Tag Archives: thanksgiving
vegan thanksgiving: roasted garlic mashed potatoes with celeriac
every recipe on thanksgiving seems to have the same “fuck it” mentality, with loads of butter and salt and carbohydrates. for example, normally i make mashed potatoes like this, but this year i decided to do the complete opposite. i wanted a lighter dish thrown in the mix, for a little bit of balance on [...]
vegan thanksgiving: apple cinnamon stuffing
i spent a lot of time playing around with recipes for a turkey substitute. the idea of a tiny seitan loaf stuffed with tasty stuffing and surrounded by roasted vegetables excited me to no end. i thought i would finally find a lovely way to bring the whole vegan thanksgiving dinner together with a main [...]
vegan thanksgiving: chunky pumpkin soup
this is a recipe i got from my boyfriend. when he first started cooking for himself, this was one of the first recipes he learned – and may i say, mastered. it’s an easy, wholesome recipe that you don’t have to be a seasoned chef to make, it doesn’t even require any blending. it is [...]
vegan thanksgiving: creamy caramelized onion gravy over roasted snap peas and green beans
i never much liked the traditional green bean casserole, with it’s soggy canned beans and overly creamy sauce. yet i could never help but mentally group it in the upper echelon of thanksgiving foods. it has somehow always seemed just as essential to the dinner as stuffing and mashed potatoes with gravy, it was just [...]
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thanksgiving is back!
thanksgiving is just around the corner, and the nortoriously carnivorous holiday is probably my favorite chance to prove that vegan food can be comfort food too! this year i’m bringing you five dishes to impress your friends and family with. in the meantime, here are a few to get you started: herb mashed potatoes with [...]
vegan thanksgiving: no-bake chocolate pumpkin pie
it’s the day before thanksgiving and you know what that means, time to make the pumpkin pie and stick it in the fridge so you don’t have to think about it along with the million other things you have to think about cooking tomorrow. the great thing about this recipe is that it requires no [...]
vegan thanksgiving: herb mashed potatoes with a super simple gravy
there are lots of ways to make vegan gravy. some saute mushrooms, garlic or onions to go for a thicker, chunkier consistency. i prefer a simple smooth gravy, like i had growing up. this recipe only has 5 ingredients and takes about 5 minutes to make. and while gravy tastes good on pretty much anything [...]
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vegan thanksgiving: cornbread muffins
i didn’t grow up eating corn bread at thanksgiving, but the past few years i’ve tried to make it a habit. it has a wonderfully hardy taste and texture that pairs nicely with the other (heavy) foods we stuff ourselves with on the holiday. and as i discovered, just like everything else on the thanksgiving [...]
vegan thanksgiving: leek and mushroom stuffing
thanksgiving is notoriously a gorgefest of tasty foods, one that i don’t want to be left out of just because i’m vegan. in the coming weeks before thanksgiving i will be posting several thanksgiving recipes so we can all enjoy the holiday, and hopefully even show our loved ones that vegans don’t only eat salad. [...]
vegan thanksgiving: cookie-crusted sweet potatoes