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50 easy vegan dinners that everyone will love

Put more plant-based meals in your weekly cooking rotation with these simple but satisfying meat-free dinners that appeal to the whole family.

50 recipes
Neil Perry's pantry pasta.
EASY

Penne with chickpeas and chilli (hold the cheese!)

  • < 30 mins
  • Neil Perry
Vegan pad Thai noodles.
EASY

Vegan pad Thai noodles

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Jill Dupleix
Oven-baked super-green falafel.

Donna Hay's oven-baked super-green falafels

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Donna Hay
Serve this tomato and chickpea curry with flaky roti bread (or croissants!).

Andrew McConnell's tomato and chickpea curry

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Andrew McConnell
Vegetarian bolognese, no plant-based mince required.
EASY

Meat-free mushroom and lentil bolognese

  • 1-2 hrs
  • Jill Dupleix
Garlicky sweet potato and chickpea soup served with spiced red onion and feta scones.
EASY

Garlic, sweet potato and chickpea soup

  • < 30 mins
  • Dan Lepard
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Soaked broad beans gives this pasta sauce a super-creamy texture.
EASY

Fettuccine with broad beans and toasted breadcrumbs

  • 2 hrs +
  • Neil Perry
Four recipes from Tobie Puttock's plant-based cookbook SuperNatural: 100 Easy Plant-Based Recipes.Breakfast burritosScrambled chickpeasEggplant parmigianaKale and cashew pestoPhotographer Julie Renouf

Tobie Puttock's vegan eggplant parmigiana and more plant-based recipes

  • Tobie Puttock
Roast pumpkin with macadamia and chilli.
EASY

Roast pumpkin with macadamia and chilli

  • 1-2 hrs
  • Adam Liaw
Simple fennel salad with olives and lime.
EASY

Fennel salad with olives and lime

  • < 30 mins
  • Alison Roman
Step up your vego risotto game with this broccoli, lemon and mint version.

Smith & Deli's broccoli risotto

  • Shannon Martinez & Mo Wyse
This sticky stir-fry should convert tofu skeptics.
EASY

Maple, soy and sesame tofu with brown rice and greens

  • < 30 mins
  • Katrina Meynink
Eat your greens: Green tea noodle bowl with broccoli and edamame.
EASY

Green noodle bowl with broccoli

  • < 30 mins
  • Jill Dupleix
Neil Perry's bean quesadillas with corn salsa
EASY

Bean quesadillas with corn salsa (use vegan cheese!)

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
Whole roasted cauliflower with lemon and mustard dressing.
EASY

Whole roasted cauliflower with lemon and mustard

  • 1-2 hrs
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Lentils
EASY

Lentils with tamarind sauce

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Neil Perry
Light and steamy: Devotees of cauliflower rice say it's heaven for those who can't eat grains.
EASY

Indian-spiced cauliflower rice

  • < 30 mins
  • Jill Dupleix
Soup picture from Vicki Liley pumpkin soup

Pumpkin soup with dukkah

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Jane Holroyd
Thick cauliflower steaks slathered with a spicy harissa paste and roasted until caramelised.
EASY

Harissa and honey cauliflower steaks with green hummus

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Jill Dupleix
Shiitake, tofu and cabbage stir-fry.
EASY

Stir-fried noodles with fresh shiitake mushrooms, tofu and cabbage

  • < 30 mins
  • Kylie Kwong
Ginger, miso, sesame and edamame make this salad a Japanese treat.
EASY

Vegan roast pumpkin, wild rice and edamame salad with ginger, miso and sesame dressing

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Katrina Meynink
This one-pot wonder will warm you up.
EASY

Warm chickpea and rice one-pot wonder with greens (hold the yoghurt)

  • Katrina Meynink
Fried eggplant with miso.

Fried eggplant with miso sauce

  • < 30 mins
Chickpea and broccolini curry with garlic yoghurt
EASY

Chickpea and broccolini curry with garlic yoghurt (or use coconut yoghurt)

  • < 30 mins
  • Neil Perry
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Cauliflower steaks swimming in coconut saffron curry.
EASY

Garam masala roasted cauliflower steaks in coconut and saffron curry

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Katrina Meynink
Turmeric and chickpea curry
EASY

Chickpea and turmeric curry

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Jill Dupelix and Jill Dupleix
This lentil curry is heavy on the ginger.
EASY

Coriander seed, ginger, coconut and lentil curry

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Katrina Meynink
Broccoli stem noodles.
EASY

Broccoli stem noodles with snow peas and Japanese dressing

  • < 30 mins
Fresh ginger gives this vegan curry a nose-clearing kick.
EASY

Vegan red lentil, ginger and coconut curry

  • < 30 mins
  • Katrina Meynink
Neil Perry's vegetable paella.

Vegetable paella

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Neil Perry
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EASY

Scrambled curried tofu with spinach and peas

  • < 30 mins
  • Karen Martini
Add this rich sauce to your favourite pasta and dinner is done.
EASY

Eggplant tomato pasta sauce

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Dan Lepard
Neil Perry's warm pumpkin salad with lentils and chilli.

Warm lentil salad with pumpkin and chilli

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Neil Perry
Wakame and miso soup.
EASY

Miso and wakame soup

  • < 30 mins
Spicy tofu soup.
EASY

Spicy tofu soup

  • < 30 mins
  • Jeremy and Jane Strode
A simple, healthy salad.

Brown rice and puy lentils with pine nuts and spinach

  • 1-2 hrs

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