Cheese plates can be simple or elaborate, with dozens of different cheeses or just a few. There’s no one right way to make a cheese plate, but these guidelines can help you put together a cheese plate you and your friends will never forget.

A chunky mixture of roasted eggplant and toasted walnuts that you can eat on bread or crackers.

Mock meatballs are usually made with tofu or tempeh, but this unique recipe uses eggplant and walnuts to great effect.

Make the most of the sweet potatoes available in winter – these stuffed sweet potatoes are sweet and buttery.

Roasted chestnuts are such a traditional winter treat that there’s a song about them – sing along as you roast your own chestnuts.

Stuffing doesn’t have to be cooked inside a turkey – this vegetarian bread stuffing with apples and walnuts is delicious baked as a casserole and served as part of your vegetarian Thanksgiving menu.

There’s nothing quite like buttermilk biscuits hot out of the oven.

Red cabbage with cranberries is a sweet-and-sour side dish that will brighten your table at Thanksgiving or any time of the year.

Maki rolls are a vegetarian relative of sushi. This recipe calls for cucumber and avocado, but you can experiment with other ingredients as well.

Pumpkins are a key ingredient in some wonderful recipes – not to mention jack-o’lanterns – but what can you do with the seeds? Roast ‘em!