Last year I was on the hunt for a vegan, GF wrap in stores that didn’t taste or feel like cardboard had simple ingredients, and didn’t cost a thousand dollars.
I’m afraid to report that such a wrap does not exist.
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Uplevel your consciousness
Last year I was on the hunt for a vegan, GF wrap in stores that didn’t taste or feel like cardboard had simple ingredients, and didn’t cost a thousand dollars.
I’m afraid to report that such a wrap does not exist.
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It’s that time of year again peeps, Thanksgiving! It’s crazy to think that this time, a year ago, I married my amazing husband, Vikram. The time has flown by, and in just a couple week’s were expecting our first baby – Eeeeek! It’s been a busy year to say the least.
Regardless of the fact that I got married on Thanksgiving, it’s actually always been one of my favourite times of year. I love the cool fall weather, the fall fashion, and most importantly, the food! Food around Thanksgiving is some of my favourite. I don’t know if you can tell, but i’m really food-motivated…
Pumpkin pie. Mashed potatoes. Gravy. Butternut squash. Mmmmmm.
But one of the biggest challenges I face at any family holiday or get together is what to eat. The rest of my family are meat eaters which means I can almost never eat the same food as them. And honestly, that’s totally fine by me. I personally love making my own food and bringing it with me. I’m also a little bit picky about what goes into my food, so being in control of that works really well for me.
The first Thanksgiving I was vegan, I made a full on 4 course meal for me and my husband and brought it with us to my grandmothers house. We had walnut meat balls, stuffed acorn squash with quinoa and veggies, vegan gravy, and our own vegan, gf pumpkin pie. It was magnificent. This year, however, I will be just short of 2 weeks to my due date, and in no shape to be making some elaborate meal, with tons of different moving pieces. I just want to be able to make one dish, that has all the best bits of Thanksgiving in a simple, easy to manage package. I have been brainstorming what I will be bringing for a few weeks now, and I’m so excited to share with you what I’ve come up with:
Now I thought about adding a vegan, gf stuffing on top of this (which you totally could). But in an effort to keep things a little more simple, and easier to manage for my pregnant self, I figured I wouldn’t.
This recipe, is seriously amazing and includes all the best flavours of Thanksgiving in an easy to manage burger. The patty is spiced with rosemary and thyme (both super Thanksgiving-ey flavours). The cauliflower mash is so simple to make, and is as creamy and delicious as it’s high carb, high Glycemic Index counterpart, the mashed potato. And this gravy. Oh. Em. Gee. My biggest pet peeve about most vegan gravy recipes is that they call for vegetable broth. And I almost never have vegetable broth on hand. This mushroom gravy recipe my friends, calls for NO vegetable broth. Just some simple ingredients that you probably have in your house right now.
Then, there are the fried onions. In my humble opinion, the fried onions on top kinda make the burger. They are crispy, and delicious, and use only 4 ingredients.
I also had every intention of making these into little sliders and putting on a sweet potato bun (which again, you could), but after trying them bun-less I decided against it. Also, putting these between two sweet potato bun’s would make for an extremely messy burger. This delicious meal is finished off with some butternut squash fries on the side as a special fall treat! It’s so exciting to use butternut squash in new, creative ways like fries!
So here it is: The Ultimate Vegan Thanksgiving Burger! If you make this recipe, please let me know what you think in the comments section below! And don’t forget to take a picture, and tag me on Instagram and Facebook!
Cook Time | 1 hour |
Servings |
burgers
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Ingredients
Lentil Walnut Burgers
Cauliflower Mash
Mushroom Gravy
Fried Onions
Butternut Squash Fries
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Melissa is a Mindfulness teacher, a Culinary Nutrition Expert and a Registered Kinesiologist. Her passion for sharing simple healthy living has been the driving force behind this blog and website!