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Vegan New Years Appetizers

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this comprehensive list of vegan new years appetizers is everything you need to ring in the new year or any time of year!

 

Party Treats and Snacks To Ring In the New Year @spabettie #vegan #party #cocktails #recipes #appetizers

 

Ring In the New Year Right

The entertainer in me loves an arrangement of vegan new years appetizers.

Whether we make resolutions or add to our normal goal setting, one thing we do fully embrace is celebrating the year end. We rarely go out on this night, and if we do, we hire a car and are home before midnight.

I like to make a few fun snacks, plan a cocktail that is champagne friendly – because a fancy champagne coupe IS a must this night. For me, anyway. 

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Vegan Mushroom Gravy

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this vegan mushroom gravy recipe uses the hearty flavor of mushrooms and spices to make an aromatic and flavorful plant based gravy everyone loves.

recipe originally published November 15, 2013

 

vegan mushroom gravy being poured over mashed potatoes and a vegan roast, broccoli and cranberry sauce also on the plate.

 

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    1. Savory Vegan Mushroom Gravy
    2. How to make vegan gravy
    3. Flourless gravy instructions
    4. Easy make ahead gravy
    5. More recipes to pour gravy on
    6. Vegan Mushroom Gravy Recipe

 

 

Dried mushrooms bring great flavor

This vegan mushroom gravy recipe has been our standard for years. It has incredible flavor, and gets great gravy reviews. (Good gravy!)

The dried shiitake mushrooms really are the star in this recipe. Dried mushrooms have such a concentrated flavor, even after rehydrating. 

If you watch the how to video and then also see the process photos, you’ll notice …

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Mashed Cauliflower

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vegan Mashed Cauliflower is tasty comfort food, and a low carb alternative to classic mashed potatoes. from the holiday table to a weeknight dinner! also: how to roast garlic

recipe originally published September 21, 2011

 

green bowl of garlic studded Mashed Cauliflower, stack of plates and forks in background

 

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    1. Vegan Mashed Cauliflower
    2. How To Make Mashed Cauliflower
    3. How To Roast Garlic
    4. Mashed Cauliflower Ingredient Variations
    5. Meal Prep and Storage Tips
    6. More Vegan Cauliflower Recipes
    7. Mashed Cauliflower Recipe

 

 

Low carb comfort food

Vegan Mashed Cauliflower is THE low carb comfort food side dish. With a short ingredient list and an easy, approachable method, this has …

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Crispy Vegan Stuffed Potato Balls

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these crispy vegan stuffed potato balls are a flavorful and fun food that works as an entree, side, or appetizer. use your leftovers: mashed potatoes, cranberry sauce, even dressing!

recipe originally published December 6, 2015

 

an inside view of crispy vegan stuffed potato balls - sitting on curly kale on a white plate, this panko crusted mashed potato ball is cut in half to show the jackfruit filling

 

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    1. Stuffed potato balls
    2. How to make potato balls
    3. Recipe variations
    4. Vegan stuffed potato balls recipe
 

Recipes using leftovers

While the concept of “leftover mashed potatoes” is foreign to me, I’ll gladly cook up a new batch of potatoes specifically for these crispy vegan stuffed potato balls.

This recipe includes a super tasty maple mustard jackfruit filling. We also …

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Vegan Cauliflower Steak

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How to make vegan cauliflower steak with egg free breading – with this quick and easy recipe, a delicious vegan dinner is 30 minutes away!

recipe originally published August 9, 2012

 

"how to make cauliflower steak" an image of two rustic grey plates with bright green broccolini, deep red cranberry sauce, mashed potatoes, and golden breaded cauliflower "steak" (a one inch slice through the middle of a whole cauliflower)

 

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    1. Plant based steak dinner
    2. How to make this recipe
    3. Egg free breading
    4. Roasted, not breaded
    5. Cauliflower Steaks Recipe
 

Breaded Cauliflower

Whether you are planning entrees for your Plant Based Holiday or just planning Thursday night dinner, vegan cauliflower steak is a delicious option. This incredibly quick and easy recipe is …

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Vegan Holiday Recipes

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Vegan Plant Based Holiday Recipes have you set for the most wonderful time of the year! breakfast, appetizers, sides, entrees and desserts.

article originally published November 28, 2014

 

Champagne @spabettie

 

Festive dishes to make all season long

Parties, getting together with friends for events, time with family all call for plant based holiday recipes.

I can safely say the food plays a pretty big part of our holiday events. I love to plan the menus, try new recipes to serve alongside the classics I cannot do without.

Like many things, half the fun is the planning. For more tips and tricks to planning a seamless holiday gathering, see our event planning tips.

Having been a …

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Ginger Cranberry Sauce

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replace the can with this quick and easy ginger cranberry sauce recipe! naturally sweetened with fruit for a no sugar added cranberry sauce.

recipe originally published December 19, 2011

 

two small glass serving dishes of Ginger Cranberry Sauce on a wooden table. blurred in background: serving bowls and whole spaghetti squash

 

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    1. Quick and easy cranberry sauce
    2. How to make no sugar cranberry sauce
    3. Can I add sweetener?
    4. Make ahead recipe!
    5. Can I freeze cranberry sauce?
    6. Ginger Cranberry Sauce Recipe
 

Quick and easy cranberry sauce

Cranberries are a classic holiday flavor. See more: Cranberry Recipes.

Kid Kristina always wanted to help “cook” at the holidays – my tasks included setting the table, preparing the classic Holiday Jello Salad, and plating cranberry sauce.

Even back then, I played up the irony of the canned sauce. I would leave it in can form and serve it in my grandmas crystal serving dish. I would carefully carry it to the table as the can shape slid and wiggled around the plate.

For years, I have been making this ginger cranberry sauce recipe and …

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Vegan Thanksgiving Recipes

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Pardon the turkey and enjoy these vegan thanksgiving recipes. Time tested and crowd pleasing, these delicious dishes are celebration ready! 

article originally published November 25, 2010

 

individual vegan portobello wellington served on a rustic plate with a green salad and bright homemade cranberry sauce.

 

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    1. Plant based Thanksgiving
    2. What to cook
    3. Make a schedule, have a plan
    4. Kid Kristina making pumpkin pie!
    5. more holiday ideas
    6. Vegan Thanksgiving Recipes
 

Vegan Thanksgiving

As much time as we spend planning menus, Thanksgiving isn’t just about the food. I won’t get into a Linus style soliloquy of what Thanksgiving really is, and the history which few focus on. Our modern gatherings on this day are far from that.

For some, Thanksgiving is about snacking on appetizers while watching football. It’s about card games and the annual family viewing of National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation.

It’s about getting up early to …

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