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65 Easy Vegan Recipes for Beginners! Easy 1 Pot Meals, soups, stir fries, curries, burgers, pizza, Tacos, breakfast and dessert to get you started on your journey. Glutenfree Soyfree Nutfree options
Transitioning into and maintaining a vegan diet can have its challenges in the beginning. It can get overwhelming at times to replace some loved meals, try new ingredients, flavors and textures. Here areย a few choice recipes from the blog to help you out! Many are 1 Bowl, 30 Minute easy recipes, some longer depending on your cooking experience. There are quick Pastas, Veggie bakes, Soups, Curries, Stir fries, noodles, Bowls, there are Burgers, tacos, pizza. Also breakfast- sweet and savory, and some desserts to please everyone. There’s something for everyone, many different flavors, cooking styles, ingredients, options.
Lets keep those plans we made in Jan to eat well rolling along. Do let me know in the comments about which recipes you found easy and accessible. Looking for something specific, checkย my Recipe index. Also check out my cookbooks for even more options and inspiration(available everywhere in the world and often also in libraries).
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Pasta and Baked:
- Fettuccine Alfredo with mushrooms, GF option
- Garlic Sauce with Cajun Cauliflower GF option
- Fajita Pasta with Taco Spiced Veggies and Chickpeas. GF option
- Pesto Spaghetti with chickpea “meatballs”.
- Roasted Red pepper Sauce Pasta with black pepper chickpeasย SF
- Garlicky Korean Mac
- Portobello Mushrooms with Garlic Sauceย GF
- Cauliflower Parmesan Pasta Bake
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- Sundried Tomato Pasta with Garlic soy curlsย (pictured)
- Mushroom Tetrazziniย SF
- Lasagna soup with Red Lentils. Instant Pot or Saucepan. SF (pictured)
- Mushroom Bourguignon with Potato Cauli mash(pictured) GF
- Sheet Pan Veggie Dinner with Miso Maple dressing. GFย SF option pictured
- Lentil Bolognese. SF
- Rose Sauce with Farfalle and Roasted Veggies. SF
- Super Easy Mac and Cheese Mix for Instant Mac and Cheese. SF
- French onion Skillet lasagna
- Meaty Classic skillet lasagna
- Lentil curry casserole
- Wild Rice Mushroom Soup. GF SF
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Asian inspired:
- 1 Pot ย 15 minute Peanut Sauce Veggies and Noodlesย GF
- Kung Pao Lentils GF
- Lentils & Veggies in Thai Peanut Sauceย GFย Soy-free
- Sweet And Sour Chickpeas and Broccoliย GF
- Kung Pao Cauliflower
- Sticky Sesame Ginger Tofu Veggie Stir fry.ย GF
- Celery Black Pepper tofuย GF
- Chickpeas in Firecracker sauce with crunchy salad.ย GF
- Orange Tofuย GF
- Chickpea Tofu with Sunbutter or peanut butter sauce. GF SF
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Curries and Stews:
- Chickpeas in Turmeric Peanut Curryย GF SF
- Jamaican Lentil and Bean Curry 1 pot 30 minsย GF SF
- 1 Pot Chickpea Sweet Potato Spinach Curryย GF, Soy-free
- Massaman Curry Veggiesย GF
- Spanish Chickpea Stew. GF
- Minestrone GF option
- Baked Cauliflower Pea Curryย
- Lentil Brown Rice Soupย GF SF
- Japanese Curry.ย SF GF option
- Lentil Soup. SF GF
- African Peanut Lentil Stewย GF SF
- Lentil Turmeric Spinach Dalย GF SF
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- Tofu in Spinach Sauce. Saag Tofu. GF
- Chickpeas and Soy Curls in Butter Sauce – Vegan Butter Chikin. GF
- Easy Kormasย GF SF
- Butter Tofu – Tofu in Creamy Tomato Sauce GF, SF option (top left)
- Tofu Lababdar – . Tofu with Luscious Tomato Cashew Ginger Sauce
- Bombay Potatoes and Peasย GF SF
- Tofu Amritsari Masala – Tofu in smoky tomato sauce. GF (bottom left)
- Tofu 65 – Indo-chinese style tofu veggie stir fry
- Baingan Bharta – Spiced Eggplant Mash
- 20 Instant Pot Recipes
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Bowls: all GF
- Cajun Tofu Bowl with cilantro lime rice
- Peanut Butter Roasted Cauliflower Bowl
- Baked Chili Garlic Tofu Noodle Bowl
- Cajun Roasted Veggie Bowl with Garlic Sauce
- Turmeric Cauliflower Rice, Moroccan Chickpea Bowl
- Chana Masala (chickpea curry) and Spiced Potato Bowl.
- Turmeric Lentil Fritter Bowl.
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Fried Rice and Noodle Stir fries:
- Spring Rolls in Fried Rice Form. 1 pot 30 minsย GF
- Peanut Sauce Fried Rice. GF
- Tofu and Brown Rice noodles in Hoisin sauce GF
- Thai Basil Fried rice GF
- Curry Fried Rice. GF SF
- Veggie Lo Mein GF
- Masala Spiced Fried Rice GF
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Tacos and Sandwiches
- Pulled Jackfruit Sandwiches.
- Cauliflower Taco “meat” Tacos. GF SF
- Jamaican Jerk Black Bean Tacos. GF
- Pinto Bean Fajita Veggie Tacos GF
- Avocado Chickpea Salad Sandwich or tacosย – SF
- Samosa Wraps with Spiced Chickpeas. GF SF
- Tempeh Scramble , Jalapeno Popper Dip Wraps
- Jerk Jackfruit, Caribbean Black Bean Wraps
- Lentil Quinoa Loaf, slice and make sandwiches.
- 35 Vegan Veggie Burgers to make into sandwiches, burgers or serve over salads or bowls.
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Pizzas
- Easy Pizza Crust, GF Pizza Crust.
- Dreamy Vegan Deep Dish Pizza
- Buffalo Chickpea Pizza with Celery Ranch
- Sriracha BBQ Tofu Pizza
- Samosa Pizza
- Mediterranean Pizza with almond feta
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Breakfast
- Banana French Toast
- Chickpea flour Frittatasย GF SF
- Cinnamon streusel Pancakesย gf option
- Carrot Cake Pancakesย GF option
- Banana Bread Chia Puddingย GF
- Pumpkin Donutsย Gf option
- Chickpea Chilaquilesย Gf
- Turmeric Steel Cut oat Bowl GF
- Okonomiyaki – Veggie Pancakesย GF option
- Toasted Walnut Coconut Banana Breadย GF option
- Savory Oats Hashย GF
- Aquafaba Cinnamon Rolls
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Desserts- All have GF options listed in the recipe post
- Easy Chocolate Chip Cake
- Cinnamon Swirl Cake
- Easy Vegan Coffee Cake
- Peanut Butter Chocolate Marble Cake
- Classic Chocolate Chip Cookies
- Lemon Cake
- Chocolate Layer cake
- Tiramisu fudge bars
- Easy Brownies, Gf brownies
Like these recipes, then Get my Cookbooks filled with amazing allergy friendly options. Some of these popular recipes are in the books.
Thankyou for these recipes, it will be a big help.
happy to help!
Yes! Love everything you post Richa. I just bookmarked about 7 more recipes. Thank you!
Just bought your cookbook because I love how you pictured and explained all the different dals, spices and the luscious recipes I have have been looking at. I have a lot to learn and your book will surely help me. Thank you.
great news, thank you so much Marijke
This collection of recipes is going to help my husband learn to cook, FINALLY!
Thank you, Richโs! I love your recipes. Thank you so much for sharing!
easy peasy – good good