Monday, November 30, 2009

Vegan Thanksgiving Feast








I became a vegetarian in my teens solely because of my love of animals and support of animal causes. Dave became a veggie shortly after we were married. Lately, we've made a concerted effort to eat vegan meals more frequently. We've now decided that all of our big holiday/celebration meals will be 100% vegan.

So, here's our very first vegan Thanksgiving feast! Everything was delicious and perfect and we both felt wonderful for not eating any animal products. The only dish I used a recipe for was the sunflower-bean patties, the rest of the dishes are things I make all the time. To replace the milk in the mashed potatoes I used veggie broth. And instead of any butter I used vegan spread.

Here's the menu:
Sunflower seed-bean patties
Mashed potatoes
Mashed sweet potatoes
Roasted mini-potatoes and onions
Roasted Brussels sprouts
Roasted rutabagas (turnips)
Stuffing with celery, onions and peas
Mushroom gravy
Green bean casserole with fresh mushrooms (no canned soup) and toasted panko-pecan topping
Glazed carrots

For snacking we had:
Olives
Pickled beets
Hummus with bread sticks, cucumbers and red bell peppers

Dessert:
Roasted chestnuts
Fresh pineapple and pomegranate
Cran-apple tart on vegan puff pastry


I hope you all had a wonderful holiday. We certainly did! I am thankful for many things--including all you lovely people that read and comment on my blog. I wish you all lived close enough so that we could have shared our amazing vegan feast.


Here is the link for the sunflower-bean burgers:
http://www.recipezaar.com/super-sunflower-bean-burgers-or-mock-meatballs-384939

5 comments:

  1. I must admit that it all looks yummy! And thanks for reminding me that I still have 2 more pomegrantes in the basement fridge...off to cut one up now.

    Hope your Thanksgiving was fabulous!

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  2. Um, yeah - where's my plate? :) It all looks so good - I wouldn't have missed the turkey. Besides, Thanksgiving is really all about the side dishes!

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  3. Wow, that is an impressive vegan feast! Tahini is really yummy in mashed potatoes, both for flavor and creaminess - I definitely recommend it.

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  4. That looks like a fabulous feast! I'm bookmarking the sunflower-bean burger recipe. I love veggie burgers, but I've never made my own before.

    If you ever go to the Weber Grill restaurant (in Illinois!), try their veggie burger. It's really good!

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  5. Thanks Kristy!

    Jill- I'll have to try the Weber Grill. I have lots of veggie burger recipes if you'd like to try some other ones.

    Great idea about the tahini Margot!

    Thank you Megan!!

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