- [Kevin] It's plant protein.
- Wow, alright. - Whatever that means.
- I'm just doing the sausage here.
Should we do the wedding?
- Oh, too late.
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- I'm Chris Beier. - I'm Kevin Ryan.
- Today, we are testing.
- [Chris And Kevin] Vegan Thanksgiving.
- So, Thanksgiving is typically turkey.
- Typically.
- You think about turkey, turkey, turkey.
So, if you're a vegan, then the mainstay
of your Thanksgiving is probably a tofurky.
That's the most popular vegan thing to eat on Thanksgiving.
- It's been around since 1995.
- [Chris] And it looks absolutely disgusting.
- [Kevin] It's kind of weird, like a beige loaf.
- So, in 2018, there are far more options
for a vegan Thanksgiving than that disgusting tofurky.
- Yeah. - Right?
- One of them is Beyond Meat. - Beyond Meat.
A company, super successful, probably one of the most
notable popular companies that are making meat substitute.
- [Kevin] It makes the Beyond Burger, you might have seen.
- What is in, it's not meat, then?
Is it meat?
- It's a plant-based protein that they perform
some magic to in a laboratory somewhere.
And then, voila, we've got meat.
- If you had in front of you, a veggie option,
and a meat option, what would you go with?
- I would go meat every time.
- Every time, no matter what it is?
- Oh yeah, yeah, yeah, I rarely have a meal
that does not have meat in it.
- Ice cream?
- Put bacon bits in it.
- Kevin and I have starved ourselves.
We have starved ourselves, like you do before
you have Thanksgiving dinner.
- This is true.
- And we're going to stuff ourselves
with Beyond Meat meat.
- So, Chef Carolina here is preparing us a,
how are we saying this?
- [Kevin] A meal with vegan meat.
- This is what a vegan Thanksgiving dinner
tastes like in 2018.
We're very excited.
- Yeah, let's eat.
- Whoa.
- A pumpkin risotto with a Beyond Bratwurst sausage,
cremini mushrooms, and then some parsley.
- How does that smell, Kev?
- It smells like pumpkin-y.
Alright, here we go. - Alright, here we go.
- Should we try the sausage first?
Let's start with the risotto, get our feet wet.
- I think it's about putting it all on the fork.
- Yeah, you're doing it.
Here we go. - Okay, here we go.
Wow, it tastes really good.
In fact, I would argue that this tastes better than,
like your typical sausage.
- Well, you know it has 16 grams of plant-based protein.
- Okay.
- Is that more protein-- - Fact one.
It's two grams more protein.
- Two grams more protein than your typical dead cow.
Chef Carolina?
- You want more, you want more?
- Keep feeding us, should I eat more, or is there like--
- You have two more dishes, so save room,
but like there is more.
- That was a 10.
- I'd give it an eight, which is a very high praise.
- So you're cooking us the next course now.
- The meat loaf. - Oh yeah.
- The Beyond Burger, in this case.
- Nice.
So it cooks the same way as normal meat.
- Yeah, I think it's not like rocket science,
so it tastes like it and it kind of cooks like it, too.
(bell chiming)
That's my timer.
- Ready for more food.
- We've got the meat loaf here, which, you know,
is you cook it just the same way you would
with regular dead cow. - He's like, "Quiet you."
- Right, right.
- But it has a bunch of herbs, and spices,
and you bake it for like 45 minutes to an hour.
- Okay.
- And then we have the cranberry sauce, of course,
because we're having Thanksgiving.
- You gotta do that.
- And then this is a cauliflower potato puree.
- Wow, so there's no butter in there?
- No butter.
- Okay. - No butter.
- Cheers.
Whoa.
- I would have no idea this wasn't,
- Meat, like beef.
- Yeah, exactly, exactly.
This is so good, wow.
- Nice and crisp around the edges,
and then tender on the inside.
- What did you like better, the risotto, or the meat loaf?
- I think I like the risotto slightly better.
- I like the risotto.
- This is delicious, but the risotto was out of this world.
- Risotto was so good. - Oh yeah.
- So we've had two dishes now,
and they've both been delicious.
And neither of them have had meat in them.
- No.
- And I feel like you could have served these to meat-eaters
and either tell them, or don't tell them,
they're probably gonna like it.
- Wow.
- You're filling up, I can tell.
You ate all the meat already.
- Hell yeah I did. - Oh my god.
- We're about to move on to dessert.
- I'm ready for dessert.
- So, an apple crisp is normally not vegan.
- Well, usually it's butter.
And this one is vegan and gluten-free.
- Oh, look at that, thank you.
- This is vegan apple crisp a la mode.
- A la mode.
So yeah, instead of using butter, I used coconut oil.
In this case, I did pumpkin seeds, and hazelnuts.
It's also gluten-free.
- It smells so good.
- Made with gluten-free oats.
- Oh my god.
- This is a non-dairy ice cream, there's so many out there.
Well, enjoy, let me know what you think.
I don't wanna like, watch over you guys.
- Wow. - Oh yeah.
- Wow.
- Yeah, that was good.
- Before this experience today, if I was to say,
Thanksgiving dinner, are you looking forward to it,
what's the first thing that happens in your mind?
- Turkey, stuffing, mashed potato, green bean casserole.
- Yeah, yeah, but now? - Yeah.
- How do you think of it?
- If you can find a way to skip the meat
and make it delicious.
- Which we have.
- Which we have, then I'm all for it.
I'm meat-agnostic, I don't care what it is.
I don't care if it's meat,
if it tastes good, it tastes good.
It is better for you.
It is better for the environment.
- Absolutely, absolutely it is.
- And be freaking delicious.
- Yeah, regardless of whatever you're gonna cook
for Thanksgiving dinner, we can now say
that vegan Thanksgiving has been IncTested.
- And Happy Thanksgiving.
- Happy Vegan Thanksgiving. - Oh.
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