35 easy healthy vegan meal recipes to try

Healthy vegan dinner recipes

Trying to find a healthy vegan pasta recipe that’s low in salt and sugar, unlike many shop-bought versions? You’ll love our:

• protein-rich 3-bean pasta
• easy vegan roasted tomato and red pepper pasta, with an optional chilli kick.

Looking for a hearty main meal? Try our:

• juicy mushroom vegan burger recipe
• herby jambalaya rice pot
• warming tuscan bean stew
• or easy vegan chilli recipe, with a sweet potato side.

After healthy vegan Chinese recipes? We’ve got you covered with our:

• fragrant tofu stir-fry
• quick-to-make vegan stir-fried rice.

You’ll find it hard to choose between our spice-packed vegan Indian recipes, including:

• red lentil dal, roasted cauliflower and spinach
• simple mung dal
• vegetable balti with a coriander sauce
• and a light cauliflower and potato curry.

Healthy vegan soup recipes

Want a simple, vegetable-packed vegan soup recipe that does not involve too many steps or ingredients? Try our:

• aromatic roasted fennel and red onion soup
• comforting butternut squash soup
• simple, filling pea and mint soup
• or Moroccan-spiced carrot soup.

After an easy vegan soup recipe that’s a little heartier and can be served as a meal in itself? Great options include:

• plant protein-packed tomato, cabbage and cannellini bean soup
• pearl barley and winter veg broth
• green minestrone with butter beans. 

Healthy vegan salad recipes

Lower in salt and sugar than store-bought versions, these light vegan salads make a great starter or side:

• chargrilled vegetable salad with a lemon olive oil dressing
• punchy Nordic pickles
• satisfyingly crunchy red cabbage coleslaw.

Looking for a more substantial vegan salad recipe? Try:

• flavour-packed, high-fibre quinoa salad
• herby tabbouleh with roasted courgettes
• colourful sweet potato ‘Buddha bowl’. 

Healthy vegan snack recipes

Want to avoid highly processed vegan snacks between meals? Give these healthy alternatives a whirl:

• crunchy roast chickpeas
• easy homemade hummus with vegetable dippers
• spicy kale crisps
• moreish savoury vegan scone recipe.

Healthy vegan dessert recipes

These warming vegan desserts are quick to prepare and have no added sugars:

• ginger-spiced poached pears
• bursting-with-berries, easy summer pudding
• almond-topped pear and raspberry crumble.

Or, for year-round vegan sweet treats that are easy to make, have a go at making our:

• cinnamon-spiced apple rings
• healthy vegan flapjack recipe.

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