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Good: A vegetarian Thanksgiving in carnivores


Stuart Bradford

No Turkey were harmed in the writing of this column.


In the last three weeks, New York Times's well blog holiday vegetarian and vegan recipes from an all-star team of chefs and food writer collected. The haul was delicious: see other crisp low fat Zucchini cake; Avocado and Grapefruit salad;Honey-roasted acorn squash, chestnut and Apple casserole;and a surprisingly simple chocolate pumpkin bread pudding with coconut milk instead of dairy products.


To non-vegetarians Thanksgiving without Turkey can sound like Ketzerei.Aber shifting your focus from the bird, the rest of the meal which can cook a surprising effect on both your eating habits and creativity.


"It makes for good food to reconsider and create dishes, vegetables, play an important role", said Michael Anthony, executive chef of Gramercy Tavern in New York City.


He has not created a vegetarian tasting menu at the restaurant - but, he stressed to win vegetarians.


"" There is no way, draw a niche market in the restaurant, nor is it designed so that an escape from regular food, "said Mr Anthony.""It's meant to be a celebration of vegetables and a large snapshot of what is available in the market and what grows in family businesses around our area."


Interest in vegetarian food is cooking wogenden among those who eat meat. One of vegetarian times in 2008 published study found that 3 percent of adult Americans or 7.3 million people are vegetarian, one affecting including over one million, veganen food, food, no eggs, milk, cheese or other animal products.But about 10 percent, or 22.8 million people say try to eat less meat and increase their consumption of fruit, vegetables and cereals.


EatingWell magazine a vegetarian cookbook for spring, plans, said Jessie price, whose Deputy food editor."" Our readers say to keep 'more vegetarian recipes give us',"she said." And it is not only vegetarians."It is people who eat meat, who want more meals per week, the vegetarian."


Many Americans are still eat enough vegetables.This fall, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, said that only 26 percent of the country Aß adult vegetables three or more per day mal.Ein separate report from NPD Group, market research consultant, found that four of five American meals not included are vegetables.


The cookbook Writer Joan Nathan says the problem is that many home cooks can imagine, create an interesting meal without meat in the center of the plate.


"You can get rid of the idea of Turkey as the center of the meal," said Ms. Nathan, author of the new "quiches, Kugels and couscous: my search for Jewish cuisine in France" (Knopf).Vegetarian dishes, she added, "can stand alone."


Ms. Nathan said that you're still planning was Turkey this Thanksgiving, but serve, focusing on the inserts for more creative cuisine can make."The pages are where you can take risks," told me.


Under Ms. of Nathan's vegetarian holiday recipes an Apple parsnip soup, a baked squash "Cassolita" with caramelized onions and an Alsatian PEAR are ball with plums.


The vegan chef Chloe Coscarelli Los Angeles and most of her family had a Turkey-free Thanksgiving for the last 10 years.Each fall and her mother experiment with new meat-free dishes and work to "some of the traditional family favorites veganize".


"" My family decided it Thanksgiving would make no better tasting to Turkey on the table", said Ms Coscarelli, whose Urlaub-Rezepte filled with savory lentil cashew spamming include Maple-roasted Brussels sprouts and Portobello mushrooms.""I have served an all vegan Thanksgiving to the most diehard carnivore and nobody misses the meat."


Although I am not a vegetarian, I kept eating Turkey two years ago, mainly because there is no meat I enjoy preparing or Essen.Aber of the small decision has changed the way I Cook and food during the autumn and winter holiday eating season.


Last week I got from a shopping tour with more than a week worth of food returned. except for a single package of chicken breast, my bags were filled, usually produce and grains. so far, have my daughter and I on a delicious Pan Mac and cheese plate, packed with broccoli, celebrated onions and mushrooms; roasted Brussels sprouts, bulbs, damsel a pie and parsnip and Apple Suppe.Wir have still plans to make an Indian spiced tasting butternut squash, Zucchini boats with Herb ricotta; and a unusual buckwheat-and black Kale Court created by Mr Anthony.Das chicken is now in the freezer because I haven't gotten cooking with it.


Silvana Nardone, who wrote the new "cooking for Isaiah: gluten-free and dairy-free recipes for easy, delicious meals" (reader's Digest), has learned that cooking is a challenges - how have vegetarian husband and son, gluten-free food requires - you far more creative made haben.Unter of their creations is a supermoist "double maize" cornbread and gluten-free pumpkin muffins with Crumble topping.


"It a better cook are forced me", she said.

The recipes in this column and all dishes from the well's vegetarian Thanksgiving series featured see, go to www.nytimes.com/vegetarianthanksgiving.

A version of this article appeared 23 in print on November, 2010, on page D5 New York edition of the times.

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