Vegan Thanksgiving Recipes

We have loads of delicious vegan Thanksgiving recipes including side dishes, desserts and appetizers. Try these meat-free, dairy-free recipes for the holiday table.

Vegan Thanksgiving Side Dishes

Easy

Caramelized Brussels Sprouts With Lemon

Claire Saffitz

1 1/2 hours

Ayote en Miel (Squash With Spiced Syrup)

Christina Morales, Alicia Maher

About 2 hours 40 minutes, plus cooling

Easy

One-Pot Mushroom and Ginger Rice

Hetty Lui McKinnon

40 minutes

Easy

Cranberry Sauce With Orange and Golden Raisins

Claire Saffitz

24 1/2 hours

Easy

Sweet Potato Fries

Mark Bittman

35 minutes

Turnip Greens

Vallery Lomas

About 1 1/2 hours

Roasted Brussels Sprouts With Garlic

Mark Bittman

35 minutes

Vegan Twice-Baked Potatoes

Ali Slagle

2 hours

Roasted Acorn Squash

Ali Slagle

About 1 1/4 hours

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Vegan Thanksgiving Desserts

Vegan Pumpkin Pie

Isa Chandra Moskowitz

About 1 1/4 hours, plus chilling

Vegan Doughnuts

Nicole Taylor, Maati Kheprimeni Angaza

1 hour, plus rising dough and cooling

Pecan Pie Truffles

Tara Parker-Pope, “VegNews Holiday Cookie Collection”

About 30 minutes, plus 2 hours' freezing

Bittersweet Chocolate Mousse With Fleur de Sel

Melissa Clark

10 minutes

Edna Lewis’s Spiced Pears

Francis Lam, Edna Lewis

1 hour, plus 6 hours for cooling

Whole-Banana Bread

Charlotte Druckman, Nadiya Hussain

1 1/2 hours

Pumpkin-Ginger Sorbet

Florence Fabricant

20 minutes, plus at least 6 hours’ chilling and freezing

Vegan Pumpkin Cheesecake

Tara Parker-Pope, "Vegan Pie in the Sky"

2 hours, plus chiling overnight

Easy

Oat Milk Chocolate Pudding

Ali Slagle

15 minutes

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Vegan Thanksgiving Main Dishes

Wild Rice and Mushroom Casserole

Melissa Clark

1 3/4 hours

Vegan Jackfruit Pernil

Christina Morales, Lyana Blount

7 3/4 hours

Memphis Dry-Rub Mushrooms

Nicole Taylor, Greg Collier

45 minutes

Vegan Mac and Cheese

Alexa Weibel

30 minutes

Whole Roasted Cauliflower With Pistachio Pesto

Susan Spungen

1 hour

Vegan Lasagna

Gena Hamshaw

1 1/4 hours

Three Sisters Bowl With Hominy, Beans and Squash

Sean Sherman

About 2 hours, plus overnight soaking

Easy

Glazed Tofu With Chile and Star Anise

Yewande Komolafe

30 minutes

Mushroom Bourguignon

Melissa Clark

1 hour

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Vegan Thanksgiving Appetizers

Easy

Roasted Cauliflower and Garlic Soup

Ali Slagle

1 hour 10 minutes

Healthy

Butternut Squash Soup

Yewande Komolafe

1 hour 15 minutes

Roasted Garlic and White Bean Dip With Rosemary

Sarah Jampel

1 hour

Easy

Sweet Potato Fries

Mark Bittman

35 minutes

Vegan Onion Dip

Yossy Arefi

45 minutes, plus soaking and chilling

Spicy Peanut and Pumpkin Soup

Yewande Komolafe

35 minutes

Easy Crudités

Lidey Heuck

35 minutes

Easy

Crisp Kale Chips With Chile and Lime

Melissa Clark

20 minutes

Roasted Brussels Sprouts With Garlic

Mark Bittman

35 minutes

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