Yesterday for Thanksgiving, I actually had multiple vegan options, partly due to the efforts of my boyfriend's mother, and partly due to my own assistance cooking several of the sides. I had garlic mashed potatoes with mushroom gravy, mashed turnip, roasted brussels sprouts, roasted butternut squash, cranberry chutney, green beans with sauteed mushrooms and pearl onions, green salad and a dinner roll. It sounds like a lot, but I only had a little of everything.
For dessert, I had a small slice of the crock pot apple cake I made, and a small slice of apple crumb pie my boyfriend's mum veganized with Earth Balance margarine. Bless, her heart, she tried to veganize the stuffing, but when she asked my omni boyfriend if she could use some of his vegetarian sausage links, she didn't tell him what for until after the stuffing was made and he informed her the sausage was not vegan. She assumed he bought them so we both could eat them, but that was not the case. The sad part is, I have multiple packages of Gimme Lean sausage in my freezer that my mum bought for a dollar a piece on markdown and gave to me. Had I known, I could have donated to the cause. Oh well, the rest of the dinner guests had vegetarian sausage stuffing and were probably none the wiser.
