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30 Vegan Thanksgiving Recipes Round-up

October 4, 2021 by Kathryn Alexandre Leave a Comment

Side view of a slice of simple breakfast pie. The filling is thick and creamy with sun-dried tomatoes and spinach speckled throughout. The full pie with a piece missing is out of focus in the background.

We have you covered all the way from breakfast to dessert with these 30 vegan Thanksgiving recipes. No matter your plans; dinner for one OR feeding a crowd… you’ll find inspiration here. Let us know in the comments below what catches your eye!

Vegan Thanksgiving Breakfast Recipes

Side view of a slice of simple breakfast pie. The filling is thick and creamy with sun-dried tomatoes and spinach speckled throughout. The full pie with a piece missing is out of focus in the background.

Simple Spinach Sun-Dried Tomato Vegan Quiche

A simple breakfast pie to impress! Savoury spinach and sun-dried tomato pie with a homemade whole wheat crust. The perfect brunch! A make-ahead option that is just as tasty served cold!

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Top down view of carrot cake oatmeal in a bowl topped with coconut yogurt and warm cinnamon apples.

Carrot Cake Oatmeal You Need In Your Life

This is like warm, comforting, carrot cake for breakfast. So tasty you’ll be making it over and over!

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Top down view of two open-faced smoky lox breakfast bagels. The vibrant carrot lox is curled like smoked salmon and glistening from the marinade. Capers and dill garnish the top. The two halves are presented on a white tray.

Smoky Carrot Lox Bagel – Stunning Vegan Breakfast

This easy smoky carrot lox bagel offers huge savings and major fancy breakfast points! 10 min prep, 25 min bake, refrigerate, and serve! Make sure you make the easy dill tofu “cream cheese” too!

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Side view of a wooden spoon dipped into a thick hot pink cinnamon spiced apple beet smoothie bowl topped with diced apple, dried cranberries, toasted pecans, and chia seeds.

Simple Cinnamon Spice Apple Beet Smoothie Bowl

This pink apple beet smoothie bowl reminds us of the classic “cinnamon heart” candies! A subtle cinnamon spice makes this perfect for fall!

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Side view of toasted Portuguese sweet muffins buttered and smeared with jam. Milk is poured into coffee in the background, a bread basket overflows with muffins and grapes and figs surround the cut muffins.

The Best Portuguese Muffins – Vegan Bolos Levedos

Sweet, easy to make, perfect for breakfast, & my childhood favourite! These vegan Portuguese bolos levedos are inspired by my avo’s!

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Side view of a fork resting on a plate of crepes with one crepe half eaten exposing the warm strawberry filling inside.

Vegan Whole Wheat Crepes – Make Ahead Option

This whole wheat crepe recipe is freezer friendly & perfect for making ahead. Prep the batter & toppings the night before and sleep in!

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Stunning Fall Starters

Top down view of pumpkin beet polenta filling a dish. Roasted beets and sauteed beet greens sit atop the orange coloured polenta. Fresh thyme garnishes the dish.

Festive Pumpkin Beet Polenta For When You Host

This festive pumpkin beet polenta makes a great alternative to soup as a first course! Easy, inexpensive, and sure to impress your guests!

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Top down view of curried butternut squash soup garnished with squash seeds, roasted squash skin, and fresh parsley. Naan bread and a spoon rest beside the soup.

Stunning, Simple, Curried Butternut Squash Soup

This curried butternut squash soup is so easy, creamy, perfectly spiced and beautifully garnished. Ready in just 30 minutes. A fall favourite!

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Side view of two hands wrapped around a big bowl of hearty borscht. A spoon lifts the chunky beets, potatoes, and carrots. Another bowl is in the background with a loaf of fresh bread. Sour cream and dill garnish the soup.

Vegan Borscht Recipe With Easy “Sour Cream”

This hearty red borscht is the perfect warm and comforting meal. It’s quick, easy, and filled with beets, potatoes, carrots, and mushrooms.

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Top down view of golden puff pastry pockets. The pastries are quite large with three slits in the top exposing the spinach, mushroom, tofu filling.

The Most Delish Spinach & Ricotta Vegan Puff Pastry

Delicious vegan puff pastry pockets filled with spinach, mushrooms, and a 5 minute tofu “feta”. Crispy, golden, flaky, & the perfect starter! Prepare ahead, freeze, and bake when ready!

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Side view of a hand dipping a spoon into the bright orange, creamy soup. The soup is thick and topped with crispy roasted chickpeas.

Sweet Carrot Ginger Soup – Simple And Thrifty

This carrot ginger soup recipe is full of cozy sweet & gingery flavour! Simple to make and costing less than $5 – we love this thrifty recipe!

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Top down view of smoky lox crostini lined up in two rows of 5 on a white serving tray. Fresh dill, pickled onions, and capers garnish.

Smoky Carrot Lox Crostini Your Guests Will Love

This easy smoky carrot lox crostini appetizer will wow your guests! Make the quick and easy components ahead of time, refrigerate, and serve!

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Festive Vegan Thanksgiving Sides

Top down view of two roasted acorn squash halves caramelized with maple syrup and sprinkled with sage and roasted squash seeds.

Maple Roasted Acorn Squash On The Side

This beautiful maple roasted acorn squash is a stunning festive side! Easy to prepare, melts in your mouth, and perfectly caramelized!

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Top down view of 4 simple baked potatoes loaded with sour cream, sun-dried tomato bits, and sliced green onion.

Simple Vegan Baked Potato With Everything

This simple baked potato is crispy on the outside, soft and fluffy on the inside. Customize the toppings to compliment any meal!

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Side view of a hand lifting a spoon of cranberry sauce from a jar full of the red jam. Cinnamon sticks and fresh cranberries lay on a white tray surrounding the jar.

Easy Holiday Cranberry Sauce In 15 Minutes

Who knew a homemade festive cranberry sauce was this quick! This easy cranberry sauce recipe is just three ingredients and 15 minutes!

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Side view of pear, pearled barley salad in a small salad dish. Diced pear, dried cranberries, toasted walnuts, and fresh parsley are mixed with the fluffy barley. More salad is in a serving bowl and other small salad bowls are filled as well.

Pear Barley Salad – Promise You Will Scoop More!

This pear, pearled barley salad makes such a refreshing alternative to the typical green side salad. Fresh, crisp, sightly sweet, and nutty!

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Top down view of kid approved cornbread stacked on a small plate. Butter melts on the top piece, dripping down the warm, golden cornbread.

Kid Approved Vegan Cornbread – Tasty & Thrifty

This kid approved cornbread recipe is gobbled up by the little ones every time I make it! Easy, thrifty, and super tasty!

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Top down view of creamy spinach artichoke dip in a cast iron skillet with a bamboo spoon digging into the mixture.

Vegan Spinach Artichoke Dip Right From The Oven

This quick and easy warm spinach artichoke dip delivers all the tasty, melty, creamy richness you love while saving you money!

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Top down view of cooked, sliced beet greens in a cast iron skillet. A wooden spoon rests on the side..

Beautiful Beet Greens – Get The Most From Beets

Simple and beautiful satueed beet greens make the perfect side! They are quick to make, so flavourful, and perfect for your holiday dinners.

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Side view of hands placing a bowl of cooked green lentils on a white tray. The lentils are garnished with a bay leaf and star anise.

Festive Lentils – An Easy Side

Ready in 20 minutes, this festive green lentils recipe makes a great thrifty side dish! Add extra flavour with star anise & bay leaf.

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Vegan Thanksgiving Main Dishes

Top down view of a roasted hasselback butternut squash on a festive tray with parsnips, beets, and brussels sprouts. Lentils, sauteed beet greens, and cranberry sauce surround the tray.

Beautiful Hasselback Butternut Squash Tray Bake

A beautiful and festive butternut squash tray bake for your holiday table! Hasselback squash in a miso maple butter glaze with roasted veg!

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A fork scoops into the finished pomegranate jackfruit fesenjan dish.

Beautiful Pomegranate Fesenjan With Jackfruit

This pomegranate jackfruit fesenjan recipe is bursting with flavour! Sweetly spiced, fragrant, tender and less than CAD $3 a serving!

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Top down view of pumpkin penne in a cast iron skillet with sage leaves scattered on top

Easy Pumpkin Pasta Sauce – Dinner In 20!

When you’re craving a fall pumpkin dish but don’t have the time to roast a pumpkin. This easy creamy pumpkin penne is ready in 20 minutes!

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Hands place a bowl of Thai green curry in the frame. The squash curry is served with wild rice and Mugi green curry paste is in the background.

Vegan Thai Green Curry You’ll Love

This tasty Thai green curry recipe has us swooning! Acorn squash makes this the perfect fall dish you’ll want to be making all year long!

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Vegan Thanksgiving Dessert Ideas

Side view of a hand placing a personal pumpkin pie parfait on a white tray. Creamy pumpkin mousse is visible between two layers of granola. Fluffy whipped cream tops it off and a pie shaped cookie sticks up from the whip.

Vegan GF Pumpkin Pie Parfait, Easy To Make Ahead!

Make ahead friendly vegan pumpkin pie parfait for all your holiday entertaining! Deconstructed pumpkin pie in a jar with gluten-free “crust”!

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Coconut whip cream sits atop warm, tender apple slices coated in cinnamon and a dusting of icing sugar on a pink saucer. Two hand gently hold the edges of the saucer. Apples, cinnamon sticks and another plate of warm cinnamon fried apples sit in the background. Cinnamon, maple syrup, and cinnamon is scattered around the plate.

The Best Warm Cinnamon Apples

Soft, warm, sauteed cinnamon apples. Quick, only 4 ingredients, and perfect for topping pancakes, oatmeal, french toast, and ice cream!

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Top down view of pumpkin pie energy balls displayed on a wooden tray surrounded by oat flakes and pecans and cinnamon sticks.

Treat Yourself To These Easy Pumpkin Pie Bites

Bite sized pumpkin pie with no baking required! These easy pumpkin pie energy bites are ready in 15 min or less. A great grab & go snack!

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A pie shaped slice of Portuguese sweet rice sits on a small plate with a spoon. A full dish of decorated rice is in the background with a cup of coffee. Cinnamon sticks and a personal sized pudding dish are in the foreground.

Vegan Portuguese Sweet Rice – Easy Arroz Doce

Vegan Portuguese sweet rice is an easy sweet pudding! Made even thriftier than the traditional with no extra time & all the tasty comfort!

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Side view of a plate of caramelized plantains. One golden piece is lifted above the plate on a fork.

Caramelized Cinnamon Plantain – Sweet & Simple

This caramelized cinnamon plantain recipe is a quick & easy dessert for a weeknight sweet tooth. Dress it up with whip and a chocolate drizzle!

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Fluffy Coconut Whipped Cream In Just 5 Min

Is homemade dairy-free whipped cream a possibility? Oh yes it is! Fluffy, ready in 5, stores beautifully & so much tastier than store-bought.

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Please let us know if you try any of these 30 vegan Thanksgiving recipes! We love to hear from you and see the photos of your creations! Make sure to #tastythriftytimely and have a very happy holiday season!

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