Feeding a Vegan for Thanksgiving

Hello everyone
I'm not vegetarian nor vegan, but my best friend has been vegan for several years now. This Thanksgiving she'll be coming to my home since her home is 13 hours away from where she goes to school. All of my family eats meat, which doesn’t bother her, but my main concern is that I need more ideas about what we should make for her that's not too detached from ingredients we use. I don’t think we'd have time or the resources to make 2 completely different dinners. We have a few vegan-friendly side dishes we already make, but she eats a lot :p

 

Recipes/Items I need vegan-variations for

Turkey.... 

Stuffing

Cucumber salad

A dessert like pumpkin pie, etc

We have a family cucumber salad recipe we make every year, which has all kinds of cream etc in it, so that's why I was wondering if someone had a really tasty salad involving mainly cucumbers since we buy a ton of them this time of year.

Also, if anyone has any other great festive, vegan ideas (like other pumpkin recipes) I'd really appreciate it.Making a vegan-happy Thanksgiving would mean the world to my friend Lizz, since her own family has never been very supportive.

 

Thanks! Sarahkins

 

love the thread! ill have to use this to make something good I can eat with my family!

try out http://www.peta.org/accidentallyVegan/default .asp it's site with comercial products that are vegan friendly. It isn't recipies or anything but it will help with muchies. 

FYI-  I just bought Quorn Turkey  and although I don't care for meat substitutes, my husband liked it. I didn't cook it in a roasting bag, I sliced it in half, seasoned it with Trader Joe's 21 Seasoning Salute and put it in the toaster oven for about 35 minutes...did the trick!