7 Quick Vegan Comfort Food Meals

Seven vegan comfort food meals easy to make, delicious, filling, and healthy. They are plant based recipes, based on classics from all over the world. Recipes such as vegan Mediterranean paella, marinara chickpea meatballs, tandoori skillet meal, buckwheat noodle soup, Thai soup and more. Perfect for veganuary and beyond.

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What Are Vegan Comfort Foods?

My vegan comfort food meals are plant-based remakes of childhood favorites, classics from countries all over the world, restaurant award winners and more. Classic dishes we know and love. I have removed the dairy and meat, and replaced those ingredients with flavorful and healthy plant-based options such as artichoke hearts and mushrooms instead of fish in paella, chickpeas instead of meat in marinara meatballs, and more. And it works! They are delicious. Many of these recipes have been made and shared by my Instagram community, so that is why I chose to package them here. So you can experience the benefit of tried and true vegan comfort food meals.

Are These Recipes Good for Veganuary?

Yes! These recipes come so close to the non-vegan classics, you’ll be surprised. I hope they help you with your veganuary resolutions! For those who don’t know, veganuary is a time when people choose to try veganism for the month of January. Read more about it here in a recent Washington Post article.

Vegan foods are free of meat and dairy, and use ingredients that don’t harm animals. And on my blog, I share recipes that use not only vegan ingredients, but whole food and non-processed as well when possible.

I hope you enjoy my comfort food meals below. If you have questions, I am happy to point you in the direction of even more useful vegan recipes, including desserts and snacks and breakfasts as well. Just DM me on Instagram!

Sweet Potato, Kale & Chickpea Tandoori Recipe

A delicious tandoori recipe in a skillet dinner of sweet potato, kale and chickpeas. An easy whole food dinner ready in a breeze, including a carb, a leafy green and a protein.

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Easy Vegan Khao Soi Thai Noodle Soup.

A delicious savory vegan-form of this traditional curry noodle soup popular in northern Thailand made with plant-based ingredients including shiitake mushrooms.

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Jackfruit BBQ Pulled Pork

A Jackfruit BBQ pulled pork sandwich, made from a nutritious fruit called an jackfruit. I include the recipe and a jackfruit explainer on how to break down this huge jackfruit dinosaur-egg fruit.

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Healthy Italian Vegan Meatballs & Marinara Sauce

Delicious meat-free italian meatballs that are full of protein, spices, hard-to-find nutrients, and oil-free and vegan. And they are all wrapped up in a comforting tomato sauce that will warm your heart! Have on pasta, or in wraps or just eat a meatball or two by itself.

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Spicy Vegan Butternut Squash Soup

A spicy vegan butternut squash soup to warm both by temperature and spicy flavor. And an easy short-cut to make homemade butternut squash puree fast!

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Vegan Paella with Mushrooms, Artichokes, and Quinoa

This vegan paella, brimming with mushrooms, artichokes, and quinoa, is a vegan version of the popular Spanish Mediterranean seafood dish. Made plant-based by replacing rice and fish with mushrooms, artichokes, and super healthy quinoa infused with saffron, providing a powerful protein punch! Serve hot or cold!

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Chickpea Pizza Crust (vegan, gluten-free)

A chickpea pizza crust made with just three ingredients, with both cauliflower and chickpeas - double the fiber and protein, double the goodness! vegan and gluten-free.

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Dee Dine

Dee Dine is founder of Green Smoothie Gourmet, a plant based recipe blog, and author of the recent cookbook, Crazy Healthy with 4 Ingredients . On this blog you’ll find incredibly easy recipes with hidden veggies for anyone wanting to eat healthier, regardless of diet. Dee has graduate degrees in sciences and  journalism. More about Dee Dine here.