There’s no reason that a vegetarian Christmas meal can’t be as decadent and satisfying as its meat-centric counterparts. With a stunning vegan roast front and center and a host of soups, salads, and sides, this is a menu that even carnivores will love.
Featuring:
Vegan Cream of Mushroom Soup
Vegetables Wellington
Winter Greens Salad With Flax Seeds, Shaved Beets, and Radishes
Vegetables Wellington
This impressive roast is straight-up delicious, whether you're vegan or not. Three different mushroom preparations come together with roasted carrots, dehydrated beans, braised cashews, nuts, and aromatics, all wrapped in a phyllo crust for an intense interplay of textures and flavors.
Easy No-Knead Olive-Rosemary Focaccia With Pistachios
Start off with this focaccia, which is topped with olives, rosemary, and pistachios. It requires no kneading or stretching but yields a crisp, olive oil–scented crust and a puffy, moist, well-risen internal crumb, with just the right amount of tender chew.
Winter Greens Salad With Flax Seeds, Shaved Beets, and Radishes
Thinly sliced beets are an ideal addition to a salad of hearty winter greens, finished off with shaved Parmesan, radishes, and toasted flax seeds.
Vegan Cream of Mushroom Soup With Crispy Shiitake Chips
This sophisticated (and totally cream-free) soup is just as rich and satisfying as a dairy-based version, with brighter, more mushroomy flavor.
The Best Vegan Stuffing
This mushroom and sage stuffing has deep, complex flavors and bakes up with a moist texture, almost like a savory bread pudding.
Mashed Sweet Potatoes
These mashed sweet potatoes are so sweet, rich, and packed with sweet potato flavor, they need only the simplest of embellishments to shine.
Slow and Easy Panettone
Stop buying stale panettone! Our recipe for the classic holiday bread uses buttermilk and a slow rise as substitutes for sourdough, giving you a similarly tangy dough without forcing you to cultivate a wild-yeast culture.
Scotch Vanilla Bean Ice Cream
This is everything vanilla ice cream should be: impossibly rich and smooth, with deep notes of honey and caramel. Good Scotch brings out the best flavors of vanilla, while also adding depth. (Looking for a dairy-free option instead? Try this foolproof recipe, or churn up our cranberry sorbet.)
