Canadian Thanksgiving dinner

Our potluck Canadian Thanksgiving feast. Clockwise from top: bok choy slaw, candied yams, roasted root veggies, tofurkey, apple cranberry stuffing, mushroom sausage stuffing, green beans with almonds, wild rice salad, veggie Italian sausage and peppers, mashed potatoes, Celebration Roast, and gravy! Not pictured: homemade pumpkin pie, apple crisp, and almond milk ice-cream.

Greek baked eggplant & green beans

Eggplant, green beans, tomatoes, garlic, herbs, and olive oil = perfection. From a cafe in Olympia, Greece.

Malaysian curry noodle soup

Since people liked the previous posts, one more from Happy Buddha vegetarian restaurant (Flushing chinatown in New York). A rare vegan version of Malaysian curry (usually it has shrimp paste).

"German" salads

Fabulous vegan salads from the buffet at Cassius Garten Restaurant in Bonn, Germany:

From left, red cabbage salad, Russian salad with mushrooms and brussel sprouts, carrot and sunflower seed salad, radish salad, cucumber salad, corn salad, mushroom antipasta, roasted tofu, and German potato salad in the middle, all vegan (with clear labels to boot) and all amazingly flavorful.


Carrot orange fennel salad, more corn salad, green bean salad, spinach salad, and potato arugula salad.
Best vegan salad buffet ever?

roasted cauliflower, green beans & pecans

Zahra Mekhla: Middle Eastern roasted cauliflower with zaatar and tahini sauce (see recipe)


(White) green beans and pecans, with garlic, onion, lemon, dried lemon powder, and parsley.
Served over couscous.

Lebanese artichokes, eggplants & green beans

Adrichawki: artichoke hearts tossed with garlic, scallions, cilantro, tomatoes, and olive oil


Makdous: spicy baby eggplant filled with walnuts, garlic, herbs, lemon, and pomegranates


Lubieh Bel Zeit: green beans simmered in tomatoes, garlic cloves, and spices

All from Lebanese Taverna in Baltimore.

turkish green bean salad

green beans sauteed with tomato, onion, garlic, and olive oil, then topped with Circassian Sauce (a refreshing walnut and bread sauce) and served at room temperature
from Madhur Jaffrey's World Vegetarian

green beans, eggplant, and broccoli in spicy garlic sauce

from some Chinese restaurant in Hoboken

green bean thoran

adapted from a Madhur Jaffrey recipe
with basmati rice

masaledar sem

spicy green beans and rice with onion and cumin seeds

green beans with almonds

steamed green beans mixed with olive oil, lemon juice, and almond slivers.
protected by a pipe-cleaner & pinecone turkey, of a sorts