These easy vegan dinner recipes range from simple rice bowls to hearty soups and quick pastas. The recipes use everyday ingredients and easy-to-follow steps. Whether you're a long-time vegan, exploring a plant-based diet, or just trying to eat more vegetables, you'll find 30+ healthy vegan recipes to try. Looking for breakfast instead? Check out these easy vegan breakfast recipes. For more bowl inspiration, try vegan rice bowls, vegan toast ideas, or vegan Buddha bowls.
Recipe features
- Great for quick dinners, meal prep, and family meals
- Easy healthy vegan dinner recipes for busy weeknights
- Made with simple, everyday ingredients
- Plant-based, dairy-free, oil-free, and full of flavor
- Includes cozy soups, hearty bowls, pasta, and more
Spiced Chickpea Couscous Bowl
This spiced chickpea couscous bowl is quick and easy to make. The chickpeas are stewed in fire-roasted tomatoes with ground cumin, smoked paprika, and garam masala.
Easy Tomato Chickpea Stew
Tomato chickpea stew with spinach is an easy, hearty weeknight meal. Stewed chickpeas simmer in a spiced tomato sauce with onions, carrots, and garlic, then they're finished with spinach and tahini for a thick, creamy texture.
Vegan Southwest Sweet Potato Bowl
This vegan southwest sweet potato bowl uses black beans, corn, fresh tomatoes, crisp romaine lettuce, and a flavor-packed cilantro cashew dressing.
Oil-Free Fried Rice
This oil-free fried rice is simple, vegan, and can be ready in 20 minutes (if you have leftover rice). It's made with frozen vegetables, which cuts down on prep work, making it an easy weeknight meal.
Tomato Avocado Toast
Creamy avocado and sweet ripe tomatoes on toast is a delicious and versatile meal. Enjoy this easy recipe for breakfast, a simple lunch, or a quick dinner.
Vegan Stuffed Potatoes with Cheese and Broccoli
This vegan stuffed potato recipe is filled with roasted broccoli and chickpeas. Then it's smothered and covered in a creamy vegan cheese sauce.
Mediterranean Inspired Power Bowl
These easy mediterranean inspired power bowls are packed with chickpeas, rice, hummus, black olives, balsamic glaze, and veggies for a filling dinner or healthy lunch.
Zesty Quinoa Salad
A refreshing, zesty quinoa salad that uses simple ingredients, fresh lime juice, and cilantro to brighten up this black bean quinoa bowl, making it light and flavorful.
Vegan Chickpea Salad (No Mayo)
This vegan chickpea salad with no mayo is an easy and quick plant-based recipe that can be made in about 15 minutes.
Easy Hummus Cucumber Sandwich
A hummus cucumber sandwich that is easy to make and loaded with veggies for a quick meal.
Vegan Southwest Pasta
This is an easy vegan Southwest pasta dish for a fuss-free dinner made with mainly pantry-stable items, plus frozen spinach and red bell pepper.
Vegan Creamy Tomato Pasta (with Cashews)
Vegan creamy tomato pasta combines cashew cream, canned diced tomatoes, and fresh basil to create a comforting pasta dinner. The recipe uses simple ingredients and comes together quickly.
Easy Tahini Pasta
A quick 25-minute tahini pasta is perfect for an easy weeknight dinner. The pasta is coated in a creamy garlic, lemon, and tahini sauce, with bursts of sweet, tangy sun-dried tomatoes and fresh spinach.
Vegan Rice Salad with Chickpeas and Broccoli
This simple vegan rice salad combines chickpeas, broccoli, tomatoes, cucumbers, and rice with a creamy dairy-free ranch dressing for an easy plant-based meal.
White Bean and Potato Soup
Creamy and flavor-packed lemony white bean and potato soup with kale.
Vegetable Orzo Soup
This vegetable orzo soup is a cozy one-pot dinner made with simple pantry staples and fresh vegetables.
Buffalo Tofu Bowl
Buffalo tofu bowls are packed with delicious, hot-sauce-coated crispy tofu, rice, loads of veggies, and a tangy vegan ranch dressing.
Chickpea Vegetable Rice Bowl
This easy chickpea vegetable rice bowl is ready in 45 minutes for an easy weeknight dinner. The dish is loaded with veggies, my Chipotle-inspired cilantro lime rice, and cashew dijon dressing.
Deconstructed Sushi Bowl (Vegan)
An easy deconstructed sushi bowl that's packed with veggies and topped with an oil-free sweet soy sauce dressing. It's a healthy, customizable, and a great way to eat a rainbow of vegetables.
Vegan Roasted Potato Buddha Bowl
This vibrant vegan Buddha bowl is packed with potatoes, chickpeas, veggies, and topped with a roasted red pepper dressing.
Easy Vegan Fajita Bowl
Vegan fajita bowls are served with fluffy rice, pan-seared seasoned fajita veggies, black beans, corn, and a vegan avocado crema for an easy plant-based dinner.
Beet Buddha Bowl
This nourishing beet Buddha bowl is an easy recipe with hearty quinoa, chickpeas, broccoli, shredded carrots, and sauerkraut, topped with a drizzle of tahini Dijon dressing.
Vegan Black Bean Burrito Bowl with Brown Rice
This black bean burrito bowl is an easy weeknight meal full of veggies, grains, and beans. The recipe is topped with zesty black beans, salsa-flavored brown rice, creamy avocado, and your favorite salsa.
Chickpea Bowl with Tahini Lime Dressing
This is an easy and healthy chickpea bowl that can be enjoyed for a weeknight meal or meal prep. The recipe is made with salsa-seasoned chickpeas, fluffy rice, loaded with vegetables, and topped with a drizzle of creamy lime tahini sauce.
Vegan Chili with Tofu (Slow Cooker)
The slow cooker vegan chili is made with crumbled tofu meat, kidney beans, pinto beans, crushed tomatoes, and a variety of spices for a flavorful plant-based meal.
Whole Food Plant-Based Quinoa Chili (Slow Cooker)
This plant-based chili uses two types of beans and quinoa to give it a hearty texture. Simmer everything together in a slow cooker with some delightful spices for an easy, filling dinner.
Creamy Potato Curry with Coconut Milk
Creamy potato curry with coconut milk is filled with potatoes, peas, greens, and a combination of delightful spices.
Creamy Butter Bean Curry
The butter bean curry is made with tender, creamy butter beans, meaty mushrooms, and pops of sweet peas that are all simmered in fragrant spices and rich coconut milk.
Easy Creamy Black Bean Curry
This creamy black bean curry is a cozy, flavorful weeknight dinner that's ready in about 40 minutes.
Vegan Yellow Curry with Mixed Vegetables
Easy flavor-packed vegan yellow curry with mixed vegetables. It's loaded with colorful veggies, creamy coconut milk, spices, and fresh cilantro.
Lentil Walnut Taco Meat
Lentil walnut taco meat is a simple, healthy vegan taco filling that's big on flavor. It's savory and has a hearty "taco meat" texture that works in tacos, burritos, bowls, and more.
Spicy Tofu Scramble Tacos (Oil-Free)
These spicy tofu scramble tacos with hominy are vegan, oil-free, and perfect for meal prep. The recipe uses jalapeños, green bell pepper, hominy, and a combination of spices for a flavorful, savory breakfast.
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