【Ikaw Lang Ang Mahal】

Thanksgiving,Ikaw Lang Ang Mahal for all its stuffing and creamed corn, generally relegates vegetables to the side dishes.

After all, it's all about that turkey, right? Wrong, if you're a vegetarian or vegan (or just don't like turkey).

Here are six vegetarian main courses that are so hearty, flavorful and seasonal you might find your most meat-hungry friends forgoing the drumstick for another helping of the veggies.

---

You May Also Like

---

---

SEE ALSO: Butterball will open a 24/7 text line this Thanksgiving for all your turkey questions

1. Vegan pot pie

Original image has been replaced. Credit: Mashable

This recipe from Minimalist Baker is so on point it's hard to say what its strongest suit is. It is vegan, it's savory, it's hearty and it comes together in an hour. It's also topped with pumpkin sage biscuits. But if that's too daunting, you can substitute any canned biscuit, pie dough or puff pastry.

2. Mac and cheese baked in a pumpkin

Original image has been replaced. Credit: Mashable

If you're just using pumpkin in sweet pies, it's time to expand your horizons. Hollow out a sugar or mini pumpkin then roast the seeds for snacks. Then, bake the pumpkin until the flesh is soft and use it as a vessel for macaroni and cheese. Scoop out the soft, creamy pumpkin flesh with each spoonful of noodles. Use a recipe (omit any meat included in the ingredient list) or go out on a limb and create your own culinary masterpiece.

Mashable Trend Report Decode what’s viral, what’s next, and what it all means. Sign up for Mashable’s weekly Trend Report newsletter. By clicking Sign Me Up, you confirm you are 16+ and agree to our Terms of Use and Privacy Policy. Thanks for signing up!

3. Cauliflower tart

Original image has been replaced. Credit: Mashable

When roasted, cauliflower has a meaty, crunchy outside-creamy inside quality that makes it perfect main dish fare. Laden onto a buttery crust, it's delicious whether paired with red onions and chestnuts, caramelized onions and Gruyere cheese or savory Indian spices like cumin and coriander.

4. Squash soup with almond ricotta and coconut bacon

Original image has been replaced. Credit: Mashable

The technique to Inspiralize Everything's roasted butternut squash soup is familiar. Roasted squash is pureed then mixed with aromatics and liquid. Keep in mind this recipe includes a dollop of homemade almond ricotta cheese and tangles of coconut bacon. Yes, that's right, vegan bacon. Cookbook author Molly Yeh calls the coconut bacon,"sweet and addictive. It's like smoky candy." Okay, count us in.

5. Sweet potato risotto

Original image has been replaced. Credit: Mashable

Marshmallows, hit the bricks. This risotto, from Jessica Merchant of How Sweet it Is, folds sweet potato puree into creamy risotto scented with Parmesan and fresh herbs. She tops hers with crispy bacon, which you may leave on the table for carnivores or omit entirely.

6. Vegetarian crown roast

Sure, this is really just maple roasted squash and stuffing (both of which are delicious, BTW) with a few fanciful decorations, but as a showstopper it has earned its spot on this list.

Bring on the vegetarian Thanksgiving.

Have something to add to this story? Share it in the comments.

• Tech
• Life
• Digital Culture
• Entertainment
• Shopping
• Games
• Social Good
• Deals

• The Coronation of Macron
• Michael Friedman’s Unwritten Columns
• Joyce’s Unpunctuated Rigmarole of Numerical Spangablasm
• Five Hundred Glass Negatives
• We are really bad at heeding warnings about disasters
• Reading and Eating Paris by Jennifer Burek Pierce
• Reading and Eating Paris by Jennifer Burek Pierce
• Grand Opera’s War with Itself
• After a Tragedy, the Ohio State Fair Endures
• Writers on Pencils

• Trump's FCC wants to let your cable company sell your data, because who cares about privacy?
• Gigi Hadid takes the pussyhat to the runway at Milan Fashion Week
• Bill Paxton, star of '80s and '90s genre films and TV, dead at 61
• Every day a sweet dog peeks out from under a gate, waiting for his friend
• Kado Wallet is a phone charger that's as thick as three credit cards
• 'Get Out' is absolutely killing at the box office
• Wireless Apple CarPlay will finally come to more cars
• MashReads Podcast: George Saunders' 'Lincoln in the Bardo' is a perfect novel
• 9 ways to get free tax help from a human being
• Fans wave what appear to be Russian flags in support of Trump at CPAC

• Eat the Press
• What (Else) Our Writers Are Reading This Summer
• A Friend with a Heart
• Merce Cunningham’s Legacy Plan
• The Speaker and the Ironworker
• Announcing Our New Web Editor by The Paris Review
• Staff Picks: Pranks, Prints, and Penises
• Little Red and Big Bad, Part 7
• Stalking the Story
• John H. Johnson and the Black Magazine by Dick Gregory

• I’m just a boy, standing in front a girl, telling her she has a huge ass.
• The Ontology of Circus Peanuts by Jane Stern
• Karl Wirsum’s Casting Call
• The Sneaky Brilliance of Geoff Dyer’s “Into the Zone”
• NYT Strands hints, answers for May 24
• Tina Barney’s Embarrassment of Riches by Joseph Akel
• Tina Barney’s Embarrassment of Riches by Joseph Akel
• Survival Story: An Interview with David France by Garth Greenwell
• Trump, Pumped and Dumped
• Little Red and Big Bad, Part 6