How does one turn a house of four omnivores into a vegetarian family?

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10. MorningStar Farms, Boca and Quoran (sp)

MorningStar Farms and Boca both have very good meat substitutes. Their crumblers resemble ground hamburger and can be used to make things you already make with ground meat: hamburger helper, sloppy Joe's, stews, chili etc. They have excellent breaded chicken substitute patties too. I would not try the bacon substitute until you've not eaten any real bacon for a very, very long time or you will be sadly disappointed. Their premade hamburgers are very good and can also be breaded to make a chicken fried steak type meal. Quoran makes some very good pork-ish and beef roast substitutes and a good turkey or chicken substitute (not breaded) that can be cooked alone or used for things like chicken and dumplings. Morning star corn dogs are a favorite in my house too.

Thanksgiving I usually get a Tofurkey feast that is sold at our local health food store (Sprouts). Make it according to the package instructions the first time and after that you can make it your own by making the "basting sauce" with ingredients you like (I use peach preserves and a touch of wine and it's very good.) The feast comes with gravy and the "turkey" roll is prestuffed with a nice rice stuffing but I also make a pan of stuffing using vegetarian chicken flavored broth or bouillion, onions, celery, and lots of mushrooms. Very tasty. Many carnivors in my family prefer my stuffing to the other stuffing brought by family memebers who add meat products.

Good luck and happy eating!