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Vegan Thanksgiving Recipes

Published: Nov 18, 2021 · Modified: Dec 17, 2021 by Kate Hackworthy · Leave a Comment

Collage of recipes, with text: 38 Vegan Thanksgiving Recipes.

This epic collection of the best vegan Thanksgiving recipes includes appetizers, side dishes, desserts, condiments, and more. Here's everything you need to make a tasty plant-based, meat-free feast for the holidays!

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Vegan Thanksgiving Recipes

Check out this epic collection of the BEST vegan recipes for Thanksgiving!

Here you’ll find vegan appetizers, side dishes, main dishes, condiments, and desserts that everyone will love. From Mushroom Wellington and Stuffed Butternut Squash to Vegan Mashed Potatoes and Red Wine Mushroom Gravy.

Whether you're creating a vegan Thanksgiving feast, or you want some tasty vegan options that will even impress non-vegan guests, this list is for you!

I hope you’ll discover the perfect recipe in this roundup.

I love the process of planning Thanksgiving. Dreaming up the perfect menu that friends and family will love is positively joyous. I love mixing and matching to get the full spread of everyone's classic favorites, new exciting recipes, and making the most of new plant-based foods.

So, I wanted to create this huge collection of vegan Thanksgiving recipes for you.

I've gathered exciting vegan appetizers, side dishes, main dishes, desserts, and condiments. They are all tried and tested recipes to impress your guests.

Planning Thanksgiving

Wondering how to make it easier on Thanksgiving or the days before when you meal prep?

Simply print the recipes, bookmark them, or save them to a Pinterest board. Then you can quickly and easily access them when you're ready to cook or shop!

I hope that you love these plant-based vegan Thanksgiving recipes, so be sure to come back and leave a note in the comments or star rate the recipes.

Hint: Click the link text or photos to go straight to each recipe!

Thanksgiving Tips

  • Plan ahead! Decide on your menu in advance, and write out timings and shopping lists. Using a calendar or printed calendar page can really help.
  • If you can make it ahead, do it! In the few days before, it's great to prep items and cook recipes that just need to be heated.
  • Go through all your chosen recipes and write out a full shopping list. Double check pantry items that you need, in case they're out of date or run out.
  • Be sure that the dishwasher is empty before you start cooking so you're not running out of dishes as you cook.
  • Set the table the night before. That way you have plenty of time to make it look beautifull.
Stuffed squash on a table, with text: 38 Vegan Thanksgiving Recipes

The Recipes

Without further adieu, here are the recipes!

I hope you find some recipes here for your perfect Thanksgiving meal. Be sure to star rate and comment on your favorites to help others make their choices too!

Happy Thanksgiving!
Kate x

Vegan Thanksgiving Recipes

Check out this collection of my BEST vegan recipes for Thanksgiving. Here you’ll find vegan appetizers, side dishes, main dishes, and desserts that everyone will love. Happy Thanksgiving!

Vegan Thanksgiving Appetizers

Start your Thanksgiving off right with these tasty vegan appetizer recipes! Including small bites, soups and salads.

Vegan Smoked Salmon (Carrot Lox)

This recipe for Vegan Smoked Salmon is a great alternative to traditional lox. Thin strips of carrot are marinated in sauces and spices to make the perfect complement to a bagel or served as a healthy vegan appetizer with crackers.

Caponata alla Siciliana

Caponata alla Siciliana is a traditional vegan Italian eggplant stew from Sicily. It's easy to make and perfect on crostini for a vegan Thanksgiving appetizer.

Mushroom Tarts

This super-easy Mushroom Tart recipe is simple, fast and full of great taste. It's ready in just 25 minutes and is perfect as Thanksgiving appetizer.

Potato Leek Soup

This creamy Potato Leek Soup recipe is quick, easy, and tasty! You only need 4 pantry ingredients. Make it ahead and just heat it up as a vegan Thanksgiving appetizer that everyone will enjoy.

Roasted Romanesco Salad

You’ll love this easy Roasted Romanesco Salad recipe. The roasted romanesco broccoli is served with lettuce, crispy shallots and toasted walnuts, then drizzled with a flavorful lemon garlic vinaigrette for a healthy, tasty vegan winter salad.

Fruit Platter

Make a pretty, colorful fruit platter for guests. Then you'll still have room for all the vegan main dishes and sides! Use any ripe fruit, and seasonal fruit such as persimmons.

Shaved Brussel Sprout Salad

Enjoy a flavorful shaved Brussels Sprouts salad with apples, dried cranberries and a flavorful pumpkin seed dressing.

Carrot Hummus

Make this easy, flavorful carrot hummus ahead, and serve it to guests with crackers, raw vegetables and potato chips.

Vegan Thanksgiving Main Dishes

Wow your guests with these incredible Vegan Thanksgiving Main Dish recipes!

Mushroom Wellington

This mushroom wellington will add some WOW factor to your Thanksgiving table. But although it's so pretty, it's actually easy to make and full of rich, deep flavors.

Mini Bundt Chestnut Loaves with Sage Gravy

Mini Bundt Chestnut Loaf with Sage Gravy is a tasty vegan Thanksgiving main. They're quick to make and look showstopping. If you don't have mini bundt tray you can make them in a loaf or cake pan.

Stuffed Butternut Squash

You'll love this easy Stuffed Butternut Squash recipe. It's a tasty vegan and vegetarian main dish with a flavorful stuffing made of lentils, mushrooms, kale and cranberries. It's seasoned with herbs and baked inside a squash making a beautiful presentation.

Vegan Cabbage Rolls

This Vegan Cabbage Rolls recipe is a tasty meat-free take on a classic dish. The stuffed filling contains rice and walnuts and is made with a homemade tomato sauce.

Vegan Shepherds Pie

Vegan Shepherds Pie is easy to make in just 30 minutes and is full of nourishing ingredients. This tasty hearty comfort food brings mushrooms and lentils together under a blanket of crushed potatoes. 

Portobello Mushroom Steaks

These juicy and tender grilled portobello mushroom steaks are AMAZING! They're quick (ready in just 15 minutes!), easy, tasty and have all the best flavours of a smokey grilled steak, but vegan. The charred mushrooms have a lovely dense texture that's perfect with the flavourful simple marinade. Make them on the grill, grill pan, barbecue or in the oven. 

Whole Roasted Cauliflower with Garlic and Paprika

This is my vegan alternative to baked ham. Instead, a whole head of cauliflower is brushed with rich, deep flavors of smoked paprika and garlic and then roasted until tender. Cut into slices and enjoy!

Vegan Thanksgiving Side Dishes

Thanksgiving is all about the amazing side dishes, right? So wow your family and guests with these tasty dishes.

Roasted Brussels Sprouts with Balsamic Vinegar

Make these tasty Roasted Brussels Sprouts with Balsamic Vinegar in just 25 minutes with 4 simple ingredients. The sprouts are crispy on the outside, soft inside and covered in a quick maple balsamic glaze.

Vegan Stuffing with Sage

This easy Vegan Stuffing recipe is a tasty traditional holiday side dish made with simple ingredients. Sage and onion add loads of festive flavor and this vegan dressing can be turned into stuffing balls or be baked in a casserole dish.

Maple Glazed Carrots with Cayenne

These beautiful Maple Glazed Carrots with cayenne make the perfect Thanskgiving side dish. Prepared carrots are brushed with maple syrup, brown sugar and (vegan) butter then gently roasted in the oven for a slightly sweet and spicy carrot recipe that everyone will love.

Easy Vegan Mashed Potatoes

This easy Vegan Mashed Potatoes recipe is the best dairy-free comfort food side dish for your holiday table or for a weeknight dinner. It’s made with simple ingredients while still being flavorful and hearty.

Green Beans Almondine

Green Beans Almondine is not only an easy side dish, but it's absolutely delicious! You only need 15 minutes and 5 ingredients. The beans are jazzed up with wonderfully fragrant garlic and shallots, and they have texture from crunchy almond flakes. Be sure to use vegan butter!

Baby Hasselback Potatoes

Baby Hasselback potatoes are cut so they get wonderfully crisp on all the edges. They're served in a rich, spiced tomato sauce. A pretty and delicious vegan thanksgiving side dish!

Sauces and Condiments

Add a few homemade vegan gravies and sauces to your Thanksgiving meal!

Easy Vegan Gravy

Make this easy Vegan Gravy in just 10 minutes with 5 simple pantry ingredients! It's perfect for your Thanksgiving mashed potatoes, drizzled on vegetables, biscuits or mushrooms or used to add a deep flavor to your vegan dinner recipes and side dishes.

Mushroom Gravy with Red Wine

This easy Mushroom Gravy recipe is the perfect way to add flavor to your favorite comfort foods. It’s made from simple ingredients and you can add optional red wine for richness. Perfect to top your potato or vegetable dishes.

Pea Puree

Pea Purée is a simple, tasty, and makes a simple condiment for your Thanksgiving dinner. It's a great way to enjoy the fresh garden taste of peas that is slightly sweet and earthy. You only need 4 ingredients and 10 minutes for this easy recipe.

Vegan Thanksgiving Desserts

Round off your Thanksgiving dinner with one of these tasty vegan dessert recipes!

The Best Vegan Chocolate Cake

This BEST vegan chocolate cake recipe is quick and easy with no unusual ingredients. Hundreds of readers have loved this moist fluffy vegan chocolate cake. It's egg-free and dairy-free. So many readers love it regardless of it being a vegan cake.

Vegan Cheesecake with Berry Sauce

You're going to LOVE this easy and tasty Vegan Cheesecake. The creamy no-bake vanilla dairy-free cheesecake is smooth, rich and delicious. It's topped with a simple quick berry sauce.

Tofu Chocolate Mousse

This easy Vegan Tofu Chocolate Mousse recipe is light, airy, rich, smooth and delicious! Plus, you can make it with just 4 simple ingredients. Enjoy it right away like a chocolate pudding, or chill it for an hour to turn it into a silky, light, and airy mousse! A great make-ahead vegan Thanksgiving dessert.

Cinnamon Twists

These homemade Cinnamon Twists are really easy to make and taste delicious! Flaky pastry and sweet cinnamon sugar - what's not to love! You can customize them by adding raisins or even dried cranberries for the holidays.

Vegan Lemon Cake

This one-bowl vegan lemon cake recipe is so easy! You only need 9 ingredients and 40 minutes for this light fluffy vegan cake. Follow my step by step tutorial and soon you'll have a moist, fluffy, zingy layer cake to tuck into.

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