With Thanksgiving only a week away it’s time for vegan Thanksgiving recipes! Thanksgiving can be a tricky holiday for vegans. I’m lucky to have a vegan friendly family and most of the food we make for the holiday is vegan. But more traditional Thanksgiving dinners aren’t usually particularly vegan friendly.
Leading up to the holiday, I’m going to dedicate my next few blog posts to sharing some of my ideas about how to have a vegan Thanksgiving. If you need to bring a dish with you to a family dinner or if your relatives are asking what they can make you for Thanksgiving, try out some of these suggestions. Or, if you’re not vegan, but need to feed a vegan on Thanksgiving, you’ll know just what to make! I’m curious to hear about your Thanksgiving ideas and traditions as well. How do you celebrate a vegan Thanksgiving?
Okay, let’s start with the Turkey. I don’t think you necessarily have to have a fake meat replacement for the turkey. It’s not my favorite part of the meal, and I wouldn’t miss it. But if you or your family want to have a vegan alternative to turkey, I would suggest the Celebration Roast by Field Roast.
The Celebration Roast has a layer of vegan roast/meat with stuffing in the middle made with butternut squash, apples, and mushrooms. All you have to do is slice and pan fry it with a little bit of oil so it’s gets a little crispy. They also have Original Field Roast loaves in various flavors, which I haven’t tried, but are essentially the roast without the stuffing. You can pick up Field Roast products at Whole Foods.
I have also tried Tofurky Thanksgiving roasts, but I don’t think they’re as good as the Field Roast brand. They also have a vegan roast/meat exterior with stuffing in the middle. It’s not as convenient to cook. You have to baste it and it cooks in the oven for 1 hour and 35 minutes thawed, or 2 hours and 35 minutes frozen. I don’t think the taste and texture are as good as the Celebration Roast, and the Celebration Roast only takes 10 minutes at most to slice and cook.
Try out the Celebration Roast for yourself! It’s a tasty vegan alternative to turkey and not much hassle to prepare. And check back for more vegan Thanksgiving ideas over the next week. Up next is Cranberry Citrus Wild Rice. Yum!
The Vegan Kat 
I’ve had a Field Roast before, as well as Tofurky. What i prefer is this cornmeal crusted seitan recipe from a vegan cookbook called Vegan Express by Nava Atlas. She has a good gravy recipe as well. Serve the seitan and gravy over mashed potatoes. It’s delicious.
That sounds really good! I agree, I generally like seitan better than these as well, but the Field Roast is quick and easy at least. I’ll have to check out that recipe. It sounds tasty. I’ve also been wanting to try to replicate a port wine seitan that they have at Blossoms in NYC. It’s so good. We should go there next time you guys come up!
I’ve never heard of Blossoms (although i’m pretty out of sync with the veg restaurant scene in NYC). But yeah I’d like to try it!
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Thanks for the mention! More recipes coming soon 🙂
Definitely! Let’s plan a trip sometime 🙂 http://blossomnyc.com/
Field roast is definitely my favorite!
This year I’m also making the green bean casserole and stuffing. I love Thanksgiving food.
Stuffing is one of my favorites. I will be posting my mom’s vegan stuffing recipe soon. 🙂