Happy Meatless Monday! I’m continuing with my Thanksgiving Sides series and bringing you a fabulous healthy Vegetarian & Vegan Stuffing idea. Please join me and Tina Muir for our Meatless Monday linkup. Feel free to add your own recipe to our link and check out all of the other great ideas below.
My husband (non-vegetarian) and I have quite the cooking battles around Thanksgiving. He really likes to show off his carnivorous cooking so this year I am upping my game with my vegetarian sides. Stay tuned to see what happens. For this week, I’ve modified and enhanced a recipe I originally found in Bon Appetit to make it healthier and vegetarian friendly. It makes a great addition to the Thanksgiving table. Hope you enjoy as much as I did!
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- 6 C torn multigrain or your favorite hearty bread
- 1/2 C raw pumpkin seeds
- 1 lb baby bella mushrooms-cleaned and diced
- 3 celery stalks-diced
- 6 C raw Kale (ribs & stems removed, chopped)
- 1/2 C fresh peas
- Olive oil for sauteeing
- Kosher salt, pepper & sage to taste
- 1/2 C white wine
- 1 egg white (omit for Vegan recipe)
- 1 1/2 C Veg stock
- Fresh Rosemary
- Preheat oven to 350*
- Spray casserole dish with cooking spray or brush with olive oil
- Place torn bread in large mixing bowl
- Toast pumpkin seeds for 10 min until browned and add to bread bowl
- Heat olive oil in skillet and saute mushrooms, celery, kale and peas until softened about 6-8 min
- Season with salt & pepper & sage
- Transfer to bread bowl and combine
- Reduce heat and add wine to skillet scraping up any left over veggies about 1 min
- Pour over bread & veggie mixture
- In a small bowl, wisk egg white and veg stock adding salt & pepper pour over bread mixture
- Bread should be moist (you may need to add more stock)
- Transfer mixture to casserole dish, top with fresh Rosemary
- Cover with foil and baker about 30 min
- Remove foil-increase oven temp to 425* and bake to brown top about 20 min
- Can be made the day before and cooked day of
What’s your favorite Thanksgiving side? Are you hosting Thanksgiving Dinner?
Yummmyyy! We were on the same mindset for the kale, but I love that this is a stuffing! I am trying to get a menu together now, so ideas are truly welcome! Hopefully we have a good turnout today 🙂
I hope so too! Happy Monday 🙂
Another “great minds think alike” pairing for you and Tina! And a great stuffing alternative! I have no clue what to expect for Thanksgiving this year–I’m going home but it is just going to be a few of us!
Are you going to cook?
This looks so flavorful and hearty!! Stuffing is one of my favorite holiday foods, so this is right up my alley! Thanks for the link-up!
Thanks! Stuffing is good on Thanksgiving hope you enjoy it.
Bookmarking! Geoff and I are in charge of thanksgiving this year, and we are both vegetarians. If it was only the two of us, we’d totally go with just a Tofurkey and some cranberry sauce, haha! But since we have to feed the non-vegetarians in the family, we are trying to find some creative veggie recipes that won’t make them miss meat 🙂 This is on the list, thank you!
Thanks so much! We are in the same situation-hosting to a lot of non veggies. I think they will like it too
Yum! This does look perfect for Thanksgiving!
Thanks! I’m excited to serve it to the rest of my family and see if they miss the meat 🙂
This looks fabulous. I love the Kale addition!
I’m hosting this year and I can’t wait. I don’t eat meat either so my hubby and I divide and conquer. He makes TWO turkeys for the crowd and I make a bunch of vegetarian sides. The sides are always as big of a hit as the turkey and we have never had any complaints that they are meat free!
We have the same situation. We are hosting and my husband loves his meat dishes. I a giving him a run for his money this year with my sides. 🙂
This sounds yummy and very healthy. I wouldn’t have to worry about taking seconds of this.
Thanks! I hope my family loves it too!
This looks A-MA-ZING! Last year I made a roasted squash side (squash, craisins, pecans and shallots I believe) from the the Runner’s World cookbook. I loved it and can’t wait to make it again this Thanksgiving. I will let the rest of the family have their sweet potato casserole and the sugar coma that happens later.
I’m not a fan of the sweet potato casserole either-too sweet for me. Hope you give this a try
I LOVE this recipe. i’ve never been a fan of all the junk that goes in traditional stuffing — so this sounds great. pinning for sure! thanks!!!
Thanks! I hope my family likes it this year too
Wow, this sounds delicious! Thanksgiving is at my in-law’s so not much cooking for me but I’m in charge of Christmas dinner at my parents and this looks like it might be a hit there.
Thanks! Hope you all like it 🙂
This is going on my Thanksgiving menu. Holy deliciousness.
Thanks! Hope you enjoy it and thanks for stopping by today
I’m not even sure how we are celebrating T’day this year since DH’s dad is in a rehab place after his stroke two weeks ago. I’m trying to get my planner self to just chill and go with the flow at this point.
That dish sounds interesting, but I’m not a stuffing fan and DH doesn’t like Kale, so probably not going to show up at our house LOL.
I can never eat my husband’s stuffing bc he always puts meat in it so I was determined to come up with my own version. Hope your father in law is doing better.
I’m not a stuffing fan but my husband is and I bet he would love this one!
Thanks! Hope you give it a try
This looks SO good! I’m not very much for the meaty dishes on Thanksgiving but this would be a great dish for the table. Love that it can be vegan, too!
Absolutely! Hope you enjoy 🙂
I have to admit I am not a fan of peas! Crazy I know, but I can leave them out 🙂 Another great looking recipe! Can’t wait to see what’s up next week!
You can definitely leave out the peas I wanted a little more color. Hmmm next week…
You had me at stuffing:) That is one thing that I seem to rarely get, but when I do it’s like heaven:) I’ll have to bookmark this one!
Funny I never eat it either. My husband always puts meat into it so I’m making my own this year and we will see which is more popular
Looks delicious!! Another great recipe for me to try out on my family, thank you!
Thanks! Hope you all enjoy
Did someone say Thanksgiving sides? I’ve got the in-laws coming this year (hello hurrican MIL) and am wigging! This stuffing looks awesome. I’ve got vegetarians to cook for!
you are too funny! Hope you and the MIL like this 🙂
yum yum! I love mushrooms! Just have to get my boyfriend on board with them…
Maybe you can hide them in there!
Mushrooms added to anything I am a fan of! Never thought of stuffing before but that would be delicious. Your recipe sounds great!
Thanks so much I hope you give it a try it really was delish! I can’t wait to test it out on my family
This recipe looks amazing. I love mushrooms too. Thanks for sharing!
Thanks! Hope you enjoy it
This looks delicious! Perfect option for Thanksgiving (or anytime)!
Thanks! I’m trying to up my game this year to compete with my husband’s meat filled version
I love kale and all but I am addicted to my mom’s stuffing. LOL!
That’s ok I won’t hold it against you!! 🙂
What a perfect post for this time of year! We have Thanksgiving dinner coming up with family and I can think of a couple people that might appreciate me bringing this as a side!
I bet they would! Hope you like it!
Oh, my word! That’s a stuffing I could eat on my calorie budget! Adding to my grocery list.
Agreed! I believe it’s pretty healthy. Thanks for stopping by and hope you enjoy it 🙂
Yum! Seriously I hate stuffing but all the ingredients in this one I love!
I usually don’t like it either which is why I was on a quest to make a healthy good one!
Looks like a great side dish and wonderful vegetarian option. My favorite side dish are the sweet potatoes and the cranberry sauce (that counts as a side dish right?)
Ha ha yes! Look for my healthy cranberry recipe next week
This might be perfect for my Thanksgiving menu 🙂 Love almost anything with mushrooms.
Me too! I am determined to give my husband a run for his money with my sides this year!