Vegetarian Thanksgiving Recipes

Sweet and buttery squash--this is quick and easy, and my family loves it.

This is my dad's recipe. The entire family loves it! A flavorful spinach mixture fills a tasty bread bowl. Your family will love it, too.

A sweet, tart, crunchy side dish that is especially nice in the fall.

Peanut butter refrigerator pie, very easy to make. Originally submitted to ThanksgivingRecipe.com.

Nothing warms up a cool night like a plateful of old-time corn fritters! Dig in, these are delicious!

This pumpkin butter is an excellent hostess present, and is a wonderful spread for toast and muffins. It can also be used to make a spectacular holiday dessert, Pumpkin Pecan Cheesecake.

We like a buffet with all the family here. We serve a variety of salads. This is also great for summer picnics and cookouts. Keeps well, and serves a lot of people.

Traditional sweet potato recipe. It is usually served as a side dish.

This easy yeast roll recipe was given to me by my Great, Great Grandmother. I used it a couple of years ago in our state fair and received first place.

Very healthy and tasty sweet potatoes that will be a great addition to any meal. Very easy!

You can make these ahead several days and store in the fridge. If baking cold, let stand 30 minutes first.

These pumpkin seeds make a great tasting and healthy snack.

Great use for all that early fall vegetable! Nice start for a fall day dinner or lunch.

This is a yummy, crunchy cabbage salad with toasted ramen noodles and almond slivers. The bowl is always licked clean at potlucks!

Apples with a hard candy coating, like you can get at fairs.

This is a great snack mix. Wherever I bring this, I am asked for the recipe. You can't stop eating it!

Mashed potatoes can be made almost completely ahead. Do nearly everything - boil, peel and mash; stir in milk and salt - up to two days ahead. Before serving, reheat. Adding butter at the last minute makes them taste freshly mashed.

I love this recipe because it's taken me so long to actually get a good tasting noodle and not just a good tasting piece of cheese on top. This recipe was just trial and error and it's really really good in my opinion. I'm really looking for feedback on this recipe. Thanks so much! This is really good even days after for leftovers. The cheese remelts and the flavor really sets in. Enjoy!

Everyone in the family has something that they're the best at making. I make the best cookies, my sister, Carol, makes the best pies in the whole world!...no competition in our family! This recipe includes an ingredient called free-flowing brown sugar. This is a non-clumping or caking version of ordinary brown sugar. It has a lower moisture content then the traditional one, which makes it free flowing much like granulated sugar. It is available at most specialty supermarket. If it is not available in your part of the world, use regular brown sugar and make sure it is broken up, free of clumps. Macintosh or Granny Smith apples are the best choices for apple pie because they are the least mushy apples.

This is the classic sweet potato recipe that my grandmother serves each year for Thanksgiving and Christmas. It's very simple, yet each time I make it people rave and ask for the recipe. Embarrassingly simple & quite delicious!

This moist and mellow recipe came from my mother-in-law to my husband from her family.

This is a great autumn or winter side dish, especially for those who like things sweet and salty. The colors are beautiful and make a nice autumn presentation.

This is a simple method for preparing pureed pumpkin. The pumpkin may be stored in the freezer for later usage in pies, muffins, etc.

This is a delicious vegetarian gravy!