Happy Holidays! You’ll love my Healthy Vegan Thanksgiving Menu (or Christmas) Rob and I had our first Thanksgiving together. Though I’ve celebrated a few Thanksgivings since 2013, 2016 marked my first 100% vegan Thanksgiving. No turkey, no butter, no cheese, nada. I thought that it would be overwhelming to create a special vegan holiday dinner for the two of us. On one hand, I wanted it to be special. I wanted everything at a traditional Thanksgiving: sweet potatoes, pumpkin pie and stuffing. We didn’t end up cooking any of those dishes. I compromised on my fantasy Thanksgiving meal. Even so, we still had a delightful vegan Thanksgiving dinner. It was pretty healthy, too! Here’s our healthy vegan Thanksgiving menu for this year: · Field Roast Celebration Roast …show more content…
Then add the apples, pumpkin, spices and water in a pressure cooker. Cook for 5 minutes then allow the cooker to naturally release. While the fruits cook, combine the oats, cashews, flax and hemp seeds in a bowl. Mix in the maple syrup and aquafaba to dampen the mixture. Set aside. Preheat oven to 350 F (X C). Add the dates to the cooked fruit mixture when the pressure has released. Spread the cooked fruit in a small baking pan (I used a bread pan). Top the fruit with the sticky oat mixture and pack down lightly. Bake for 30-40 minutes. The top should be crunchy and hardened but not brown. Allow the crumble to cool for at least 10 minutes before serving. Enjoy warm or cold. Fermented Cranberry Spritzer I’ve never been a fan of cranberry sauce, but I love the color that cranberries add to the table. Instead of cranberry sauce, Rob and I enjoyed a Fermented Cranberry Spritzer. In fact, we enjoyed two variations. We made 2 cups of spritzer with kefir water and 2 more cups of cranberry spritzer with kombucha tea. We preferred the kombucha-base over the kefir base. You can experiment to discover what you