It’s almost thanksgiving! I can’t wait to spend hours in the kitchen making a wonderful meal for my family…and that’s not sarcastic at all, I really can’t wait. :) I love to cook and bake, and thanksgiving gives me an excuse to go overboard in the kitchen. This year we are having my family and my husband’s family over for thanksgiving dinner. We have discussed with both of our families and decided we are going to have an entirely vegetarian thanksgiving. It is going to be our parents first meatless Thanksgiving; I can’t wait to blow them away with the delicious food.
Eating a meatless dinner on thanksgiving opens up a world of recipes possibilities! My first thanksgiving without meat was a little strange. I wanted to imitate all the classic thanksgiving dishes so I roasted some tofurkey and ate my fair share of mash potatoes to fill up. But my second thanksgiving was completely different. I had learned new vegetarian recipes throughout the year and was ready to create my own thanksgiving dinner. There are so many great seasonal vegetables during the fall it makes it really easy to cook a yummy dinner.
As the years flew by I kept getting more creative with my thanksgiving dinner menu. We typically go to my husband’s parents to celebrate and I bring a few of my favorite vegetarian thanksgiving dishes. I am beyond excited to have both our families over and have some wonderful vegetarian food.
I have begun making the menu and am super excited about it. I still need a few more options but here’s what I have so far…DISCLAIMER these are recipes from the internet, I haven’t decided how I am going to spice them up and make them my own yet so ideas are welcome. :)
• Butternut Squash Baked Risotto
• Vegetarian Mushroom Gravy
• Green Bean Casserole with Red Curry and Peanuts
• Sweet Potato and Edamame Shepherd’s Pie
• The thanksgiving favorite, Pumpkin Pie,
• And obviously mash potatoes, cranberry chutney, and some roasted corn and carrots.
I love thanksgiving and all the rich and flavorful foods! I can’t wait to start cooking! In the meantime I think I am going make my family’s favorite, pumpkin cranberry cinnamon rolls to get my cooking bug out of me today.
Happy thanksgiving cooking!
Go Green and Stay Keen,
Julie
As the years flew by I kept getting more creative with my thanksgiving dinner menu. We typically go to my husband’s parents to celebrate and I bring a few of my favorite vegetarian thanksgiving dishes. I am beyond excited to have both our families over and have some wonderful vegetarian food.
I have begun making the menu and am super excited about it. I still need a few more options but here’s what I have so far…DISCLAIMER these are recipes from the internet, I haven’t decided how I am going to spice them up and make them my own yet so ideas are welcome. :)
• Butternut Squash Baked Risotto
• Vegetarian Mushroom Gravy
• Green Bean Casserole with Red Curry and Peanuts
• Sweet Potato and Edamame Shepherd’s Pie
• The thanksgiving favorite, Pumpkin Pie,
• And obviously mash potatoes, cranberry chutney, and some roasted corn and carrots.
I love thanksgiving and all the rich and flavorful foods! I can’t wait to start cooking! In the meantime I think I am going make my family’s favorite, pumpkin cranberry cinnamon rolls to get my cooking bug out of me today.
Happy thanksgiving cooking!
Go Green and Stay Keen,
Julie
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