It’s almost time for Thanksgiving! If you’re newly vegan, don’t despair. You can still celebrate our favorite holiday cruelty-free with these vegan Thanksgiving options in Las Vegas! How?
Vegan Alternatives for Thanksgiving
To re-create a vegan Thanksgiving at your house, local grocery stores make it easy! We grabbed most of the eats on KVVU TV’s More segment from Natural Grocers, which opened up earlier this year.
What to buy to prepare a vegan Thanksgiving at home:
Tofurkey Roast: This turkey-ish roast is made with organic soy and stuffed with wild rice. You’ve got to thaw it and then roast it in the over for about 1 1/2 hours. Get creative and add a little veggie broth to it and toss in some veggies, too. It’s small, but pretty hearty.
Edward & Sons Organic Mashed Potatoes: These organic potato flakes make an easy and quick side dish. Boil some water (we didn’t even put butter alternative in the pot), then add in the mix and almond/soy/coconut milk. Easy peasy and you’re quick.
Arrowhead Hills Organic Stuffing: Cooks in about 10 minutes. Boil water and oil, then throw in the stuffing and let it sit covered (heat off) for five minutes. Voila.
Don’t forget some organic cranberry sauce and mushroom gravy to add some flavor to the mix!
Heather Foods Pumpkin Pie or Pumpkin Cheesecake: What we love about Heather McLendon, the owner of Las Vegas’ Heather Foods, is how amazingly tasty her desserts are. And, they are nearly entirely guilt-free. The desserts for Thanksgiving are GMO-free, organic, oil-free and don’t have refined sugar. So, they’re basically healthy and ridiculously good. Order her vegan, gluten-free pies and cheesecakes online.
Want to whip up other vegan Thanksgiving meals? These vegan Thanksgiving recipes will delight your guests and your taste buds!
Vegan Thanksgiving Meals at Las Vegas Restaurants
There are a few restaurants in town offering vegan Thanksgiving meals in Las Vegas this year. The home of our monthly meet-up, Downtown’s VegeNation, is offering a gorgeous four-course meal starting at noon. Tickets are on sale now and — in the true spirit of the hoilday season — 100% of the money goes to the local non-profit Green Our Planet.
As of Nov. 10, 2016, other restaurants offering vegan meals but have not yet released the details includes Violette’s Vegan and Andrea’s at Encore. We will be sharing more here as we get the menus!
What’s your favorite vegan Thanksgiving dish?
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Great Job!!! When I was a veggie, I had tofurkey several years in a row at thanksgiving. It can get kinda dry, so it’s important to have the gravy on hand.
Thank you babe!! <3
Fantastic segment on fox 5! Great job on spreading a healthy lifestyle of eating!
Thank you, Jeff!