50 Best Vegan Recipes for Thanksgiving

Are you looking for inspiration for your plant-based holiday menu? Find a cornucopia of Thanksgiving recipes in this collection of the 50 Best Vegan Recipes for Thanksgiving, which includes everything from vegan thanksgiving main dish recipes to vegan thanksgiving dessert recipes.

It’s that time of year to celebrate plants in all their glory at your holiday table. Whether you’re serving a completely vegan holiday dinner, or want to provide more healthy, sustainable, plant-based options for your diners, there are so many delicious vegan thanksgiving recipe ideas for your holiday table. This collection of 50 Best Vegan Recipes for Thanksgiving includes appetizers, soups, salads, side dishes, main dishes, and desserts. Each vegan thanksgiving recipe is absolutely gorgeous and I can’t wait to cook them up for my own holiday tradition! These best vegan Thanksgiving recipes are from some of my favorite food bloggers, with some from my own blog and kitchen, too. These plant-based Thanksgiving recipes have been home-tested with lots of love. Vegan stuffing, cranberries, sweet potatoes, squash, nuts, greens, root vegetables, brussel sprouts…we’ve got all of these covered in this amazing collection of delicious 100% plant-based holiday recipes. And don’t forget to check out my blog on how to plan a plant-based holiday here. I’m wishing all of you the most wonderful of holidays, spent with those that you love.

Eat and Live Well,

Sharon

50 BEST Plant-Based Thanksgiving Recipes

Vegan Thanksgiving Appetizers

Smoky Maple Roasted Carrots with Lemon Thyme Dressing, Sophia De La Cruz, Veggies Don’t Bite
Smoky Tempeh Apple Bites, Chef Catherine Brown, Organic Grower, Culinary Nutritionist at A Seat at My Table
Spiced Pumpkin Hummus Dip, Julia Nickerson, Savory Tooth

Sweet Potato Avocado Toast with Pistachios and Hemp Seeds, Anjali Lalani, Vegetarian Gastronomy (shown above)
Sweet Potato Walnut Balls, Jill Weisenberger MS, RDN, CDE, FAND, Nutrition Solutions by Jill

Vegan Thanksgiving Soups

Creamy Potato Leek Soup, Anjali Lalani, Vegetarian Gastronomy
Lentil and Butternut Squash Vegetarian Chili with Spicy Chickpea Quinoa Crackers, Kristen Wood, Moon and Spoon and Yum
Miso Pumpkin Soup, Rhian Williams, Rhian’s Recipes

Roasted Carrot Apple Soup, Chelsey Amer, RDN, C It Nutritionally (shown above)

Sweet Potato Soup with Kale, Florian Nouh, Contentedness Cooking (shown above)

Vegan Thanksgiving Salads

Brussels Sprout, Cranberry, & Roasted Almond Salad, Jodi Danen, RDN, Create Kids Club
Cranberry Apple Harvest Salad, Lindsey Janeiro, RDN, Nutrition to Fit

Fall Buddha Bowl with Quinoa, Sina Weber, Vegan Heaven (shown above)
Fall Roasted Sweet Potato Salad, Brynn McDowell, RDN, The Domestic Dietitian

Holiday Kale Salad, Dianne Wenz, Dianne’s Vegetable Kitchen (shown above)

Quinoa, Pumpkin, and Kale Salad with Tempeh, Evi Oravecz, Green Evi (shown above)
Roasted Delicata Squash Apple Salad with Apple Cider Vinaigrette, Jessica Fishman Levinson, MS, RDN, CDN
The Ultimate Fall Salad, Dixya Bhattarai, MS, RDN, Food, Pleasure, and Health

Wild Rice Salad with Apples and Pomegranate, Amy Katz, Veggies Save the Day (shown above)

Vegan Thanksgiving Sauces

Cranberry Sauce with Ginger and Lime, Johanne Rosenthal, Sunnyside Hanne (shown above)
Porcini Mushroom Gravy, Linda Meyer, Veganosity

Vegan Thanksgiving Side Dishes

Cinnamon Maple Roasted Sweet Potatoes, Kelli Shallal, RDN, Hungry Hobby

Cranberry Orange Relish, Sarah De La Cruz, Fried Dandelions (shown above)
Easy Roasted Butternut Squash and Apples, Marisa Moore, RDN, Marisa Moore Nutrition
Healthy Green Bean Casserole, Alexis Joseph, Hummusapien

Kale, Caramelized Onion and Apple Stuffing, Rachael Hartley, RD, LD, CDE, Rachael Hartley Nutrition (shown above)
Roasted Maple-Mustard Glazed Brussels Sprouts, Julie Harrington, RDN, RDelicious Kitchen
Roasted Veggie Quinoa, Judith Scharman Draughon, MS, RDN, LD and author of Lean Body, Smart Life

Rustic Rosemary Thyme Mashed Potatoes, Rebecca Pytell, Strength and Sunshine (shown above)
Spinach Mushroom Roll, Leslie Durso, LeslieDurso.com
Sweet Potato Pumpkin Fritters, Kelly Page, Tasting Page

Vegan Thanksgiving Entrées

Baked “Cheese” Broccoli Casserole, Gunjan Dudani, Kiip Fit

Baked Pumpkin Mac and “Cheese”, Mary Ellen Valverde, V Nutrition (shown above)
Barley Risotto with Pumpkin and Rosemary, Andrea Soranidis, The Petite Cook
Cozy Stuffed Sweet Potatoes, Alexandrea Daum, Occasionally Eggs

“Meatballs” with Mushroom Miso Gravy, Brianne, Natural Girl Modern World (shown above)

Moroccan-Spiced Stuffed Squash, Melissa Copeland, The Stingy Vegan (shown above)

Pecan Topped, Slightly-Sweet Sweet Potato Casserole, Liz Weiss, MS, RDN, Liz’s Healthy Table (shown above)
Ratatouille, Elena Szeliga, Happy Kitchen. Rocks

Sage Lentils with Squash and Mushrooms, Sharon Palmer, MSFS, RDN, The Plant-Powered Dietitian (shown above)
Squash Filled with Herbed Quinoa and Cranberries, Sharon Palmer, MSFS, RDN, The Plant-Powered Dietitian 

Thanksgiving Lentil Loaf, Sina Weber, Vegan Heaven (shown above)

Vegan Thanksgiving Desserts

Apple Crumble Pie, Idriss Amraoui, Broke Foodies

Baked Pumpkin “Cheesecake”, Audrey Snowe, Unconventional Baker (shown above)
Filo Maple Apple Tart, Valerie Zemba, Very Vegan Val
Maple Pecan Sweet Potato Pie, Rosie Newton, The Hungry Herbivores
Pomegranate Chocolate Bark, Abbie Gellman, RDN, Culinary Nutrition Cuisine

Pumpkin Pie, Kara Lydon, RDN, The Foodie Dietitian (shown above)

Quince Apple Compote, Sharon Palmer, MSFS, RDN, The Plant-Powered Dietitian (shown above)
Spiced Plum Crumble, Nicole Rissotti, Yumsome

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