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Free Organic Vegan Recipes

Free Organic Vegan Recipes

Learn to cook healthy, plant-based food on a budget with these free recipes. All are vegan and vegetarian and many are gluten free.

Free Organic Vegan Recipes

Something-for-Nothing

  • How to Make Organic Apple Cider Vinegar
  • How to Make Homemade Aquafaba from Dried Beans
  • How to Make Peanut Butter J-Style and get “free” peanut oil
  • How to Make Homemade Syrup from Cherry Pits or Peach Pits!
  • How to Make Stoup, A Free Lunch!

Entrees

  • Barbecued Kale with Chickpeas
  • Black-Eyed Vegetable Stew (a one-pot meal!)
  • Black Lentil Burgers (Gooshy Burgers)
  • Cashew and Kale Strata (veggie lasagna)
  • Chickpea Nomelets with Greens and Mushrooms (eggless omelets)
  • Cuban Black Beans
  • Cold-Nix Soup (Chickpea Vegetable Noodle Soup)
  • Coconut-Vegetable Curry
  • French Flageolet Beans with Herbs
  • Fresh Black-Eyed Peas with Summer Vegetables
  • Fresh Corn and Black-Bean Salad with Daylilies
  • Grilled Eggplant
  • Holiday Chili
  • Instant Pot Pinto Beans
  • Mighty Miso Stir-Fry
  • One-Bowl Tomato Sauce with Kale, Raisins, and Walnuts
  • One-Pot New Year’s Day Feast for Two (black-eyed peas, sweet potato, and greens)
  • Orange Broccoli Bowl with Ginger and Cashews
  • Potato-Adobo Tamales
  • Rogan Josh Vegetable Curry
  • Sloppy Pintos
  • Smoky Vegan Sausage, Chard, and Apples on Sweet Potatoes
  • Spicy Sombrero Salad
  • Summer Pasta with Olives and Vegetables
  • Win-Win-Win Hummus
  • Vegan Shepherd’s Pie
  • Viking Spaghetti Squash Bowls
  • Yooper Fantasy Stew

Sides

  • Easiest Cinnamon Mashed Sweet Potatoes
  • Carrot and Red Cabbage Slaw
  • Chilled Mediterranean Green Beans and Tomatoes
  • Collards in Peanut-Lime Sauce 
  • Collards with Carrots and Tahini
  • Cranberry Sauce
  • Creamy Orange Broccoli Soup with Ginger
  • Greek Chickpea Salad (works as a main dish too)
  • Greek Collard Roll (works as a main dish too)
  • Italian Summer Squash and Red Cabbage
  • Kale and Cabbage Seven Ways
  • ­Kraut-Chi or How to Make Vegan Probiotics
  • Light Cashew Cream (with Eggplant!)
  • Massaged Kale Salad with Bell Peppers and Raisins
  • Millet
  • Organic Cranberry Sauce
  • Precious Spice Carrots
  • Rabbit-Nest Sun Carrots with Rainbow Chard
  • Red Cabbage Sauerkraut
  • Roasted Brussels Sprouts
  • Roasted Winter Squash, plain and with sauce (butternut, kobucha, and more!)
  • Thanksgiving Stuffing
  • Tuxedo Rice
  • Vegan Mushroom Gravy with Mashed Potatoes
  • Whipped Coconut Cream
  • Yuca with Red Onions and Lime

Sauces

  • Avocado-Lemon Sauce
  • Cashew Cream
  • Creamy Cilantro Dressing
  • Golden Thai Dressing or Sauce
  • Lemon-Spinach Pesto
  • Open-Sesame Salad Dressing
  • Rich Mushroom Sauce

Desserts

  • Almond Thumbprint Cookies
  • Apple Walnut Crumble
  • Baked Apples and Sweet Potatoes (no added sugar or oil, so works as a side, too!)
  • Bang Bang Carrot Spice Cookies
  • Best Vegan Chocolate Brownies
  • Blueberry Pie
  • Carrot Cake with Tangy Frosting
  • Chocolate Hazelnut Truffles
  • Chocolate Pudding with Oat Milk
  • Chocolate Raspberry Cupcakes with Basil Frosting
  • Hot Italian Cocoa Cookies
  • Kabocha Spice Cake (like a crustless pumkin pie!)
  • Mexican Grilled-Peach Sorbet
  • Mini-Pavlovas
  • Queenie’s Apple Strudel
  • Slow-Cooker Peach Sauce
  • Sneaky Wheat Vegan Pie Crust
  • Vegan Apple Pie
  • Vegan Chocolate Cherry Ice Cream
  • Vegan Mini-Pavlovas
  • Vegan Pumpkin Pie with Gluten-Free Crust
  • Vegan Rolled Cookies with Hazelnut Flour to cut into shapes for Christmas, Easter, and more
  • Vegan Strawberry Shortcake – Classic Biscuit Style
  • Sweet Heart, Strong Heart Chocolate Cake­
  • Sweet Heart, Strong Heart Chocolate Frosting

Breakfast

  • Chickpea Nomelets with Greens and Mushrooms (eggless omelets)
  • Chickpea Nomelets with Kale
  • Fruit-Salad Overnight Oatmeal in Mason Jars
  • Strong-Bones Smoothie
  • Tomato Tahini Toast
  • Vegan Cinnamon Rolls

Appetizers and Snacks

  • Asparagus-Mushroom Crostini
  • Spicy Melon Bites
  • Summer Rolls with Dipping Sauce

Beverages

  • Organic Horchata

Bread

  • Corny Cornbread
  • Easy No-Knead Bread (with videos)
  • How to Make Bread in a Bread Machine
  • Chia Seed Crackers

Core

  • How to Cook Beans (with video)
  • How to Steam Eggplant for Pizzas, Sauces, and Stir-Fries
  • How to Soak Raw Cashews: Quick, Green, and More
  • Mushroom and Garlic Cubes

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