Heritage Turkeys
photo by Jason Houston from http://www.sustainabletable.org/features/articles/thanksgiving/
A sustainable Thanksgiving feast doesn’t have to mean giving up the big bird. Organic turkeys are a much better alternative to your typical supermarket ten-dollar Butterball; you can be assured that your Thanksgiving turkey has lived a happy, cruelty-free life. After all, there seems to be something obscenely wrong about confining and abusing an American symbol of thanks.
Once you purchase an organic turkey, why not continue the trend and make your entire feast organic? Ditch the supermarket for your local farmer’s market and buy local, organic produce whenever possible. When the pilgrims celebrated Thanksgiving, they certainly did not make canned cranberry sauce, boxed stuffing, and store-bought pumpkin pie part of their Thanksgiving feast. Why should you? Not only will purchasing fresh ingredients and making your meal from scratch create much tastier dishes, it will also give you more opportunities to spend time with your family.
A discussion of Thanksgiving dinner cannot be complete without mentioning leftovers. It is quite rare that all food is consumed at Thanksgiving dinner; at my house it is leftovers galore for at least a week after Thanksgiving. Leftovers, especially Thanksgiving leftovers, can be delicious, but you can still get sick of them after a few days. That’s when you need to get creative. Turkey and cranberry sauce sandwiches, barbecue turkey, turkey soup…You get the idea. Thanksgiving is a time to celebrate abundance, but that does not mean you should be wasteful.
With this in mind, have a happy holiday! Below are some helpful links with yummy recipes, information about organic turkeys etc.
Give Turkeys a Reason to Be Thankful on Thanksgiving: http://sustainablog.org/2008/11/22/give-turkeys-a-reason-to-be-thankful-on-thanksgiving/
Talking Turkey: http://www.sustainabletable.org/features/articles/thanksgiving/
Vegetarian holiday recipes: This website includes recipes for delicious dishes including Vegetarian Holiday Roast,
Pumpkin Ravioli, and
Herbal Bean Sausages http://www.herbcompanion.com/Cooking/VEGETARIAN-Holiday-Fare.aspx
Pumpkin chocolate chip muffins (mmm…): http://www.herbcompanion.com/2002-10/pumpkin-chocolate-chip-muffins.aspx
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