Roast dinners are meant to be amazing, right?! Eating vegan or plant based should never mean missing out, and we'd actually say that since becoming vegan, our roast dinners have become even more incredible, tasty and varied. So we couldn't resist rounding up our favourite vegan and vegetarian roast dinners (which are all vegan - because anything vegan is also vegetarian!). All these delicious recipes can be used for a vegan or vegetarian Sunday roast, for Christmas, Easter or any special occasion!
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- 🥩Vegan Meat
- 🥧Pies
- 🍮Vegan Yorkshire Pudding
- 🧅Stuffing
- 🥔Potatoes
- 🍠Other root veg
- 🥦Vegetable sides
- 🧅Gravy
- 💬 Comments
If you're looking for more Christmas recipes, you'll love these Ultimate Vegan Christmas Mains, and if you want desserts to go with these awesome roast recipes, try these Delicious Vegan Christmas Desserts (great for Christmas roasts or Sunday roast).
🥜Nut Roasts & Meat Loaf
Sometimes vegan and vegetarian roast dinner classics just don't get old! These nut roasts, lentil loafs and meat loafs are all high protein, have a great meaty texture and can be made ahead of time so you can relax more on the day.
Vegan Lentil Loaf (Gluten-Free)
This vegan roast made with lentils is delicious and full of flavor! It's a perfect main dish for a vegan roast dinner.
Recipe by Healthy My Lifestyle
Vegan Lentil and Seed Roast
This Lentil and Seed roast is both gluten and nut free. It's got an amazing texture and flavour, and never fails to impress our guests! It's filling, delicious and the perfect centrepiece.
Lentil Loaf is a terrific main dish for holiday celebrations. Smother this vegan meatloaf with lots of cashew gravy for the ultimate comfort food dinner!
Recipe by Dianne's Vegan Kitchen
🥩Vegan Meat
So it totally depends on your preferences, but there are incredible vegan meat recipes now. Many are made with vital wheat gluten to make a seitan recipe. Seitan is probably the closest tasting vegan food you get to meat, and it's been around for thousands of years. You buy vital wheat gluten as a flour, then follow the steps of the recipe from there! Food processors or blenders are often helpful for these sorts of recipes for a great consistency and if the recipe calls for it.
We even have here vegan roast beef, vegan ham and a delicious glaze for vegan co*cktail sausages! There's also a vegan turkey that can be made in an Instant Pot!
If you're looking for a centerpiece for your vegan roast dinner, it's this. Decorated with charred pineapple and orange slices and studded with cloves. It looks stunning. It smells amazing and it tastes divine.
Recipe by Sunnyside Hanne
This seitan roast beef is meaty, juicy, and packed with flavors! An easy high protein main that your whole family will enjoy.
Recipe by My Plantiful Cooking
This seitan-based Vegan Roast Beef is easy to make and tastes tender, savory, and delicious! Slice it up for beef dip sandwiches or serve the roast whole for the holidays.
Recipe by The Cheeky Chickpea
Mustard Glazed co*cktail Sausages
A simple way to glaze your Christmas vegan co*cktail sausages with just 3 ingredients, giving a crispy and sticky outside. Perfect for canapes or Christmas dinner itself!
This herb-rubbed seitan roast is delightfully moist and meaty and makes a lovely centerpiece for special occasions. It can be baked or cooked in the Instant Pot and pairs well with so many dishes.
Recipe by Quiet Kitchen
🥧Pies
A pie is an awesome centrepiece for a vegan or vegetarian roast dinner! From a vegan chicken pot pie to a Christmas Wreath pie, it's now one of our first choices for a Sunday roast or special occasion.
The ultimate-feel good dish for every roast dinner party. It's not just super comforting & cosy, but also contains several portions of veggies and a great source of protein. Irresistible!
Recipe by My Vegan Minimalist
Vegan Mushroom Bourguignon Pie
A delicious vegan pie made with rich Mushroom Bourguinon as a filling.
The perfect vegan pie for a Christmas Festive Main. Full of delicious vegan ingredients.A show stopper for all your guests!
Chickenless Pot Pie
A deliciously comforting vegan pot pie, full of cozy flavours that are perfect for wintery days.
🍮Vegan Yorkshire Pudding
Vegan yorkshire puddings have not been known to be the easiest of recipes to crack. However, we now have some amazing tried and tested methods for you! A good set of patty tins is a must for these. While we don't often use egg replacers, Crack'd is a fantastic one for making Vegan Yorkshire Puddings.
Perfect Vegan Yorkshire Puddings
Perfect Vegan Yorkshire Puddings - Tall, crispy, golden sides, soft and slightly gooey bottoms, and a deep hollow just waiting to be filled with tasty gravy when served with your roast dinner!
Recipe by A Virtual Vegan
Best Ever Vegan Yorkshire Puddings
It's not a roast dinner without Yorkshire puddings, and these are the best vegan version ever! With a perfect well in the middle, crispy outside and gooey middle, they really do impress. There's just one catch: try not to eat them all at once!
Recipe by Vegan Punks
🧅Stuffing
I've always loved stuffing as part of my roast dinners, and when I became vegan, I experimented even more with recipes. My favourite ones by far are my tempeh vegan stuffing balls (below), which come out of the oven a gorgeous golden brown. Tempeh is great for 'meaty' stuffing, and have we have many more tempeh recipes here.
Vegan Christmas Tempeh 'Sausage' Stuffing Balls
These easy to make vegan Christmas 'sausage' stuffing balls will steal the show on Christmas day. They have a delicious meaty texture and are made from tempeh, chestnuts and sage.
The Best Sage And Onion Stuffing Recipe
A great vegan stuffing is just what a vegan roast dinner needs! Just 5 ingredients and they're ready in 30 minutes too.
Recipe by Vegan Punks
🥔Potatoes
Essential, delicious and the winner in every vegan and vegetarian roast dinner - it would be a crime to not have potatoes in their various forms. We don't mean to brag, well, actually, we do(!) but Louise does the BEST crispy roast potatoes, which we've featured here.
The Best Vegan Crispy Roast Potatoes
These crispy roast potatoes are perfect for any roast dinner, Sunday lunch or Christmas! This is the ultimate way to cook them and everyone will come back for more!
Balsamic Roasted New Potatoes With Asparagus
Flavourful and comforting traybake of roasted potatoes with asparagus tips and a splash of balsamic vinegar.
Recipe by Wall Flower Kitchen
Vegan Smashed Potato and Sage Rösti
A delicious smashed potato dish that's perfect for serving with a vegan roast dinner!
Roasted Baby Potatoes in Air Fryer
Red skin baby potatoes are seasoned with oil, herbs and salt. They are then roasted in the air fryer. They are vegan, gluten-free, and absolutely delicious.
Recipe by Culinary Shades
🍠Other root veg
We're not cheating on potatoes, but vegan and vegetarian roast dinners lend themselves perfectly to a range of roast vegetable dishes. We've got a selection here from harissa sweet potatoes and roasted carrots, to pureed roasted parsnip! Many of these dishes you can now make in an air fryer. We have a Ninja Air Fryer which we're totally in love with!
An easy traybake spiced with warming Harissa. Perfect for a Christmas side-dish or a main dish at any other time.
Parsnip Puree With Roasted Garlic
Move over mashed potatoes, here comes garlic roasted parsnip puree. Rich, creamy and earthy, this is sure to become your new favourite vegan side dish.
Recipe by Daily Dish
Gorgeous herb roasted root vegetables tossed with fresh herbs, garlic and olive oil. This easy herb roasted root vegetable recipe includes tender beets, rutabaga, turnips, carrots, parsnips, yams, carrots and potatoes!
Recipe by Eating By Elaine
Garlic and Rosemary Roasted Carrots
Brilliant Christmas or Thanksgiving side dish which will look beautiful and bright on your table! These roasted carrots taste sweet when they're roasted, with an extra intensity of garlic and rosemary!
Easy festive bake that can be made using the oven or airfryer! Succulent butternut squash pairs beautifully with a stuffing made with chickpeas and sage.
Caramelised Mustard Roasted Parsnips and Chestnuts
These Caramelised Mustard Roasted Parsnips and Chestnuts are the perfect Christmas side dish. The sugar gives a sticky glaze, and the mustard contrasts brilliantly with the parsnips and chestnuts.
🥦Vegetable sides
We are vegan and vegetarian after all, so if we didn't have a whole section for vegetables with our roast dinners, you'd wonder what was up! Some of these feature cheesy flavours, which calls for use of the staple ingredient nutritional yeast. We have everything from whole roasted cauliflower and steamed beans to cheesy Brussel sprouts!
This Whole Roasted Cauliflower is a true show stopper main dish for any occasion. First, this vegan cauliflower roast gets marinated and baked. Then, it gets topped with a simple and delicious tahini maple sauce for the best baked cauliflower recipe!
Recipe by Short Girl Tall Order
Green Beans with Caramelised Shallots and Toasted Almonds
A green Christmas dinner side dish to impress your guests. Fresh green beans topped with crunchy, sweet shallots and toasted almonds.
Maple Balsamic Roasted Brussel Sprouts
These Maple Balsamic Roasted Brussels Sprouts are crispy, beautifully caramelized, and full of rich flavors. Elegant enough to be the perfect vegan side dish for your next roast dinner.
Recipe by No Sweat Vegan
Roasted Tenderstem Broccoli (Broccolini) is an ideal side dish that takes only a few minutes of preparation time! Delicious hot or cold, this simple dish will be on regular rotation.
Recipe by Its Not Complicated Recipes
Vegan Cauliflower Cheese
A cute and vegan twist on the classic cauliflower cheese. Made with a romanesco cauliflower for a fun and festive side dish
Cheesy Lemon Garlic Vegan Roasted Brussel Sprouts
These cheesy lemon garlic Brussel sprouts are super easy to make with just a few ingredients. They're low effort as you just leave them to roast, and you'll impress your guests by converting them to loving Brussels!
🧅Gravy
If you want a fight at a roast dinner, then let the gravy run dry... Here's a great selection from miso gravy (miso is a great staple ingredient too), mushroom gravy and our recipe for the BEST vegan gravy. We love adding vegan red wine, and it's fab to drink with a vegan or vegetarian roast dinner. There are lots of great vegan wines out there - one of our favourites is Proudly Vegan Wine.
Don't forget to use a good vegetable stock, gravy granules and soy sauce / tamari for that umami taste; these will make for the best roast dinner sauce or gravy.
A salty, savoury, incredibly flavourful miso gravy that’s on your table in 10 minutes or less. With just 6 ingredients, you can have this gravy whipped up in a flash.
Recipe by This Healthy Kitchen
The Best Vegan Gravy Recipe
This vegan gravy recipe is rich, delicious and super easy to make. Enjoy with any roast dinner, and especially Christmas dinner!
This Hearty Mushroom Gravy is thick, flavorful, and vegan-friendly! This versatile, nutrient-rich sauce enhances any dinner plate.
Recipe by Marley's Menu
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