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40 easy vegan recipes – a round-up of breakfasts, lunches, and dinners. User-friendly and satisfying for people who are new to the vegan lifestyle.
This time of year, resolutions abound. Gyms are filled with people vowing to exercise more.
Green smoothies have moved in where Christmas cookies used to be.
And many people are using these early days of the year to work towards living more compassionately by going vegan.
In many ways, veganism affects every facet of a person’s life – from the food you buy, to the clothes you wear, to the products you use to wash your hair, and even to where you choose to go or not to go on vacation (i.e. you won’t be seeing me at Seaworld – ever).
But for most of us, it starts in the kitchen.
Easy vegan recipes
Over the years, people have confided to me that they’d like to go vegan, but they don’t know where to start food-wise.
So I put together this list of 40 easy vegan recipes. It’s a round-up of breakfasts, lunches, and dinners.
The dishes are user-friendly and satisfying for people who are dipping a toe in the vegan lifestyle.
Breakfast:
Breakfast is one of my top 3 favorite meals of the day. (Don’t make me choose.)
With breakfast burritos, roasted potatoes, and cozy chickpea scrambles, there are so many reasons to look forward to getting up.
Breakfast potatoes (You can also make these in the air fryer!)
Chickpea scramble & hash browns
Vegan tofu scramble recipe with kale & avocado
Eggy tofu & toast
Vegan avocado toast with baked tofu
Toasted tortillas with peanut butter & banana
Lunch:
Lunch is when many of us are short on time. We need to grab and go or find things that are quick to pack into insulated bags.
Whether you have access to a stove or not, here are a variety of easy vegan recipes for midday.
Pierogi quesadillas
Kale salad with roasted chickpeas
Curried tofu salad
Spring roll-inspired vegan wraps
Vegan egg salad sandwiches
Double hummus wraps
Spicy black bean taco salad
Refried bean burritos
Vegan bagel sandwich with hummus & vegetables
The best vegan potato salad
Israeli couscous salad with olives & artichokes
Vegan BBQ sandwich with Soy Curls & cole slaw
Dinner:
The family comes together again at dinnertime to break bread after a long day. It’s a meal that sometimes requires meeting a variety of different palates.
With tacos, bowls, and noodles for swirling, you’re sure to find something here that anyone would enjoy.
Baked tofu & kale chip bowls with tahini dressing
Fishless tacos with chipotle crema
Saucy black bean bowl with fried plantains
Vegan burrito bowl with lentils & black beans
Soothing vegan potsticker soup
Easy baked tofu recipe with lemon & rosemary
Air fryer baked potato with all the fixins
Chili dog pizza
Chickpea tacos
Vegan buttered noodles with red wine mushrooms
Plantain & black bean burritos
Vegan three bean chili
Black bean taco pizza
This is only the beginning! For more easy vegan recipes, be sure to visit my recipe page.
Dianne's Vegan Kitchen says
I’ve had people tell me that they want to go vegan, but they wouldn’t know what to eat. You’ve made it so easy with these recipes!
Cadry says
Thanks, Dianne! It can be really overwhelming knowing where to start. I hope this list will be a help to new vegans! 😀
barbara says
yum..thank you can’t wait to try these recipes..
Cadry says
You’re welcome, Barbara! I hope you enjoy them. 😀
Johanna @ Green Gourmet Giraffe says
such great recipes and really helpful that your breakfast meals are mostly savoury – it is challenging to have regular savoury breakfasts for me but I don’t feel so ready for the day if I just have sweet
Cadry says
Thanks, Johanna! I feel the same way about sweet breakfasts. Things like pancakes are fun every once in a while, but I finish breakfast feeling like I didn’t really have anything substantive. I’m a savory breakfast person through and through.
Shell says
This was a really fun round-up! I completely forgot about the plantain and black bean burritos. I have a plantain on my counter and I feel happy every time I look at it.
Cadry says
Thanks, Shell! It’s been way too long since I’ve made plantains. Maybe it will be the next project for my air fryer! 😀
Hannah Teson says
Such a great list! I’m a big fan of your Garlic butter noodles with red wine mushrooms 🙂
Cadry says
Thank you, Hannah! I’m so glad to hear that! 😀
Danielle says
These look delish! I have a question. I’m having a baby soon so we are trying to prepare freezer meals ahead for when we get home from the hospital. Which of these recipes would freeze and reheat well?(and do you have any tips for doing that? ) Thanks!!
Cadry says
Congratulations on having a baby on the way, Danielle! Very exciting! That’s a great question about which of these meals are freezer friendly.
Chili freezes very well. In addition to eating it on its own, you can also put it on tater tots & pizza, as I featured above. When I freeze chili, I like to put it into glass Pyrex containers. But if you’re afraid you’ll run out of freezer space, you could put room temperature chili into freezer bags and freeze them flat. That will be easier for stacking. I usually freeze the chili in portions of 2 or 3, but you could do it in whatever amounts you think you’ll be able to enjoy.
On the same idea, the following soups freeze very well:
Curried lentil soup – http://cadryskitchen.com/2015/04/15/curried-lentil-soup/
Split pea – http://cadryskitchen.com/2013/10/27/three-favorite-vegan-soups-stick-ribs/
When I freeze refried beans, I usually freeze the beans on their own in a Pyrex. However, you could also freeze the burritos individually and put them in freezer bags. The breakfast burritos would also freeze well, I think, without the guacamole. This post has a lot of good tips about freezing burritos: http://www.thekitchn.com/how-i-make-burritos-to-freeze-freezer-friendly-from-jessica-fisher-198682
The beans that are on the boozy black bean & rice bowls, chickpea tacos, black bean burritos, and taco pizza also freeze fine in Pyrex. Then you can thaw & reuse.
I love freezing rice in batches as well. I usually freeze in varying sizes of glass Pyrex containers. To reheat, pop it in the microwave, or thaw a bit and throw the rice into a pan or skillet for fried rice. You can also find frozen rice at Trader Joe’s if you run out! 😀
Danielle says
Thank you for so much great advice! It will come in handy. We are excited about it all!