Vegetarians/vegans- how are you handling Thanksgiving at the in-laws?

Wow they sound seriously narrow-minded! It sounds like they've made their minds up on the subject and that's that. Carry on bringing your own food and don't let them make you feel crap about it. It's their problem, not yours and no you are not being rude in the slightest

That is a really hard situation. I agree that you are doing the right thing. Just keep making a few dishes and bringing them. I guess they will never get it if they haven't by now. In the many years that I have been a vegetarian, I have had Thanksgiving at many different places, and most try to be quite accommodating of my choice. And the dishes I bring are usually well liked. Although my in-laws are big meat eaters, my mother in law usually tries to make a veggie dish of some sort for me. And on Christmas when they make this special feast (that has no veg items), we decided to bring over a breakfast of muffins, scones, and fruit (plus champagne) and everyone loved it.

So, I am sorry for your situation. Just keep up your routine. If you are not vegan (just vegetarian), try bringing this potato dish at Thanksgiving. It is delicious, very indulgent, and even bacon-grease loving people should like it:

Mashed Potato Casserole

2 cups hot or cold mashed potatoes

1 8oz. Package cream cheese

1 egg

1 small onion, chopped fine

2 Tbls. flour

salt & pepper to taste

1 can French fried onion rings

Blend all ingredients (except onion rings) together at medium speed then beat at high speed until fluffy. Spoon into a greased baking dish. Top with onion rings. Bake uncovered at 300°F for 35 minutes.

NOTE: It is better to have more than 2 cups of mashed potatoes, especially for the amount of cream cheese you are using.

My wife at the time was an excellent cook, but she was addicted to variety. Consequently we would be subjected to menu streaks: Three weeks of Japanese followed a month of Jewish cooking, that sort of thing. My favorite was a high-fat, low-carbohydrate plan. She went through basic training to become a Seventh Day Adventist, and so we were vegetarian for two months. She decided that it wasn't for her just short of Thanksgiving, 1974. So we ate turkey, which was my choice, for the holiday.

What I did not count on was that our bodies had switched over to the vegetarian mode, and discarded the enzymes that are necessary to digest meat. It was an uncomfortable and inconvenient experience.

We're just celebrating it with my husband, my mom and my daughter, simply the three of us, everybody else in our household might be spending the holiday with their husband's household. My advice to you would be to keep up a correspondence along with your husband and tell him the way you suppose and know that stress isn't excellent for the baby or you and when you simply want to have a exceptional, quiet Thanksgiving together with your husband, then he can go over and consult with for a little bit bit, and then he can come residence to you. Every person will realize, and if they do not, then they can go off and be petty on their possess. Correct now, nothing concerns but you and your being pregnant and the well being of your unborn youngster♥

You will never be able to change your in-laws behavior and attitudes about this. Continue to bring your own food ("I made something special I thought you would enjoy!") and just put on a smile and get through the meal. Remember, Thanksgiving with the in-laws is only once a year.

I just have to say that all the food she makes sounds nasty, especialy if she's putting bacon grease in sweet foods. I don't ceelbrate this holiday, but if I was you, I'd just bring my own food, like a baked sweet potatoe.

usually I always bring a veggie dish or two. Its the only way I can ensure I'll have something to eat. My in law acts offended I don't eat meat sometimes. Its annoying but I don't really let it bother me.