Vegetarian & Vegan Recipes

"Eat food. Not a lot. Mostly plants." ~ Michael Pollan in In Defense of Food

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 healthy 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.

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Vegetarian See also Vegan

These recipes are either already vegetarian or can be easily converted with simple changes like switching to vegetable stock.

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Soups

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Vegetarian Breakfast & Brunch
Asparagus Whole Wheat Bread Pudding
Banana Nutter Muffins
Banana Streusel Muffins
Broiled Grapefruit
Cold-Brewed Coffee
Eggnog French Toast with Apple Cranberry Compote
French Scrambled Eggs
Fried Bread
Gashouse Eggs
Gingerbread Muffins
Homemade Egg McMuffin
Homemade Granola with Almonds & Apricots
Homemade Peach Syrup with Fresh Peaches
Irish Soda Bread Muffins
Lifetime Pancakes
Magical Breakfast Cream
Mango Lassi with Mint
Mango & Beet Smoothies
Mexican Fruit Salad
Mexican Gas House Eggs
My Mom's Pancake Recipe
Oatmeal: How and Why to Cook It Every Day
Overnight Coffeecake
Perfect Hard-Cooked Eggs
Perfect Whole Wheat Pumpkin Muffins
Refried Bean Sauce with Eggs on Top
Savory Cornbread Muffins
Simple French Eggs
Sugar-Free Chai Tea

Vegetarian Appetizers
Basil-Cream Cheese Dip
Black Pepper Almonds
Blueberry Salsa
Cheddar-Olive Spread
Cheese Puffs
Cream Cheese-Chutney Spread
Creamy Ricotta with Tomato-Cucumber-Corn Salad
Cucumber Dip with Feta
Deviled Eggs with Tomato-Herb Relish
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
Herbed Saltines
How to Cook Popcorn in a Microwave in a Paper Bag
Hummus
Lavosh (Armenian Cracker Bread)
Peach & Cantaloupe Soup
Pickled Jalapeño Rings
Pita Crisps
Savory Peach Appetizer
Savory Pecans
Spinach Puffs
Toasted Goat Cheese
Trio of Sandwich & Cracker Spreads Cranberry Orange Spread, Almond Cilantro Spread, Sun-Dried Tomato Spread

Vegetarian Beverages
Cantaloupe Smoothie
Cranberry Champagne Cocktail
Glöggi (Hot Red Mulled Wine)
Homemade Hot Chocolate Mix
My Perfect (Unsweet, Unboozy) Sangria
Old-Fashioned Homemade Lemonade
Thirst-Quenching, Low-Cal, Low-Alcohol Drinks

Vegetarian Main Dishes
Quick Supper Broccoli Rigatoni with Chickenpeas & Lemon
Quick Supper Cauliflower Risotto (omitting the bacon)
Quick Supper Eggplant & Bean Thai Curry
Quick Supper Greens & Grits
Quick Supper Leek Sauce for Pasta
Quick Supper Lemon & Asparagus Pasta
Quick Supper Mediterranean Eggplant
Quick Supper Mini Egg Salad Sandwiches with Rhodes Multi-Grain Rolls
Quick Supper Personal Pan Lasagna
Quick Supper Ratatouille Omelettes
Quick Supper Red Quinoa Salad Your Way
Quick Supper Simple Lentil Salad with Seasonal Vegetables
Quick Supper Two-Way Lentil Skillet
Acorn Squash with Quinoa & Cherries
Asparagus Whole Wheat Bread Pudding
Asparagus Custard Tart
Cottage Cheese Pancakes
Crockpot Lasagna
Dutch Apple Puff
Fall Stew Baked in a Whole Pumpkin
Kitchen Stir-Fry
Pumpkin-Stuffed Lasagna Rolls
Simple French Eggs
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

Vegetarian Salads
Favorite Summer Salad Recipes

Apple Yogurt Salad
Bloody Mary Salad
Cantaloupe Salad with Feta & Basil
Cauliflower Salad with Fresh Herbs
Confetti Potato Salad
Festive Holiday Salad
Fresh Corn & Tomato Salad
Grape Salad with Almonds & Cilantro
Greek Pasta Salad
Grilled Pepper Salad
Healthy Waldorf Salad
Holy Slaw!
Lucky Black-Eyed Pea Salad
Mexican Fruit Salad
Nana's Cucumbers
New-Fashioned Sauerkraut Salad
Pair of Refrigerator Pickles Cucumber & Pepper Refrigerator Pickles along with Marinated Brussels Sprouts
Pair of Strawberry Salads Strawberry Pepper Salad & Strawberry Spinach Salad with Poppy Seed Vinaigrette
Panzanella
Power Food Broccoli Salad
Quick 'n' Easy Raw Salad
Roasted Pear Salad
Savory Orange Slices
Sweet Potato Salad with Roasted Poblano, Roasted Corn & Chipotle
That Pink Salad
Tomato Soup Vegetable Salad
Tomatoes & Fresh Mozzarella for a Crowd
Trio of Salad Dressings Buttermilk Balsamic, Traditional Balsamic & My Favorite
Wild Rice Salad
Winter Fruit Salad

Vegetarian Vegetables
Baked Cabbage Wedges
Beet Röesti with Rosemary
Bodacious Brussels Sprouts
Caraway Cabbage
Colcannon
Fresh Creamed Corn
Fried Okra (Garden Popcorn)
Garlic Mashed Potatoes
Grilled Vegetables in Foil
Lighter Mashed 'Potatoes'
Make-Ahead Fresh Green Bean Casserole
Moroccan Onions
Pair of Mashed Vegetables Mashed Potatoes & Carrots, Mashed Rutabagas & Apples
Perfect Make-Ahead Mashed Potatoes (Party Potatoes)
Ratatouille
Roasted Butternut Squash & Apple
Roasted Okra (Garden Fries)
Rustic Mashed Sweet Potatoes & Carrots
Shredded Zucchini with Thyme
Slow-Baked Potatoes
Smashed Potatoes & Broccoli Casserole
Squash Puff
Those Pink Potatoes
Trio of Vegetables Roasted Cauliflower, Honey Carrots & Lemon Asparagus
Trio of Vegetables with Sour Cream Nana's Cucumbers, Borscht Beets & Ontario Greens
Turnip Puff or Rutabaga Puff

Vegetarian Side Dishes
Cheese Gnocchi Pie
Cranberry Orange Relish with Fresh Ginger
Creamy Slow-Cooker Beans (beans only)
Fresh Jellied Cranberry Sauce with Apple
Fried Bread
Green Chili Sauce (Salsa Verde)
Julia Child's Soubise (Onion & Rice Casserole)
Oven-Baked Brown Rice
Spaghetti Aglio e Olio (Garlic & Olive Oil)

Vegetarian Soups
Master Recipe: How to Make Homemade Vegetable Soup

At Last! Black Bean Soup
Cantaloupe-Tomato Gazpacho
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

Vegetarian Desserts & Baking

Since all Kitchen Parade dessert recipes are vegetarian, please visit dessert recipes.

Vegetarian Staples
Chimichurri (Argentinian Parsley Sauce)
Green Chili Sauce (Salsa Verde)
Green Mayonnaise
Homemade Finnish Mustard
Homemade Kabocha Squash "Pumpkin" Purée
Homemade Mayonnaise
Homemade Ricotta
Homemade Sazón
Pickled Jalapeño Rings
Rhubarb Chutney
Rhubarb Ginger Jam & Rhubarb Rosemary Jelly
Slow-Roasted Tomatoes Spicy Raisin Sauce for Ham
Ten-Minute Foolproof Enchilada Sauce

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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.

Salads

Soup

Staples

Vegan Breakfast & Brunch
Broiled Grapefruit
Fried Bread
Homemade Granola with Almonds & Apricots
Homemade Peach Syrup with Fresh Peaches (use vegan butter)
Oatmeal: How and Why to Cook It Every Day

Vegan Appetizers
Blueberry Salsa
Easy Easy Grilled Mushroom Appetizer
Herbed Saltines
How to Cook Popcorn in a Microwave in a Paper Bag
Hummus
Pickled Jalapeño Rings
Pita Crisps

Vegan Beverages
Cantaloupe Smoothie
Cranberry Champagne Cocktail
Glöggi (Hot Red Mulled Wine)
My Perfect (Unsweet, Unboozy) Sangria
Old-Fashioned Homemade Lemonade
Thirst-Quenching, Low-Cal, Low-Alcohol Drinks

Vegan Main Dishes
Quick Supper Broccoli Rigatoni with Chickenpeas & Lemon (with vegan cheese)
Quick Supper Eggplant & Bean Thai Curry
Quick Supper Greens & Grits
Quick Supper Simple Lentil Salad with Seasonal Vegetables (omit egg)
Quick Supper Two-Way Lentil Skillet
Acorn Squash with Quinoa & Cherries
Fall Stew Baked in a Whole Pumpkin
Kitchen Stir-Fry
Squash & Carrot Stew

Vegan Done Real: 52 Favorite Vegan Recipes from Ten Whole-Food Food Bloggers

Vegan Salads
Alice Waters' Coleslaw
Cauliflower Salad with Fresh Herbs
Confetti Potato Salad
Grape Salad with Almonds & Cilantro
Grilled Pepper Salad
Holy Slaw!
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
Savory Orange Slices
Sweet Potato Salad with Roasted Poblano, Roasted Corn & Chipotle
Trio of Salad Dressings:Traditional Balsamic & My Favorite
Wild Rice Salad
Winter Fruit Salad

Favorite Vegan Salad Dressings from A Veggie Venture
Almonnaise - Vegan Mayonnaise Made from Almonds

Vegan Vegetables
Baked Cabbage Wedges
Beet Röesti with Rosemary
Bodacious Brussels Sprouts
Caraway Cabbage
Fried Okra (Garden Popcorn)
Grilled Vegetables in Foil
Lighter Mashed 'Potatoes'
Pair of Mashed Vegetables Mashed Potatoes & Carrots, Mashed Rutabagas & Apples
Moroccan Onions
Ratatouille
Red & Yellow Pepper Relish & Pied Pipers
Roasted Butternut Squash & Apple
Roasted Okra (Garden Fries)
Shredded Zucchini with Thyme
Slow-Baked Potatoes
Squash Puff
Trio of Vegetables Roasted Cauliflower, Honey Carrots & Lemon Asparagus

Vegan Side Dishes
Cranberry Orange Relish with Fresh Ginger
Creamy Slow-Cooker Beans (beans only)
Fresh Jellied Cranberry Sauce with Apple
Green Chili Sauce (Salsa Verde)
Oven-Baked Brown Rice
Pair of Cranberry Relishes Cranberry Chutney & Cranberry Ginger Relish
Spaghetti Aglio e Olio (Garlic & Olive Oil)

Vegan Soup
Master Recipe: How to Make Homemade Vegetable Soup

At Last! Black Bean Soup
Cantaloupe-Tomato Gazpacho
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

Vegan Desserts & Baking
Baked Apples
Cheery Cherry Banana Bread
Citrus Slices with Orange Flower Water, Spices & Chocolate Shavings
Cranberry Apple Crisp
Cranberry Applesauce
Cranberry Pudding no eggs, no fat (cake only)
Cranberry-Mac Morsels
Easy-Easy Pear Sauce
Fruity Gazpacho along with Summer Fruit Salad
Grape Salad with Almonds & Cilantro
Healthy Trail Mix
How to Cook Popcorn in a Microwave in a Paper Bag
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

Vegan Staples
Chimichurri (Argentinian Parsley Sauce)
Green Chili Sauce (Salsa Verde)
Homemade Kabocha Squash "Pumpkin" Purée
Homemade Sazón
Pickled Jalapeño Rings
Rhubarb Chutney
Rhubarb Ginger Jam & Rhubarb Rosemary Jelly
Slow-Roasted Tomatoes

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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??

Anonymous on 4/03/2008

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.

Alanna on 4/03/2008

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.

Bob on 10/17/2008

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!

Alanna on 10/17/2008

I clicked the link for the recipe for the yummy-looking Marinated Brussels Sprouts, only to be taken to a menu list page, but no recipe and no listing for these. PLEASE, this looks so good and I want to try it. I was looking for dilled refrigerator brussel sprouts. Please do not show pix of food without ID or links to the recipe. Can you publish this and the link to it in your newsletter or send me the link or recipe? Thank you.

JMS~JOY in the arts! on 2/20/2011

Here's the link for Marinated Brussels Sprouts, it's paired with another refrigerator pickle so the page might not 'look' like it includes Brussels sprouts.

If you have more information on where you found the bad link, I'd sure appreciate knowing.

Hope you love these!

Alanna Kellogg on 2/20/2011