Stuffed acorn squash as a main dish instead of turkey

I have started sponsoring a turkey every year through Farm Sanctuary. It's become my new tradition :) I like to take my adoption certificate to my family dinner (in addition to my delicious and nutritious vegan dishes that everyone enjoys) and put it by my plate, in place of slaughtered turkey flesh. The first year I went veg it was hard for me to resist eating turkey, but now I have absolutely no desire to eat/support the inhumane industries and the slaughtering of these wonderful birds.

It'd be great to have a Tofurkey at this Thanksgiving dinner - we've never had one before!

We eat only home grown veggies & fruits from our garden. Healthy, delicious, & vegan.

I start my day by cleaning cat cages and dog runs at a local animal shelter (hey homeless animals need love on holiday too), come home and make my Tofukey Roast meal and celebrate with family, freinds and my rescued fur children:)

I've been 'making over' my mom's 'traditional' thanksgiving meal for about 10 years now. In place of her sausage stuffing, I use TVP with plenty of onion, celery, olive oil and sage, a great multi grain bread and vegetable stock. Everyone LOVES it! And we are already fans of the Tofurkey roast so that will be front and center. Garlic mashed potatoes with a mushroom gravy, green bean casserole - the works! Tons of goodness with none of the cruelty. That's something we all should be thankful for.

Eating veg for 20+ years and raising vegetarian kids has been (mostly) a walk in the park.  The kids are are smart, kind, healthy, good athletes - poster children for cruelty-free eating!  However, our extended familes are  - shall we say, less enlightened.  So for family get-togethers, including Thanksgiving, we used to ask if we could bring some gourmet "side dishes."  First, the relatives asked for the recipes, now they ask us to bring the food. :)  They will never give up the meaty main course, but they have expanded their horizons, and can all still enjoy special holidays and everyday meals together. 

This year is our first vegan thanksgiving. We sponsored one of the turkeys from Farm Santuary this year and I think it will be a new tradition. We are having cornbread dressing, cranberry dip (made w/ tofutti cream cheese), brussel sprouts w/ cranberry pistachio pesto, sweet potato casserole, pumpkin pull-apart yeast rolls, and two kinds of "cheesecake" for dessert - eggnog and pumpkin! Still undecided on main dish, though. We were thinking maybe okra/tomato gumbo but I would love to try a tofurkey ;)