A roundup of 51 festive vegan Christmas dinner recipes to enjoy with your family and friends.
Appetizers, mains, sides, and desserts. Here you will find all you need to create the perfect plant-based menu to surprise your guests.
Why we think you will love this list
- We gathered unique recipes for this roundup. All these Vegan Christmas Dinner recipes are festive, made especially for Christmas Day. We haven't included recipes that you can make every day. If you found this list, you are surely looking for a special menu that we wanted to help create.
- You can find some recipes from our own blog, and from other blogs we trust and we know. We are confident that you can find fantastic vegan Christmas dinner ideas here.
- This post includes classic Christmas recipes with a vegan spin such as roasts, pies, casseroles, salads, Christmas cakes, and cookies.
- Because we have been there, Christmas after Christmas trying to create a delicious menu for a crowd that includes meat eaters. We have the pressure to cook something delicious to show people how you don't need meat!
- Also, if you are here because you have some vegan or vegetarian guests and you need some inspiration, this list can help you develop the perfect festive menu for them.
Vegan Essential Ingredients for Christmas:
There are a few ingredients that will help you make your Vegan Christmas Dinner Recipes menu if you have them at home. These are essential ingredients that we normally buy for this festive season if we don't have them already:
- Dried mushrooms. Dried mushrooms such as porcini, shiitake, or wild mushrooms will help when flavoring your dishes. You can soak them in water and create a rich stock, or add them to your dishes.
- Spices. Nutmeg, cloves, rosemary, sage, cinnamon, black pepper, or cumin are popular spices to use in your Christmas dishes. Make sure you have your spice rack ready for the season!
- Vegan cream. If you like creamy dishes or desserts, you will need to have some vegan cream ready to use or make your own. You can use coconut milk, cashew cream, oat cream, or soy cream. You can buy them already made or you can make your own.
- Fresh root vegetables. Root veggies such as beetroots, potatoes, turnips, and carrots are really popular as side dishes or as ingredients for your main plant-based Christmas recipes.
- Vegan pastry. You can make dishes such as pies, wellington, tarts, or different appetizers with pastry. You can find vegan pastry in most supermarkets.
- Ingredients to flavor the dishes. There are some ingredients that will help you enhance the flavor of your dishes such as vegetable stock cubes, tomato paste, yeast flakes, mushroom powder, vegan butter, marmite, soy sauce, maple syrup, etc.
Vegan Christmas Appetizers
You can find here some inspiration to start your Christmas menu. Festive hummus, stuffed mushrooms, snack boards, and more.
1. Vegan Sausage Rolls
Our Vegan Sausage Rolls are a delicious treat that combines a hearty mushroom and nuts filling rolled in golden, flaky puff pastry. Start your Christmas dinner with these lovely rolls.
2. Beetroot Hummus
If you are looking for a colorful, healthy, and delicious vegan appetizer for your Christmas menu, we have the perfect dish for you, beetroot hummus, made with roasted beetroots.
3. Georgian Eggplant Rolls with Walnuts
These Georgian Eggplant Rolls With Walnut Filling are a delightfully simple, healthy vegan appetizer. Three ingredients and some artfully chosen spices, to create this festive dish.
4. Cranberry Vegan Cheese Ball
Serve this delicious Vegan Cheese Ball with crackers and you'll have a winner appetizer. It only takes 10 minutes to prepare and is nut-free, great right?
5. Vegan Christmas Charcuterie Board
If you are looking for something simple but fancy to surprise your guests, our Vegan Charcuterie Board is exactly what you are looking for. This is a great alternative to the classic cheese platter.
6. Beetroot Carpaccio
This beautiful Beetroot Carpaccio makes for a simple and fancy appetizer. Our Beet Carpaccio made with roasted beetroot, pear, walnuts, rocket salad, and a fresh mint vinaigrette is both refreshing and healthy.
7. Christmas Guacamole Wreath
If you love guacamole, you can still serve it as a Christmas appetizer. Check out this fantastic wreath! You can serve it with some tortilla chips, or crackers. No special mold is required!
8. Vegan Stuffed Mushrooms
These festive-looking stuffed mushrooms are also delicious. Stuffed with garlic, rosemary, shallots, safe, and other seasonal ingredients, we believe these are a perfect way to start your Christmas menu.
9. Spanish Croquettes
These Vegan Croquettes are a great appetizer for your Christmas table. Our plant-based Spanish Croquetas are golden crispy on the outside and perfectly moist and flavourful on the inside.
10. Vegan Shrimps
Is anybody missing seafood, especially during festive dinners? Don't worry, these vegan shrimp will satisfy your cravings and are 100% plant-based. Serve these crispy plant-based shrimp with a lovely tartar homemade sauce and surprise your guests!
11. Mini Vegetable Pot Pie
Mini vegetable pot pie is the perfect entrée option for your holiday gathering.
These adorable little pies are packed with vegetables and chickpeas in a luxuriously creamy cashew sauce.
Vegan Christmas Main Dishes
Get inspired to make the perfect main course for your family and friends. The Christmas menu is all about flavor, textures, and combinations of seasonal ingredients to create something unique.
12. Vegan Wellington
Out of all the Vegan Christmas Dinner Recipes, this Vegan Mushroom Wellington is our favorite. It's a delicious and satisfying alternative to the classic Beef Wellington. Surprise your guests with this mouthwatering Vegan Wellington made with mushrooms and nuts filling and wrapped in puff pastry. The flavors and textures of this festive main dish are simply perfect.
13. Vegan Nut Roast
This delicious Nut Roast is a vegan alternative to the traditional roast. It is packed full of nuts, seeds, dried and fresh mushrooms, and herbs. Our Veggie Loaf is a great recipe to make for your Christmas Dinner.
14. Vegan Turkey Roast
This vegan turkey roast is succulent, meaty, and packed full of flavor (and vegan stuffing of course!). Ideal for serving with a festive side.
15. Cauliflower Casserole
Our hearty Cauliflower Casserole is made with fresh cauliflower, nutty vegan bechamel, plant-based cheese, and flavourful ingredients to create the perfect gratin-style dish for this holiday season.
16. Vegan Mushroom Pie
Who can resist a good pie? Especially if this is creamy and delicious on the inside and crunchy and golden on the outside. Our Leek and Mushroom Pie is a plant-based meal to please your whole family this Christmas or Holiday season.
17. Vegan Roast
A simple, easy, rustic, and hearty Vegan Roast that's sliceable, ultra-tender, and full of flavor. It's just perfect for serving with copious amounts of gravy, roast potatoes, and all the trimmings.
18. Vegan Shepherd's Pie
Vegan Shepherd’s Pie can also be a great centerpiece for your Christmas dinner. Hearty and filling, this pie is loved by many people. Surprise your crowd with a simple but fantastic meal.
19. Vegan Ham
This vegan ham recipe will amaze you and your guests! Salty, smokey, mock meat made from seitan and roasted to perfection. It's sure to make a holiday meal special.
20. Stuffed Butternut Squash
This vegan ham recipe will amaze you and your guests! Salty, smokey, mock meat made from seitan and roasted to perfection. It's sure to make a holiday meal special.
21. Seitan Turkey
Decadent yet healthy, this home-cooked Seitan Turkey is moist, packed with flavor, and has an awesome meaty texture. This vegan turkey recipe is perfect for a holiday centerpiece.
22. Vegan Lasagna
Lasagna can be made on a regular weekday but served with some festive sides and made with love, it can also be the perfect centerpiece for your Christmas menu.
23. Vegan Irish Stew
This hearty Irish stew with Guinness is our vegan alternative to the traditional Irish beef or lamb Guinness stew. Served with some creamy vegan mashed potatoes, this makes for the perfect Christmas main dish.
24. Chestnut, Mushroom & Squash Christmas Filo Wreath Pie
If you think the centerpiece of the show needs to be pretty, and impressive, this recipe is for you. This pie is full of delicious vegan ingredients. A show stopper for all your guests!
Vegan Christmas Side dishes
We are quite simple when it comes to side dishes, but during Christmas, we enjoy taking the time and energy to create some beautiful side dishes to serve with our festive mains. Find here from simple mashed potatoes to hearty casseroles, salads, or roasted veggies.
25. Vegan Mashed Potatoes
Four simple ingredients are all you need to make creamy and delicious Vegan Mashed Potatoes. This easy side dish is the perfect addition to your holiday table and roast dinners. Alternatively, you can make the mash with sweet potatoes.
26. Maple Roasted Carrots
If you are looking for a simple side dish to serve for your Christmas dinner, these Maple Roasted Carrots are a crowd-pleaser.
Carrots are great on their own, we enjoy eating them raw or cooked but when they are combined with maple, vegan butter and an assortment of the right spices, they are just absolutely delicious.
27. Cabbage Steaks
If you are looking for a fun and delicious way to cook your cabbage, this is it! These Roasted Cabbage Steaks served with tahini sauce and pomegranate seeds, are incredibly simple to make and offer an outstanding combination of taste, texture, and presentation. Make this fun dish as one of your Vegan Christmas Dinner Recipes. You can use red cabbage too!
28. Roasted Brussels Sprouts and Asparagus
This simple Roasted Brussels Sprouts and Asparagus recipe is a healthy, delicious side dish that's full of lightly sweet, deeply browned flavor, with crispy and tender textures. Finished with a rich drizzle of olive oil, these savory roasted veggies are a perfect pairing for just about everything!
29. Cauliflower Salad
Our Roasted Cauliflower Salad served with a lovely Tahini Dressing is the perfect way to keep enjoying salads during the coldest months of the year. Filling, healthy, and absolutely delicious, this Middle Eastern-inspired dish will become a favorite this Christmas season.
30. Vegan Dauphinoise Potatoes
These deliciously creamy vegan dauphinoise potatoes are a decadent treat. Thinly sliced potato layers baked in a garlicky cream sauce with a crispy, golden crust.
31. Beetroot Salad with Vegan Feta
Our Festive and Healthy Beetroot Salad topped with Vegan Feta Cheese and drizzled with a delicious Balsamic Vinaigrette, checks all the boxes to be on your special menus for this Holiday season.
32. Yorkshire Puddings
These vegan Yorkshire puddings are perfect and delicious with their golden, crispy crowns and an elusive ‘well’ ready to fill with gravy! A rewarding bake that is great served with your festive mains and all the trimmings.
33. Maple Roasted Pumpkin
This Roasted Pumpkin is simple to prepare and looks and tastes fantastic. We believe this is the perfect addition to your Christmas table. It's vegan and gluten-free, so the perfect option to please everyone!
34. Crispy Roasted Mini Potatoes
These roasted mini potatoes are crispy on the outside, creamy within, and seasoned perfectly. Easy enough for weeknights, and good enough for Holiday dinners.
35. Green Bean Casserole
This Dairy Free Green Bean Casserole is a traditional casserole made without dairy and only requires 9 ingredients. It's also vegan and gluten-free and comes together quickly, making it the perfect side dish for holiday meals. Get your green beans ready!
36. Whole Roasted Cauliflower
Whole roasted cauliflower is a showstopping healthy baked main or side dish. The garlic and smoked paprika give it a wonderful flavor, while the cauliflower gets soft inside and crispy on the outside. It's really simple to make, and it's perfect for Christmas dinner.
37. Roasted Romanesco with Pomegranates and Tahini Sauce
Warm vegetable side dishes with lots of flavor are great for fall and winter. And this roasted Romanesco with pomegranates and tahini sauce fits that perfectly. Add it to your holiday table for a delicious burst of seasonal flavor.
38. Vegan Bread Rolls
Serve these delicious and fluffy bread rolls alongside your centerpiece. They are easy to prepare and use minimal ingredients. You can make this easy side while you focus on your other Vegan Christmas Dinner recipes.
Vegan Christmas Desserts
A festive meal is not completed without a sweet treat. Christmas is the perfect excuse to indulge in some delicious desserts from Christmas Cookies to Cakes, Crumbles, tarts, and much more.
39. Christmas Cookies
Delicious vegan sugar cookies topped with festive almond buttercream. You can get the little ones involved in making these fantastic cookies.
40. Vegan Yule Log
This vegan yule log is a truly show-stopping Christmas dessert! It consists of a rolled chocolate sponge cake filled with vanilla buttercream and coated with creamy chocolate ganache.
41. Vegan Eggnog Cheesecake
This rich and decadent vegan cheesecake recipe is made with all whole foods plant-based ingredients. The perfect sweet addition to your Holiday table.
42. Healthy Chestnut Chocolate Truffles
Super simple, delicious, decadent and easy homemade Christmas truffles made with chestnuts, cocoa powder, vanilla, and dark chocolate.
43. Easy Vegan Crème Brûlée
This decadent dessert is homemade, plant-based, and calls for just six ingredients. It's also gluten-free, dairy-free, and egg-free! Just like the classic, it has golden-brown caramelized sugar on top that you’ll love cracking to reveal the rich vanilla custard beneath.
44. Vegan Apple Crumble
This autumnal Vegan Apple Crumble is easy to prepare using simple ingredients. The combination of baked apples with the most delicious crumble is simply perfect. Served with creamy vegan ice cream, you will have a winner dessert for this holiday.
45. Vegan White Chocolate Fudge
This is the easiest and most delightful vegan white chocolate cranberry fudge recipe. The flavors, the presentation, and the complete decadence of it, all say Christmas to me.
46. Spiced Poached Pears
These spiced poached pears without wine are an indulgent Christmas dessert, with the sweetness of the pears combining so perfectly with the hints of spice.
47. Vegan Christmas Cake
This Vegan Christmas Cake is rich with fruit and booze and is just as amazing when made a few days before Christmas or up to 8 weeks before! I promise either way it is utterly delicious.
48. Vegan Gingerbread Chocolate Tart
This vegan chocolate gingerbread tart packs in all the festive flavors while being really easy to make. The gingerbread base is simply a shortcrust pastry that's flavored with gingerbread spices and sweetened with molasses.
Vegan Christmas Sauces
For the best Vegan Christmas menu, you'll need the best sauces.
49. Vegan Bechamel Sauce
Bechamel, as well known as White Sauce, is one of the five Mother Sauces in French Cuisine. This creamy sauce is a staple recipe that can be used for your festive dishes such as lasagna, moussaka, cannelloni, and many other recipes.
50. Vegan Gravy
This Easy and Simple Vegan Gravy recipe is the vegetarian gravy you've been waiting for! Made with nutritional yeast and marmite for a ton of flavor, this vegan brown gravy is perfect with mashed potatoes, vegetarian poutine, or as part of your Christmas table.
51. Cranberry Sauce
This Easy Homemade Cranberry Sauce is made with fresh cranberries and is ready in just 20 minutes! It's a classic holiday dish and the perfect make-ahead gluten-free, vegan Christmas sauce!
Merry Christmas!
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