32 Vegan Thanksgiving Recipes

Thanksgiving Vegan Dishes

We have had vegetarians at our Thanksgiving table my entire life. My sister and her daughters are vegetarian and now vegan, and my mother became a vegetarian later in life. Believe me, there are plenty of people at the table who want to enjoy the turkey and all of those trimmings, but there are a significant number of folks who are all about the vegetarian or vegan sides. And there is no way anyone leaves a Workman family Thanksgiving anything less than full and happy, so we bring it.

Vegan Recipes for Thanksgiving

Below is a hefty collection of vegan options for the Thanksgiving meal, with some of the recipes being adaptable. You can also click here to see the full scope of vegan recipes on this website, and there are loads of cookbooks and websites with a very robust selection of vegan options. The following are fairly traditional recipes with Thanksgiving-flavors, but you can and should feel free to experiment outside of the classic Thanksgiving styled offerings.

Some of the things we do: make a separate stuffing with vegetable broth and butter substitute. Lean heavily into mushroom dishes, which are very satisfying. Make sure to have vegan mashed potatoes (very important). Create a dazzler of a salad with roasted vegetables, seeds, dried fruit, etc. Roast vegetables with olive oil only.

Also, bring the same approach to substitutions to the holidays as you do to everyday vegan cooking. Think about substituting in vegan cheeses, vegan butter or olive oil, vegan dairy products, and so on. We have done a tofurkey in the past, though now we concentrate on the side dishes, and make them as robust as possible. This year maybe I’ll use a vegan chorizo in one of the stuffings. Hoping your Thanksgiving is rich and lovely, no matter what you choose to put on the table!