1. Mashed Potatoes

Oh yes. Personally, mashed potatoes are my weakness, and if you want to make them vegan, swap out the dairy for some vegan butter, and you're set! Mashed potatoes for all, and for all a good night.

2. Butternut Squash

Mashed or roasted, butternut squash is such a fall staple, and it's delicious and cruelty free!

3. Green Beans

Everybody loves a good green bean. Green beans with slivered almonds are honestly a great, simple, healthy side dish for any meal, and also a classic Thanksgiving side. Unless you have a nut allergy. Then skip the almonds.

4. Stuffing

Is it really Thanksgiving without stuffing? No, probably not. Stuffing does tend to involve the use of chicken broth or other meat-related ingredients, but it can easily be made with vegetable broth instead, and voila! Vegetarian friendly stuffing.

5. Sweet Potatoes

Fried, mashed, roasted, baked... there are so many options. Sweet potatoes are easily one of the best Thanksgiving foods. Especially served with mini marshmallows on top.

6. Pies

Arguably the greatest part of Thanksgiving, and any holiday, really, is dessert. Let's talk about pies.

Maybe you're a pumpkin pie kinda person.

Maybe apple pie is what calls to you.

Or blueberry, or peach, or... anything.

There are endless pie possibilities.

Who doesn't love food with endless possibilities???

7. Pumpkin Ravioli

An Autumnal twist on a classic, you really just can't go wrong with pumpkin ravioli. Plus, eating this as opposed to regular ravioli technically makes you even even more environmentally conscious vegetarian, because you're skipping out on the dairy!

8. Pumpkin or Butternut Squash Soup

Pumpkin is such a major player in the fall season, why not have it in soup form, too!

Butternut squash soup definitely also comes in as a strong competitor.

Squash or pumpkin. Pick your fighter.

9. Cranberry Sauce

Regardless of whether you're a fan of old-fashioned, homemade cranberry sauce, or store bought OceanSpray cranberry sauce that comes in a can (honestly... it's really good), we can all agree that cranberry sauce is pretty much a must-have for Thanksgiving.

10. Risotto

Risotto is great all year round, but when it starts getting chilly outside, this is a great, warm option. Even better, you can put a fall twist on it and make pumpkin risotto. Because why the heck not.

11. Pasta 

PASTA. Need I say more?

There is so much you can do with pasta, and in the fall, so many vegetables are at their prime that it just makes sense to craft an autumnal pasta dish.

There are endless pasta possibilities..... or should I say... pastabilities.

12. Mac and Cheese

Okay so yeah, maybe this technically just belongs in the "pasta" category, but mac and cheese really deserves a category of its own. Let's be real here.

Maybe mac and cheese isn't something that immediately comes to mind when you think of Thanksgiving, but generally speaking, Thanksgiving is a very family style event (I mean... duh, its a family/friend-oriented holiday, but anyway), and mac and cheese is a dish that can easily be shared and made in large quantities at once. So, I'm gonna go out on a limb here and say mac and cheese is a go.

13. Homemade Desserts

Aside from pies, there are so many desserts which might show up on your table for Thanksgiving.

Maybe you have an overzealous family who dishes out desserts nonstop. Maybe you're a cookie-baking kind of home. Personally, my family and I always end up with more pie than any of us could possibly eat, but we also bake some cookies here and there for the holidays.

It's just a great excuse to eat all your favorite homemade baked goods and not feel guilty, because you simply can't put all that hard work to waste!