Easy Vegan Dinners for Beginners

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 are 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, check my Recipe index. Also check out my cookbooks for even more options and inspiration(available everywhere in the world and often also in libraries).

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 chickpeas SF
Garlicky Korean Mac
Portobello Mushrooms with Garlic Sauce GF
Cauliflower Parmesan Pasta Bake

Sundried Tomato Pasta with Garlic soy curls (pictured)
Mushroom Tetrazzini 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. GF 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

Asian inspired:

1 Pot 15 minute Peanut Sauce Veggies and Noodles GF
Kung Pao Lentils GF
Lentils & Veggies in Thai Peanut Sauce GF Soy-free
Sweet And Sour Chickpeas and Broccoli GF
Kung Pao Cauliflower
Sticky Sesame Ginger Tofu Veggie Stir fry. GF
Celery Black Pepper tofu GF
Chickpeas in Firecracker sauce with crunchy salad. GF
Orange Tofu GF
Chickpea Tofu with Sunbutter or peanut butter sauce. GF SF

Curries and Stews:

Chickpeas in Turmeric Peanut Curry GF SF
Jamaican Lentil and Bean Curry 1 pot 30 mins GF SF
1 Pot Chickpea Sweet Potato Spinach Curry GF, Soy-free
Massaman Curry Veggies GF
Spanish Chickpea Stew. GF
Minestrone GF option
Baked Cauliflower Pea Curry
Lentil Brown Rice Soup GF SF
Japanese Curry. SF GF option
Lentil Soup. SF GF
African Peanut Lentil Stew GF SF
Lentil Turmeric Spinach Dal GF SF

Tofu in Spinach Sauce. Saag Tofu. GF
Chickpeas and Soy Curls in Butter Sauce – Vegan Butter Chikin. GF
Easy Kormas 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 Peas 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

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.

Fried Rice and Noodle Stir fries:

Spring Rolls in Fried Rice Form. 1 pot 30 mins 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

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 tacos – 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.