No matter how many or how few people are seated at your dinner table these days, this could be an excellent time to expand culinary horizons. Check out the scrumptious plant-based recipes at Meatless Monday!
Yummy Plant-Based Recipes for the Holidays or Any Days!
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Love the recipes you linked to, Becky! I’m a vegetarian/near-vegan who had vegetarian “turkey” for Thanksgiving, and it was delicious — like many meatless products are these days. Maybe I’ll receive a grateful holiday card from animals. Well, maybe not… 🙂
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Even without the cards of appreciation, you know you’re doing the right thing, Dave!
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Yes, Becky, the cards are not needed. 🙂
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Exactly!
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Thanks for the recipes, Becky. We eat vegetarian every other day so these look terrific.
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Good to know that, John. You’re very welcome!
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Those recipes look delicious enough to try. Yum!
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I hope you will, Pat!
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I don’t cook much and I’ll try.
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I hope you’ll enjoy these, Pat!
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I think I’m going to try the Mushroom Wellington recipe this weekend! Thanks for sharing!
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That recipe really caught my eye, too. Let me know if you try it!
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I tried the Mushroom Wellington last night – it definitely has promise, but was a little bland. Next time I’ll try it with cheese (not vegan, I know) and more mustard, maybe a little Worcestershire sauce.
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Good to know! Yes, recipes often need a bit of tweaking.
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Thanks Becky for the recipes 🙂
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You’re welcome, Ally! I hope you’ll find something there to try:)
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I’ve eaten Mushroom Wellington before. It’s really good.
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That’s great to know, Liz! That photo looks very appetizing!
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🙂
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Speaking as a carnivore…. it just never hurts to eat at least one vegetarian meal a week — if only to realize just how MUCH meat we consume…I do love it, but readily admit we eat way more than is “natural” — especially if we were killing it ourselves. Maybe that should be…(pardon the pun)….Food for thought!.
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That’s a good point, KC! I also enjoyed meat but don’t miss it, now that I’ve made the full switch to veganism. I do pay more attention to proteins and vitamins in the foods I eat to make sure I’m getting what I need.
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Thanks Becky. These all look yummy, and most seem fairly easy, too.
I am 98% vegetarian, and about 85-90% vegan … still can’t give up milk in my delicious Chemex coffee, though I do only get organic or “locally grown”, and still love cheese, (including the vegan style.) But it’s always in my sights to live kinder.
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Happy to hear that, Jeanne! This sounds a lot like my journey. I found that I like almond or oat milks, so that helps me with coffee. Before going totally vegan, my last holdout was eggs. I found a wonderful product called JUST that works great for scrambles, quiche, frittata type dishes!
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Becky, I have tried every kind of alternative milk, including oat and almond, and I still can’t get there! I use Westsoy unsweetened vanilla soy milk for my hot and cold cereal needs, but even that doesn’t do it in coffee. Eggs are a holdout – but mostly when I eat out at this one veg/vegan restaurant I love because they make scrambles with locally-sourced produce and cheese. (Their meat, too, but I have no problem not having that.)
If you have any ideas, let me know!
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If you like something a bit thicker in coffee, Jeanne, have you tried almond or coconut milk creamer/half-and-half? Those are very good. And I know many people like to use tofu in scrambles. A brand I found and love is Hodo, which is quite dry and very firm.
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I’ll look for them when I next go shopping. I anticipate I may be getting sugar in them, which I don’t use in coffee, but I can certainly take a look. Thanks for the suggestions!
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You’re welcome; I’ve found unsweetened ones!
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I have some chia seeds I was going to use to thicken sugar-free blackberry ‘jam’ (and didn’t) so I’m glad to find a use for them in making a snickerdoodle!
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There you go!
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Thank you for the link – we are now vegan and feeling so much better for it… Like you, it’s been something of a journey. On Christmas Day, my sister will have a small chicken breast – but I’m going to be making my own Chestnut Wellington, which Himself and I just love. I had thought it would be much harder to give up meat than it has proved to be – but extra recipes are always welcome! I am waiting for more cookery programmes on TV for those of us who don’t use animal products…
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Wonderful to hear you’re feeling so healthy, now, Sarah! It seems that more and more blogs and websites are showing up with great vegan recipes, which surely helps.
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Oh yes – and there are more and more products turning up on supermarket shelves and in restaurants, too:)).
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Yes, I’ve seen some being advertised!
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Thanks for the Holiday ideas! For us it’s a bigger challenge because we also eat gluten-free as well as plant based. Thankfully, most holiday sides are plant based (such as sweet potatoes).
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You’re welcome! I eat mainly gluten-free, as well, and always look for recipe ideas.
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You truly have a blog full of delicious ideas for meatless Monday. I will definitely try some of them.
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Thanks, Bernadette! You have some great cooking ideas on your blog, as well!
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These recipes look and sound delicious, Becky… I have sigjned up for meatless Monday emails and definitely am going to make a concerted effort this year to introduce more plant based meals to my family… Tofu and eggs are a big sticking point with us… Tofu is very popular here and widely used I just am not keen on it maybe I just haven’t found the right recipes /tofu
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Glad to hear you signed up for Meatless Monday, Carol! As for me and tofu, the recipes are part of it, but I also like the firmest and driest form available. I don’t know what brands are available by you, but the best one I have found so far is Hodo, which is almost more “cheesy.” I also like tempeh a great deal.
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Thank you for the tips, Becky I will check out what brands are available here and tempeh which I haven’t tried at all… I can’t see us giving up meat completely but I do want to introduce more plant based meals…
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You’re welcome!
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