A Vegan Thanksgiving

Once the holidays start rolling around, it's inevitable.  Especially Thanksgiving.  The questions are bound to start coming....What do you EAT for dinner?  Do you make a Tofu Turkey?  Are all of your relatives vegan too?

And sometimes, traveling for Thanksgiving is a bit tricky.  It's no fun to have to turn down delicious appetizers, full plates of yummy food, sweet desserts.  It's also kinda rude to not eat what the host prepares.  I tend to fall on the side of switching to vegetarian for the day - still passing on the meat, but being ok with a little bit of dairy or cheese - rather than having to say no to everything and causing hard feelings!

But this year was my first year hosting Thanksgiving since become vegan.  And not only was it way simpler than trying to prepare a traditional dinner, but everyone loved it!  I like to think of my first vegan thanksgiving as all of the good of the traditional, with a little bit of modern and healthy mixed in.

Menu

Rosemary Green Beans

Mashed Potatoes

Stroganoff

Cranberry Sauce

Check out my previous post for a recipe for vegan stroganoff - a nice creamy dish with lots of onions and mushrooms!

Mashed potatoes were made with a few tablespoons of Earth Balance and some of the vegan sour cream left over from the stroganoff, as well as garlic powder.

Our Thanksgiving table was beautiful!  Could have used some more veggies I suppose - but what the heck, it's a holiday! 

For dessert, some out-of-the-box brownies! Enhanced with a sour cream swirl (vegan sour cream, brown sugar, and about 1/4 cup of the brownie mix), that makes them nice and moist and just a tad healthier :)

With the cooking made so simple, it was a wonderful day with the family!  Another day to be thankful for :).