It’s time for turkey dinner? No need to panic.
Don’t overthink it.
What do you normally make for holiday dinners? To start, I recommend veganizing your famous holiday dishes. Choose a vegan butter, vegan milks or cheese, and add in as needed. Find a roast you enjoy, I recommend an iconic tofurky, or field roast celebration roast… but there are a few on the market. Choose based on you and your loved ones’ preferences! If you are hosting, grab a couple different kinds to allow yourself to explore your options.
Join your local vegan facebook page.
The vegans in your city already know what’s going on with the roast supply, where to purchase vegan pumpkin pies, which restaurants are offering special holiday meals, and more! Always nice to have your finger on the pulse, to see what is popular, have a plate to ask questions, and just general inspo and info local to you.
I always keep this gravy recipe handy and have made it a dozen times, often adding my own spin with some white wine, miso broth, mushrooms, or using a variety of different flours. Easy and delicious.
2026 Turkey Dinner At Our House
This year my husband and I decided at 6pm that we wanted to make a little turkey dinner just the two of us. We lucked out that there were tofurkys available at one of our health food stores, I normally baste with orange juice, soya sauce, and oil… but we forgot orange juice. I improvised with cherry juice, red wine, soy sauce, and olive oil and it might be our new family recipe! It was delicious. The perogies in coconut cream and dill were left over fro, my grandmas celebration of life the day before, so thats what we had as our potato dish. We used 2 cans of mushroom gravy, and a can of sliced mushrooms with stems. Then we’ve got brussels sprouts with cranberries and toasted pecans, and frozen green beans, and cranberry sauce made from frozen cranberries. Annie’s vegan mac and cheese made with oat milk and vegan Becel was a nice touch which we will carry forward as tradition. We were eating by 11pm haha which wasn’t bad considering we left to go shopping only 5 hours earlier. This is just one example of a vegan turkey dinner.
