Italian Vegan Recipes

Check out my vegan Italian recipes category, where you’ll find ways to veganize popular Italian dishes.  Traditional Italian dishes often get their flavor through melty cheeses and slow-cooked meat sauces. But you can achieve mouth-watering vegan Italian dishes with a little patience and creativity.

  • Vegan pizza.  Cheese? Please! There are so many different ways to create a vegan pizza. Check out my general vegan pizza category, which includes some of our favorite homemade dough recipes, as well as tricks to making vegan pizza taste as good as you remember from your omnivore days.
  • Vegan Lasagna.  Gone are the days of the post-lasagna food hangover. In our Italian vegan food recipes category, we offer up lighter, plant-based lasagna preparation alternatives.  Instead of thick seminola wheat noodles that take forever to digest, line your lasagna with thin layers of zucchini and/or eggplant. Swap out gooey mozzarella for a cashew cream sauce and ground beef with good-for-you red lentils.
  • Vegan Pasta.  Instead of loading up your plate (and your gut) with meat sauce, try a lentil bolognese. Or a creamy cashew alfredo. I’ve searched this dish to dinner guests (first, of course, identifying any food allergies) and they’ve not been able to tell the difference. And don’t forget to load up your vegan pasta dish with tons of vegetables – they add flavor, texture and additional nutritional benefits. Then top the whole thing off with a nut-based vegan parmesan cheese. Yup! That’s a thing!  And done right, it will make your vegan pasta dishes sing with flavor.
  • Vegan Soup. Don’t forget warm & comforting dishes like vegan minestrone. It’s a quick & easy vegan recipe that offers up a light vegan lunch or vegan dinner – perfect when the weather starts to change in the fall.

 

Moo Shu Pizza with Hoisin BBQ Jackfruit

Moo Shu Pizza with Hoisin BBQ Jackfruit

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Vegan Stuffed Shells

Vegan Stuffed Shells

Vegan stuffed shells just got elevated! Featuring a cashew cream sauce, vegan pesto and a vegan tomato sauce, these vegan stuffed pasta shells are the ultimate in vegan comfort food!

Creamy Tomato Sauce Recipe

Creamy Tomato Sauce Recipe

This creamy tomato sauce recipe is the perfect complement to protein-packed chickpea pasta. In the world of vegan pasta recipes, it perfectly pairs the sweet and savory of coconut cream, with the rich umami of caramelized tomato paste and the spicy bite of crush red pepper.

Vegan Pasta Recipe: Roasted Vegetables & Chickpea Pasta

Vegan Pasta Recipe: Roasted Vegetables & Chickpea Pasta

Looking for ways to lighten up your pasta dishes for the summer? Try this farmer’s market chickpea vegan pasta recipe! It’s light and full of flavor. And, best of all, you’ll have a great dinner time option to use up all those beautiful vegetables you find at the local farmer’s market!

Savory Lasagna Soup (Vegan)

Savory Lasagna Soup (Vegan)

[skip to recipe] The Highlights Vegan Dairy-free, but still creamy and delicious Warm and savory Oil-free Chock full of plant-based ingredients (tomatoes, spinach, onion & garlic) Winter Calls For (Healthy) Savory Soups There’s just something nice about making a soup for dinner when the snow…

Vegan Meatball Recipe with Mushrooms, Walnuts and Quinoa

Vegan Meatball Recipe with Mushrooms, Walnuts and Quinoa

This vegan meatball recipe is stuffed with healthy, whole food ingredients! Featuring mushrooms, toasted walnuts, quinoa and sautéed carrots, celery, garlic and onions, these vegan meatballs boast big flavor while making your kitchen smell amazing! Pair them with my homemade marinara sauce for a really amazing homemade vegan dinner!

Fresh Tomato Sauce

Fresh Tomato Sauce

Fresh Tomato Sauce Pasta with tomato sauce is one of my favorite comfort food dishes.  Over the years, I’ve played with different sauce recipes — those that simmer all day and become rich and bold in flavor and those that are more simple – fresh…

Savory Oatmeal Bowl with Stewed Tomatoes, Mushrooms and Rainbow Chard

Savory Oatmeal Bowl with Stewed Tomatoes, Mushrooms and Rainbow Chard

Savory Oatmeal Bowl with Stewed Tomatoes, Mushrooms and Rainbow Chard [skip to recipe] Oatmeal.  It’s not just for breakfast anymore. I was recently reading the book How Not To Die, by Dr. Michael Greger.  (Actually, re-reading. I love this book, but it’s pretty dense with…