Easy Vegan Recipes for Beginners

The hardest part about going vegan? Definitely the beginning! But once you’ve got your repertoire of go-to-recipes, it’s a (vegan) piece of cake. These are my favorite easy recipes for beginners!

Hello, 2022! Hello, Veganuary!

Whenever you adopt a new diet or lifestyle change, the first days, weeks, months are the hardest! But I want to make things easy (or at least easier) for you and I’ve included my favorite easy vegan recipes for beginners in this round-up! These recipes have helped me a lot in my transition phase!

Here’s an overview:

Breakfast (savory like tofu scramble and sweet classics like pancakes and overnight oats)
Lunch/Dinner (lots of pasta (because quick!!), curry, tacos & wraps)
Snacks (hummus and crackers are life!)
Bread (A basic white bread loaf and crispy flatbread)
Milk (almond and hazelnut milk are my favorites for coffee)
Sauces, Dips & Toppings (garlic sunflower seed dressing, 3-ingredient caramel sauce, oooey-gooey nooch cheese..)
Dessert (muffins, chocolate chip cookies, and ice cream – the holy grail of desserts?)

Vegan Breakfast Recipes

tofu scramble in a pan served with tortillas — Tofu Scramble that tastes and smells like eggs but without the cruelty. More variations: Mediterranean Tofu Scramble and Tofu Scramble with Mushrooms and Bell Pepper.

Vegan Raspberry & Vanilla Pancakes — Vegan Pancakes – fluffy, easy to make, you can add all kinds of fruits, chocolate chips, cocoa powder, etc. More variations: Vegan Chunky Monkey Pancakes, Fluffy Vegan Sweet Potato Pancakes and Vegan Banana Bread Pancakes with Chocolate Chunks (+Video).

Dairy-Free Overnight Oats with warm blueberry sauce — Blueberry Overnight Oats – Cold oats, warm blueberry sauce, do I really need to say more?! More variations: Simple Vanilla Overnight Oats and Healthy Vegan Chocolate Overnight Oats

Vegan Raspberry Chia Pudding | ElephantasticVegan.com — Raspberry Chia Pudding – You can prepare it the day before and have it ready in the morning. Great to take to work as well! More variations: Vegan Matcha Cinnamon Chia Pudding and Vegan and gluten-free Pomegranate Chia Seed Pudding.

Quick & Easy Lunch & Dinner Ideas

A fork digging into Tomato Olive Pasta — Tomato Olive Pasta sprinkled with Cashew Parmesan. More simple pasta dishes: Creamy Vegan Mushroom Pasta, Vegan Spaghetti Bolognese with Kale, 15-Minute Wild Garlic Pasta and Avocado Basil Cream Pasta (Vegan).

Chickpea Curry – can be made in 15 minutes! More curries: Vegan Falafel Curry, Vegan Coconut Curry with Crispy Tofu and Vegan Palak Tofu Paneer.

Vegan Pulled Portobello Tacos closeup — Pulled Portobello Tacos – a light and delicious meal! More tacos and wraps: Vegan Breakfast Tacos, Vegan Chicken Tacos with a Cilantro Coconut Sauce, Green Goddess Wrap with Spinach Falafel and Pulled Jackfruit Wrap.

Falafel Burger – with avocado mayo, and lettuce, served with wedges. More burger recipes: The best vegan Mushroom Burger!, Green Veggie Burger, Vegan Fish Burger with homemade Pretzel Rolls.

Vegan Snack Recipes

Hummus made from dried chickpeas — Homemade Hummus with dried chickpeas. More variations: Za’atar Hummus, Roasted Pumpkin Hummus, Oil-Free Spinach Hummus.

Vegan Za'atar Crackers in a bowl with hummus — Za’atar Crackers – homemade crackers are the best! Plus you can play around with different toppings! More variations: Black and White Sesame Crackers, Vegan Pizza Crackers, Vegan Poppy Seed Crackers, Vegan Spinach & Sesame Crackers.

Vegan Bread Recipes

Basic White Bread - vegan| ElephantasticVegan.com — Basic White Bread – a must-have recipe!

Crispy Sesame Flatbread | ElephantasticVegan.com — Crispy Sesame Flatbread – keeps like forever!

Plant-Based Milk Recipe

Homemade Almond Milk with Cookies — Almond Milk – perfect for cookie dunking :) More plant-based milk recipes: Sesame Milk (3 Ingredients), Homemade Oat Milk (2 Ingredients), Chocolate Hazelnut Milk, Date-Sweetened Hazelnut Milk.

Sauces, Dips & Toppings

Garlic Sunflower Seed Dressing/Dip – did you know you can make a delicious creamy white sauce out of sunflower seeds?

Vegan Nooch Cheese Sauce with tortilla chips — Nooch Cheese Sauce – ooey gooey cheese sauce. Perfect for lasagna, pizza or as a dip for tortilla chips!

Vegan Cashew Parmesan — Cashew Parmesan – simple to make and lasts a long time. It’s a pantry staple! Another variation: Almigiano & Vegan Almond Parmesan

1-Minute, 3-Ingredient Vegan Caramel Sauce | ElephantasticVegan.com — Vegan Caramel Sauce – delicious over nice cream!

Sweets and Desserts

Soft Baked Vegan Chocolate Chip Cookies with plant-based milk in the background — Soft Baked Vegan Chocolate Chip Cookies – 6 ingredients and 25 minutes is all you need to cookie heaven! More cookies: Sugar-Free Banana Cookies, Chunky Monkey Cookies (Vegan, Oil-Free, Sugar-Free), Sugar-Free Chocolate Cookies with Raspberries.

Raspberry Nice Cream – the base for this amazing ice cream is frozen bananas. More variations: 2-Ingredient Vegan Blueberry Ice Cream, Vegan Chocolate Peanut Butter Ice Cream, Strawberry Shortcake Ice Cream.

Chunky Monkey Muffins – with chocolate, peanut butter, banana, and walnuts. More muffin recipes: Never-Come-Empty-Handed Chocolate Chunk Muffins, Vegan Blueberry Lemon Streusel Muffins, Vegan Cherry Chocolate Muffins, Vegan PBJ Muffins with Peanut Butter Streusel.

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Let me know in the comments below, what are your favorite easy vegan recipes for beginners?

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