Looking for inspiration for your healthy fall cooking routine? Then fall in love with these Top 10 Vegan Fall Recipes from my own kitchen to yours.
Don’t you just love this time of year? My kitchen is a flurry of seasonal produce and comfort foods perfect for fall cooking. Indeed, it’s time to completely dive into the season, with this collection of my favorite vegan fall recipes, including fall soup recipes, fall salad recipes, fall dinner recipes, and fall dessert recipes. It’s the season to enjoy fall vegetables and fruits, including squashes, pumpkins, green leafy vegetables, root vegetables, apples, pears, and cranberries. Take advantage of your garden bounty, local farmers market, or neighborhood supermarket to take home these precious seasonal fall fruits and vegetables.
Read more about powering up on the best of fall produce on my blog, and check out my top 10 plant-based fall recipes that I like to prepare in my own home kitchen this time of year.
Top 10 Vegan Fall Recipes
Spiced Pumpkin Smoothie
Turn canned pumpkin, spice, and oranges into a fabulous pumpkin spice orange smoothie, rich in flavor and nutrients. This plant-based healthy smoothie can be whipped up in seconds!
Cranberry Walnut Relish
I love to make my own home-made cranberry relish for the holidays. This recipe—featuring dried cranberries—is super easy. I adapted it from a recipe from California Walnuts, which I will be demonstrating on the Hallmark TV Channel Home & Family Show for the holidays.
Oat Cranberry Pilaf with Pistachios
Who says that cool weather side dishes have to involve stuffing and sweet potatoes? I created this super simple plant-based side dish that involves one skillet and a short list of ingredients, such as oats, cranberries, pistachios, and turmeric. Yet, it’s so simple, nutritious and flavorful! It’s the perfect party dish. You can even serve it for a savory breakfast.
Butternut Squash Kale Barley Salad
I love the cool weather combination of butternut squash, kale, barley and hazelnuts—all wrapped together in this comfort food one-dish meal. Make it up for dinner and pack up leftovers for lunch the next day.
Pumpkin Overnight Oats
I combine my favorite fall flavors of pumpkin, pumpkin seeds, and pumpkin spice into a nutrient-packed grab-and-go breakfast. One of my favorite, healthy, plant-based, easy breakfasts is overnight oats. I make them in a single serving mason jar the night before, then for breakfast I’m all set. You can enjoy these oats chilled or heat them up for a comforting breakfast. You can even make up a few overnight oat containers all at once for multiple breakfasts during the week.
Cranberry Pear Steel Cut Oats
When fresh cranberries are in season, I go crazy! There are so many ways you can brighten up your day with these tart, crisp berries. Take this hearty steel cut oats breakfast, which includes simmered cranberries, pears, spices, pecans and chia seeds. Make a big pot and enjoy it over the next few days warmed up, with a splash of your favorite plant-based milk, for a healthy breakfast on the run.
Balsamic Butternut Squash and Brussels Sprouts with Farro
Nothing spells cool weather comfort like butternut squash and Brussels sprouts! These vegetables offer so much savory goodness when roasted and paired together, as they are in this simple farro dish. The golden hue of butternut squash is a calling card for its beta carotene content, and the pungent flavor of Brussels sprouts foreshadows its potent sulfur compounds—both are powerful antioxidants linked with health protection.
Squash Filled with Herbed Quinoa and Cranberries
Fall and winter is the time to celebrate the abundance of winter squashes, packed with vitamins A and C, fiber, potassium and more. One of my favorite ways to cook with squashes is to simply split them open, scoop out their seeds, and fill that cavity with something scrumptious—such as a savory, herbal filling. I showcased meatless crumbles (which you could replace with cooked lentils) in this recipe, along with quinoa, Tuscan herbs, cranberries, and walnuts. It’s so easy that you can serve it as a one-dish meal any night of the week, yet it’s pretty enough to be the headliner at your holiday table, too.
Vegan Caramel Apple Microwave Mug
If you’re a fan of the “in a mug” trend—where you just pop a few ingredients into a mug, nuke it, and eat it, then you’ll really love this 5-ingredient recipe. Because it’s as healthy as it is delicious. It’s one of my favorite kid-friendly snacks. I used to help my son Nicholas make this as an after school snack. It’s one of the first recipes he could make on his own. Try it out and you’ll find a new easy favorite dessert, snack, or breakfast side.
Cinnamon Apple Crumble
Nothing spells comfort like the combination of spicy cinnamon and sweet apples! One of the healthiest, fruit-centric desserts you can whip up is a baked apple crumble, with a thick layer of juicy apples and a crunchy whole grain topping. Every delicious bite is packed with fiber and nutrients.
Get inspired for more seasonal, plant-based (vegan) recipes here:
Carnival Squash Soup with Fresh Turmeric
Mediterranean Persimmon White Bean Kale Salad
Roasted Butternut Squash Soup with Hazelnuts
Ginger Pear Date Oats
Pear Fennel Salad with Arugula
