No turkey-eaters at your table? These vegetarian dishes are hearty enough for your Thanksgiving main course. Fall-forward ingredients create the comforting, savory flavors that you crave around the holidays.
Stuffed Acorn Squash
This Stuffed Acorn Squash from Cookie & Kate is easy, healthy, affordable and delicious. You can’t beat that!
Mushroom Farro Soup
Move over butternut squash! When you’re serving soup as a main course, it needs to have all the hearty, savory elements people expect of a Thanksgiving meal and this Mushroom Farro Soup from Bon Appetit does not disappoint.
Creamy Polenta with Roasted Winter Veggies
This satisfying creamy, cheesy polenta dish from Tara Teaspoon feels indulgent but it’s actually relatively healthy. It makes good use of seasonal winter veggies too.
Sweet Potato Gnocchi with Balsamic-Sage Brown Butter Sauce
This Sweet Potato Gnocchi with Balsamic-Sage Brown Butter Sauce from Salt & Wind is the kind of rich, over-the-top dish you expect at Thanksgiving. We suggest this recipe for a seasoned cook (or a confident beginner) as it calls for homemade gnocchi.
Butternut Squash Risotto
Risotto makes an awesome Thanksgiving main dish. This Butternut Squash Risotto from Cookie & Kate gets extra points because it’s baked! That means no more spending 50 straight minutes stirring a pot—with this recipe you just give it a quick toss at the end.