zxcvbob wrote:

> We are converging at MIL's house for T'giving this year. DD will be
> traveling quite a ways and arriving at the last minute. (I suggested that
> she go to *my* parents house instead, which is only 50 miles away for her
> instead of 800+, and Wife nearly had a hissy fit. Anyway.) DD has gone
> vegetarian but she still eats eggs and dairy.
>
> I will get there early enough to maybe have some influence over the menu
> but I won't be running the show because I'm not the host. What should I
> offer to make so DD can actually eat a festive meal and not just an
> austere vegetable plate (with marshmallows)? I have some ideas,
>
> Plain roast sweet potatoes (in addition to the candied ones)
> Stuffed acorn squash
> Gravy made with veg. bouillon (there will probably be mashed potatoes)
> Broccoli
>
> Deviled eggs and and assorted cheese and crackers plate
>
> Some kind of faux-meaty-ish mushroom thing? (no idea what I'm talking
> about here)
>
> Maybe I can make some huitlacoche tamales at home and bring them along to
> be reheated.

I think the stuffed acorn squash sounds good. Maybe something like roasted
Brussels sprouts and glazed parsnips alongside. As a kind of "faux-meaty-ish
mushroom thing" you might consider making mushroom gravy and using it in
place of the tomato sauce in eggplant parmesan. (Mushrooms, eggplant, and
real Parmesan cheese are all high in the meaty-tasting glutamates.) I think
that would go with the remainder of the menu better than an authentic
eggplant parmesan.

Bob