1. Winter Squash Bowl, Bon Appetit // 2. Ginger and Citrus Cranberry Sauce, Beard & Bonnet // 3. Green Beans with Caramelized Shallots, Rikki Snyder // 4. Roasted Carrot and Red Quinoa Salad, Food & Wine // 5. Spicy Poblano Cornbread Stuffing, Love & Lemons // 6. Butternut Squash Mac and Cheese, Martha Stewart // 7. Mini Pumpkin Pies, Chelsea's Culinary Indulgence // 8. Rosemary and Garlic Mashed Sweet Potatoes with Kale, One Part Plant // 9. Quinoa Stuffed Acorn Squash Rings, Oh My Veggies // 10. Vegan Healthy Herbed Mashed Potatoes, My Little City Food Garden
For this edition of '10 Great,' I decided to share ten seriously delicious recipes that I've discovered recently in my quest for new meat-free dishes to make for Thanksgiving dinner this year. I've been a vegetarian for 24 years now (wow do I feel old typing that), and for whatever reason, it always seems to be around Thanksgiving when I'm questioned about it. Usually I'm either asked what I eat if I don't eat turkey or if I eat 'tofu turkey' instead. The thing is, there is so much to eat at Thanksgiving dinner without having to eat either of them if you don't want to (no offense to those of you who like tofu turkeys, but I just can't get past the odd texture - I've tried). I am a huge fan of side dishes (give me a massive bowl of mashed potatoes and a big spoon and I'm in heaven), many of which are veggie, and there are lots of main dishes that can easily be made without meat as well. Also, there's dessert. I'll take an entire pumpkin pie along with that bowl of mashed potatoes, thank you very much.
What is your favorite Thanksgiving dish, vegetarian or otherwise? Can you suggest any yummy veggie recipes that I might want to try in addition to these? (*Please note that #6 calls for chicken broth; vegetable broth can be substituted.)
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That roasted carrot and red quinoa salad looks delicious!
ReplyDeleteThanks for sharing these recipes...I'm always on the lookout for an alternative to meat too!
You HAVE to try this chili (as long as you like the ingredients in it). I make it for everyone and even men who are total meat-eaters love it! It just happens to be vegan, so it's a good option for anyone. I'm not vegetarian or vegan, but I love how healthy this is... and it's so delicious! I'm bringing it to Thanksgiving this year :)
ReplyDeletehttp://www.milkfreemom.com/vegan-quinoa-sweet-potato-chili/
That recipe looks amazing! Thank you for sharing it. I'm a huge quinoa fan and I'm definitely going to try it. :)
DeleteThe winter squash bowl looks awesome. I might not want to eat it if it looked that good. The mashed sweet potatoes caught my eye too. I've never had kale.
ReplyDeleteyou're right ... there are so many choices when it comes to sides that I wouldn't miss the turkey either! all the above looks pretty delicious to me
ReplyDeleteMmmm, that butternut squash mac and cheese and those mini pumpkin pies look so yummy! It's making me hungry. I also love homemade rolls on Thanksgiving, and you can even make them vegan.
ReplyDeleteYes, homemade rolls! I forgot that one!
DeleteWow, what scrumptious recipes! My favorite dish is corn casserole - it is super yummy AND easy. Just mix corn, cream corn, egg, sour cream, butter and corn muffin mix together, then bake. :D
ReplyDeleteThat sounds delicious! Thanks for sharing!
DeleteI've seen the Martha Stewart recipe earlier this week. I think that seeing it a second time, might be a sign that it needs to be made :-)
ReplyDeleteHave you tried it?
I haven't tried it yet, but we make a homemade mac and cheese every year. This year I'm going to try this version because I think the butternut squash addition sounds pretty heavenly!
Deletethe "vegetarian" butternut squash and mac & cheese recipe calls for chicken broth! Substitute vegetable broth
ReplyDeleteThanks for pointing that out! Thankfully it's easy to substitute veggie broth for chicken broth in recipes. :)
DeleteAll these look amazing....good for me as I am a vegetarian by choice!... thanks a lot for sharing, I recently gave one as a guest post - it is a Pumpkin Tikki Recipe, you can check it out here if you like- http://www.pulpsushi.com/2013/10/fall-food-recipe-pumpkin-tikki-patties.html
ReplyDeleteYummo! My oldest son is vegetarian, and my daughter is sort of a modified Mediterranean diet sort of eater. Always good to have some yummy and healthy vegetarian options! Thank you!
ReplyDeleteMashed Potatoes and Mac -n- Cheese...yes please! And green bean casserole was always my brother's favorite!
ReplyDeleteGreen bean casserole is one of Robbie's favorites too. :)
DeleteAll of it looks delicious. Thanks for the ideas ;)
ReplyDeleteWe don't celebrate thanksgiving in Australia (BOO!) But for Christmas, I always make a nut roast, it's so delicious! Basically a big loaf of stuffing, speaking of side dishes ;) I can email you the recipe if you want? (It's my own special concoction)
ReplyDeleteThat would be awesome Kitty! You can email it to bubbyandbean (at) gmail.com. Thanks!
DeleteThank you for this! I've been vegetarian for a few years now, but I'm transitioning to vegan. Holidays seem to be quite the difficult time to find anything to eat! I'm going to try out some of these vegetarian and vegan recipes for this year :) Thanks.
ReplyDeletewhen i think of thanksgiving, i think of homemade mac n cheese. i guess i'm not alone.
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