A Tofurkey Tradition

By Natalie Fraser for Kathy Bergen

I always enjoy celebrating Thanksgiving dinner with my whole family in attendance. Last year, I prepared a traditional Thanksgiving meal for everyone with potatoes, stuffing, gravy, carrots, cranberry sauce - and a "tofurkey" as the pièce de resistance. The tofurkey, a tofu-based turkey substitute, cooked up easily and once sliced, looked quite a bit like the real thing.

The tofurkey scored big points with the vegetarian contingent of our family. They gobbled it up, happily asking for seconds! But the other relatives looked glum. I suspect that they secretly felt they were being asked to gnaw on cardboard...

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