Vegan Thanksgiving Ideas

This dip is always a favorite. It's tart from the cranberries, creamy from the homemade cream cheese, sweet from the pure maple syrup, and even has a little kick from jalapeño. No one will know it's dairy-free!

Delicious, crunchy nuts flavored with herbs and spices and roasted to perfection. A perfect sweet and spicy snack to curb your appetite while waiting for the main meal.

An easy White Bean Hummus with roasted carrots and peppers, toasted walnuts, and flavorful spices and herbs. Perfect as an appetizer with crudités or crackers.

These delightful mushrooms have a creamy filling with a distinctly cheesy taste, yet they're completely dairy free! They make a great appetizer that will please vegans and omnivores, alike! 

Thanksgiving dinner traditionally consists of quite a few beige foods. Start your dinner with a healthy salad and ensure you get in some greens.

A lovely contrast to the heavier vegetable dishes usually presented at Thanksgiving.

Prefer to start your meal with soup rather than salad? This Butternut Squash Soup w/ Corn packs a lot of nutrition in every cozy bowl.

This fall inspired soup is silky smooth and perfectly spiced. Perfect as a cozy starter for your holiday meal.

A delicious combination of dried and fresh mushrooms makes this soup incredibly flavorful.

This creamy vegan soup is made with whole food ingredients and minimal fuss to let the vegetables shine. A reader favorite!

These vegan chicken cutlets can easily stand in for turkey slices and provide the look of a traditional Thanksgiving dinner plate. Simple to make and gluten free!

Loaded with lentils, butternut squash, cauliflower and spices in a rich savory tomato sauce and topped off with creamy carrot mashed potatoes, this is fall comfort food at it’s best! It’s healthy too! 

If you gave me a plate of this and nothing else, I'd be a happy girl. With mushrooms, onions, and walnuts, this pasta dish is lick-your-plate-clean delicious! You could also pair this sauce with cooked rice instead if you prefer.

The flavors of a fall harvest in a cozy pasta dish. It's like an entrée and sides are wrapped up in one delicious dish.

Stuffed shells looks fancy, but they're easy to make. With savory pumpkin, superfood kale and plenty of plant based protein, this recipe would be a perfect main dish.

This autumn inspired risotto will work as a main dish or a side!

Take away the bun and serve these patty style with all of your Thanksgiving sides and you'll have a plate that looks pretty close to traditional. Or keep the bun and to heck with tradition!

If you're up for a non-traditional Thanksgiving menu, try this sweet and spicy chili! It's hearty, healthy, and super yummy!

The ultimate in comfort food! These creamy vegan mashed potatoes need only 4 ingredients and are ready in less than 30 minutes!

With just a handful of ingredients needed and less than 15 minutes to make them, these easy Garlic Green Beans will become a staple! Feel free to add some crushed red pepper flakes or toasted sliced almonds to take them up a notch.

A creamy, savory casserole with tender green beans and a classic crunchy fried onion topping. Thanksgiving dinner isn't complete without it!

Roasting carrots makes them tender and sweet. Toasted walnuts and a drizzle of sweet orange syrup makes them fancy enough for your holiday dinner.

If you think you don't like Brussels sprouts, try them raw and shredded! Paired with broccoli, a familiar veggie to most, and sweet oranges, this dish is a winner.

These Maple Balsamic Brussels Sprouts are perfectly caramelized and tender. The red onions add such a delightful sweet bite. A must on your Thanksgiving menu.

Thanksgiving dinner wouldn't be complete without stuffing. I've always loved my family's recipe growing up, but it definitely didn't work for me once I ditched the animal products. This version is so close to the original that I can barely tell a difference. 

For my potato hating husband, rice is a must have. Bonus, wild rice is a complete protein!

It's hands down the best dairy free mac and cheese there is and it just happens to be full of the fall favorite, butternut squash. This dish is loved by everyone!

A delicious seasonal alternative to mashed potatoes. Creamy and smooth with sneaky plant protein, you've gotta try this Butternut Squash Purée!

This recipe is so quick and easy, you'll have time for another glass of wine before the guests arrive. It's also a great dish to take with you if you're invited somewhere else as it tastes great hot, warm, or even at room temperature.

Don't settle for mushy, bland veggies! Roast them until crispy and caramelized. So simple, so good!

You will never go back to the canned stuff again after making this homemade cranberry sauce. It's so easy - just dump everything into a pot and simmer. Bonus - leftovers are divine over ice cream, oatmeal, or made into Cranberry Oatmeal Crumb Bars (find the recipe below in the dessert section!).

If you like your cornbread on the sweet side, this is for you! Tasting almost more like cake than bread, it's always a huge hit with the kids. And it's oil-free!

If you like your cornbread more savory than sweet, this one is for you! Rustic with the perfect crumb, super moist, and dotted with bites of corn and diced jalapeño. 

The perfect balance of pumpkin and chocolate in these fudgy gluten free brownies!

Pumpkin and chocolate are a match made in heaven. These delicious dessert bars are even oil-free!

Soft, pillowy cookies fulls of pumpkin spice and smothered in a dairy free maple frosting. Need I say more?!

A classic fall dessert with tart apples and sweet, crunchy, gluten free topping.

Tastes just like traditional apple pie!

If you're looking for a sugar free dessert, these bars are the answer! Healthy enough for breakfast, indulgent enough for dessert!

Make your cranberry sauce pull double duty and use it as the filling for these delicious dairy free crumb bars.

If your family is anything like mine, despite having a few major desserts on the table, there is always no less than 4 to 5 kinds of cookies, as well. And everyone mindlessly munches on them even though we can't bear to eat another bite simply because they are there sitting on the table all night. Well, this time, make the cookie worth it.! These Cranberry Pistachio Cookies have crispy outsides, chewy centers and are gluten free and oil free!

This delicious spice cake is dense, sweet, and super moist, just like a good carrot cake should be. Topped with a dreamy cashew cream cheese frosting, this sneaky veggie dessert is perfect for your Thanksgiving table.

It's like cornbread for your dessert table! Sweet and delicious topped with roasted berries.

Why settle for pumpkin pie when you can have this decadent cake with Cinnamon Buttercream Frosting?!