Vegan Thanksgiving recipes from green bean casserole, to a vegan pot roast, to pumpkin cheesecake! Here are a bunch of recipes to choose from to celebrate the holiday.
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It’s almost here. Everyone’s favorite food holiday of the year – Thanksgiving! Like many holidays, Thanksgiving has become a time when we get together with family and friends, appreciate each other, and eat tasty food.
Thanksgiving can be a little intimidating for vegans since the main dish is literally a whole turkey, and the sides often contain dairy and more meat. But there are tons of vegan Thanksgiving recipes – and you’re going to LOVE them! Your family and friends will probably love them, too. Prepare for lots of “THIS is vegan!?” comments.
These recipes are broken down by course: Vegan appetizers, main dishes, sides, salads, and desserts. This ultimate list contains 40 recipes to choose from.
If you don’t want to sort through a bunch of recipes and would like a straightforward, no guesswork plan, check out this 3 Course Vegan Thanksgiving Menu.
If you make one of these recipes, I would LOVE to see your recreation! Snap a photo, then tag me on Instagram and use the hashtag #karissasvegankitchen.
Appetizers
Vegan Thanksgiving appetizers to serve before dinner that everyone will enjoy.
Vegan Spinach Artichoke Dip
4.92 from 93 votes
Your favorite game day and holiday dip, made dairy-free! This crowd-pleasing vegan spinach artichoke dip is delicious and so easy to make.
This super easy vegan spinach dip is served cold. Perfect for a Thanksgiving appetizer to feed a crowd. Serve in a bread bowl for ultimate holiday vibes.
A special holiday calls for a special main dish, and this vegan pot pie made with chickpeas hits the mark. The homemade pie crust is so flaky and “buttery!”
Side dishes are my favorite part of Thanksgiving. Stuffing, mac & cheese, mashed potatoes, oh yes. If you don’t want to make a main dish because you’ll be the only one to eat it, a plate full of sides is just as delicious.
Best Vegan Stuffing
4.88 from 150 votes
We always called this stuffing growing up, but a lot of folks call it dressing. Whatever you refer to it as, this classic side dish full of tasty fall flavors and definitely deserves a spot on your vegan Thanksgiving table.
You can make this mac & cheese on the stove, too, but I love the Instant Pot method because it frees up some space. The stove and oven are notoriously jammed pack on Thanksgiving. This is the Instant Pot I have.
Made with classic fall flavors, this apple lentil salad is exploding with deliciousness! It’s vegan, gluten-free, and can work as either a side salad or the main dish!
Just your classic chopped salad made with vegan cashew “bacon” bits and vegan ranch. The perfect light first course, if your family does that sort of thing, or a refreshing side to offset that heavy Thanksgiving food.
Thanksgiving is that holiday where we make a bunch of desserts and then look at them wide-eyed because we are JUST TOO FULL. But it’s basically mandatory. Just wait a couple hours and then indulge!
Vegan Pecan Pie
5 from 18 votes
This pecan pie recipe is the BEST vegan version out there. I tested it 8 times to make sure it was absolutely perfect!
I am a bit disappointed. All of these recipes look great but I was hoping to find a scalloped corn recipe. I’m going to have to wing it and substitute vegan items in place of dairy items and see how it turns out using my old faithful scalloped corn recipe BV. (Before Vegan)
These all look amazing!!! Thank you!!!❤️❤️
I am a bit disappointed. All of these recipes look great but I was hoping to find a scalloped corn recipe. I’m going to have to wing it and substitute vegan items in place of dairy items and see how it turns out using my old faithful scalloped corn recipe BV. (Before Vegan)
Sorry to disappoint. I have never heard of scalloped corn until reading your comment. I am always open to recipe requests though.
What is scalloped corn???