Christmas is sort of right here, and also you’re most likely planning the menu to your massive vacation dinner. For these of us who received’t have a turkey or ham on the desk, we have to plan somewhat further for the principle dishes. Everybody expects some dish to be the centerpiece of the desk. Quite than really feel just like the desk is lacking what’s anticipated, let’s revel within the surprising. When meat is off the desk, the choices for fundamental dishes improve exponentially with veggie dishes that may feed two or twenty!
We have now a lot of fundamental course recipes and concepts that can please each palate at your desk. Try these 10 Scrumptious Vegan Fundamental Dishes for Christmas and these 5 Christmas Casseroles Made Vegan. Since Christmas is all about household and mates getting collectively, reuniting, and gathering in a heat, welcoming dwelling, we thought we’d characteristic fundamental dishes that say “dwelling.” So get able to Deck the Halls with these 30 vegan fundamental dishes from the Meals Monster App that can make your Christmas merry and vibrant.
1. Creamy Pumpkin Lasagna

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This Creamy Pumpkin Lasagna by Renee McKenzie is an actual showstopper. It’s made with roasted pumpkin with a heat, creamy, and barely spicy pumpkin béchamel sauce and lovely roasted pumpkin topping. High it with do-it-yourself pine nut parmesan.
2. Black Bean and Spaghetti Squash Casserole

Supply: Black Bean and Spaghetti Squash Casserole
If you happen to’re on the lookout for one thing fast, straightforward, and filling that can feed a crowd of visitors, look no additional than this Black Bean and Spaghetti Squash Casserole by Ashley Smyczek. With black beans, spinach, and vegan feta, this dish is an actual crowd-pleaser.
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3. Creamy Baked Skillet Spinach Pasta
![Creamy Baked Skillet Spinach Pasta [Vegan, Gluten-Free]](https://i0.wp.com/www.onegreenplanet.org/wp-content/uploads//2015/09/spinachpastabake.jpg?resize=640%2C402&ssl=1)
Supply: Creamy Baked Skillet Pasta
This Creamy Baked Skillet Pasta dish by Medha Swaminathan has a creamy, cauliflower-based vegan spinach pasta topped with toasted breadcrumbs. It’s baked to perfection in a forged iron skillet for a distinct tackle the standard casserole. It’s straightforward and wholesome dairy-free consolation meals for the vacations.
4. Mushroom Ravioli with Creamy Leek Sauce
![Mushroom Ravioli With Creamy Leek Sauce [Vegan]](https://i0.wp.com/www.onegreenplanet.org/wp-content/uploads//2015/10/ravioli.jpg?resize=640%2C403&ssl=1)
Supply: Mushroom Ravioli with Creamy Leek Sauce
This Mushroom Ravioli with Creamy Leek Sauce by Kyra Howearth is a complete Italian grandma recipe – hearty mushroom ravioli coated in a creamy, comforting leek sauce. It’s hearty, satisfying, and scrumptious. Make certain everybody will get seconds (and thirds) as a real grandma would.
5. Bœuf Bourguignon Végétalien
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Supply: Bœuf Bourguignon Végétalien
This Bœuf Bourguignon Végétalien by Renee McKenzie is a vegan model of the beloved conventional French dish. Made with tofu and mushrooms, it’s wealthy, hearty, and scrumptious. You can even make it within the crockpot whilst you put together dessert. Julia Little one can be proud!
6. Tofu Pot Pie Casserole

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Once you cross a pot pie and a casserole with scrumptious vegan flavors, you get this Tofu Pot Pie Casserole dish by Kathleen Henry. Hearty and wholesome, this casserole is full of veggies and tofu wrapped in phyllo dough. It seems to be spectacular and would be the star of your vacation dinner.
7. Present-Stopping Lentil and Eggplant Lasagna
![Show-Stopping Lentil and Eggplant Lasagna [Vegan]](https://i0.wp.com/www.onegreenplanet.org/wp-content/uploads//2015/10/lasagna910x683.jpg?resize=640%2C402&ssl=1)
Supply: Present-Stopping Lentil and Eggplant Lasagna
Lasagna is all the time a terrific alternative for a dinner that should feed a crowd. This Present-Stopping Lentil and Eggplant Lasagna by Lera Krasovskaya is healthful, but nonetheless completely satisfying. Entire wheat lasagna noodles, tofu, lentils, and eggplant give this pasta dish a hearty chew and superior taste. Plus, who doesn’t love hearty, saucy greens layered between noodles? Nobody we all know.
8. Black Bean Chili Pot Pie with Cumin Candy Potato Crust
![Black Bean Chili Pot Pie With Cumin Sweet Potato Crust [Vegan, Gluten-Free]](https://i0.wp.com/www.onegreenplanet.org/wp-content/uploads//2015/10/Recipe-Redux-Black-Bean-Chilli-Pot-Pies-with-Cumin-Sweet-Potato-Crust-%40OmNomAlly-5.jpg?resize=640%2C397&ssl=1)
Supply: Black Bean Chili Pot Pies with Cumin Candy Potato Crust
Nothing says love from the oven fairly like pie! These Black Bean Chili Pot Pies with Cumin Candy Potato Crust by Alison Murray are consolation meals personified. These hearty, individually-sized veggie pies are wholesome and scrumptious with black beans, veggies, and a spiced candy potato crust. Company will love being served their very own little pot pie – no sharing is required.
9. Pumpkin Gnocchi in Spiced Butter Sauce with Lemon Cashew Cream
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Supply: Pumpkin Gnocchi
Serve your visitors a dish that appears and sounds connoisseur however is straightforward to make. This luscious do-it-yourself Pumpkin Gnocchi by Rhea Parsons is blanketed in richly spiced vegan butter sauce after which served with lemon cashew cream. They’ll assume you labored away within the kitchen all day. Allow them to.
10. Southern Stew

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Put somewhat soul into your holidays with this Southern Stew by Kayli Cube. It’s full of Southern taste with a creamy candy potato broth base. This stew is full of hearty black beans, corn, and greens. That is the way to do soul meals at Christmas.
11. Spicy Potato Casserole With Tofu ‘Chorizo’
![Spicy Potato Casserole With Tofu 'Chorizo' [Vegan, Gluten-Free]](https://i0.wp.com/www.onegreenplanet.org/wp-content/uploads//2015/04/chorizo.jpg?resize=640%2C427&ssl=1)
Supply: Spicy Potato Casserole with Tofu Chorizo
Take all of the flavors you like about baked potatoes topped with vegan chili and switch them right into a hearty dish that may feed a crowd. This Spicy Potato Casserole with Tofu Chorizo by Kelly Williams has layers of thinly sliced potatoes doused in a spicy tomato-based sauce. Including black beans and tofu “chorizo” will increase the protein content material and offers a lot of texture to a saucy dish.
12. Pumpkin Cannelloni with Almond Sauce
![Pumpkin Cannelloni [Vegan, Gluten-Free]](https://i0.wp.com/www.onegreenplanet.org/wp-content/uploads//2015/11/Pumpkin-Cannelloni_4.jpg?resize=640%2C403&ssl=1)
Supply: Pumpkin Cannelloni with Almond Sauce
This Pumpkin Cannelloni with Almond Sauce by Florian Nouh isn’t your commonplace pumpkin dish! Tender cannelloni is full of savory pumpkin puree and topped with a creamy almond sauce … this can be a dish you need as the middle of your Christmas desk!
13. Hearty Stout and Combined Vegetable Stew
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Supply: Hearty Stout and Combined Vegetable Stew
When everybody gathers collectively on the holidays, you wish to serve a dish that claims “dwelling.” This Hearty Stout and Combined Vegetable Stew by Rinku Bhattacharya is simply the factor. The bottom of the stew makes use of a lot of onions, some garlic, rosemary, and thyme is thrown in for good measure. The greens are then added in and we now have a beautiful deep sauce that thickens and simmers the greens into comfortable and tender perfection. That is simply what winter is made for.
14. Comforting Kale Pesto Pasta Casserole
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Supply: Kale Pesto Pasta Casserole
This Kale Pesto Pasta Casserole by Florian Nouh is filling, scrumptious, and really easy to make! It has an particularly savory, umami twist because of the addition of sun-dried tomatoes and olives. Skinny strips of sautéed eggplant are combined in with the pesto. A completely pretty spotlight is the crust, which is manufactured from gluten-free bread crumbs combined with olive oil and garlic. It’s crunchy, hearty, and excellent!
15. Tempeh and Pasta Casserole
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Supply: Tempeh and Pasta Casserole
This Tempeh and Pasta Casserole by Vanessa Croessmann is the proper dish to feed everybody and anybody. The tempeh provides nutty protein whereas the pasta will fill folks up. The creamy cashew-based sauce brings all of it collectively for a one-pan dish that can make your evening heat, cozy, and scrumptious.
16. Vegan Cioppino (Italian-Type ‘Fish’ Stew)
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Supply: Italian-Type ‘Fish’ Stew
This hearty and rustic Italian-Type ‘Fish’ Stew by Florian Nouh was impressed by “cioppino,” a traditional fish stew. On this vegan model, tofu stands in for the fish, however the remaining stays the identical – greens and herbs simmered in a flavorful tomato broth.
17. ‘Cheezy’ Chilaquiles
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Supply: “Cheezy” Vegan Chilaquiles
Chilaquiles are a conventional Mexican dish manufactured from fried comfortable tortillas served with a myriad of scrumptious toppings. These “Cheezy” Vegan Chilaquiles by Gin Butters are a one-skillet twist on the traditional Mexican consolation meals, and so they’re extraordinarily filling, savory, and stuffed with taste. Don’t be intimidated by the listing of elements – that is straightforward to make!
18. Jackfruit Pot Pie

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Pot pies are so comforting and the proper dish to serve when the household gathers through the holidays. This Jackfruit Pot Pie by Sarah Pether is the plant-based pot pie of your desires. Creamy, heat jackfruit and veggie filling is encased in a fragile puff pastry crust. Everybody will probably be merry when this dish hits the desk.
19. Easy Stuffed Pumpkin Manicotti
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Supply: Easy Stuffed Pumpkin Manicotti
Anybody who likes pasta will love this Easy Stuffed Pumpkin Manicotti by Michaell Johnson. This isn’t a type of dishes the place you need to announce, “Look out! It’s vegan!” or “I do know you don’t like these veggies, however they’re in there.” The elements are united in yumminess and stuffed with diet. That is the proper recipe to your Christmas gathering.
20. Pesto Pappardelle with Artichoke Chickpea Meatballs
![Pesto Pappardelle With Artichoke Chickpea Meatballs [Vegan]](https://i0.wp.com/www.onegreenplanet.org/wp-content/uploads//2015/09/pappardelle-pasta.jpg?resize=640%2C403&ssl=1)
Supply: Pesto Pappardelle with Artichoke Chickpea Meatballs
Pasta is all the time a profitable alternative and this Pesto Pappardelle with Artichoke Chickpea Meatballs by Michelle Lee will get a blue ribbon. Gentle, but deeply flavored veggie meatballs are served with pappardelle pasta tossed in a do-it-yourself pesto full of recent herbs and greens. Seared artichoke hearts and chopped recent tomatoes full the dish. This recipe seems to be costly, fancy, and time-consuming nevertheless it’s really easy, you’ll have connoisseur pasta very quickly!
21. Moussaka with Cashew Cream
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Supply: Moussaka with Cashew Cream
If you happen to want a dish that can feed a crowd and preserve all of them heat and glad, this Moussaka with Cashew Cream by Marie-Ève Couture is simply the dish. It has comforting eggplant and mashed potatoes in a spiced tomato sauce. The cashew cream topping simply makes it all of the extra scrumptious.
22. Thai Yellow Curry with Seitan and Potatoes

Supply: Thai Yellow Curry with Seitan and Potatoes
Boost the vacations with this Thai Yellow Curry with Seitan and Potatoes by Rosalie Livingstone. This do-it-yourself Thai-style yellow curry paste is showcased in one of the best ways doable – by blanketing chunks of tender seitan and potatoes in a creamy coconut milk sauce. Yum!
23. Polenta Veggie Bake
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Supply: Polenta Veggie Bake
This largely hands-off Polenta Veggie Bake by Sara Hohn requires a few time-saving shortcuts. First, there’s quick-cooking polenta that’s ready stovetop in beneath ten minutes. Subsequent, there’s jarred marinara sauce that’s layered on prime of the polenta earlier than baking. The dish is full of tons of veggies and it’s a comforting, homey meal for the vacations.
24. Hearty Winter Curry Pie
![Hearty Winter Curry Pie [Vegan]](https://i0.wp.com/www.onegreenplanet.org/wp-content/uploads//2015/11/currypie.jpg?resize=640%2C401&ssl=1)
Supply: Hearty Winter Curry Pie
Overlook all the things you realize about conventional veggie pot pies – this Hearty Winter Curry Pie by Rebecca Fallihee will probably be your new go-to! The wealthy, comforting flavors of curry spice, coconut milk, and ginger enveloped in a flaky pie crust will heat you proper up on a chilly winter night.
25. Lentil Chili Pot Pie with Pumpkin Cornbread Topping
![Lentil Chili Pot Pie with Pumpkin Cornbread Topping [Vegan, Gluten-Free]](https://i0.wp.com/www.onegreenplanet.org/wp-content/uploads//2015/10/Lentil-Chili-Pot-Pie-with-a-pumpkin-cornbread-topping.jpg?resize=640%2C401&ssl=1)
Supply: Lentil Chili Pot Pies
Your visitors will smile vast if you put these individually-sized Lentil Chili Pot Pies by Leah Moldowan down in entrance of them. It’s a hearty veggie-filled lentil spicy chili topped with a barely candy and fluffy pumpkin cornbread that additionally occurs to be gluten-free.
26. Creamy Pumpkin Risotto With Candy and Spicy Roasted Pepitas
![Creamy Pumpkin Risotto with Sweet and Spicy Roasted Pepitas [Vegan, Gluten-Free]](https://i0.wp.com/www.onegreenplanet.org/wp-content/uploads//2015/11/PumpkinRisotto.jpg?resize=640%2C400&ssl=1)
Supply: Creamy Pumpkin Risotto with Candy and Spicy Roasted Pepitas
If you wish to serve a show-stopping fundamental course on Christmas that’s not un-turkey or stuffed squash, look no additional than this Creamy Pumpkin Risotto with Candy and Spicy Roasted Pepitas by Liz Moody. It’s creamy, wealthy, and scrumptious – and since it’s each vegan and gluten-free, it is going to fulfill everybody on the desk! This is sort of a Christmas current in a bowl.
27. Nation ‘Meatloaf’ With Gravy

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This Nation ‘Meatloaf’ with Gravy by Katie Koteen is an excellent recipe for feeding a crowd through the holidays. It’s hearty and savory sufficient to fulfill meat eaters and wholesome sufficient to get us by means of the vacations with out placing on just a few further kilos. Serve it with or with out the gravy or prime it with sautéed mushrooms.
28. Not Your Mama’s Seitan Pot Roast
![Not Your Mama's Seitan Pot Roast [Vegan]](https://i0.wp.com/www.onegreenplanet.org/wp-content/uploads//2015/09/pot-roast.jpg?resize=640%2C402&ssl=1)
Supply: Seitan Pot Roast
Pot roast is a household meal and this Seitan Pot Roast by Daybreak Kriss is form of what your mother would have ready for dinner however meat-free. It has tender do-it-yourself seitan in a lip-smacking vegetable stew. Plus, the pot roast is made in a sluggish cooker, so you possibly can simply throw all the things in, work on the remainder of your vacation feast and it will likely be prepared and ready at time for dinner.
29. Rustic, Creamy Portobello Stroganoff
![Rustic, Creamy Portobello Stroganoff [Vegan]](https://i0.wp.com/www.onegreenplanet.org/wp-content/uploads//2015/04/stroganoff2.jpg?resize=640%2C427&ssl=1)
Supply: Rustic, Creamy Portobello Stroganoff
This Rustic, Creamy Portobello Stroganoff by Rebecca Weller is a good looking dish to serve through the holidays. It’s hearty sufficient so everybody will probably be glad and never even notice they’re maintaining a healthy diet meals. The Portobello mushrooms give it a deep taste and a thick, ‘meaty’ texture whereas the cashew cream and herbs envelop it in creamy decadence.
30. Tempeh Shepherd’s Pie

Supply: Tempeh Shepherd’s Pie
This Tempeh Shepherd’s Pie by Katie Koteen is the proper winter meal made vegan. Crumbled tempeh and veggies make up the flavor-packed filling and it’s topped along with your conventional mashed potatoes. Hearty and scrumptious, this can be a crowd-pleaser.
Any of those superb recipes will assist make your vacation a holly jolly Christmas!
