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Vegan & Plant-Based Appetizers & Sides

Vegan and plant-free does not mean taste-free and these appetizers and sides have to be tasted to be believed! Spice up your next tailgate, potluck, holiday dinner, or just dinner with friends with one of these great vegan options today!

Need a suggestion? Consider the Vegan Pasta Salad or the Lentil Tacos or REALLY make an impression with our Spicy Peanut Noodles! You can't go wrong with any of these delicious options.

A bowl filled with grains, vegetables, and olives.

Ancient Grains Salad

Crispy, cooked potatoes in a white bowl.

Air Fryer Fingerling Potatoes

An overhead picture of squash that is cooked inside a white bowl.

Air Fryer Squash

Mixed chickpea salad in a blue bowl.

Vegan Chickpea Salad

Golden yellow mini cooked baby potatoes in a white bowl with fresh herbs and seasoning on them.

Garlic Rosemary Roasted Potatoes

Orange mashed potatoes in a white bowl, garnished with fresh green herbs.

Vegan Mashed Sweet Potatoes

A white marble board filled with fresh fruits, vegetables, hummus, nuts, agave nectar, and garnished with fresh mint leaves.

Vegan Charcuterie Board

A white patterned bowl with chili inside, garnished with jalapeño peppers, habanero peppers, and cilantro. There is a bowl of pumpkins, a blue and white cloth, and a sliced jalapeño in the background.

Vegan Pumpkin Chili

A white bowl with orange soup inside. There is white vegan crema, fresh rosemary, and pumpkin seeds garnishing the top. There are white pumpkins, green and white flowers, and a spoon in the background.

Vegan Pumpkin Soup

A kale salad in a white serving bowl topped with apples, pears, nuts, pomegranate

Fall Harvest Salad

A plate filled with bright green beans that look crispy.

Air Fryer Green Beans

A plate of crispy vegan buffalo cauliflower wings

Buffalo Cauliflower Wings

Two white stacked bowls holding pumpkin pasta.

Pumpkin Pasta Sauce

Creamy vegan pasta salad in a white bowl, garnished with fresh green basil.

Vegan Pasta Salad

A bowl filled with rainbow rice paper rolls and peanut dipping sauce.

Vegan Summer Rolls

A blue bowl filled with lettuce, buffalo cauliflower, red cabbage, celery, and ranch dressing.

Buffalo Cauliflower Salad

A clear glass holding chia seed pudding parfait, with purple acai yogurt on the bottom, then chia pudding, then blue spirulina yogurt, then a layer of blueberries.

Chia Seed Pudding

Fresh Basil Pesto

Three vegetable tacos on a stack of white plates filled with fresh vegetables.

Lentil Tacos

A white bowl filled with green soup, garnished with sprouts and vegan cream

Spinach White Bean Soup

A large salad consisting of kale greens, edamame,

Sesame Ginger Dressing Salad

A white bowl filled with creamy peanut butter noodles. They are garnished with green onions and white sesame seeds.

Spicy Peanut Noodles

A white bowl holding a power bowl consisting of kale, quinoa, avocado, sweet potato, radishes, cabbage, and a tahini dressing on top.

Kale Salad with Tahini Dressing

A white marble bowl filled with fresh, bright green guacamole, garnished with three jalapeno slices.

Easy Guacamole Recipe

A white bowl holding a large salad, consisting of: sesame tofu, cucumbers, a lime, carrots, snap peas, red cabbage, edamame, and almonds.

Sesame Tofu Salad

A white bowl sitting on top of a blue and white dish cloth. Inside the bowl is a Mediterranean Orzo Salad with orzo, chickpeas, tomato, olives, sun-dried tomatoes, red onion, and fresh herbs.

Greek Orzo Salad

One tortilla with a layer of lettuce, red cabbage, chickpeas, cauliflower, and celery, all with buffalo sauce and ranch dressing on it.

Buffalo Cauliflower Tacos

A large white bowl filled will cucumbers, tomatoes, greens, pink pickled red onions, and falafel.

Falafel Bowl

A brown coconut bowl filled with chili, garnished with cilantro, red onion, and jalapeño pepper slices.

Vegan White Bean Chili

A white bowl with soup inside. There are croutons, white cream, and basil on top.

Vegan Creamy Tomato Soup

A white bowl sitting on a dark wooden cutting board, the bowl is filled with bright and colorful homemade mango salsa. Ingredients from the salsa are scattered on the cutting board.

Mango Habanero Salsa

An overhead picture of a bowl of fresh pasta salad filled with fresh vegetables and with a bunch of basil leaves on top.

Orzo Lemon Salad

A creamy orange salad dressing in a white bowl. There are supporting ingredients around the bowl including: cilantro, cashews, red pepper flakes, a sliced lime, and salt

Spicy Cashew Dressing

An overhead shot of crispy diced potatoes, garnished with salt and fresh herbs.

Air Fryer Breakfast Potatoes

Vegan Mediterranean cucumber salad in a blue and white bowl including onion, tomatoes, olives, cucumber, chickpeas, and herbs

Greek Cucumber Salad

A hand holding up a wooden stick with one piece of strawberry, melon, pineapple, grape, blueberry, and blackberry

Rainbow Fruit Skewers

A large salad with lettuce, basil, chickpeas, tomatoes, cucumbers, olives, red onion, and a small white dish filled with dressing

Mediterranean Salad

A blue bowl filled with spaghetti noodles covered in a green pesto, garnished with fresh basil

Creamy Pesto Sauce

A bowl filled with bowtie pasta, sliced cherry tomatoes, and fresh basil

Caprese Pasta Salad

A white bowl filled with chickpeas

Air Fryer Chickpeas

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