10 Low-Sugar Recipes Perfect for Thanksgiving – One Green Planet

Thanksgiving can still be sweet, even without the sugar! All of these recipes either require low amounts of sugar, use stevia or are naturally sweetened! These recipes are perfect if you’re looking to keep an eye on your sugar consumption, or even if you’re looking to try a new recipe to share this Thanksgiving. Don’t forget to check out these low-sugar recipes and many others on our  Food Monster App!

1. Cinnamon Loaf

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This Cinnamon Loaf by Bake Vegan Stuff, Easy Recipes For Kids (And Adults, Too!), Sara Kiddi s makes a great, sweet breakfast or snack, and will have your house smelling like a cinnamon roll! Feel free to get the little ones involved; they can mix and help you pour the mixture into the loaf pan!

2. Almond & Date Shortbread

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This Almond & Date Shortbread by Judy Moosmueller is so simple and so delicious! It only calls for four ingredients and does not require a lot of work to make.

3. Paleo Brownies

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These Paleo Brownies by Nele Liivlaid are moist, gooey, and kid-approved. They are ready in under an hour and absolutely delicious! The binder is psyllium husk powder, which does an amazing job! In fact, you can lift up the whole brownie without breaking it apart! You have to try these vegan paleo brownies––they are such a game changer!

4. Sweet Potato Casserole with Maple Pecan Topping 

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This vegan Sweet Potato Casserole with Maple Pecan Topping by Kennedy Kitchings is perfect for the holidays! It has delicious autumnal flavors and just the right amount of sweetness. With just sweet potatoes, syrup, sugar, coconut milk, cinnamon, pecans, and almond flour, i’s also quite easy to make! Everyone will love this vegan Sweet Potato Casserole~

5. Coconut Cherry Cake Sweetened With Dates 

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This alluring Coconut Cherry Cake Sweetened With Dates by Melanie Kröpfl is vegan, sugar free and gluten free! In addition, it is completely done without an oven. You only need some space in the fridge and some delicious ingredients!

6. Sourdough Cinnamon Buns With Dates 

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Want a healthier take on cinnamon buns? These Sourdough Cinnamon Buns With Dates by Lisa Andersson and Erik Huss are sweetened naturally with dates and are made from a hearty sourdough spelt four that gives them a rich, full flavor. When you bake these, your home will fill with the aroma of sweet dates, cardamom, and cinnamon. Yum!

7. Stewed Peaches with Dates, Cardamom and Almond Cream 

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This comforting breakfast is good enough for dessert. It’s great for balancing Vata as cooked fruit is really easy to digest and helps keep the body clean. This Stewed Peaches with Dates, Cardamom and Almond Cream by The 25 Day Ayurveda Cleanse, by Kerry Harling has a cooling effect due to the predominance of its sweet taste, so it’s an excellent start to any summer’s day.

8. Sweet Potato Maple Mousse Pie 

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Mousse tarts have become my dessert of choice for the winter holidays. This Sweet Potato Maple Mousse Pie by Annie Oliverio are both creamy, cool, and are so easy to make! This one will find its way onto either my Thanksgiving Day or Christmas menu. I’m terrible at making the whipped cream look pretty on top of pies, so I flipped it and put it on the bottom layer.

9. Simple and Healthy Pecan Pumpkin Pie 

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This Simple and Healthy Pecan Pumpkin Pie by Kathleen Henry features a wholesome pecan crust. Vegan, gluten-free, no sugar-added, healthy and is made in a snap. Clean eating at its best, without comprising that great texture of the perfect pumpkin pie.

10. Creamy Pumpkin-Coconut Pie

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If you love pumpkin pie, this Creamy Pumpkin-Coconut Pie by Annie Oliverio is for you! Pumpkin is rich in antioxidants like vitamin C and E and is off-the-charts in vitamin A. It’s also an excellent source of minerals like copper, phosphorus, calcium, and potassium.

If you enjoyed these vegan low sugar treats, make sure to check out these 15 Gluten Free Side Dishes for Thanksgiving and these 15 Treats Sweetened with Monk Fruit!

Gratitude: Plant-Based Thanksgiving Cookbook

No other holiday captures the spirit of home cooking the way Thanksgiving does. This is why you need the ultimate Thanksgiving cookbook, One Green Planet’s Gratitude: Plant-Based Recipes to Create your own Thanksgiving Tradition! In the cookbook, you’ll find our 100 most popular plant-based Thanksgiving recipes like Soft Baked Pumpkin Doughnuts, Spiced Apple Cake with Cashew Frosting, Sweet Potato Chocolate Pudding with Nut Crumble Topping, Cinnamon Apple Hand Pies, and hearty entrees like Roast Root Vegetable Stack With Dukkah, Vegducken: Butternut Squash Stuffed With Eggplant, Zucchini, and a Mushroom Lentil Stuffing, and Seitan Roast With Sausage and Pear Stuffing and Apple Cider Gravy and so much more!