You don't have to be diet-restricted to LOVE these easy vegan Thanksgiving recipes. In fact, no one will know they're vegan, so you can keep it your healthy secret. This collection includes vegan / vegetarian Thanksgiving recipes made with everyday produce and pantry ingredients. Most of these recipes are gluten-free, make-ahead, and suited for casual or formal Thanksgiving dinners.
Here's a fun collection of easy vegan and vegetarian Thanksgiving recipes that are so good, no one needs to know they're vegan unless you want to brag about it after they're hooked. These well-tested and carnivore-approved are recipes made with everyday produce and pantry ingredients.
If you're not diet-restricted, check out my 20 Elegant But Easy Thanksgiving Recipes! That list is an all-inclusive list of Thanksgiving recipes that truly are as easy as they are elegant.
Vegan Cream of Mushroom Soup
This is the key ingredient in my Vegan Green Bean Casserole. It's made with mushrooms, almond milk, chickpea flour, and a few pantry staples. It's super easy and ridiculously scrumptious. Once you taste the best vegan cream of mushroom soup, you really WON'T believe it's vegan!
Shaved Brussels Sprout Salad with Kale & Apples
This shaved Brussels sprout salad recipe is festive, healthy, and loaded with superfoods like kale, pomegranate, and apples. It's the perfect combo of sweet and savory with TONS of texture in every bite! It's vegan, gluten-free, and perfect for the holidays...or ANY day!
Savory Sweet Potato Salad
Savory Sweet Potato Salad is made with sweet potatoes, quinoa, pumpkin seeds, arugula, dried cherries, and pomegranate, in apple cider vinaigrette. This sweet potato salad is loaded with texture and flavor!
Lemony Kale Salad with Chickpeas & Avocado
This vegan kale salad recipe has avocado, chickpeas, and a zesty lemon vinaigrette. Customize it with nuts, seeds, fruit, vegetables, or other proteins. Kale is LOADED with essential fiber, vitamins, and minerals, making it a super healthy choice!
Citrus Galore Winter Salad
Fall and Winter salad made with citrus slices, arugula, fennel, beets, pomegranate, apple, and walnuts, all dressed in a champagne vinaigrette to hydrate during the cooler months!
Spiralized Beet and Kale Salad
Nourishing kale salad with spiralized beets, arugula, juicy grapes, oranges, and pomegranate, tossed in Bragg apple cider vinaigrette.
Veggie Quinoa Chopped Salad
Veggie Quinoa Chopped Salad is a clean eating salad with quinoa and loads of everyday vegetables in a simple white balsamic vinaigrette. You can substitute any vegetables to your liking!
Pomegranate Cranberry Relish
This Pomegranate Cranberry Relish recipe has pomegranate and cranberries, macerated in sugar, creating a sweet and tart relish. Make cranberry relish a day or two ahead for deep flavor!
Garlicky Oven Roasted Mushrooms
The juiciest-ever mushrooms roasted with fresh garlic, chives, extra virgin olive oil, and a dusting of garlic powder. Perfect Thanksgiving side dish that EVERYONE will LOVE!
Vegan Green Bean Casserole
Green bean casserole made with fresh green beans, vegan cream of mushroom soup, caramelized onions, with a crispy Panko and almond topping. So easy and delicious...you won't believe it's vegan!
Baked Smashed Potatoes
"This smashed potatoes recipe uses baby potatoes that are boiled, smashed, drizzled in olive oil, and baked to crispy perfection. A creamy inside and crispy outside make this potato side dish a crowd pleasure for any occasion. Enjoy crispy smashed potatoes as they are, or add toppings!
Pear Cranberry Apple Crisp
Pear Cranberry Apple Crisp is a secretly healthy, vegan fruit crisp made with pears, apples, and cranberries. It's maple sweetened with a crispy, oat topping. It's so good, no one will ever suspect it's a vegan AND gluten-free apple crisp.
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