November 27, 2009

Thanksgiving Week, Day 8: Thanksgiving Leftover Recipes and Ideas

I hope all of you had a wonderful Thanksgiving Holiday. Now that Thanksgiving is gone, what are you going to do with your leftovers? You put a lot of time and effort in preparing your meals, so you are not going to toss them. Here are some wonderful ways to continue to enjoy your leftover Thanksgiving foods. Enjoy your leftovers and Black Friday!.

Leftover Recipes:
Bryanna's Thanksgiving Leftovers
Leftover Tofurky Recipes
What to Do With Leftover Pumpkin
Tofurky Roast & Gravy Recipes
Tofurkey Fried Rice
Vegan Tofurkey Wrap
Vegan Tofurkey Club Wraps W/Ranch Dressing
Prepare for Thanksgiving Leftovers (Scroll for vegan and veganize the non vegan)
Thanksgiving Leftover Vegetarian Sandwich (use vegan cheese)
Articles About "Tofurky Recipes"
Vegan Thanksgiving Leftovers
Thanksgiving Leftovers: the after party. Ten Recipe Ideas.
Leftover Recipes

Some Things To Make:
Soups: Throw some leftover vegan turkey/meat, vegetables and or green bean casserole, rice or noodles, seasoning, and vegan broth.

Salads: Toss some leftover vegan turkey/meat and mix with arugula, spinach, lettuce, sliced mushrooms, leftover cranberries, shredded carrots, sliced red onions and nuts or whatever else you wish. Toss with your favorite salad dressing or vinaigrette.

Sandwiches and Wraps: On breads or tortilla add vegan mayo, mustard, hummus, gravy, ketchup, BBQ sauce, cream cheese, leftover mashed potatoes, or other spread. Add slices of leftover vegan turkey/meat, stuffing, cranberry sauce/cranberries, vegetables, potato salad, whatever else you wish.

Pizza: Make a vegan pizza top with tomato, barbecue, or vegan white sauce, 1 cup of chopped vegan turkey/meat and 1/2 cup vegan cheese or cheese sauce, vegetables or anything else you wish. Bake for 10-30 minutes at 450-500 degrees.

Quesadillas: On two tortillas spread with vegan butter, cranberry sauce and mashed potatoes are optional, add sliced/shredded vegan turkey/meat with a little cumin, and vegetables. Sprinkle with vegan cheese; put tortillas together and cook in a skillet with olive oil for 5 minutes, turning once.

Burritos, Enchiladas, Fajitas, and Tacos: Add shredded vegan turkey/meat to salsa, black or pinto beans, vegan sour cream and vegan cheese, sautéed onions and sweet peppers, shredded lettuce and chopped tomatoes; or mix with mild green chiles, seasonings, scallions and a can of enchilada sauce. Use can add cranberry sauce, green beans, or mashed potatoes.

Pot pies/Shepherds pies: Add leftover vegan turkey/meat, sliced mushrooms and leftover green beans and carrots and other vegetables, vegan chicken or mushroom soup. Top with a biscuit topping or phyllo pastry sheets for pot and mashed potatoes for shepherds and bake in oven, if you wish you could add vegan cheese or cheese sauce.

Casseroles: Combine 2 cups chopped leftover vegan turkey/meat with 2 cups cooked whole grain rice, 1 cup vegan broth, chopped vegetables, mashed potatoes, green beans, cranberries, in a 2-quart casserole. Cover and bake at 325 degrees for 30-40 minutes, until vegetables are tender.

Stir-fry: Add 1 1/2 cups of chopped leftover vegan turkey/meat to sautéed onion, mushrooms, broccoli, carrots, green beans, and other vegetables, and cooked quoina/couscous/rice in vegan broth. Sprinkle seasoning, nuts, and vegan parmesan before serving.

Pasta: Add leftover vegan turkey/meat to your favorite pasta, vegetable, vegan cheese or cheese sauce, and seasoning.

By Leftover Ingredient:
Cranberry sauce: Melt and pour over pancakes, waffles, ice cream, or applesauce. Mix cranberry sauce with vegan cream cheese, spreading it on bread or a dinner roll, and putting sliced vegan turkey/meat on top for a delicious sandwich

Rolls/bead: bread pudding, crumbs for casseroles, diced and fried for croutons, french onion soup, sandwiches, baked pasta.

Vegan turkey/meat: Sandwiches, burritos, quesedillas, pasta, salads, soups, tetrazinni, enchiladas, pot/shepherds pie, hash, stuffing bundles. Vegan turkey/meat, left over green bean casserole, and gravy mixed in the bottom of a greased casserole. Top with sage stuffing and microwave or bake until warm through.

Gravy: a base for soups, pot/shepherds pie, sandwiches.

Sweet Potatoes: pies, bread puddings, a filling for ravioli or in tortillas.

Mashed Potatoes: – use as a topping for shepherds pie, in potato gnocchi, add cooked cabbage, vegan bacon and vegan cheese for colcannon, pierogies, or potato candy.

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November 26, 2009

Thanksgiving Week, Day 7: Happy Thanksgiving!

Happy Thanksgiving! I hope you all have a great, happy, and cruelty-free Thanksgiving! Thanksgiving is a day for giving thanks, giving peace, and spreading the joy and happiness to all around you. Be safe, eat well and cruelty-free, and have a thankful day. Adopt or sponsor a turkey, adopt a family for Thanksgiving, start a vegan food drive, and/or volunteer today! If you plan on going out this Thanksgiving, go to/call your local Whole Foods Market and vegan friendly restaurant to see if they are offering vegan Thanksgiving food.

It should be our goal to be calm, be loving unto others, be gentle, and be peaceful. Help the poor and sick and distressed, be righteous, be good, be forgiving, be understanding, be compassionate and do good deeds for all beings. We should try to help people in hard times, to help them understand the nature of things, to nourish all things, and to respect all life.

Vegan Peace to you all!

Thanksgiving Week
Thanksgiving Week, Day 1: Turkey Suffering
Thanksgiving Week, Day 2: Vegan Thanksgiving Meats
Thanksgiving Week, Day 3: Stuffing, Gravy, and Salads
Thanksgiving Week, Day 4: Appetizers and Beverages
Thanksgiving Week, Day 5: Vegan Thanksgiving Desserts
Thanksgiving Week, Day 6: Thanksgiving Planing and Menus
Thanksgiving Week, Day 7: Happy Thanksgiving!
Thanksgiving Week, Day 8: Thanksgiving Leftover Recipes and Ideas

Thanksgiving Quotes
Thanksgiving Quotes About Gratitude
Thankful quotes, Thanksgiving wishes, Kmart Thanksgiving Day sale for a Happy Thanksgiving Day
Thinkexist Thanksgiving Quotes
Thanksgiving Quotes
Thanksgiving Day Quotes
Thanksgiving Day 2009 : Thanksgiving Famous Sayings
Thanksgiving Wish

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November 25, 2009

Thanksgiving Week, Day 6: Thanksgiving Planing and Menus

Menu Ideas:
Celebrate a Vegan Holiday!
How To Build A Traditional Vegetarian or Vegan Thanksgiving Menu
IVU Vegetarian Thanksgiving
Harvest Compassion This Thanksgiving with an Animal-Friendly Feast!
Garden Thanksgiving
Vegkitchen Vegan Thanksgiving
Vegan Thanksgiving Recipes
Bryanna's Vegan Holiday Menu
Vegan Thanksgiving Recipes 2009 – A Feast by Robin Robertson
64 Vegan Holiday Recipes
Recipe Roundup for a Vegan Thanksgiving
Vegan Thanksgiving Recipes 2008 – A Feast by Robin Robertson
VegWeb Thanksgiving
Vegan Comfort Foods
A Thanksgiving Feast For All: A Vegan Holiday Meal That Even Traditional Turkey Eaters Will Love
Vegan Thanksgiving Feast
VeganCooking Thanksgiving
Vegetarian Thanksgiving Main Dish Recipes
Bryanna Clark Grogan Thanksgiving, Holiday
Recipezaar Vegan And Thanksgiving
12 Days of Thanksgiving
Vegetarian Thanksgiving Recipes
101 Cookbooks Vegan Thanksgiving
Vegan Bits Vegan Thanksgiving Recipes
Menu: Vegan Thanksgiving

Tips, Fun and Decorating:
Vegan Thanksgiving 101: Tips, Advice and the Basics.
Thanksgiving Tips & Tricks
Thanksgiving Decorating Ideas
Thanksgiving Fun
Thanksgiving Ideas
Thanksgiving e-cards
Thanksgiving e-cards from peta2
Thanksgiving Games

Other:
The History of Thanksgiving
Vegan Thanksgiving search Flickr
Vegan Thanksgiving search Google

Previous Thanksgiving Post:
Vegan Thanksgiving! 2007
Vegan Thanksgiving 2008

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November 24, 2009

Thanksgiving Week, Day 5: Vegan Thanksgiving Desserts

Pies:
Pecan Pies
Southern-Style Vegan Pecan Pie
Vegan Pecan Pie
Chocolate Bourbon Pecan Pie
Kahlua Pecan Pie
Amazing Pecan Pie

Sweet Potato Pies
Vegetarian Sweet Potato Pie
Vegan Sweet Potato Pie
Sweet Potato Pie

Apple Pies

Death by Apple Pie
All-American Alternative Apple Pie
Brandi's Famous Caramel Apple Pie!
Apple-Cranberry-Currant Pie with French Topping (use vegan butter)

Cream Pies
Banana Cream Pie (Diner Style)
Vegan Coconut Cream Pie Filling
Coconut Cream Pie with Pecan Crust

Pumpkin Pies
Pumpkin Pie Bites
Tofu Pumpkin Pie
Non-Tofu Pumpkin Pie
Pumpkin Pie Oatmeal
Vegan Pumpkin Pie
Easy Vegan Pumpkin Pie
Pumpkin Pie Bites Cookies

Cherry Pies
Mini Cherry Pies
No Lie: Fantastic Vegan Cherry Pie

Other Pies
Blackforest Mousse Pie
Mock Mincemeat Pie

Cheesecake:
Vegan Eggnog Cheesecake
Double-Layer Pumpkin Cheesecake
Apple Cranberry “Cheesecake”
Cheesecake VegWeb

Pumpkin Desserts:
Pumpkin Spice Apple Pecan Muffins
Praline Sweet Potato Casserole
Pumpkin Pie Bites Cookies
Pumpkin Banana Crème Brûlée
Pumpkin Spice Donut Holes (vegan)
Fat-Free Pumpkin and Raisin Biscuits
Maple Glazed Pumpkin Ring
Sour Cream Pumpkin Coffee Cake
Pumpkin Pie Bites

Apple Desserts:
Baked Apple with Crisp Topping (use vegan butter)
Apple & Cranberry Buns
Vegan Caramel Apples
VegNews Apple Cobbler

Candied Yams:
Candied Yams
Vegan Candied Yams

Trifles:
Vegan Mixed Berry Trifle
Bryanna's Scottish Sherry Trifle
Strawberry Cheesecake Trifle

Other Recipes:
Mom's Special Fruit Salad
VegWeb Desserts
Chooseveg Vegan Dessert Recipes
Fall Harvest Fruit Cake
Nog Panna Cotta
Vegetarian and Vegan Thanksgiving Dessert Recipes
Vegan Tiramisu 1
Vegan Tiramisu 2
Creamy Vegan Ambrosia
Incredible Vegan Carrot Cake
Fall Harvest Fruit Cake
Nog Panna Cotta
Vegetarian and Vegan Thanksgiving Dessert Recipes
Chooseveg Vegan Dessert Recipes
Praline Sweet Potato Casserole
VegWeb Desserts
Vegan Thanksgiving Series: Delicious Desserts.
Pear-Cranberry Crisp (use vegan butter)
Southern-Style Banana Pudding

Check back tomorrow for Thanksgiving Week, Day 6: Thanksgiving Planing and Menus.

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November 23, 2009

Thanksgiving Week, Day 4: Appetizers and Beverages

Appetizers
Pumpkin Recipes:
Vegan Stuffed Sugar Pumpkins
Pumpkin Spice Bread
Maple and Brown Sugar Pumpkin Casserole
A Beautiful Stuffed Pumpkin
Sugar Pumpkin Soup
Autumn Pumpkin Seeds with Spices
Pumpkin Hummus
Pumpkin Risotto
Spiced Pumpkin Seeds
Pumpkin Hummus
Caramelized Spicy Pumpkin Seeds
Savory Pumpkin-Caramelized Onion Muffins
Celebration Pot Pie with Pumpkin Biscuit Crust
Pumpkin Recipes
Pumpkin Recipes Recipezaar

Squash Recipes:
Stuffed Harvest Squash
Apple Stuffed Acorn Squash
Stuffed Acorn Squash with Mixed Rice Pilaf
Savory Butternut Squash and Carrot Soup
Butternut Squash Soup with Apples
Stuffed Acorn Squash for Your Holiday Feast
Roasted Acorn Squash Risotto
Wild Stuffed Roasted Squash
Apple Stuffed Acorn Squash
Caramelized Butternut Squash (use vegan butter)
Maple-Roasted Acorn Squash (use vegan butter)
Caribbean Squash

Cranberry Recipes:
Mom's Special Cranberry Dip
Cranberry Salsa
Cranberry Sauce Extraordinaire
Vegan Cranberry Nut Quick Bread using Flax Seed Meal
Vegan Cranberry Pumpkin Bread
'Beef' Strips Over Toasted Pecan and Cranberry Pilaf
Cranberry Port Sauce

Sweet Potato/Potatoes Recipes:
Mom's Special Sweet Potato Praline
Mom's Special Potato Salad
Sweet Potatoes with Apples and Walnuts
Yams and Apples
Sweet Potato Casserole with Pecan Topping
Sweet Potatoes with Apples and Walnuts
Pome-great! Mashed Sweet Potatoes
Sweet Potatoes and Tempeh: A Mash Made in Heaven
Olive Oil Mashed Potatoes
Creamy Vegan Mashed Potatoes
Sweet Potato Spread
Vegan Pralined Sweet Potatoes
Southwest Sweet Potato Chickpea Delight
Chili-glazed Sweet Potatoes
Sweet Potato Souffle
Vanilla Mashed Sweet Potatoes
Mashed Cauliflower
Scalloped Potatoes
Creamy Scalloped Potatoes
Potatoes Au Gratin
Vegan Scallops and Morels Au Gratin
Mushroom Scalloped Potatoes
Vegan Scalloped Potatoes
Easy Vegan Scalloped Potatoes
Potatoes Au Gratin
Scalloped Potatoes with Coconut Milk
Herb-Scalloped Potatoes
Artichoke-Potato Gratin
"Cheesy" Potato Casserole
Rich, Garlicky Scalloped Potatoes Alfredo
Triple Spiced Creamy Potatoes Au Gratin
Potatoes 'au Gratin'

Green Beans/Beans Recipes:
The Best Vegan Green Bean Casserole
Down-Home Vegan Green Bean Casserole
Skillet Vegan Green Bean Casserole Recipe
Maple Baked Beans
Schezwan Green Beans
Chickpeas, Potatoes, and Green Beans in Cauliflower Sauce
Vibrant Tasty Green
Green Bean Casserole
Vegan Green Bean Casserole
Green Bean Casserole
VegWeb Green Bean Casseroles

Cheese Recipes:
Cheeze Ball
Cheeze Ball, Smokey Cheddar
Cheeze Ball, Original Flavor
Macaroni and Cheese
Delightful Mac and Cheese
Vegan Macaroni and “Cheese”
New Farm Mac and Cheese (vegan mac and cheese)
The Best Vegan Baked Mac & Cheese Recipe
Vegan Baked Macaroni & Cheese with Daiya
The Best Vegan Macaroni and Cheese Ever
Flashback Mac and Cheese
Best Vegan Mac and Cheese in the entire world...seriously
Mac and Cheese. Cheeze? Yeast?
Mac & Cheeze (take 2)
Macaroni & Cheese
Easy Macaroni and "Cheeze"

Other Appetizers:
Breads
Mom's Vegan Callaloo
Meat Eating Husbands Love This Shepard's Pie
Incredible This-will-become-your-favorite Veggie Pot Pie
Savory Shepherd's Pie
Caramelized Tofu
Maple Roasted Carrots
Braised Red Cabbage and Apples
Fried Plantains
Mini Crustless Tofu Quiches
VegWeb Appetizers
Southern Style "Buttermilk" Biscuits & "Sausage" Gravy
Vegan Southern Cornbread

Beverages
Store Bought:
Mauby
Tea
Alcohol
Sparkling Cider
Rice Dream
Rice Dream Rice Nog
Rice Dream Supreme Chocolate Chai
Rice Dream Horchata
Rice Dream Supreme Vanilla Hazelnut
Silk
Silk Nog
Silk Pumpkin Spice

Recipes:

Cider:
Hot Cranberry Cider
Mulled Apple Cider
Hot Caramel Apple Cider

Cranberry Drinks:
7-Up Cranberry Punch
Cranberry Margaritas
Cranberry Sangria
Celebrate a Vegetarian Holiday! - Beverages
Cranberry Punch
Finnish Cranberry Whip (Vatkattu Marjapuuro)
Holiday Cranberry Drinks

Eggnog:
Vegan Eggnog
Almond Vegan Eggnog

Pumpkin:
Pumpkin Pie White Hot Chocolate
Pumpkin Pie Milkshake
Pumpkin Pie Shake

Hot Chocolate:
Vegan Hot Cocoa
Vegan Hot Chocolate from Scratch
Delicious Vegan Hot Chocolate
Creamy Vegan Hot Cocoa
Vegan Hot Chocolate
The Ultimate Vegan Hot Chocolate
Cashew Hot Cocoa
The Best Hot Cocoa Ever

Other Recipes:
Vegan Thanksgiving Series: Beverages, Drinks, Sips!
Vegan Irish Coffee
I Can't Believe It's Vegan! Beverages
Raw Food: Warm Cacao with Cinnamon
Thanksgiving Cocktail Round Up
Spicy Chai Tea
Mango Lassi
Irish Coffee with Bailey's and Kahlua
VegWeb Beverages
Beverages Recipezaar
DrinkSwap Thanksgiving Drink Recipes
Delicious Thanksgiving Cocktails
Drinks for Thanksgiving Day
Vegan Holiday Drinks

Check back tomorrow for Thanksgiving Week, Day 5: Vegan Thanksgiving Desserts.

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November 22, 2009

Thanksgiving Week, Day 3: Stuffing, Gravy, and Salads

Stuffing:
Stuffing
Vegan Cornbread Stuffing W/ Gravy
Vegan Stuffed Sugar Pumpkins
Turkey Stuffing, Turkey-Free
Vegan Sausage Stuffing with Mushroom Gravy
Wild Mushroom Stuffing
Classic Vegan Stuffing
Vegan Stovetop Stuffing
Vegetarian Stuffing
Fatfree Stuffing Recipes
Vegetarian Apple Stuffing Recipe
Sweet Cranberry Vegetarian Stuffing
Vegan Herbed Stuffing
Vegan Stuffing Basics 101
The Definitive Vegan Stuffing Post
VegWeb Stuffing and Dressing
Vegetarian Stuffing
Gluten-Free Vegan Cornbread Stuffing
Savory Pumpkin-Chestnut Stuffing
Apple Cinnamon Stuffing

Gravy:
Marmite Gravy
VegWeb Gravy
Celebrate a Vegetarian Holiday! - Gravies
Vegan Gravy
Vegan Mushroom Gravy
Marmite Gravy
Roads End Organics Gravy Mixes

Salads:
Snappy Crunchy Vegan Coleslaw and Vegan Chicken Salad with Red Curry Peanut Dressing
59 Vegan Salads and Dressings
Vegan-Food Salad
Vegetarian and Vegan Salads
VegWeb Salads
VegWeb Salad Dressing
Fatfree Salads Recipes
Veggie Table Salad Recipes
Recipezaar Vegan Salads
Fatfree Vegan Salads
Snappy Crunchy Vegan Coleslaw
Vegan Cole Slaw
Tempeh Salad
Quinoa Tabouli
Spinach and Persimmon Salad
Vegkitchen Pasta Salads
Vegan Caesar Salad
International Quinoa Salad
Tabbouleh
Creamy Potato Salad With Avocado
Vegan Chicken Salad with Red Curry Peanut Dressing
FatFree Pasta-Salads
Magnificent Vegan Macaroni Salad
Basic Macaroni Salad
Vegan Macaroni Salad
Avocado Beet Pea Shoot Salad
Spicy Vegan Potato Salad
Creamy Fruit Salad
Autumn Pear and Apple Waldorf Salad with Mixed Greens
Apple and Cucumber Waldorf Salad
Vegan Caesar Salad W/ Toasted Baguette Croutons

Check back tomorrow for Thanksgiving Week, Day 4: Vegan Thanksgiving Appetizers and Beverages.

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November 21, 2009

Thanksgiving Week, Day 2: Vegan Thanksgiving Meats

Tofurky Holiday Products:
Tofurky Roast
Tofurky Feast contains:

  • One Tofurky Roast (made with organic non-genetically engineered soybeans)
  • Eight Cranberry Apple Potato Dumplings
  • Tofurky Giblet & Mushroom Gravy
  • Wild Rice, Whole Wheat Bread Crumb Stuffing
  • Tofurky Jurky Wishstix
Each feast is 100% vegan, cooks in about an hour, serves four and tastes fabulous!

Tofurky Roast
Giblet and Mushroom Gravy
Cranberry Apple Potato Dumplings
Tofurky Recipes
Tofurky (Torfurkey) - How To Cook Tofurky

Celebration Roast
Celebration Roast

Recipes:
Seitan Turkey Roast With Wild Rice Stuffing



Lentil Loaf


Seitan Roulade with Chestnut Stuffing


Thanksgiving "Meat" Loaf


Tofu Stuffed with Brown Rice and Mushroom Dressing


Tofu Turkey Roast


Soy and Seitan Turkey


Fat-Free Vegan Meatloaf & Mashed Potatoes Recipe


Vegan Ham. Vegan Ham Recipes


Traditional Tasting Tofurkey


Tofu Turkey with Stuffing


Vegan Turkey with Cranberry


Lentil Loaf


Other Recipes and Links:
Celebrate a Vegetarian Holiday! > Entrées
Celebrate a Vegetarian Holiday! > Meals
The Magical Loaf Studio
Heaven's Banquet Classic Lentil Loaf
Vegan Tofu Turkey (Tofurkey)
Vegan Ham 2 lb. By May Wah
Layered Nut Roast
Faux Turkeys
Mock Ham

Check back tomorrow for Thanksgiving Week, Day 3: Vegan Thanksgiving Stuffing, Gravy, and Salads.

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November 20, 2009

Thanksgiving Week, Day 1: Turkey Suffering

Thanksgiving is a holiday that is suppose to be about giving thanks to all and being thankful and for what you have. But, when over 250 million turkeys are slaughtered each year for food, especially at Thanksgiving1 it is not giving thanks to all. That is why you and your family should eat cruelty free this Thanksgiving and adopt or sponsor a turkey! Save turkeys by celebrating a compassionate Thanksgiving. For the next 8 days I will display vegan Thanksgiving food options for all to try from around the web and some of my own. Day one will be about the abuse that turkeys endure.

Of the 250 million turkeys that are slaughtered each year, more than 46 million are for Thanksgiving alone. The turkeys are not protected under most state anti-cruelty laws, and exempt from the federal Humane Slaughter Act. Commercial turkeys are anatomically manipulated to have abnormally large breasts, and this results in them not being to able mount and reproduce naturally. The industry now relies on artificial insemination as the sole means of reproduction. Factory farmed turkeys endure painful beak and toe mutilations, and are given only about three-square-feet of space on which to live.2 These small living quarters causes stress among the turkeys resulting in them to fight each other where they attack each others eyes and toes.

It use to take 220 days to raise a 35-pound turkey. Now, due to selective breeding and growth-promoting drugs, it takes 132 days. This rapid growth causes turkeys to suffer from many chronic health problems, which include skeletal disorders and heart disease. The majority of farmed turkeys spend their entire lives inside overpopulated and poorly ventilated warehouses that typically house up to 25,000 birds in a single shed. After 14 to 20 weeks, turkeys are transported to slaughter without food or water. At the slaughterhouse, the birds are dumped onto conveyors and hung upside down in shackles by their legs.3

Turkeys are intelligent animals who enjoy having their feathers stroked and listening to music, with which they will often sing quite loudly. In nature, turkeys can fly 55 miles an hour, run 25 miles an hour.4 Turkeys would live up to 10 years in the wild, but farmed turkeys are usually slaughtered between the ages of 8 and 26 weeks.5 Turkeys are sensitive animals who form strong social bonds and show great affection to others.6 Many turkeys suffer heart failure or debilitating leg pain, and often become cripple under the weight of their bodies which have been genetically manipulated and drugged. When they are slaughtered at the slaughterhouse their throats are sliced and their feathers are burned off, which often takes place while they are still fully conscious.7 On factory farms, turkeys have the ends of their beaks and toes cut off to prevent them from injuring one another as hundreds of them are crowded together.7

Choose a cruelty free Thanksgiving this year and and adopt or sponsor a turkey!

Check back tomorrow for Thanksgiving Week, Day 2: Vegan Thanksgiving Meats.

More information and links:
Adopt-A-Turkey Project FAQ’s
Compassion Over Killing: Animal Suffering in the Turkey Industry
World Prout Assembly: Animal Suffering in the Turkey Industry
Turkey Information Sheet
Cruelty to Animals: Turkeys
The Hidden Lives of Turkeys
Turkey Factory Farms
Turkeys - Viva! Fact Sheet
Top 10 Reasons Not to Eat Turkeys
Talking Points for Turkeys
Turkey Farm Cruelty
The Welfare Of Turkeys At Slaughter (PDF)
Statistics: Global Farmed Animal Slaughter
Turkey Exploitation
The Trouble With Turkey
Turkeys Turned Meat-Machines
Consider the Turkey
Chickens And Turkeys: Bred For Pain
Research Reports - Turkey Production
The Plight of Poultry
Ginnifer Goodwin Urges Public to Adopt-A-Turkey This Thanksgiving
Gentle Thanksgiving
Animal Suffering in the Turkey Industry
Turkeys for Thanksgiving -- as friends, not feast
Happy Thanksgiving?
Meet the Animals - Turkeys
Joaquin Phoenix Thanksgiving Ad
Top 10 Reasons to Pardon a Turkey This Thanksgiving
Investigation Reveals Horrific Cruelty to Turkeys
OSU animal scientist debunks dumb turkey myth
Turkeys for Thanksgiving -- as friends, not feast
12 Reasons to Celebrate Turkey, Not Eat It

Check back tomorrow for Thanksgiving Week, Day 2: Vegan Thanksgiving Meats

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November 7, 2009

Vegan Alcohol

Some alcoholic beverages can have animal products in them such as blood, glycerin or glyceryl monostearate (animal fat), insects, honey, bone marrow, chitin (derived from the hard parts of insects and crustacea such as shrimps, lobsters, and crabs), animal albumin (egg white and dried blood powder), fish oil, gelatin (jelly obtained by boiling animal tissues such as skin, tendons, ligaments, or bones), isinglass (from the swim bladders of fish), and casein/potassium caseinate (milk proteins).

Non-animal alternatives include limestone, bentonite, kaolin and kieslguhr (clays), silica gel and vegetable plaques.

Here is a list of links to vegan beer, wine, and spirits.

The Barnivore Vegan Alcohol Directory
Vegan Wine Guide
Veggie Wines
Vegan Wines & Other Alcoholic Beverages
The Organic Wine Company
Vinceremos Organic Wines
Vegan Wine list
Frey Organic Wines
Is Your Beer Vegan?
Alcohol Information Sheet
Campaign for Vegetarian/Vegan Friendly Alcoholic Drinks
Vegan Drinks
Cocktails and Other Alcoholic Drinks
Vegan Cocktails
Vegetarianism and wine
VegNews Vegan Wine Guide

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