Thanksgiving Vegan Menu & Recipes

Thanksgiving is almost here! Which means another holiday centered around food. I’ve collected some delicious plant based recipes to help you survive (and enjoy!) a vegan Thanksgiving! 💃

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Plant Based Meat

Try one of these vegan meat options:

• Field Roast
• Gardein 
• No Evil Foods
• Tofurky
• Trader Joe’s Turkey-less Stuffed Roast with vegan Gravy 
• The Very Good Butchers

Or make your own vegan meat substitute:

• Gluten-free Roast
• “Meat” Loaf with gravy
• Stuffed Seitan Roast
• Tofu Turkey
• Vegan Turkey with “crispy skin”
• Maple Glazed “Ham”

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Vegan Thanksgiving Side Dishes

For the easiest and healthiest option, steam or roast your favorite veggies. Try a wide variety of colorful vegetables for a beautiful plate.

• purple potatoes
• sweet potatoes
• colorful carrots
• eggplant 
• onion 
• bell peppers
• kale, swiss chard, or other greens
• cauliflower 

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Or, give these yummy vegan recipes a try:

• acorn squash with cranberries and walnuts
• butternut squash soup
• butternut squash with brussels sprouts
• cauliflower mash
• creamed corn
• herb roasted potatoes
• pumpkin cornbread muffins
• pumpkin soup
• quinoa salad with squash, spinach, and apples
• red wine cranberry sauce
• roasted root vegetables
• scalloped potatoes
• wild rice and quinoa
• wild rice with pomegranate and orange

Vegan Thanksgiving Desserts

• Apple Crisp
• Caramel Apple Cheesecake
• Carrot Cake
• Pumpkin Cake Bars
• Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Cookies
• Frosted Pumpkin Cookies
• Pumpkin Pie Parfaits
• Pumpkin Roll

My Vegan Thanksgiving Menu

Full disclosure: not everyone enjoyed the homemade vegan turkey. 🙈 The flavor and texture was pretty good, and my second attempt working with seitan went much better than the first time! However, I’m finding that homemade plant based meats take a bit of practice (and a lot of open-mindedness!)

But, that’s why I love plant based cooking–I constantly get to experiment and have fun with it!

These are some of my favorite recipes to make for Thanksgiving:

• Seitan Turkey
• Garlic Mashed Potatoes
  • I prefer to use oat milk or a mixture of oat and cashew milk for mashed potatoes. 
• Mushroom Gravy
  • I recommend Trader Joe’s Charles Shaw cabernet sauvignon (a.k.a. the “Two Buck Chuck”). Not only is it inexpensive and delicious, but it also happens to be vegan!
• Green Bean Casserole
• Stuffing
• Sweet Potato Casserole
• Roasted Colorful Carrots
• Cranberry Sauce
• “Buttermilk” Biscuits
• Pumpkin Pie
  • Try this vegan whipped cream or other non-dairy whipped toppings.
• Pumpkin Bread
  • This is similar to what I make. (I make my mom’s traditional recipe and replace the eggs with flax eggs.)

What vegan dishes are you planning on making for Thanksgiving? Which plant based recipes are you excited to try?

Be sure to check out my Pinterest board for more vegan Thanksgiving recipes.

I hope you all have a wonderful Thanksgiving with your loved ones! God Bless!! ❤️