Vegan Pre-Thanksgiving Feast!

I am so lucky to have a good friend who is also a vegan. She was the mastermind behind the idea of a vegan pre-Thanksgiving dinner. We wanted to be able to have a decent feast before we both left town to pursue family holiday events... So we invited an adventurous crowd over to her place of residence and made a bunch of awesome vegan food.

Wanna know what we made? Okay, here goes!

(1). Apple Ginger Seitan from The Post Punk Kitchen



Words from me to you: You. Must. Make this recipe.



(2). The Best Vegan Mac and Cheese in the Entire World from VegWeb

My friend actually adds her own secret touches to this, so it's even yummier. This is actually a picture of leftovers, because it was hard to take good photos at the real feast. On the plate, you can also see the (3) maple-roasted Brussels sprouts and (4) roasted butternut squash from the dinner.



Visible here are some traditional (5) mashed potatoes (and the pot o' butternut squash), but it is pretty hard to see the rest of the spread.



Here's my plate (and bowl) from the actual dinner. (Oh, yes, there were seconds.) In the bowl is the (6) Sweet Potato Chili from Eat, Drink & Be Vegan minus the lentils. Going clockwise, at 1 o'clock are the roasted Brussels sprouts; the mac and cheese is at 5 o'clock; at 6 o'clock we have apple ginger seitan; roasted butternut squash is from 8 to 9 o'clock; and the mashed taters are at 11.



One of my favorite sides of the night was my friend's (7) Sweet Potato Biscuits. It's one of her grandma's recipes, but her family all agrees that the biscuits are better veganized. Score!



We didn't forget dessert, don't worry!



(My friend is on the left, and I'm on the right, for your curious minds' information.)

(8). Pumpkin Pie Brownies from The Post Punk Kitchen





We also made the (9) Sparkled Ginger Cookies from Vegan with a Vengeance and had 'em with glasses of ricemilk. Secret Tip: these cookies come out even better if you refrigerate the dough overnight! These little sparkly guys were yum, yum, yummy.

The entirely vegan dinner was a hit, even though my friend and I were the only vegans there. So, by popular request, we are in the planning stages of a pre-Christmas feast. Yay!