Q: What's Thanksgiving without turkey? If you want a more traditional Thanksgiving dinner, make raw “turkey” legs out of eggplant. Carve an eggplant into the shape of a turkey leg for each guest. Slice the eggplant in half lengthwise after it is shaped and scoop out the center of the wider end. Fill the middle with a mix of diced peppers, mushrooms, tomato sauce, spices, and your favorite herbs. You and your guests will enjoy this delicious meal so much that you won't miss that turkey! Serve the stuffed eggplant closed on a platter, arranged like turkey drumsticks. If you're searching for a "meat" main course, try a raw substitute. You can center your entire Thanksgiving meal around raw “meat” burgers made from vegetables like portobello mushrooms. You can also try “meat” patties made out of almonds and flaxseeds.  You can make portobello "meat" burgers with chopped portobello mushrooms, tamari, pumpkin seeds, chopped veggies like carrots, and spices. Almond flaxseed burgers are made with raw almonds, ground flaxseed, garlic, and coconut oil. Raw italian dishes can make good, comforting Thanksgiving meal main courses. The familiar presentation and rich combination of tomatoes, herbs, zucchini, mushrooms, pine nuts, fresh herbs, and other flavorful raw ingredients will be filling and festive for guests of any dietary persuasion.  Raw lasagna contains layers of nut cheese, walnut “meat”, tomato sauce, pesto, and spinach separated by zucchini cut like pieces of lasagna pasta.   Raw pasta alfredo is a creamy alternative to tomato-based Italian dishes. Thanksgiving day dinner doesn’t have to be full of turkey, dressing, and heavy casseroles. You can do something fun and creative by making a themed menu around world dishes. You can try fun dishes, like raw sushi or raw tacos. Planning the raw food Thanksgiving meal around an Asian, Indian, or Caribbean theme may make raw food dishes seem less unexpected and more festive for guests unaccustomed to the raw food diet. Pureed soups can be creamy, comforting, and very flavorful on the raw food diet. The liquid form will also help fill guests up. You can try to keep with a fall theme by using winter squash, such as butternut squash, delicata squash, or acorn squash, to make a soup. Consider creamy spinach soup, cauliflower soup, or a tomato-based soup to provide more of a rich presentation and hearty taste than broth-based soups.
A: Create stuffed eggplant “turkey” legs. Make raw “meat” burgers. Serve raw Italian dishes. Consider a themed holiday menu. Opt for raw food soup as a main course.

Q: Explore the world to find new cultures and sights to experience. Traveling isn't just a great way to occupy your time. Travelers report being healthier, happier, and more tolerant of others. Travel with friends, family or a travel group to increase social interaction while traveling. If others can't accompany you, consider traveling alone. Lone travelers may experience more reflective and relaxing trips. Many people are interested in traveling, so creating some travel memories will provide you material to liven up boring conversation. Become an expert on local attractions and tour friends and family around. This is more cost effective than traveling, but you'll still have the joy of discovering new places. Research local attractions online before visiting and invite a friend to explore them with you. You might enjoy writing online reviews of all of the places you visit. You might be surprised by all of the things you miss during your regular commute. Walking provides an opportunity to interact with your environment in a new way. You might also find the extra time outside helps to improve your mood and physical health. To keep things interesting on your walks, try taking photos of things you come across. This will force you to slow down and create time for reflection. If walking isn't exciting enough for you, hiking may be what you're looking for. Hiking will provide physical challenge, and an opportunity to explore new places. You can find local trail maps and information online.  If you are new to hiking, start with easy trails. It's best to overestimate hike difficult and underestimate your ability until you are seasoned.  Hike with friends to create more opportunities to socialize and stay safe.
A: Travel with friends and alone. Visit local attractions. Walk, instead of driving. Hike to challenge yourself.

Q: As noted in the intro, there are hundreds of ways to make a BLT. This variation adds a little west coast flair to the standard BLT by adding some of the key ingredients in a California club sandwich. To start, you'll want to build a BLT as directed above until the point just before you'd normally be finished. In other words, cook some bacon, then spread a little mustard and mayonnaise on your bread, and finally add tomato, lettuce, and your cooked bacon to your sandwich. From here, we'll be adding a few extra touches to make our sandwich unique. For a true west coast classic, you may want to consider using sourdough, San Francisco's signature bread. Peel and cut a ripe Hass avocado into several thick french-fry sized slices. Lay these slices down above your final layer of bacon. The avocado gives the sandwich a creamy, satisfying quality not present in an ordinary BLT. The smooth texture of the avocado contrasts especially well with crunchy toast. Avocados are best when they're ripe. Ripe Hass avocados (the most common variety on the west coast) have dark green-to-black skin and a firm, yet yielding texture. The fruit should feel somewhat weighty and should have no obviously flattened or "smooshed" patches. If you're unsure whether an avocado is ripe, check under the brown stem remnant at the bottom of the avocado. If the skin underneath is bright yellow-green, you've picked a ripe avocado. If it's brown, your avocado may be bruised or overripe. After adding your avocado, you may want to squeeze a thin slice of lemon over your sandwich to produce a few drops of lemon juice. If you do so, be conservative — you want just a hint of lemony zest, not a BLT that makes you pucker. If done correctly, the BLT will have a slight tangy flavor which, for some, is absolutely mouthwatering when paired with the meatiness of the bacon and the smoothness of the avocado. Congratulations! Your California BLT is ready to eat. If you desire, you can add another layer of ingredients and an additional piece of bread to create a double-decker. If you're looking for a truly Californian experience, you may want to opt for this — California clubs, the state's signature sandwich, are customarily served as double-deckers.
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Assemble a classic BLT, minus the final piece of bread. Add a few avocado slices. Optionally, add a spritz of lemon juice. Add your final piece of bread.