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Holiday Recipes

Recipes for Thanksgiving, Christmas, or other autumn-into-winter gatherings. All vegan, made with whole food plant-based ingredients.

Several rum balls on marble with a golden star light behind them.

a tasty holiday treat, with or without the alcohol:

Vegan Rum Balls

Get the recipe

Christmas Faves

  • Arugula Pecan Vegan Cheesy Spread
  • A top down view of a plated Lemon Rosemary Vegan Cheese Log.
    Lemon Rosemary Vegan Cheese Log
  • Easy Rustic Red and Green Christmas Veggie Platter
  • A beautiful, colorful vegan winter salad featuring radicchio, oranges, fennel, quinoa, and cannellini beans.
    Vegan Winter Salad
  • A big mug of vegan eggnog, surrounded by sparkly lights.
    How to Make Quick Vegan Eggnog (dairy-free, egg-free)
  • a chocolate peanut butter ball with a bite out of it
    Chocolate Peanut Butter Balls
  • Chocolate-Dipped Dried Orange Slices
  • close up view of a chocolate rum ball with a bite out of it
    Vegan Rum Balls

Thanksgiving Faves

  • Vegan baked pumpkin donuts with pecan topping on a grey platter and a brown gingham cloth with a bowl of candied pecans below.
    Baked Pumpkin Donuts (vegan, gf, oil-free)
  • An overhead view of colorful Vegan Harvest Salad with Pecan Dressing.
    Hearty Vegan Radicchio Salad
  • a gravy boat filled with mushroom gravy
    Easy Vegan Mushroom Gravy
  • Simple crispy baked sourdough stuffing with fresh herbs.
    Simple Baked Sourdough Stuffing with Fresh Herbs (vegan)
  • Maple balsamic roasted brussels sprouts on a square plate with a spoon holding a few.
    Maple Balsamic Roasted Brussels Sprouts (oil-free, vegan)
  • Tofu steaks on top of oat groats, served next to sauteed mushrooms.
    Tofu Steaks (vegan)
  • a stack of delicata squash
    Delicata Dippers, A One-Ingredient Snack Recipe
  • Six images of easy vegan Thanksgiving dinner recipes of 21 recipes in this post, all whole food plant-based.
    21 Easy Vegan Thanksgiving Dinner Recipes

Holiday Recipes

  • Easy Pecan Butter
  • Breakfast Apple Crisp (vegan, gluten-free)
  • Pumpkin Chocolate Pecan Baked Oatmeal
  • Blood Orange Flavored Ice Cubes
  • Quick and Easy Fresh Cranberry Orange Relish
  • Vegan Caramel Steamer
  • Vegan Caramel Latte (refined sugar-free)
  • Chocolate Berry Pistachio Stuffed Dates (vegan)
  • Vegan Maple Pecan Sauce
  • Gluten-Free Vegan Cranberry Orange Muffins with Maple Pecan Topping
  • 37 Whole Food-Rich Vegan Holiday Cookie Recipes, Beautiful for Gift Giving
  • Shepherdless Pie for the Ultimate Vegan Thanksgiving
  • Roasted Vegetables with Rosemary Sage White Bean Puree
  • Quick Rosemary Sage White Bean Puree
  • Garam Masala Roasted Acorn Squash
  • A Vegan Pot Pie for Carnivores
Kari smelling anise hyssop while standing behind her market basket and fresh produce.

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I'm Kari, and this is where I celebrate beautiful ingredients and focus on ways to make eating more plants easier. Recipes are centered around whole foods and are vegan, cooked without the need for oil, mostly refined sugar-free and gluten-free. And so delicious!


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