Favorite Whole Foods Thanksgiving Recipes

This delicious recipe for sweet potatoes with maple, orange and pecans is fabulous for a holiday feast and also happens to be vegan. You’ll never miss the butter or brown sugar! Choose smaller sweet potatoes for best texture. 

This simple recipe for green beans sautéed with ginger, garlic, chili and mint is delicious anytime, but also makes a festive side dish at a holiday table. If you don’t like spicy food simply omit the chili.

The only thing Indian about this recipe for baked Indian pudding is the ground corn, to which Native Americans introduced early American settlers. This simple, delicious, nutritious pudding is often overlooked in the search for fall and holiday desserts. It is best served warm, with a dollop of Vanilla Tofu Whip or Walnut Cream, or good vanilla ice cream. 

Lush, creamy, and packed with nutrients, this recipe for pumpkin pudding is a family favorite and especially wonderful because it's healthy. Pumpkin is loaded with beta-carotene and potassium, and is also rich in fiber. The pudding can also be baked in a pie crust as a pumpkin pie. Serve plain or with Vanilla Tofu Whip or Walnut Cream Cardamom adds a different spice to an old favorite, and is quite lovely.

This simple, homey dessert is at its best made with Anjou or Bosc pears, and is a healthy (and vegan) spin on an old-fashioned classic. By substituting gluten free flour in the topping and filling, and making sure to purchase oats that have not been processed in a wheat plant (these are marked gluten free), you can prepare a dessert that will make gluten sensitive individuals very happy! Serve this with Walnut Cream, or Vanilla Tofu Whip for a festive dessert.