Vegetarian & Vegan Recipes

"Eat food. Not a lot. Mostly plants." ~ Michael Pollan

For heart health, weight loss and environmental reasons, many of us who eat meat are beginning to call ourselves 'flexitarians'. More and more, we look for health veg(etari)an recipes to round out our diets. Kitchen Parade is NOT a vegetarian website but these recipes are either already vegetarian or vegan or can be easily converted with simple changes like switching to vegetable stock.



Vegetarian See also Vegan

Breakfast & Brunch
Asparagus Whole Wheat Bread Pudding
Eggnog French Toast with Apple Cranberry Compote
Gashouse Eggs
Irish Soda Bread Muffins
Mango Lassi
Mexican Gas House Eggs
My Mom's Pancake Recipe
Oatmeal: How and Why to Cook It Every Day
Perfect Hard-Cooked Eggs
Sugar-Free Chai Tea

Appetizers
Black Pepper Almonds
Basil-Cream Cheese Dip
Cheddar-Olive Spread
Cheese Puffs
Cream Cheese-Chutney Spread
Easy Easy Grilled Mushroom Appetizer
Easy Italian Appetizers Red Pepper Crostini, Olivada & Parmesan Crisps
Easy Radish Spread
Game-Day Pretzels
Homemade Eggnog
Herbed Goat Cheese
Herbed Ricotta with Roasted Cherry Tomatoes
Hummus
Lavosh (Armenian Cracker Bread)
Peach & Cantaloupe Soup
Peach Appetizer
Pickled Jalapeño Rings
Pita Crisps
Savory Pecans
Spinach Puffs
Toasted Goat Cheese
Trio of Sandwich & Cracker Spreads Cranberry Orange Spread, Almond Cilantro Spread, Sun-Dried Tomato Spread

Beverages
Cranberry Champagne Cocktail
Old-Fashioned Homemade Lemonade

Main Dishes
Quick Supper Broccoli Rigatoni with Chickenpeas & Lemon
Quick Supper Cauliflower Risotto (omitting the bacon)
Quick Supper Eggplant & Bean Thai Curry
Quick Supper Leek Sauce for Pasta
Quick Supper Lemon & Asparagus Pasta
Quick Supper Personal Pan Lasagna
Quick Supper Ratatouille Omelettes
Quick Supper Two-Way Lentil Skillet
Acorn Squash with Quinoa & Cherries
Alex's French Eggs
Asparagus Whole Wheat Bread Pudding
Asparagus Custard Tart
Cottage Cheese Pancakes
Crockpot Lasagna
Dutch Apple Puff
Kitchen Stir-Fry
Squash & Carrot Stew
Swiss Muesli
Tomato Basil Quiche
Winter Pesto with Pasta

Favorite Vegetarian Supper Recipes from A Veggie Venture
Quick Tomato Sauce
Warm Root Salad in Horseradish Vinaigrette
More vegetarian supper recipes

Side Dishes & Salads
Beet Röesti with Rosemary & Shredded Zucchini with Thyme
Bloody Mary Salad
Caraway Cabbage
Cauliflower Salad with Fresh Herbs
Cheese Gnocchi Pie
Colcannon
Confetti Potato Salad
Creamy Slow-Cooker Beans (beans only)
Fresh Creamed Corn
Fried Okra (Garden Popcorn)
Grape Salad with Almonds & Cilantro
Green Chili Sauce (Salsa Verde)
Grilled Pepper Salad
Holy Slaw!
Grilled Vegetables in Foil
Lighter Mashed 'Potatoes'
Lucky Black-Eyed Pea Salad
Make-Ahead Fresh Green Bean Casserole
New-Fashioned Sauerkraut Salad
Oven-Baked Brown Rice
Pair of Mashed Vegetables Mashed Potatoes & Carrots, Mashed Rutabagas & Apples
Pair of Refrigerator Pickles Cucumber & Pepper Refrigerator Pickles along with Marinated BrusselsSprouts
Pair of Strawberry Salads Strawberry Pepper Salad & Strawberry Spinach Salad with Poppy Seed Vinaigrette
Pair of Winter Salads Apple Yogurt Salad & Festive Holiday Salad
Panzanella
Perfect Make-Ahead Mashed Potatoes (Party Potatoes)
Power Food Broccoli Salad
Ratatouille
Roasted Okra (Garden Fries)
Roasted Pear Salad
Slow-Baked Potatoes
Smashed Potatoes & Broccoli
Squash Puff
That Pink Salad
Those Pink Potatoes
Tomato Soup Vegetable Salad
Trio of Salad Dressings Buttermilk Balsamic, Traditional Balsamic & My Favorite
Trio of Vegetables Roasted Cauliflower, Honey Carrots & Lemon Asparagus
Trio of Vegetables with Sour Cream Nana's Cucumbers, Borscht Beets & Ontario Greens
Turnip Puff
Wild Rice Salad
Winter Fruit Salad

Soups
At Last! Black Bean Soup
Creamy Wild Rice Soup
Easy-to-Elegant Asparagus Soup
Finnish Summer Soup
Fruity Gazpacho
Laura's Carrot Soup
Mushroom Soup
Quick Cauliflower Soup or Quick Broccoli Soup
Spinach Soup with Perfect Hard-Cooked Eggs
Summer's Tomato Soup
Winter Tomato Soup

Desserts & Baking
American Apple Pie
Apple Cider Indian Pudding
Apple Cranberry Compote
Armenian Easter Bread
Baked Apples
Banana Floats
Banana Mango Smoothie
Banana Oatmeal Cookies
Best Shortcake Biscuits & Iowa Shortcake
Black Walnut Bread
Blueberry Galette
Blueberry Sour Cream Pie
Butter Tart Bars
Buttered Pecan Ice Cream along with Pecan Meringue Cookies
Caramel Corn
Chameleon Ice Cream VeryVanilla, Chocolate Mint, Coffee Spice, Coconut, Raspberry
Chocolate Cinnamon Whipped Cream Cake
Chocolate Decadence
Chocolate Malt Ice Cream
Cinnamon Apples
Cinnamon Sugar Cookies
Country Rhubarb Cobbler
Cranberry Applesauce
Cranberry-Mac Morsels
Cranberry Apple Crisp
Cranberry Pudding
'Dog Chow' for Kids
Dimply Plum Cake
Dutch Apple Puff
Easy Elegant Fruit Tart
Estonian Apple Cake
Fat Rascals
Finnish Fruit Tart
Fresh Peach Pie
Fresh Apricot Bars
Fresh Cranberry Drop Cookies
Fruity Gazpacho along with Summer Fruit Salad
Fudgicles
Gold Cookies
Graham Cracker Toffee
Grape Salad with Almonds & Cilantro
Homemade Frozen Yogurt with Blackberry Sauce
Homemade Yeast Rolls
Hot Cross Buns
Lemon Meringue Pie
Lemon Pudding Cake
Light 'n' Easy Chocolate Pudding
Mango Lassi
Mocha Morsels
Molasses Cookies
Molasses Ice Cream
Mom's Blueberry Coffeecake
Mom's Everyday Oatmeal Cookies
No-Knead English Muffin Bread
Oatmeal Raisin Cookies
Peach & Cantaloupe Soup
Peach Blueberry Cake
Peach Uncobbler
Perfect M&M Cookies
Pumpkin Cheesecake Bars
Pumpkin Pecan Pie
Quick Banana Dessert
Rhubarb Upside-Down Cake
Roasted Peaches
Roasted Rhubarb
Sesame Candy
Shhh Banana Bread
Strawberry Banana Chocolate Crumble
Strawberry Fool
Strawberry Ice Cream
Strawberry Rhubarb Cobbler
Strawberries in Wine
Summer Berry Pie
Vanilla Brownies
Walnut Chocolate Cake
Weeknight-Easy Rolls
Winter Fruit Salad

Best-Ever Oatmeal Bread
Five-Week Bran Muffins
(Quick) Brown Bread
Skillet Cornbread
Whole-wheat Soda Bread

Staples
Green Chili Sauce (Salsa Verde)
Pickled Jalapeño Rings
Rhubarb Chutney
Rhubarb Ginger Jam & Rhubarb Rosemary Jelly
Slow-Roasted Tomatoes Ten-Minute Foolproof Enchilada Sauce



Vegan See also Vegetarian
These recipes are either already vegan or are easily adapted to be vegan by switching from butter to olive oil, milk to soy milk, and other easy changes.

Appetizers
Easy Easy Grilled Mushroom Appetizer
Hummus
Pickled Jalapeño Rings
Pita Crisps

Beverages
Cranberry Champagne Cocktail
Old-Fashioned Homemade Lemonade

Main Dishes
Quick Supper Broccoli Rigatoni with Chickenpeas & Lemon (with vegan cheese)
Quick Supper Eggplant & Bean Thai Curry
Quick Supper Two-Way Lentil Skillet
Acorn Squash with Quinoa & Cherries
Kitchen Stir-Fry
Squash & Carrot Stew

Side Dishes & Salads
Alice Waters' Coleslaw
Beet Röesti with Rosemary & Shredded Zucchini with Thyme
Caraway Cabbage
Cauliflower Salad with Fresh Herbs
Confetti Potato Salad
Creamy Slow-Cooker Beans (beans only)
Fried Okra (Garden Popcorn)
Grape Salad with Almonds & Cilantro
Green Chili Sauce (Salsa Verde)
Grilled Pepper Salad
Grilled Vegetables in Foil
Holy Slaw!
Oven-Baked Brown Rice
Lighter Mashed 'Potatoes'
Pair of Cranberry Relishes Cranberry Chutney & Cranberry Ginger Relish
Pair of Mashed Vegetables Mashed Potatoes & Carrots, Mashed Rutabagas & Apples
Pair of Refrigerator Pickles Cucumber & Pepper Refrigerator Pickles along with Marinated Brussels Sprouts
Panzanella
Power Food Broccoli Salad
New-Fashioned Sauerkraut Salad
Quinoa & Black Bean Salad
Ratatouille
Red & Yellow Pepper Relish & Pied Pipers
Roasted Okra (Garden Fries)
Slow-Baked Potatoes
Squash Puff
Swiss Muesli
Trio of Salad Dressings:Traditional Balsamic & My Favorite
Trio of Vegetables Roasted Cauliflower, Honey Carrots & Lemon Asparagus
Wild Rice Salad
Winter Fruit Salad

Soup
At Last! Black Bean Soup
Fruity Gazpacho
Laura's Carrot Soup
Lentil Soup Vincent
Low Fat Vegetable Soup
Lucky Black-Eyed Pea Soup
Quick Cauliflower Soup or Quick Broccoli Soup
Scandinavian Pea Soup
Very Very Green Green-Pea Soup
Winter Tomato Soup

Desserts & Baking
Baked Apples
Cheery Cherry Banana Bread
Cranberry Apple Crisp
Cranberry Applesauce
Cranberry Pudding no eggs, no fat (cake only)
Cottage Cheese Pie
Cranberry-Mac Morsels
Fruity Gazpacho along with Summer Fruit Salad
Grape Salad with Almonds & Cilantro
Light 'n' Easy Chocolate Pudding
No-Knead English Muffin Bread
Peach Blueberry Cake
Peach Uncobbler
Peacherry Blues
Rhubarb Sorbet
Roasted Rhubarb
Strawberry Banana Chocolate Crumble
Strawberries in Wine
Winter Fruit Salad

Staples
Green Chili Sauce (Salsa Verde)
Pickled Jalapeño Rings
Rhubarb Chutney
Rhubarb Ginger Jam & Rhubarb Rosemary Jelly
Slow-Roasted Tomatoes



Your Comments:

i have a problem with your very very green pea soup. If its vegan then why the hell would someone who doesnt eat animal use chicken broth??
 
Hi Anonymous ~ The headnote on this section gives you the heads up that some recipes may take very minimal adjustments to be vegetarian or vegan. This is not a vegetarian/vegan site but I do make it easy for my vegetarian/vegan/omnivore readers to find meatless recipes.
 
Why don't you make Vegan recipes in your Vegan section? Ratattouille with Parmesan cheese isn't a Vegan recipe. Yes, I know the note says that they aren't really vegan recipes, but why not post some real vegan recipes? There's plenty of confusion in the world about what Vegan is that you don't need to add to it by having cheese in recipes that are supposed to be Vegan. Someone finding a dish for a vegan friend may not know that the Parmesan cheese should be removed. And what do you replace it with? Soft soy cake? How much? Added when? The point of a recipe is to remove the experimentation.
 
Hi Bob - The Parmesan cheese is optional -- it doesn't require a substitute so there's no need for experimentation. My own favorite version of the ratatouille leaves out the cheese entirely.

Please know that mine is an omnivore site, the vegan recipes are provided not so much for vegans (who can find plenty of recipes with vegan-type substitutes and protein additives) as for those of us who elect to eat vegetarian / vegan some of the time, or who want access to recipes when we are cooking for those who elect to not eat meat or dairy, using the ingredients we would normally buy, not a whole pantry of special ingredients.

I hope this helps!