Vegetarian Thanksgiving Recipes
I absolutely love this time of year. Thanksgiving is just week and a half away, the weather is perfect, and the holidays are on their way! Christmas may be my favorite holiday, but Thanksgiving is like the gateway holiday, and at that point people aren’t sick of Christmas music yet… so Thanksgiving is pretty awesome. Besides, a whole day centered around delicious food? How can I complain about that?
Obviously a lot of people are into the whole turkey-thing but for those of us that are celebrating without meat, here are a few of my favorite fall-friendly recipes which might be able to steal a spot on your table. These recipes will please both vegetarians and non-vegetarians, so you could make few to please a crowd.
Ready for some vegetarian Thanksgiving recipes? Let’s go. (Don’t forget to pin these for later!)
Ok, this recipe is coming from someone who doesn’t really like mushrooms. But even though I don’t really like the little fungi, I really liked these stuffed mushrooms. This recipe proves my theory that pesto makes anything delicious.
The best part about this recipe is that you could easily toss in remnants of vegetables here, so if you have leftover peppers, onions, tomatoes, or other vegetable scraps, you can add them into this spaghetti squash bake! It’s also pretty healthy, and it’s always nice to have a dish that’s a little bit lighter on the table.
Ok, there are a lot of ways I enjoy zucchini (pizza boats, lasagna…) but these roasted zucchini fries are my all time favorite. They’re slightly crispy, salty, garlicky, and delicious. Oh, and they’re mostly just vegetables, so they still count as healthy. Quick, go grab a zucchini and try it! It’ll change your life. Or at least your opinion of zucchini.
Lastly, while dessert is almost always vegetarian friendly, I have to share this dessert recipe because I almost always find double chocolate chip cookies in the freezer when I’m home for the holidays. Obviously fresh from the oven cookies are the best thing in the world, but if you’re not having them warm, try them frozen. It may sound crazy, but it makes the cookies super fudge-y and amazing.
Those look great, especially the stuffed mushrooms! I’m not a vegetarian, but my favorite Thanksgiving food isn’t turkey- it’s the sides! Yams, green bean casserole, and pumpkin pie are my faves!
There are just so many awesome sides! I love the variety!
pesto stuffed mushrooms sound a little bit like a dream come true. definitely try those out at the dinner table this year 🙂
I like the cookies best. Ha! The spag squash dish looks awesome!
These all look delicious! I might just have to try the spaghetti squash dish. But I have to say, my favorite Thanksgiving items are pumpkin pie and green beans!
Mac n’ cheese has to be my favorite T’giving meal! It screams comfort!
Thanks for sharing that cookie recipe – will be checking that out next week when I’m at home!
Mmm I was just thinking I might have to make a mac n cheese dish this year!
I am all about the side dishes for Thanksgiving. This year will be interesting because Hanukkah falls on Thanksgiving for the first time in like 100 years so I guess there will be plenty of my favorite potato latkes as well. Can’t beat this year’s holiday combo!
Haha oh wow! Double holiday!
Stuffing!!! I just made the most outrageous stuffing with cornbread and it has literally warmed my heart. The best part is that we don’t even celebrate thanksgiving here (well we did in October) so I just made it because I love stuffing that much!
Haha I loooove the stuffing! (Maybe because I just love carb-y things?) Who needs an excuse to make it?! 🙂
Quinoa stuffing with seitan, Mac and cheese and stuffed mushrooms! And any roasted or sautéed veggie 🙂
Mmm quinoa stuffing sounds amazing!
The spaghetti squash bake looks really good. I actually might make this for dinner sometime soon anyways. Thank you!
Thank you so much. I’m not a huge meat eater myself so these dishes are great to know about. However, I’m not one to pass on dessert 🙂
Who could pass on dessert?! 😉