31 delicious Veganuary dinner recipes! Easy vegan dinner recipes to impress for every day of Veganuary. Your family will love these.
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Hi, Rhubarbarians! Are you participating in Veganuary this year? Whether you're a beginner to vegan cooking or a full-time vegan, here are 31 delicious veganuary recipes to try.
I am the only non-meat eater in my family, so I know I have found some good recipes when my husband and son love to eat them.
All of these vegan dinner recipes are tried, true, and enjoyed by my my whole family not just in January, but regularly throughout the year.
What is Veganuary?
Veganuary is a 31-day challenge to follow a vegan diet and way of life for the entire month of January.
"Veganuary is a non-profit organisation that encourages people worldwide to try vegan for January and beyond. During the 2022 campaign, more than 620,000 people took our pledge to try a vegan diet, while more than 1,540 new vegan products and menu options were launched in our key campaign countries." -Who We Are, Veganuary
How do I prepare for Veganuary? The biggest tip that I have is to find recipes that you know you will enjoy. If you love tacos, find some taco recipes. If you know you don't like tofu, skip the tofu recipes.
On top of this, choose recipes that fit into your busy schedule. Don't try to cook an elaborate dinner from scratch every night if that's not what you're used to. It's okay if you find a few recipes and make those several times throughout the month. Set yourself up for success!
Why you'll love these
All of these easy vegan dinner recipes are made with ingredients that are not hard to find at your grocery store. There aren't any vegan meat alternatives (although if you'd like to add some feel free), and they are all still hearty, filling, and satisfying. Oh, and delicious.
Recipes
Ready for vegan recipes to impress meat eaters? Here are your 31 Veganuary dinner recipes. One for each day of January. Enjoy!
1. Creamy vegan asparagus soup
This asparagus soup is loaded with flavor thanks to roasted asparagus and an aromatic broth. The vegan cream is full of fresh flavors from lemon and mint. The flavor combo is fabulous and it's ready in just 30 minutes.
2. Spicy carrot soup with coconut milk
This carrot soup is thick and creamy, making it perfect for cold, January weeknights. The ingredient list is short but the flavor is spicy and rich.
3. Vegetarian chili with orange cinnamon
It may sound strange to add orange to chili, but you will love how it brightens up this hearty and filling dish!
4. Curried butternut squash cauliflower soup
This soup has been a staple in my kitchen because my family loves it and it makes a ton! Perfect for lunches for the week or freezing for later.
5. Butternut squash and black bean tacos
Everything you need to fill these vegan tacos is roasted on a sheet pan in the oven. Pick your toppings and dinner is ready in 30 minutes!
6. Sheet pan portobello fajitas
Another weeknight fave thanks to roasting everything on a sheet pan in the oven! You won't miss the meat with the flavorful portobello mushrooms.
7. Easy vegan pozole with black beans and poblanos
I've been making this Mexican hominy soup regularly for years now. It's become one of our favorite vegan comfort food meals! First, build a flavorful broth with garlic, onion, spices, and red chiles. Then, load the soup with black beans, peppers, carrots, and of course hominy.
8. Easy no-cook Thai peanut noodle salad
This one is loaded with veggies, rice noodles, herbs, and a homemade peanut sauce dressing that you'll want to drizzle on everything. So delicious and perfect for a light dinner or weekly meal prep for lunches.
This one is dedicated to all of us who grew up eating cheap, packaged ramen noodles! You know the ones I'm talking about. Well, what if we could make those ramen noodles better? Let's do it.
10. Easy vegan mushroom pot pies
Here's why you'll never know these are vegan: the king oyster mushrooms! They shred, giving them a texture very similar to shredded chicken. Plus the umami flavor of mushrooms is very "meaty."
11. Coconut curry lentils with roasted cauliflower
Super cozy coconut curry lentils! Topped with curried roasted cauliflower. Serve over rice with some naan bread for a fabulously simple dinner.
12. Vegan Instant Pot white bean vegetable soup
This soup feels very nostalgic, a lot like the vegetable soup we used to love as kids. But, rather than alphabet shaped pasta, we added fiber loaded navy beans. This one is a soup that the whole family will love!
A lot of black eyed pea soups are made with ham, but you don't need it to get that smoky flavor! We get a super smoky flavor without any ham by soaking the beans in smoked sweet paprika. The dried beans absorb the flavor of the paprika and carry that over to the soup. So, you get a bit of a smoky bite, but it's not overpowering at all!
14. Lentil stuffed delicata squash with cranberries and pecans
Delicata squash has thin, deliciously edible skin so there's no need to peel it! Which also means you can eat the entire stuffed squash without having to scoop it out of the skin. The skin becomes very tender, so that all you need is a fork to cut through it.
15. Hearty vegan pumpkin lentil soup with vegetables
This cozy pumpkin red lentil soup has become one of our favorites! We keep things very simple with carrots and celery, but this soup is anything but boring. The pumpkin puree makes the soup thick and hearty, while adding a touch of that pumpkin flavor we all love.
16. One-pot butternut squash leek soup
This butternut squash potato leek soup is basically comfort in a bowl. Butternut squash, leeks, golden potatoes, fresh thyme, fresh sage, fresh rosemary. All cooked together and pureed into golden goodness.
17. Easy teriyaki vegetable stir fry with pineapple
Teriyaki stir fry is traditionally vegan! And so much easier to make than you might think. This one has a mix of onion, carrot, broccoli, snap peas, and pineapple. All the flavors mix together so well with the sauce!
18. 30-minute quick and easy vegan pho
Putting authenticity aside, you CAN make a super flavorful broth for this pho in a very short amount of time. This entire recipe only takes 30 minutes!
19. Crispy vegan tofu tacos with spicy cilantro sauce
Mega crispy, pan-fried and Mexican spiced tofu, all the taco toppings you love, AND a killer, creamy cilantro sauce. Oh yes.
20. Easy vegan bbq chickpea veggie rice bowl
These chickpea veggie bowls only take 10 minutes of precious prep time and the rest of the magic happens in the oven. The veggies and chickpeas top some cooked rice, then you add some delicious toppings and cover it in bbq sauce.
21. 15-minute vegan pinto bean taco lettuce wraps
The taco "meat" for these lettuce boats is super simple to whip together. Everything gets pulsed in a food processor and then heated up in a pan. Super quick, super easy, super delish.
This is one that I've been making for years and make all year long, especially when peppers are in season or in the cold winter months.The quinoa really bulks up this veggie loaded chili too. So you are definitely satisfied from just a small bowl!
23. Easy Thai curried butternut squash soup
This amazing coconut curry butternut squash soup is creamy, a bit spicy, full of flavor, and super simple to make. It's ready in just 30 minutes, so perfect for a weeknight dinner.
24. Winter ale roasted sweet potato tacos
There is so much flavor in the beer marinated sweet potatoes, that you can keep the toppings super simple. Some corn (charred if you like), onion, cilantro, avocado, and some hot sauce. Maybe a good squeeze of fresh lime.
25. Easy vegan sweet and sour tofu
This meal is amazing for a weeknight dinner because it is EASY. The perfect recipe for anybody who is new to tofu or is new to trying meatless meals.
Chow mein noodles are a simple one-pot meal that will definitely satisfy that Chinese food craving. It's so much easier to make at home than you think! You just stir fry up some vegetables, and then add noodles and sauce and stir fry those as well. TA-DA! Fantastic vegetable chow mein all for you.
27. Instant Pot vegetable barley soup
We build so much flavor into the broth by browning the vegetables before pressure cooking the barley. The barley pressure cooks in the broth so you get a rich and flavorful soup with tender barley quickly without any fuss.
28. Vegan split pea soup with crispy onions
The addition of dill adds brightness to this split pea soup, while the blackened onion topping adds richness. One of my go-to winter soups!
29. Instant Pot vegan cacciatore with white beans
This vegan version of chicken cacciatore has all the same flavors that you'd expect from the traditional. Flavor is built by sautéing lots of mushrooms with onions before cooking them in tomato sauce. Then using fresh rosemary, sage, and thyme. The white beans give you that "meatiness" while keeping it completely plant based.
30. 15-minute arugula salad with lemon rosemary chickpeas
My favorite thing about this salad is the crispy chickpeas. They are sauteed with a bit of oil, fresh rosemary, and meyer lemons. The lemon gets a bit blackened and the chickpeas soak up all the flavor. You MIGHT want to double this batch and put some to the side to snack on! They are that good!
31. Vegan cauliflower curry with potatoes and cashews
I love the vibrant yellow color and the mustardy flavor in this stew. It's got crunch, a teensy bit of heat, and some seriously packed flavor. So much good going on.
If you make any of these Veganuary dinner recipes, please let me know on social media or in the comments below! Tag me on Instagram with #Rhubarbarians.
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