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Plant Based Holiday Recipes

These plant based holiday recipes get everyone excited to share in the holiday joy! Who can resist hearty entrees like vegan turkey, sides like guilt-free mashed potatoes or this easy 4 ingredient potato soup, or decadent desserts like vegan carrot cake, gingerbread bundt cake, and healthy pumpkin pie?

Get inspired by my easy vegetarian and vegan holiday recipes, and celebrate the holidays while serving up a healthy meal for your family.

Holiday meals can be delicious treats without the guilt. With easy, healthy recipe swaps and alternatives, you’ll get all of the flavor without any of the discomfort of too-rich food!

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Want to celebrate the holiday season with a vegetarian twist? Here's a list of 45 vegetarian memorial day recipes you don't want to miss!

45 Vegetarian Memorial Day Recipes

healthy easy meatless vegetarian and vegan frittata recipe in a cast iron skillet

This easy vegan frittata recipe with tofu is great for starting your day off right! It's a healthy breakfast and great for meal prep too!

Vegan Frittata (Egg Free!)

Blueberry Banana Bread is moist, tender, & easy to make! It’s family-friendly, healthy, totally delicious, sweet, and full of flavor!

Blueberry Banana Bread

Vegan horchata served in glasses with ice and cinnamon sticks and ground cinnamon as a garnish.

Taste the perfectly sweet and creamy flavors of authentic vegan horchata! It's easy to make, refreshing, and great for any occasion!

Vegan Horchata

easy healthy almond milk pancakes on a white plate

Almond milk pancakes are quick and simple, with just a handful of ingredients and no milk! Easy gluten-free and vegan variations.

Almond Milk Pancakes (Dairy-Free!)

Vegan coquito served in a glass with a cinnamon stick as a garnish.

Vegan coquito is comforting, delicious, and made with coconut milk and coconut cream instead of dairy and eggs! Gluten free and easy to make!

Vegan Coquito

Healthy green waffles served on a white plate with fresh berries, whipped cream and maple syrup.

Green waffles are a healthy breakfast everyone will love! Crispy on the outside, soft on the inside, made in a blender, & totally delicious!

Green Waffles

Vegan pound cake, sliced and served on a white cutting board.

Easy vegan pound cake is sweet, rich, dense, and so delicious! Topped with a vanilla glaze, it makes for the perfect snack or dessert!

Vegan Pound Cake

This vegan baked oatmeal is delicious, easy to make, naturally processed sugar-free, and nutritious! Try it out for brunch today!

Vegan Baked Oatmeal (11 Ways!)

Lemon bars with graham cracker crust stacked on parchment paper.

With a sweet, tart, lemon curd filling, and gluten free crust, these lemon bars with graham cracker crust are the perfect dessert!

Lemon Bars With Graham Cracker Crust

Spiced pear compote in a glass jar with a spoon.

This easy, healthy, spiced pear compote is a delicious fruit topping that is great for a variety of recipes, and has zero processed sugar!

Pear Compote

Peach cobbler pound cake served on a white tray with fresh peaches on the side.

This easy peach cobbler pound cake is moist, sweet, and a total crowd pleaser! Great for a get together, a picnic, or serving with coffee!

Peach Cobbler Pound Cake

Rasmalai tres leches cake served on a white plate, topped with pistachios and the sweetened milk mixture.

Rasmalai tres leche cake is the best fusion dessert made with a cardamom infused saffron milk, whipped cream, and topped with pistachio nuts!

Rasmalai Tres Leches Cake

Bruschetta burrata toasts with tomatoes, basil, garlic, and a balsamic glaze served on a wooden cutting board.

This quick & easy bruschetta burrata recipe is a total crowd pleaser! Delicious and satisfying, great for an appetizer, snack or light lunch!

Bruschetta Burrata

Roasted beet and feta salad with walnuts and mixed greens, served on a large white serving platter.

This beetroot and feta salad recipe is slightly sweet, salty, healthy, and totally delicious! Great as a side dish or light main dish!

Beetroot And Feta Salad

Vegetable polenta with parmesan served in a white bowl garnished with fresh herbs.

Buttery, creamy vegetable polenta with parmesan is cozy, comforting, and satisfying for the whole family! Gluten free & easily made vegan!

Vegetable Polenta With Parmesan

easy healthy low carb keto creamed spinach recipe in a serving pan

This keto creamed spinach is a rich and creamy low-carb side dish! This creamy dip is gluten-free, family friendly, and easy to make!

Keto Creamed Spinach

easy healthy vegan apple curd recipe in a glass jar

Learn how to make this sweet and creamy spread with fresh apples and no dairy! Apple curd tastes delicious on oatmeal, toast, and yogurt.

Easy Apple Curd

quick healthy french toast with berries and syrup served on a white plate

Easy healthy french toast is delicious, low-calorie, & BIG on flavor! With tons of topping options, you will love this french toast recipe!

Healthy French Toast

White chocolate and raspberry blondies stacked on a white plate.

These white chocolate and raspberry blondies are chewy, gooey, buttery and perfectly decadent. Get the recipe here!

White Chocolate And Raspberry Blondies

quick healthy cornbread recipe cut into cubes

This ultimate healthy cornbread recipe is soft, slightly sweet and low calorie! This easy recipe can also be made gluten free or vegan too!

Healthy Cornbread

Easy homemade vegan nutella in a glass mason jar.

Dark, rich, creamy vegan nutella is made with raw hazelnuts, dark chocolate, naturally sweetened with maple syrup. It's a decadent spread!

Vegan Nutella

White chocolate hazelnut spread in a mason jar.

Sweet white chocolate and fresh raw hazelnuts make this homemade white chocolate hazelnut spread deep, rich, and decadent!

White Chocolate Hazelnut Spread

strawberry simple syrup in a mason glass jar

This 3 ingredient homemade strawberry simple syrup requires just fresh strawberries, sugar and lemon. Perfect for cocktails, drinks, & more!

Strawberry Simple Syrup

Vegan roasted potatoes with rosemary in a white bowl.

These crispy-on-the-outside, creamy-on-the-inside, vegan roasted potatoes are the perfect side dish for breakfast or dinner!

Vegan Roasted Potatoes With Rosemary

Homemade blackberry simple syrup recipe in a glass jar with fresh herbs and blackberries on the side.

You'll need just 15 minutes and 4 simple ingredients to make this mouthwatering blackberry simple syrup recipe.

Blackberry Simple Syrup

Oven roasted green beans and potatoes on a sheet pan.

Oven roasted green beans and potatoes is the side dish that will keep your family coming back for more! Just 35 minutes with one sheet pan!

Roasted Green Beans And Potatoes

Slice of chocolate walnut cake on a white plate.

This chocolate walnut cake features a moist chocolate cake with whipped ganache and crushed walnuts! It's a light yet decadent cake.

Chocolate Walnut Cake

Traditional English vegan Christmas pudding topped with berries on a white plate.

This vegan Christmas pudding is a dairy and egg-free take on a traditional British pudding! Easy to make, rich, moist, and gluten-free!

Vegan Christmas Pudding

Chocolate mango cake on a white cake platter.

This chocolate mango cake features a moist chocolate cake with a light yet decadent mango frosting! Top this sweet cake with fresh mango!

Chocolate Mango Cake

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