Meredith Coleman, owner and solo operator of the vegan restaurant MeMe’s Twisted Potato, was baking real cakes at age 4. “I always stayed in the kitchen with my mom and grandmother,” she said.

Personally, I enjoy Thanksgiving more now that I'm vegan; it's brought the holiday (which, granted, has some pretty problematic origins to begin with) into a new, more positive perspective.

I'm the only person in my family who's vegan, but I'm do all the grocery shopping. Here's what I buy on (plant-based and not) at Trader Joe's.