Menu: Vegan Thanksgiving
Photo by Lani Bouwer
Despite my love for Thanksgiving food stuffs, not everyone chooses to indulge in the succulent turkey, meaty gravy, or butter-filled mashed potatoes. They choose to go the vegan route. But just because the meal lacks meat or dairy products doesn't mean they can't celebrate with a delicious Thanksgiving feast.
I asked Dreena Burton, blogger and author of Eat, Drink & Be Vegan, Vive le Vegan! and The Everyday Vegan, about what she will be serving during her meatless holiday. She recommended:
- Festive Chickpea Tart
- Roasted Sweet Potatoes
- Lemon Broiled Green Beans
- Traditional Cranberry Sauce
- Chocolate Pumpkin Pie
I also hit up a couple of veganish friends of mine, Lani Bouwer and Halston Bruce. Lani has hosted or attended vegan Thanksgiving for the past four years, usually bringing her staple dish, Vegan Roasted Garlic Mashed Potatoes. Halston, who has recently gone raw food crazy, recommended Mushroom Gravy.
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8 Comments:
mmmm.... VGRMP's are the best!
Chvad at 10:54AM on 11/20/08
101 Cookbooks has some more suggestions for a vegan Thanksgiving.
zamboni at 12:25PM on 11/20/08
Love it! Way to represent. I can't wait for a non-turkey Thanksgiving!
veginbk at 12:48PM on 11/20/08
This all sounds great from a meat-eating perspective, too. Must try the cranberry sauce - I'm ashamed to say I've been satisfied with the canned stuff all these years...
marylaura at 1:54PM on 11/20/08
@marylaura - I love old fashioned cranberry sauce, it's so much nicer with big cranberries all through it!
KarynMC at 2:00PM on 11/20/08
There's another good book out there there called "How it All Vegan!" I have cut down my consumption of meat for various reasons and eat very little red meat at all anymore. But give up turkey for Thanksgiving? Sacre bleu! When I lived in Canada, we celebrated Thanksgiving on the first Monday in October (no pilgrims, no Mayflower). We always had pheasant instead of turkey, and pecan pie (an homage to my Texan grandmother). Well I like the menu you've posted a lot better than tofu molded in the shape of a turkey. Vegetarianism has come a long way.
jaywarner at 9:53AM on 11/22/08
Everything sounds good! If it doesn't work out you could always see who's open and try Eating Out Vegan Menu
veganeatingout at 6:52PM on 11/25/08
That looks really excellent. I usually eat and enjoy tofurkey at Thanksgiving, but perhaps part of that is sticking to old traditions.
veganlarry at 6:11PM on 06/02/09