50 Fast & Healthy Vegan Dinner Recipes

Looking for a quick and delicious dinner fix? Here’s no less than 50 of healthy vegan dinner recipes. Each of these dishes can be on the table in under an hour…and most of them in less than 30 minutes!

Every year around this time I get a lot of new visitors to this site. January is my busiest month! And I’m guessing that lots of my new visitors are people staring out on vegan or vegetarian diets, and quite possibly trying to eat healthier in the new year. (I know I certainly am!)

And I know from experience that nothing can make you run for the hills when trying a new way of eating faster than a bunch of over-complicated recipes that take forever to prepare.

Vegan recipes have a reputation for being a bit involved, and I’ll admit, some of them are. I might have even shared a super complex vegan dinner or two on this site.

That’s why I decided to pull together some of my favorite fast and easy vegan dinner recipes, both from this blog, and around the web. No need to spend all day in the kitchen! And no need to fall off the healthy diet wagon! Each of these dinners is healthy enough to keep you in line with your resolutions and can be on the table in under 60 minutes — in fact, most of them take less than 30!

Stir-Fries

Stir-fries are my go-to when I’ve got little time for cooking. Veggies cook up super fast over high heat, then get doused in sauce, so you end up with a meal that’s healthy, super flavorful, and can literally be ready in minutes.

Kimchi Fried Rice with Bok Choy & Tofu

Cauliflower Fried Rice

Vegan Shanghai Noodles

15 Minute Brussels Sprout and Tempeh Stir-Fry – In Pursuit of More

Thai Green Curry Fried Rice – Crazy Vegan Kitchen

Vegan Fried Rice With Sugar Snap Peas & Chilli – My Darling Lemon Thyme

AJ’s Easy Vegetarian Stir-Fry – My California Roots

Pasta

Pasta dinners have a reputation for being simple and easy, but that’s not always the case with vegan pastas. Soaking cashews (a step you’ll see in lots of creamy vegan pasta recipes) can take upwards of 8 hours! And if you’re like me, you inevitably forget to throw them in some water at the beginning of the day.

These recipes all take a half hour or less to make, from start to finish!

Vegan Pasta Primavera

Loaded Creamy Vegan Pesto Pasta

Penne Arrabbiata

Spinach & Artichoke Scampi

15 Minute Coconut Green Pasta – Simple Vegan Blog

One Pot Skinny Alfredo Penne Pasta – Jessica in the Kitchen

Sandwiches & Wraps

Super satisfying, delicious, and customizable, there’s lots to be said for sandwiches for dinner! The best part: sandwiches are about as easy as it gets. Here are a few of my favorite easy vegan sandwich recipes.

To make life even easier, prep the fillings in advance, and then just heat (if necessary) and assemble when you’re ready to eat.

Vegan Tuna Salad Sandwiches

Ginger Sesame Tempeh Lettuce Wraps

Vegan Sloppy Joes

Blackened Tempeh Sandwiches

Maple Buffalo Pulled Jackfruit Sandwiches

Vegan Egg Salad Sandwiches

Portobello Mushroom Hot Dogs

Cauliflower Rice Lettuce Cups with Sriracha Peanut Sauce – Veggie and the Beast

Ginger Peanut Tofu Wraps – Hello Veggie

Curries

Curries always feel so rich and indulgent! But they’re also loaded with veggies and, often, healthy plant-protein. Which is why curries make awesome healthy vegan dinners. But they’re also super easy too, often cook up in one pot, and the leftovers can’t be beat.

Smoky Tofu, Peanut Butter & Plantain Curry

Spinach, Coconut & Black Bean Curry

Thai Red Curry with Tofu and Eggplant

Sweet Potato Caribbean Curry

Coconut Milk Vegan Vegetable Korma

Vegan Green Curry with Tofu & Veggies

Butternut Squash, Kale and Chickpea Massaman Curry

Peanut Butter Chickpea Curry – Amuse Your Bouche

Easy Chickpea and Spinach Indian Curry – Eat Good 4 Life

Mushroom Masala and Fenugreek – Cook Republic

Salads

Don’t let the prospect of salad night make you sad! In my house we love salad night, because we only eat salads that are loaded with veggies, super flavorful dressings, and hearty vegan protein sources.

Vegan Cobb Salad

Quinoa Salad with Black Beans, Apples and Red Grapes

Sweet Potato, Lentil and Kale Salad with Chipotle Lime Dressing – Hey Nutrition Lady

Crunchy Thai Kale Salad – Minimalist Baker

Kale and Butternut Squash Salad with Indian Spiced Croutons – Floating Kitchen

Sesame Kale Glow Bowl – The Glowing Fridge

Lebanese Chopped Salad with Chickpeas – The Lemon Bowl

Winter Quinoa Salad with Butternut Squash – She Likes Food

Power Salad with Chia Lemon Dressing – Two Peas and Their Pod

Veggie Burgers

Most veggie burger recipes require two steps: (1) mix up a bunch of ingredients in a food processor, and (2) shape into patties and bake or pan-fry. Once you’ve got this simple process down, you’ll want to make veggie burgers every night. I certainly do!

One trick I’ve learned to make life easier: after step 1, just cook as many burgers as you’ll be eating that night. Transfer the rest of the mixture from your food processor into a storage container and chill it in the fridge. The next day, take it out, shape more patties and cook them up. It’ll be just like you made a fresh batch of burgers from scratch.

Buffalo Chickpea Quiona Burgers

Maple Dijon Portobello Burgers

Barbecue Chickpea Burgers

Balsamic Beet Burgers

Vegan Meatloaf Burgers

“Beefy” Black Bean Walnut Burgers

Chickpea Sweet Potato Peanut Burgers – Vegan Richa

Black Bean Salsa Burgers – Veggie Inspired

Butternut Squash Apple Burgers – Veggies Don’t Bite

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