Doing something a little bit different today!
I?ve been getting a lot of requests to publish more What I Eat In A Day style posts, and yet I also know some readers are more interested in just the recipes. So today?s post includes both meals and recipes.
After three Friendsgivings, a family dinner, and eating Thanksgiving leftovers for the past four days straight, I think it?s safe to say I?ve consumed more than my fair share of Thanksgiving foods for the rest of the year.

Above was my plate from Thursday?s family dinner (minus the gravy, the desserts, and the wine). Our family tradition didn?t change much when I gave up meat over ten years ago ? I just eat the sides and not the turkey, which was pretty much what I did even as a child, because turkey was never my favorite. I always saw it as wasting prime space that could have been filled with more marshmallow sweet potatoes! Sometimes I make a special vegan ?main dish,? and I did also do the Tofurky thing once, which is kind of a rite of passage for every vegetarian. But this year there were more than enough sides to turn into a delicious feast, leaving me plenty of time to work on perfecting my homemade pecan pie.
Dessert was Healthy Pumpkin Pie, coconut whipped cream (Whole Foods and Trader Joes both sell canned coconut whipped cream now!), and the aforementioned homemade pecan pie. I?m currently trying to decide if I should post the pecan pie recipe this year in time for Christmas or save it until Thanksgiving comes ...