan and vegetarian.grow twice as large and twice as fast as their
Being vegetarian means compulsorily abstainingancestors to keep in pace with the growing
from non-vegetarian food items like fish, meat,demand, prompted families across North America
egg, dairy products and sometimes evento participate in a tradition where they adopted
excluding honey from one's diet. While beingturkeys instead of eating them. In a way the
vegan means one chooses voluntarily not toturkeys were treated as guest of honor. More so,
consume non-vegetarian food items like thetill date PETA, the group for animal right
vegetarian mass of population and being contentprotection has also been consistent in its effort to
experimenting with the substitutes offered in theprevent the slaughter of these innocent birds by
market.Since long turkey has been thefeaturing Thanksgiving e-cards on its websites
centerpiece of Thanksgiving feasting, hence mostthat say "Don't Eat the Mascot" and "Happy
vegetarians tend to feel left out on that day, butTofurky Day" instead of "Happy Turkey Day".In
now with this new trend in vogue one needs notrecent times, in fact since 1995, America's leading
worry at all. Though this idea of going vegetarianturkey alternative is "Tofurky" or in other words
is gaining popularity at a rapid pace yet for most"Tofu-turkey". It is the best way to satisfy the
Americans, to celebrate Thanksgiving withoutvegetarian and the non-vegetarian populace alike
turkey would be similar to having birthday bashby offering this meat substitute which is equally
without a cake, Christmas without tree or Fourthappealing as their non-veg counterpart. In fact
of July celebrations without fireworks. Over theover the years, turkey has been completely
years, majority of people are found gorging onbowled over by its substitute, "tofurky'. PETA
the sumptuous meals cooked for the specialsupports this effort by listing out a host of
occasion with turkey featuring as the mainrecipes to choose from, including "Tofurky" roast,
attraction in the menu. While vegetarians being thedumplings, giblet and mushroom gravy, tofurky
unfortunate lot nibbling on the leftovers and sidewild rice stuffing and wishtix, "Unturkey", "Tofu
dishes. But off-late, vegetarianism has been onturkey" are all kind alternatives to real turkeys so
the rise, with about 6% of the Americanthat it is not missed at the Thanksgiving table.
population saying they never eat meat, the figureThey are soy-based roast, stuffing and gravy
shooting up to 10% among those aged 18-34,that taste more often than not like the real meat.
according to a recent Vegetarian Resource GroupIf tofurky is not your type, then one has the
Harris Interactive Survey. There may beliberty to stick to the traditional dishes like corn,
variegated reasons for people opting for asquashes, apples, nuts, cranberries, as well as
vegetarian diet. Whatever the reason may be:favorites like pumpkin pie with a tasty crumb
religious, ethical, health considerations or out oftopping to appease your appetite. Desserts also
serious concern for the environment or animalcome in all kinds of varieties wooing the
rights, its true that unknowingly one is likely tovegetarian and the hard-core non-vegetarian
receive health benefits from it. In fact a recentmass alike with stuffs such as vegan pies in
study indicated that one out of every eightpumpkin, cherry blackberry and apple-
turkeys is infected with salmonella bacteria. Thuscranberry-currant varieties.This time that you plan
avoiding the consumption of turkeys may not bea dinner for your vegetarian guests, you no more
a bad choice. Again "The American Dietetichave to spend sleepless nights pondering what
Association" says that the nutritional benefits ofwould be a good and viable choice of food items
vegetarian diets include lower levels of saturatedto be cooked. Your culinary art lies in preparing
fat, cholesterol, as well as higher levels of fiber,vegetarian food which will be enjoyed and
folate and anti-oxidants such as vitamin C andappreciated by both the finicky children as well as
E.This new generation of vegans and vegetariansby adults with more traditional tastes.
however now has a reason to party and