Thanksgiving can be a daunting holiday for vegans everywhere. All you can think about is whether or not you’ll have options on the table. Being a vegan myself for about 2 years now, I was never daring enough to attempt to remake some of my favorite holiday foods. It was tough being surrounded by family members, all joking amongst themselves about the limited choices we vegans had to choose from. If you have experienced this at the dinner table before too, don’t worry! The joke will be on them this year when you get to prepare the same amazing meals, but even better!
What can be better than cruelty-free and environmentally friendly foods? I’ve listed some options below that are vegan, filling, and delicious:
Vegan Roasts:
- Hazelnut Cranberry Roast en Croute by Field Roast
- Classic Celebration Roast by Field Roast
- Celebration Roast with Traditional Bread Stuffing and Porcini Mushroom Gravy by Field Roast
- Savory Stuffed Turk’y by Gardein
- Holiday Roast by Gardein
- Tofurky Roast by Tofurky
Mashed Potatoes:
- Substitute butter with vegan butter such as Earth Balance, Smart Balance, Nutiva, and Miyoko’s Kitchen.
- Substitute milk with vegan milk such as almond milk, coconut milk, soy milk, hemp milk, oat milk, or almond-coconut milk.
- Check out this link for vegan mashed potatoes: https://minimalistbaker.com/the-best-damn-vegan-mashed-potatoes/
Stuffing:
- Whole Food’s 365 Everyday Value Organic Stuffing
- Check out this link for vegan stuffing: https://minimalistbaker.com/simple-vegan-stuffing/
Appetizers:
- Pillsbury Crescent Rolls (original), crackers + Daiya block cheese (Jalapeno Havarti style, Medium Cheddar style, Monterey Jack Style, and Smoked Gouda Style)
Dessert:
- Claim Jumper pies- Dutch Apple Pie, Razzleberry Pie, Lattice Apple Pie, and Lattice Peach Pie. (Target and Albertsons)
- Marie Callendar’s- Cherry Crunch Pie, Dutch Apple Pie, Lattice Apple Pie, Lattice Peach Pie, Peach Pie, and Razzleberry. (Walmart and Target)
- Daiya- Chocolate Cheezecake, Key Lime Cheezecake, New York Cheezecake, Strawberry Cheezecake, and Pumpkin Spice Cheezecake.
- Ice Cream- So Delicious, Coconut Bliss, and Ben & Jerry’s Non-Dairy ice cream (pro tip: buy their vanilla flavor for pies a la mode).
- Whipped Cream- Trader Joe’s coconut non-dairy whipped topping, So Delicious Coco Whip, and Nature’s Charm.
- If you’d rather make your own non-dairy whipped topping, check out this recipe: https://www.thespruce.com/vegan-whipped-cream-1001555