Vegan Dinners! 15 Vegan Dinner Recipes from The Kitchn
Recipe Roundup
It's almost time for dinner, and we're kicking off Vegan Week with a roundup of our favorite vegan dinners. From a hearty pot pie to a rich pan-fried pasta with butternut squash, these are all vegan and yet complete winter comfort food.
15 Vegan Dinner Recipes
TOP ROW
• 1 Vegan Tofu and Vegetable Pot Pie - With deep flavor and an umami-packed vegetarian gravy.
• 2 Easy, Tasty Chickpea Curry - Rich and comforting with coconut milk and toothsome chickpeas.
• 3 Khara Bath - South Indian soul food, with semolina, ginger, and vegetables.
• 4 Quick, Vegetarian, One-Bowl Meal - A quick go-to meal template for busy nights.
• 5 Tempeh Deli Salad - Great in a pita or on a green salad.MIDDLE ROW
• 6 Kimchi Tofu Summer Rolls - Spicy, satisfying, quick.
• 7 Nutty Farro Pasta with Edamame Pesto - Nutty, chewy pasta with a vibrant sauce.
• 8 Vegetarian Bánh Xèo (Vietnamese Crêpes) - Egg-free crêpes stuffed with yummy things.
• 9 Potato Tacos (Tacos de Papa) - A simple, hearty dinner that everyone loves.
• 10 Very Simple Dal Palak - A perfect comforting bowl for a winter's night.BOTTOM ROW
• 11 Pumpkin Tortilla Soup - With the warmth of chiles, cumin and toasty corn tortillas
• 12 Savory Kabocha Tofu Pie - A savory main dish pie featuring winter squash and rosemary.
• 13 Pasta with Butternut Squash, Sage, and Pine Nuts - Pan-fried and scrumptious!
• 14 Kale and Potato Gratin - A simple baked gratin.
• 15 Leeks Braised with Wine and Garlic - Leave out the butter for olive oil, and this silky, indulgent dish of leeks is the perfect vegan topping for pasta.OK, your turn! What did we miss? What are your very favorite vegan dinner recipes — especially ones for hearty, winter comfort food?
More Vegan Recipes from The Kitchn
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• 10 Vegan Lunch Ideas
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Comments (16)
A wonderful collection of all vegan comfort foods recipes. I bet everyone can find a favorite in here!
um, that Potato & Kale Gratin at #14 has parmesan cheese in it...
view hessiebell's profile
The kale gratin looks yummy, but isn't vegan.
view DCarl1's profile
I'm guessing they put them in there because it's not hard to leave the non-vegan ingredients out.
I live off of the potato tacos and dal palak. They're awesome.
view LitNerd's profile
I've made vegan potpie before. It is so delicious. I leave out nutritional yeast at all times.
view lola_beans's profile
lola, if you don't mind my asking, why do you leave it out?
view sunandtea's profile
Yes, the Parmesan cheese in the gratin can be left out with minimal effect. You can also substitute a vegan cheese.
view Faith Durand's profile
Leaving out Parmesan cheese doesn't have a "minimal effect"--it drains flavor and moisture from the recipe. And vegan cheeses generally aren't great. Shouldn't you be featuring actual vegan recipes for Vegan Week?
view veggiemar's profile
That seems like a lame response to me. Leave parm cheese out of a gratin, and you get...um...NOT a gratin? Sauteed kale?
There are tons of great vegan recipes out there - south indian food has thousands of choices alone - and the only choice for a list of 15 is a non-vegan recipe? I'm an omnivore, but I think that is lame editing.
view DCarl1's profile
Yes, that recipe is totally vegan-adaptable. No, leaving the Parm out of the gratin does not make it sautéed kale. (Did you read it? There are potatoes.) Sorry it annoyed you, but I think it's such a wonderful recipe and most gratins are loaded with dairy -- this (mostly! pretty much!) dairy-free one is a real treat. I included it quite deliberately for that reason; many gratins have far too much dairy, and this one is a good template for other dairy-free baked dishes.
We will add a specific note to the recipe, but a mere 1/3 cup of Parm adds almost no moisture to the recipe -- just a bit of flavor and saltiness. It can be left out just fine. You can rub a bit of herbs and extra salt into the breadcrumbs if you like.
Happy Vegan Week. :)
view Faith Durand's profile
On that note- the chickpea curry has fish sauce in it. Not vegan, obv. What would you substitute? Braggs Liquid Aminos?
view renasf's profile
whenever i need a fish sauce/shrimp paste substitute i use bottled yellow fermented soy beans. they make a world of difference if you're making laksa or curry pastes. You can throw them in anything for that salty zing.
view paper's profile
you can soak seaweeds and use the juice as a fish sauce alternative.
view caiti's profile
@renasf try this!
- Recipe: Vegan Fish Sauce
And thanks for the note on the fish sauce; I'll make sure to add a link to this in that recipe.
view Faith Durand's profile
The biggest vegan challenges are avoiding dairy and not consuming too many carbs.
I love the tempeh ideas...keep'em coming :-)
view tomato88's profile
THANK YOU!! Last night my 6-year old decided he wants us to try vegetarianism (ovo-lacto) for 1 week. He said he loves chickens and pigs and wants them to live. He is bean- and casserole-phobic, so I have my work cut out for me, even though we were vegetarian for a long time before he came along. I do really want to foster his compassion for living creatures, and support his moral choice. We will see how it works out, it might not, but it is nice to have some visuals to show him to choose from.
view Nancypantsy23's profile
wow. so very defensive, vegans. hows about instead of complain and scrupulously pick through this (anyone who cares will know that parmesan would not fall under the vegan repetoire), you provide us with some of your favorite recipes to share with others.
view alixsophia's profile