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A Very Veggie Thanksgiving
Gorgeous mains, vibrant sides and — most important — stuffing.
Eric Kim’s Thanksgiving stuffing.Credit…Christopher Testani for The New York Times. Food Stylist: Barrett Washburne.
Across the internet (Instagram), people far and wide (dear friends, distant relatives and women I met once at parties in college) are soft-launching their Thanksgiving menus. With the Friendsgiving season in full swing, stuffings and green bean casseroles and all manner of potatoes clutter my feed, just as they’ll clutter the holiday table a week from today.
Do you know what you’re making? Perhaps you’d like to create a lively Sidesgiving spread. Or maybe you’d prefer to anchor your meal with a showstopping vegetarian main. (Alexa Weibel’s mushroom Wellington, anybody? How about a moment for Khushbu Shah’s new saag paneer lasagna?) The time to decide is now.
In my mind, body and soul, the true Thanksgiving centerpiece is actually stuffing. There’s something for everyone, whether you’re a minimalist (hello, Eric Kim’s buttery sage Thanksgiving stuffing) or a maximalist (Kay Chun’s French onion stuffing beckons).
Thanksgiving Stuffing
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You can even modify stuffings you thought might not be for you. There’s bacon in the recipe title for Melissa Clark’s five-star stuffing with mushrooms and leeks — but wait! As she notes in the recipe description: “The mushrooms allow vegetarians to nix the bacon without sacrificing all the flavor.” Bingo.
