Thanksgiving With Squash on the Side

Delicious no-meat recipes for your holiday table.

If you’re looking for a new way to spice up your Thanksgiving table, consider one of these new winter squash recipes from Martha Rose Shulman. She writes:

Many families fall into one of two camps when it comes to Thanksgiving menus. There are those who never veer from their annual menu; recipes are pulled out once a year, then put away until the next. Then there are those who like to try new recipes. I fall somewhere in between. I make certain favorites every Thanksgiving, but I also put new recipes to use, and this year I know I’ll be cooking some of these winter squash dishes.

Visit the interactive recipe collection to see all the dishes in Well’s Vegetarian Thanksgiving so far; we will be adding new dishes daily.

Puréed Roasted Squash and Yams With Citrus: This aromatic dish is inspired by a recipe in Lynne Rossetto Kasper’s wonderful book “The Splendid Table.”

Winter Squash and Sage Blini: These are simple buttermilk/buckwheat blini with puréed butternut squash and sage whisked into the batter.

Fried Winter Squash With Mint: In Sicily this dish is served both hot and at room temperature; if you make it for Thanksgiving and don’t want to be in the kitchen frying squash at the last minute, opt for the room-temperature version.

Simple Provençal Winter Squash Gratin: There’s little more than squash here, seasoned with lots of garlic and fresh herbs.