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Monday, November 12, 2018
 
Good morning! Even when the turkey is perfect, it will never be the reason I come hungry to Thanksgiving. Nope, I'm the one who takes a scoop of each side and then "aw shucks" when it turns out I didn't leave room on my plate for any more than the tiniest slice of turkey. If you're like me, or actually vegetarian, or just feeding a few vegetarians, I hope you'll be as delighted by this collection as I am.

Cheers,
Deb
FRESH AND NEW
roberta's roasted garlic caesar salad
Nothing breaks up the heaviness of casseroles and gratins and stuffing and gravy like a crispy, green, and complex salad, and this one (my son has declared it his favorite salad) is particularly epic. A few tweaks -- roasted garlic, pecorino, and spicy candied walnuts -- make it a worthy update to a classic. Promise.
8 VEGETARIAN DISHES FOR YOUR THANKSGIVING TABLE
root vegetable gratin
A Friendsgiving/Thanksgiving-perfect dish from Ina Garten that feeds a crowd, keeps well and has the kind of aroma that envelops you when you walk into a home and makes you feel like you are exactly where you were meant to be and maybe everything will be okay.
crispy sweet potato roast
Halfway to potato chips, these sweet potatoes are unsleepy and show-stealing whether you finish them simply with creme fraiche, chives and parsley or with a Thansgiving-y salsa verde with parsley, sage, rosemary and thyme.
cauliflower slaw
Slivered cauliflower, deeply toasted almonds, vinegar-plumped currants and the magic that is crispy fried capers, so good you may never eat bacon again. (Gotcha! I wanted to see if you you were still reading. But seriously, it's amazing.)
roasted leek and white bean galettes
Are you tasked with finding a vegetarian main for Thanksgiving that’s a) not just everyone else’s side dish, b) ideally contains protein, c) would be a good fit for the other harvest-y flavors on the table? These baby galettes are the show-stealing answer.
brussels sprouts, apple and pomegranate salad
A bright, crunchy and abundantly welcome contrast to the richness of the usual Thanksgiving fare -- and an easy last-minute dish, too.
garlic butter roasted mushrooms
What would happen if you gave mushroom caps the escargot treatment? They'd be roasted in a glorious puddle of garlic butter then zinged with lemon juice and showered with chopped parsley and will be one of the first things to disappear on your Thanksgiving table.
spicy squash salad with lentils and goat cheese
Spicy and smoky squash, lentils, and some goat cheese, which adds the perfect accent and indulgence.
mushroom and barley pie
A vegetarian main that feeds a crowd. (But will have you hoping for leftovers.)
3 OUTSIDE-THE-BOX DESSERTS
bourbon pumpkin cheesecake
A Thanksgiving show-stealer that I'm basically not even welcome at dinner without.
apple slab pie
This pie is the ideal format to use pounds of apples at a time and redistribute them to dozens of friends as something like a giant, flaky/buttery/tender pop tart.
caramel, cranberry and almond tart
My husband's favorite Thanksgiving dessert is (shockingly) not bourbon pumpkin cheesecake or even chocolate pecan pie but this: a buttery tart shell filled with fresh cranberries, cooked until collapsed in a salted butterscotch sauce crunched with toasted almonds. Have you been converted?
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