Vegan Fall Recipes: 10 Best Vegan Recipes You Will Love

Vegans abstain from eating all animal products, including meat, poultry, dairy, eggs, and even honey. While that might sound like a lot to let go of, vegan eaters will tell you they rarely miss animal products! Instead, vegans get creative with cooking with plants, substituting animal-derived ingredients for plant-based alternatives that taste just as good – or better!

Plus, when you choose JOW, you don’t have to worry about coming up with interesting flavor profiles and ingredients to use. You can create your ideal plant-based menu based on our tested recipes, and then we’ll put together an optimized grocery list for you. Then, all you have to do is place an order, and we’ll arrange your groceries for either pick-up or delivery. 

Before we dive into our favorite vegan recipes, here are a few of the best reasons to add plant-based meals to your weekly menu this fall.

You Don’t Need Meat To Make Great Food

Even if you’re a die-hard meat and cheese lover, you’ll be just fine eating some plant-based meals throughout the week. We’re not trying to convince anyone to embrace the vegan lifestyle if they don’t want to, but we definitely believe you can cook great-tasting food without any animal products.

If you can’t imagine enjoying a meal that doesn’t contain meat, cheese, or other animal products, we think we can convince you otherwise. Once you’ve tried our vegan recipes, we guarantee you’ll be ready to start adding more plants to your plate.

Vegan Meals Are Nutrient-Dense

Plant-based foods like fruits, veggies, nuts, seeds, and whole grains are abundant in vitamins, minerals, and other essential nutrients. These foods nourish your body, provide you with long-lasting energy, and keep you full without excessive calorie content. 

Eating more plants means more nutrients, and it also might mean adding more balance to your diet. If your plate’s contents are primarily animal-derived foods, you might be missing out on vitamins and minerals your body needs to thrive. Adding more plants to your diet – and skipping the animal products from time to time – is a great way to eat a healthy, balanced menu throughout the week, even if you don’t go fully vegan.

Vegan Recipes Are Creative

When meat and other animal products are out of the picture, you have to think outside the box with your cooking. That means trying new ingredients, subbing out plants for animal-derived ingredients, and exploring cuisines from different parts of the world. 

Eating vegan meals can inspire you to approach your at-home cooking differently than you normally would. If you’re stuck in a rut and feel a bit bored with what you’ve been cooking, challenge yourself to make one of the delicious plant-based recipes listed below.

Our Favorite Plant-Based Fall Recipes

These are some of our favorite vegan meals to make when fall comes around. It’s the perfect season for warm, comforting food, and these recipes are just what you need to satisfy your autumnal cravings.

1. Veggie Wok With Meatless Chick’n Strips

This delicious dish takes just a few minutes to make and is a perfect meal for a busy evening. If you’ve just gotten off work and don’t feel like cooking an elaborate meal, you can whip up chick’n and veggies at lightning speed and enjoy the comforting flavors.

Inspired by Asian cuisine, this meal is best prepared in a wok, a deep frying pan with a wide rim. Woks allow you to make quick work of Asian meals like stir fry, fried rice, and more. A wok is an absolute must to have in your kitchen.

This recipe is also perfect for picky kids who tend to avoid vegetables like the plague. If you’re trying to introduce more veggies into your kids’ diets and cut back on their meat consumption, just serve them steaming-hot plates of chick’n and broccoli. The delicious combination of soy sauce and fresh ginger makes the veggies even tastier, so you’ll have no trouble getting your kids to clean their plates.

2. Vegan Tomato Pasta

Who said pasta couldn’t be vegan? 

This unique spin on an Italian classic is completely meat and cheese-free, so it’s the perfect fit for a plant-based menu. We swapped out parmesan cheese, a classic pasta topping, for breadcrumbs, which add the same type of flavor and texture without any dairy.

If you’ve been eating plant-based for a while and are missing traditional Italian cuisine, this is the perfect meal for you. It’s simple enough to make on a busy weeknight, and it’s guaranteed to please your whole family.

3. Golden Veggie Soup

Our golden veggie soup is the perfect meal for nights when a chilly wind is blowing outside, and you need comfort food. 

This unconventional fall recipe blends unexpected ingredients to make a delicious mix reminiscent of Thai and Indian food. The combination of chickpeas, cauliflower, coconut milk, and turmeric makes this meal equal parts curry and soup, and it tastes fantastic served over a bed of rice.

4. Lentil and Sweet Potato Soup

This soup is 100% vegan, and it’s one of the most comforting fall recipes we’ve got. The ingredients provide you with plenty of plant-based protein – especially the lentils – and the orange-colored veggies are excellent sources of vitamin A. 

We recommend serving our lentil and sweet potato soup as a side dish or appetizer for a multi-course vegan dinner. It tastes incredible, and it’ll warm you up on a cold autumn night.

5. Spicy Pea Soup

Our spicy pea soup is, in a word, addictive. 

This vegan recipe will bring back fond memories of eating at your favorite Thai and Indian restaurants. Made with green curry paste and coconut milk, the soup is the perfect blend of sweetness and spiciness, making it irresistible.

One pro tip for this recipe – use fresh garlic. We always recommend cooking with fresh herbs to maximize the amount of flavor you get in your meals, so skip the powdered garlic and get a clove from the store instead! 

Another tip – use frozen peas. Fresh peas can be hard to find, and frozen peas are an affordable and equally tasty alternative. You will purée the veggies, so you won’t have to worry about dealing with any irregular texture or other issues when using frozen peas.

6. Vegetable Tian

If you’ve never tried tian, you’re in for a treat. Tian is essentially a stew without liquid – the ingredients are cooked to evaporate their moisture, then served in delicious, flavorful layers. Tian is often made with added ingredients like meat or cheese, but you don’t need these add-ins to make the dish taste delightful!

Our vegetable tian is made with zucchini, tomato, and eggplant, three colorful and nutritious vegetables that taste fantastic when baked in the oven. We harnessed the flavors of fresh thyme to make the baked veggies a bit more savory, as well as a bit of fresh garlic. 

7. Zucchini and Pea Curry

Zucchini and peas are two of our favorite fall vegetables, and they taste so good together. In this recipe, we combined them with traditional Thai ingredients like rice noodles, coconut milk, and curry powder to make a comforting dinner you’ll love.

8. Couscous With Olives and Pine Nuts

Couscous is an underrated food. It has an uncanny ability to absorb the flavors from other ingredients, which makes it an ideal pairing for fresh herbs, lemon juice, and green olives. We’ve combined all of those ingredients, along with crunchy pine nuts, to make the best kind of recipe – one you can make in just a few minutes with ingredients you already have.

We’re big fans of the way fresh cilantro tastes on top of cooked couscous. If you want to make those flavors blend together even better, try topping your couscous off with lemon zest.

9. Cauliflower Steak and String Beans

Some of the best steaks don’t come from a cow – and this is one of them!

This cauliflower steak has an incredibly unique flavor profile thanks to the addition of a marinade made from paprika, maple syrup, lemon juice, and garlic. These ingredients are absorbed into the cauliflower, which soaks them up to make every bite taste like heaven.

10. Sauteed Rice With Turmeric and Cashews

This is another comforting fall recipe to keep you warm when the weather starts getting cold. We love cooking with turmeric, cumin, and curry powder in the fall and winter, and this vegan rice dish tastes lovely thanks to the addition of those delicious spices. 

We also recommend adding a bit of fresh cilantro to the dish to make it taste even better. However, if you’re not crazy about this controversial herb, feel free to leave it out of your rice.

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