Keep cool during hot summer days with these 15+ Easy Vegan Summer Recipes! Everything you need for breakfast, snacks, no-heat meals, desserts, and drinks! Cooling you from the inside makes the heat much more manageable!
With the summer finally here (hooray!) my body literally screams for lighter and healthier meals. I try to keep snacking throughout the day or make meals that don’t require the oven or stovetop at all or only for a short time. Our apartment gets super hot on its own, it doesn’t need me to add even more heat to that.
In this post, I’ve compiled my 15 favorite easy vegan summer recipes that keep me cool. You’ll find everything from breakfast, snacks and sides to main meals, desserts, and drinks.
Summer-approved Breakfast
Vegan Tomato Bruschetta – There’s nothing better than eating fresh, homemade Bruschetta on a sunny morning on the balcony. For real! If you haven’t tried it yet, you have to do this summer!
Vegan Blueberry Overnight Oats – Prepare the oats the day ahead and top with warm or cold blueberry sauce the next morning. So good!
Vegan Raspberry Chia Pudding – Chia Puddings are awesome because you can make them the night before and therefore enjoy them in the morning without any hassle.
Snacks and Sides
Easy Pineapple Salsa – The perfect party food for a summer party! Easy Pineapple Salsa with only 5 ingredients. It’s vegan, gluten-free and absolutely delicious!
Edamame with salt and chili – This is a simple recipe for basic Edamame (boiled soybeans in the pod). With only 3 ingredients – this is the easiest snack or appetizer ever.
Vegan Sushi Bowl – with tofu, carrots, cucumber, avocado, sesame seeds, and nori sheet bits, but feel free to add in whatever you want (like, tempeh, seitan, broccoli,…).
Easy Tomato Olive Pasta – Ready in just 15 minutes and made with basic ingredients. Sprinkle it with homemade Almond Parmesan and you’ll be in pasta heaven! :)
Vegan Taco Salad Bowl with Walnut Meat – The leafy greens, purple cabbage, corn, and tomatoes are the color- and flavorful base, the Walnut Meat Crumble adds a lovely crunch, and everything is topped with vegan mayo and cilantro! It’s such a quick and easy lunch to throw together.
Homemade Vegan Bounty Bars – Make your own healthier version of Bounty / Mounds at home! For these gluten-free and vegan Bounty Bars, you’ll only need 6 basic ingredients.
Pineapple Coconut Cocktail – The perfect cocktail for summer. Mixed with Myers’s Dark Rum and a dash of cinnamon. Serve it in a pineapple for the ultimate tropical vibes.
Strawberry Nice Cream Shake – This vegan, gluten-free and refined sugar-free shake is the perfect, healthy treat for the summer! 3 ingredients only! It’s one of my favorite Easy Vegan Summer Recipes.
Watermelon Amaretto Bowl – It looks amazing and tastes delicious! And it’s actually not hard to make at all…
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Marcia
Saturday 9th of June 2018
Oh, my! You have quite outdone yourself this time...and considering how extraordinary you are on a normal day, that is really quite a feat!
Thank you for this fantastic batch of recipes, that I can hardly wait to print out and make!
Bon Appétit, everyone!
Bianca
Monday 11th of June 2018
So glad you like the collection, Marcia! Thank you so much <3!
Roth
Friday 9th of June 2017
lovely recipes. What could you use as alternative to recipes with lemon for those with acid reflux/gerd; where citrus fruits/juice are a trigger?
B Roth
Sunday 11th of June 2017
Yes. the Avocado Ice cream and Homemade Hummus.
Bianca
Saturday 10th of June 2017
Are you having a specific recipe in mind, Roth? In most cases you can just leave out the lemon.
Sina
Wednesday 8th of July 2015
This all sounds amazing, Bianca!! I really gotta try the avocado ice cream! <3
The vegan 8
Wednesday 8th of July 2015
This all looks sooo amazing Bianca! That hummus and spinach and sesame crackers have me totally drooling right now! Great roundup!
bianca
Wednesday 8th of July 2015
Awww, that's so sweet of you, Brandi! Thank you so much <3