These Vegan Thanksgiving Recipes Are Ethical, Healthy, Festive, and—Above All—Delicious

Olive oil and citrus-toasted crumbs make this Thanksgiving staple special.

These Brussels sprouts are just 34 calories per serving, making them a healthy addition to your meal. You need only a splash of oil on the leaves because you cook them quickly, like a warm salad, and they stay crisp.

Fuyu persimmons and pomegranates add autumn color and a sweet-tart punch to bitter chicories (frisée and radicchio).

Cookbook author Andrea Nguyen and her family serve this crunchy Vietnamese-flavored slaw the day after Thanksgiving with leftovers. But we think it’s worthy of a spot on the holiday menu.

Whorled broccoli romanesco is an exotic treat, yet it’s very easy to prepare—just steam until tender. If you can’t find small heads, just break a full-grown head into florets (cauliflower works, too).

A curry might not be the first dish that comes to mind when planning your holiday menu. However, the depth of flavor and delicious use of squash, a Thanksgiving staple, makes this recipe a crowd-pleaser for vegans and omnivores alike.

Though the Indian seasonings are a departure from traditional Thanksgiving flavors, the bright vegetables in this vegan main dish are right in keeping with the holiday’s harvest theme. You can easily double it to serve a bigger group.

The secret ingredient in this recipe, inspired by one served by chef Matthew Dillon at the Corson Building in Seattle, is an easy-to-make Egyptian nut-and-spice blend called dukkah. Dillon likes to serve the roasted vegetables as a side dish, but in more generous portions it serves 4 as a main.

This colorful salad combines autumn ingredients with an unusual-for-Thanksgiving grain. The result is as eye-catching as it is delicious.

Earthy buckwheat serves as the base in this tasty whole grain salad, which would make a delicious side or filling main dish at the holiday meal.

Vegetarians or vegans will love this hearty salad with smoky flavor.

Use olive oil instead of butter to make this hearty vegetarian dish all-the-way vegan.

Virgin coconut oil is unrefined and cold-pressed, like extra-virgin olive oil, and isn’t hydrogenated. It has a clean, slightly nutty taste that’s delicious in this dish. Deborah Madison, who adapted this recipe from her book Vegetarian Cooking for Everyone, likes to use a mix of sweet potatoes, but it’s fine to go with just one kind. Paler sweet potatoes tend to be drier, so if you use them, add more oil.

Leggy, small-flowered broccolini is great steamed, but glorious roasted: The color and flavor deepen, and the florets get delectably crisp—almost as though they’ve been fried. Roasted regular broccoli is also delicious, though it won’t get quite as crisp.

This bright, fresh version of hummus is great with any combination of raw vegetables.

Light and refreshing, this sorbet is the perfect final dish on a day of feasting.

Skip the mascarpone-and-cream topping and serve with your favorite vegan ice cream instead.

Freshly squeezed orange juice with a little cinnamon dresses this simple salad.

Cheaper than the competition and induction-burner-compatible. 

Don’t bother with the single-purpose carving knife. Buy this chic, blonde, Pakawood-handled, Japanese-made chef’s knife that’s got all the ceremonial swagger but year-round usefulness.

You’re going need that little juice groove. Made of antimicrobial maple, it’s handsome enough to use as a rustic serving platter. 

Sturdy and large enough to protect you from errant cranberry juice, spattering turkey fat, and spilled Pinot Noir.

Slightly deeper than competition, this updated version of the classic glass pie plate also comes with a handy domed lid that’ll protect even the loftiest cream pies.

Gotta love a fat separator for easily discarding the lipids while tidily reserving the drippings (which have about 10 times the flavor of the turkey itself). Plus it doubles as a measuring pitcher you can use the rest of the year.

The finishing touch your Thanksgiving feast needs might not be another pie—it might be one of these stylish and functional accessories.