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Every Brit loves a good Sunday roast and fortunately there's loads of delicious vegan roast dinner recipes out there for us plant-based eaters! Whether you're looking for a show-stopping vegan centrepiece, the ultimate roast potato or the elusive vegan Yorkshire pudding - this is the list you're looking for.
In fact, you'll probably have enough vegan Sunday roast recipes here to keep you going through the year, including your Christmas dinner!
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- 🤔 What is a Vegan Roast Dinner?
- 🍽 Mains
- 🥔 Potatoes
- 👩🍳 Extra Special Sides
- 🥕 Vegetable Side Dishes
- 🍴 Gravy
- 💭 FAQs
- 💭 Summary
- 💬 Comments
🤔 What is a Vegan Roast Dinner?
Let’s begin with definitions.
A roast dinner is an essential part of British culture. It's a meal where families get together, often served on a Sunday, which is where it gets its other name - the Sunday lunch.
A traditional Sunday roast usually consists of roasted meat, mashed or roasted potatoes, and sides like cauliflower cheese, Yorkshire puddings, stuffing and boiled, steamed or roasted veg.
So, how do you make a vegan Sunday lunch? It's pretty easy really, just leave out the animal products! Instead of roast meat, choose a vegan centrepiece like seitan, nut roast or one of the many plant-based meat alternatives that you'll find in the supermarkets now.
Cook your roast potatoes in oil rather than animal fat. Switch the honey roasted veg for maple and use a dairy-free cheese to make cauliflower cheese. With all the plant-based alternatives in the shops now it's never been easier to make a vegan Sunday roast! It's not all boiled veg and whole roast cauliflower anymore.
You might be wondering, how is that different to Christmas dinner? Well, it's not that different. Usually a British Christmas dinner follows the same format but people will go to town and put in more effort than on the average Sunday. More sides like (vegan) pigs in blankets and maybe even another main. We often have a faux meat joint and a nut roast, along with a (probably) excessive number of sides dishes.
So, without further ado, let's get into the vegan roast recipes.
🍽 Mains
1. Vegan Wellington
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4.75 from 12 votes
Ready in: 50 minutes minutes
Recipe by:
Vegan Mushroom Wellington is one of our favourite recipes for a vegan Sunday roast. It's also a fan favourite. Lots of our readers make it on Christmas Day. It's super easy to make and crazy delicious. Plus, it's ready in under an hour and uses shop bought accidentally vegan puff pastry!
2. Cashew Nut Roast
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4.88 from 8 votes
Ready in: 50 minutes minutes
Recipe by:
This isn't any old nut roast! We wouldn't do you dirty like that. This vegan nut roast has a cheesy layer in the middle, and this makes it the best ever nut roast in the history of nut roasts. To cut to the chase, we think you should try it!
3. Stuffed Acorn Squash
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5 from 2 votes
Ready in: 35 minutes minutes
Recipe by:
Perfect for a special occasion or even a festive meal, this stuffed acorn squash is perfect for a family gathering and so easy to make. It makes a perfect meatless roast and is great because it can be prepared separately by making it in the air fryer!
4. Vegan Turkey Roast
Ready in: 4 hours 10 minutes
Recipe by: Romy London UK
Super savoury with just enough chew, this umami-rich, seitan roast is made with vital wheat gluten and is a totally tasty Sunday roast centrepiece. Featuring a number of household ingredients like soy sauce, miso paste, silken tofu and nutritional yeast, this is probably my favourite of all the seitan recipes in this list!
5. Stuffed Seitan Roast
Ready in: 1 hour 50 minutes
Recipe by: Vegan Yack Attack
This is a beautiful stuffed seitan roast that’s fit to be the centerpiece of any vegan roast dinner! And the quinoa stuffing is a healthier twist on a classic.
6. Seitan Roast
Ready in: 2 hours 25 minutes
Recipe by: My Quiet Kitchen
Complete with herb-rubbed skin, this seitan turkey-style roast is moist and tender, and it even shreds! Leftovers taste amazing in sandwiches and it goes perfectly with cranberry sauce.
7. Vegan Lentil Loaf
Ready in: 10 hours 30 minutes (including soaking time)
Recipe by: Nutri Planet
This is a simple gluten-free vegan lentil loaf recipe that requires only well-known ingredients. It’s hearty, holds together well and is full of flavour.
8. Vegan Roast Beef
Ready in: 2 hours 30 minutes
Recipe by: School Night Vegan
OK, so there's a lot of vegan roasts in this list, but this vegan roast beef bucks the trend! It makes a perfect meat substitute for a Sunday roast dinner, with ingredients found at grocery stores to produce a delicious meaty texture that will impress everyone from meat-eaters to vegans and all those in between.
9. Squash, Mushroom and Kale Wreath
10. Roast Celeriac Steaks
Ready in: 45 minutes
Celeriac is often overlooked, but one of our favourite bloggers, Niki Webster from Rebel Recipes has turned it into a fantastic centrepiece for a roast dinner. Although, I must admit, celeriac is not one of my favourite recipes, Niki is most likely to be able to turn it into something truly incredible!
11. Roasted Butternut Squash
Ready in: 40 minutes
Recipe by: The Vegan Larder
This succulent butternut squash pairs beautifully with a fragrant stuffing made from chickpeas and sage. It can be made in the oven or the air fryer.
🥔 Potatoes
12. Vegan Roast Potatoes
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5 from 5 votes
Ready in: 50 minutes minutes
Recipe by:
Our vegan roast potatoes are the greatest way to make them! With a crunchy polenta coating and a perfectly fluffy inside, you're bound to be impressed. They only take 50 minutes to make!
13. Marmite Roast Potatoes
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5 from 3 votes
Ready in: 1 hour hour 10 minutes minutes
Recipe by:
Marmite roast potatoes and broccoli are a sensational roast dinner side dish, and perfect for the holiday season. Love or hate marmite, this recipe takes standard roast potatoes up a notch or two.
14. Creamy Potato Dauphinoise
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5 from 4 votes
Ready in: 1 hour hour 10 minutes minutes
Recipe by:
This creamy potato dauphinoise is the perfect side dish for a vegan Sunday roast!
15. Baked Sweet Potato Slices
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5 from 1 vote
Ready in: 1 hour hour 10 minutes minutes
Recipe by:
Baked sweet potato slices are a delicious side dish that's easily baked and ready within 60 minutes including prep. Crispy on the outside and moist on the inside. Great on the side of a roast. Gluten free. Also try adding brown sugar for a sweet version!
16. Rosemary and Thyme Mashed Potatoes
Ready in: 40 minutes
Recipe by: Strength and Sunshine
An easy and delicious dinner side dish recipe for Rustic Rosemary Thyme Mashed Potatoes! They’re gluten-free, vegan, paleo, and top-8 allergy-free; perfect for a vegan roast dinner or as a simple healthy take on some good ole’ comfort food!
17. Creamy Garlic Mashed Potatoes
18. Mashed Sweet Potatoes
19. Smashed Potatoes and Parsnips
Ready in: 50 minutes
Recipe by: Go Dairy Free
Move beyond plain old mashed potatoes with these smashed potatoes with parsnips. The recipe includes a garlic-infused olive oil for extra flavour.
20. Parmentier Potatoes
👩🍳 Extra Special Sides
21. Vegan Yorkshire Puddings
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4.89 from 17 votes
Ready in: 1 hour hour
Recipe by:
In our opinion, it wouldn't be a good roast dinner without vegan Yorkshire puddings. That makes this the most important vegan roast recipe. We tested and tested this recipe until it was perfect, as we were desperate to recreate the Yorkies that we know and love. Give them a go, but don't forget to read all of our pro tips to make sure they're successful!
22. Sage and Onion Stuffing
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5 from 3 votes
Ready in: 30 minutes minutes
Recipe by:
This sage and onion stuffing recipe needs just four ingredients, and it's way better than the packet stuff! We love Paxo as much as the next person, but homemade is so much better.
23. Easy Vegan Pigs in Blankets
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5 from 3 votes
Ready in: 15 minutes minutes
Recipe by:
Vegan pigs in blankets with sage and wholegrain mustard are the best take on pigs in blankets! Perfect for a vegan Christmas dinner or even just an extra special roast.
24. Vegan Sausage Stuffing
25. Vegan ChestnutStuffing
Ready in: 45 minutes
A delicious vegan stuffing with all the comfort and familiarity of traditional stuffing, but packed with protein and flavour too. Bake in a tray, or shape into balls. Whether you‘re vegetarian, vegan or carnivorous, you’ll love this chestnut and tempeh stuffing.
🥕 Vegetable Side Dishes
26. Vegan Cauliflower Cheese
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4.50 from 2 votes
Ready in: 25 minutes minutes
Recipe by:
Our vegan Cauliflower cheese is beautifully creamy and cheesy, but is totally plant-based. You only need 9 ingredients and 25 minutes to make it! This dish really takes a vegan roast dinner from average to next level! Crazy delicious.
27. Sticky Maple Roasted Carrots and Parsnips
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5 from 3 votes
Ready in: 35 minutes minutes
Recipe by:
Maple syrup roasted carrots and parsnips - it wouldn't be a vegan Sunday roast without them! Maple syrup is a great alternative to honey when it comes to roasting vegetables. The wholegrain mustard adds a scrumptious flavour that pairs well with lots of gravy.
28. Swede Mash
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5 from 1 vote
Ready in: 25 minutes minutes
Recipe by:
Swede, also known as Rutabaga, turnip or neeps (depending on where you're from), is made with just two ingredients (plus salt and pepper) and is totally indulgent. Just vegan butter and swede! A perfect addition to your roast dinner, and also great at Christmas.
29. Ultimate Buttery Leeks and Cabbage
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4.86 from 7 votes
Ready in: 20 minutes minutes
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Another simple side dish that needs just three ingredients! It's ridiculously easy to make (just sauté the veg and wait for them to wilt down!) and makes a vegan Sunday roast extra special.
30. Miso Roasted Brussels Sprouts
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5 from 1 vote
Ready in: 20 minutes minutes
Recipe by:
The love or hate vegetable! We hope that even the people who really don't like Brussels Sprouts would try them like this! Miso Roasted Brussels Sprouts adds a umami rich flavour to the vegetable, and makes them crazy delicious.
31. Charred Broccolini
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5 from 2 votes
Ready in: 6 minutes minutes
Recipe by:
Air fryer broccolini (or broccoletti) is an incredible side dish that takes just a few minutes to prepare and make! With just a handful of ingredients and minimal prep time it makes a delicious finished product.
32. Vegan Green Bean Casserole
Ready in: 1 hour 50 minutes
This Vegan Green Bean Casserole is a must for your dinner table! The tender veggies are wrapped in a savory mushroom sauce, topped with crispy fried onions, then baked until hot and bubbly. We bet you’ll be going back for seconds! It’s easy to make and can be made ahead of time, too.
33. Cabbage Steaks
34. Maple Cinnamon Roasted Veggies
35. Roasted Root Vegetable Medley
Ready in: 55 minutes
Recipe by: Earth Food and Fire
One of the easiest side dishes around, these oven roasted root vegetables are seasoned with just garlic and herbs.
36. Maple Glazed Veg with Pecans
🍴 Gravy
37. Mushroom Gravy
Ready in: 25 minutes
Recipe by: My Quiet Kitchen
A vegan roast dinner would be incomplete without gravy! Whip up this rich vegan mushroom gravy in minutes. It calls for easy to find ingredients and contains no oil or butter, not that you can tell! Creamy and full of flavour, this is a great gravy for everything from mashed potatoes to Yorkshire puddings.
38. Vegan Gravy
Ready in: 15 minutes
Recipe by: Hey Nutrition Lady
Another gravy option is this fantastic Vegan Gravy. Made with nutritional yeast and marmite for a ton of flavour, this vegan brown gravy is perfect with mashed potatoes, poutine, or as part of your vegan roast dinner. It’s made from scratch and is super simple!
39. Vegan Onion Gravy
Ready in: 30 minutes
Recipe by: Veggies Save the Day
Ready in just 30 minutes, this vegan onion gravy is so easy to make from scratch. You'll need just 6 ingredients, it's totally delicious and perfect for a roast.
💭 FAQs
How do you make a vegan roast dinner?
Pick a centre piece for the roast dinner like a nut roast, Wellington, seitan joint or even a shop-bought meat alternative with stuffing. Then prepare all the usual vegetables and sides, just be sure to cook the roast potatoes in oil instead of animal fat and to use maple syrup instead of honey on roasted veg. You can make a gravy, but did you know that beef Bisto is vegan-friendly? We have loads of amazing recipes to help you make the ultimate vegan roast dinner.
What is a vegan roast made of?
A vegan roast dinner is pretty similar to any old roast dinner but without the animal products. Pick a main like a meat-alternative roasting joint or a mushroom Wellington, then add all the amazing sides like vegan cauliflower cheese, Yorkshire puddings, roasted veg and gravy.
What vegetables to have on a Sunday dinner?
Roast potatoes are a must! Carrots, parsnips, sprouts, cabbage, peas, broccoli and cauliflower are all great choices.
💭 Summary
So, there we have it. 35 vegan roast recipes, so there’s no excuse to not make a vegan version now! Whether it’s Veganuary or not, we’d encourage you to give these recipes a try.
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Have we missed your favourite vegan roast dinner recipe? Comment below to let us know!
More Vegan Roast Dinner Recipes
- Easy Vegan Dauphinoise Potatoes
- Air Fryer Charred Broccolini (Broccoletti)
- Marmite Roast Potatoes and Broccoli with Garlic and Rosemary
- Crispy Garlic Air Fryer Smashed Potatoes (Easy)
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Choclette
My hands are well and truly up - both of them. Adore a good roast dinner and everything here looks totally scrumptious. Just wondering if I can fit a roast in for tomorrow now.
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Jess Saunders
Yay! So glad you found the article useful Choclette. Hopefully, you managed to fit a roast dinner in at the weekend! 💚
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Lori R
Wow! Everything looks soooo good. I can't wait to try the roast potatoes with crunchy polenta coating. 🙌 Thanks for sharing!
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Jess Saunders
Yay! I hope you love them! There are so many delicious vegan recipes out there, narrowing it down for this list was hard! Thank you for commenting 💚
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