Vegan Winter Recipes - Cold Weather Comfort Food

Baked vegan pillsbury cookies on a parchment paper baking sheet.

Easy Slice & Bake Cookies (Vegan)

Cookies, American Cuisine 🇺🇸, 200 Calories, Desserts, Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter, Nut-Free, Recipes

These 5-ingredient vegan cookies are inspired by Pillsbury slice-and-bake cookies. Includes instructions for customizing with your own colours and flavours!

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Creamy Vegan Cauliflower Cheese Bake

British Cuisine 🇬🇧, 200 Calories, Side Dishes, Stovetop Recipes, Fall, Winter, Thanksgiving, Nut-Free, Recipes

This vegan cheesy cauliflower bake is healthier than it tastes. You won’t have to feel guilty coming back for seconds! It’s perfect as a main course or a side.

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A glass container filled to the brim with blended taro paste sits on a white countertop.

Easy Blender Taro Paste (3 Ingredients)

Desserts, 500 Calories, Sauces, Blender, Instant Pot, Stovetop Recipes, Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter, Gluten-Free, Oil-Free, Nut-Free, Asian Cuisine, Recipes

With a powerful blender, it’s a breeze to make taro paste at home. This 3-ingredient confection can be added to smoothies, stuffed into pastries, and more.

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Kongnamul Guk (Korean Soybean Sprout Soup)

100 Calories, Soups, Appetizers, Korean Cuisine 🇰🇷, Side Dishes, One-Pot, Stovetop Recipes, Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter, Gluten-Free, Oil-Free, WFPB, Nut-Free, High-Protein, Recipes

Soybean sprout soup, or kongnamul guk, is enjoyed year-round in Korea because of its simplicity. This light soup makes the perfect side to any Asian meal.

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Vegan Chinese Tomato “Egg” Stir Fry (番茄炒豆腐)

Weeknight, 300 Calories, Chinese Cuisine 🇨🇳, Side Dishes, Comfort Food, One-Pot, Stovetop Recipes, Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter, Gluten-Free, Nut-Free, High-Protein, Tofu, Under 30 Minutes, Recipes

This vegan version of a simple Chinese comfort food, fanqie chaodan (番茄炒蛋), uses eggy crumbled tofu and kala namak for a rich, saucy tomato stir fry dish.

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A hearty bowl of vegan gumbo with okara sausage.

Proper Vegan Gumbo (with Okara Andouille Sausage)

Weekend, American Cuisine 🇺🇸, Entrées, 600 Calories, Comfort Food, One-Pot, Stovetop Recipes, Fall, Winter, Thanksgiving, Nut-Free, Recipes

This vegan gumbo is a meatless take on the classic Cajun dish, complete with chick’n and Andouille soysage. No beans or other stuff that never belongs in gumbo!

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Shichimi Togarashi Spiced Roasted Potatoes

Appetizers, 300 Calories, Side Dishes, Japanese Cuisine 🇯🇵, Fall, Winter, Thanksgiving, Gluten-Free, Under 30 Minutes, Recipes

This roasted potato side dish pairs well with any meal and is an easy way to incorporate shichimi togarashi’s savoury, spicy flavour into everyday cooking.

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A close up shot of vegan muhallebi, decorated with rose petals, sesame seeds, and chopped almonds.

Vegan Muhallebi (Medieval Arabic Rice Pudding)

Old Recipes, Persian Cuisine 🇮🇷, Turkish Cuisine 🇹🇷, Arab Cuisine, 300 Calories, Desserts, Stovetop Recipes, Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter, Gluten-Free, Oil-Free, Nut-Free, Recipes

Vegan muhallebi, a smooth and silky rice pudding with just three ingredients, was invented in the 7th-century but still tastes wonderful today. A timeless classic!

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Turkish Lentil Soup (Instant Pot or Slow Cooker)

Turkish Cuisine 🇹🇷, Soups, 300 Calories, Entrées, Side Dishes, One-Pot, Instant Pot, Slow Cooker (Crockpot), Fall, Winter, Gluten-Free, Oil-Free, WFPB, Nut-Free, High-Protein, Recipes

This vegan dump-and-go red lentil soup is one of my mom’s favourites. It’s convenient, light, and oil-free, and the Turkish spices are so flavourful, you won’t miss the extra fat.

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pan-fried crunchy soft tofu with scallions and dark soy sauce over steamed rice

Crispy Pan-Fried Soft Tofu + 3 Variations

Appetizers, Weeknight, Entrées, 600 Calories, Chinese Cuisine 🇨🇳, Side Dishes, Stovetop Recipes, Fall, Winter, Gluten-Free, Nut-Free, Tofu, Under 30 Minutes, Recipes

For a quick, vegan, protein-packed dinner with tons of savoury flavour, I choose pan fried tofu. It uses the most basic ingredients and goes well with anything.

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