Eating fresh food and a plant based diet can be life changing! Health professionals are even finding it can treat and prevent disease. But even better: plant based recipes can be some of the most delicious recipes around! What’s a plant based diet? Put simply, it’s choosing more of your foods from plant sources than from meat or dairy. For the purpose of this list, a plant based recipe is a vegan recipe: it contains no animal products (meat, dairy, eggs, and honey). Here’s a list of our top plant based recipes to add to your regular rotation. Want to browse by type? Try Plant Based Dinner Recipes, Vegan Side Dishes, Vegan Salads, Plant Based Breakfasts, Vegan Desserts, and Plant Based Snacks.
And now…our top easy plant based recipes!
More plant based recipes
Looking for other types of plant based recipes, like breakfast, snacks, or desserts? Head to these posts: Also try: Coconut Cauliflower Curry Or try more of our top Vegan Dessert Recipes!
Go for our favorite 50 Easy Vegan Recipes or 30 Easy Vegan Dinner Recipes Add 30 Tasty Vegan Side Dishes or Vegan Salad Recipes to these mains Try 20 Plant Based Breakfast Ideas Go to 20 Plant Based Desserts Opt for 20 Plant Based & Vegan Snacks
Want a meal plan? Try our 28-Day Vegan Meal Plan or Plant Based Diet Meal Plan.
How to make vegetables filling
A misconception we hear is that plant based meals are just a pile of carrot and celery sticks and not filling. Au contraire: vegan main dishes need to be packed with plant-based protein! That means focusing on recipes with the following:
Whole grains like rice, quinoa, farro, bulgur, freekah and millet Beans and chickpeas Nuts and seeds Soy proteins like tofu and tempeh
For more, see Guide to Plant Based Protein. Here are our favorites that are both filling and delicious. Let us know if you make them, and feel free to share with friends and family who are looking to eat more veg. No reviews