These vegan Easter recipes make the best festive Spring meals. Easy brunch, dinner, dessert and side dishes that will impress everyone.
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How to cook a Vegan Easter Dinner menu
If you are like most of us who grew up celebrating Easter with an impressive spread of roasts, spring vegetables, eggy bread, and sweet confections, we are here to tell you that this meal can be totally vegan and still satisfy even the pickiest eaters in the family.
Forget about the meat, fish, dairy, and eggs, Instead, choose from the vegan Easter dinner menu recipes above.
For more tasty Spring content, see our vegan Easter candy list roundups.
Brunch
Make any of the tasty recipes above and everyone in town will be talking about your vegan Easter brunch.
Now that you’re a vegan, did you think your days of enjoying lox and cream cheese on a bagel were over? Wrong! Introducing carrot lox! Pile them high on a toasted bagel and add vegan cream cheese, red onion, dill, capers — the works. A must have for Easter brunch!
If you haven’t ever cooked or baked with rhubarb, you are really missing out on a fresh spring ingredient that is both tart and colorful. The combination of tangy rhubarb and sweet bananas makes these plant based muffins a must-have on your vegan Easter brunch table.
These spinach artichoke cups are small phyllo pastry cups with a creamy spinach and artichoke filling that are baked until the phyllo is crunchy and the filling is bubbling. They can be prepared from to start to finish in just 20 minutes.
Vegan Easter Plait with Marzipan
One of my favorite vegan Easter recipes is a marzipan-filled plait. This is a yeast-risen flour bread with a slightly sweet center of almond marzipan that is a surprise to bite into. You can top it with marmalade or preserves too!
Want an Easter brunch treat that everyone can enjoy? You’ve got to try these gluten-free bunny shaped pretzels! They are adorable, pick up-able and completely addictive. They’ll make a perfect appetizer or just a fun holiday snack to have around for the kids.
Sure, everyone has heard of deviled eggs but why not apply that same concept and make deviled potatoes? Frankly, I’ll be shocked if this isn’t the next big culinary thing! Roasted little potatoes, cooled, hollowed out and filled with vegan yumminess. They’ll be the hit of any gathering.
I think your family and friends will be super impressed with these fancy little sponge cakes infused with elderflower, filled with lemon curd, and iced with vegan lemon buttercream. Yum!
Let’s talk elegance. If you’re looking for some light vegan Easter appetizers, you won’t do much better than Blini with Avocado Hummus. They are light little pancakes topped with creamy avocado hummus — livened up with a slight lemon zing. So good and very impressive as well.
Easter is all about springtime and springtime is all about quiche! This quiche uses tofu as its egg-replacement base. It has a light and fluffy texture and is a celebration of asparagus and vegan bacon.
If you love a good cobb salad as much as I do try this version, that will make your mouth water with coconut bacon, chickpeas, ripe avocado slices, corn, and fresh tomatoes over crisp romaine lettuce. It screams of spring with how fresh it is.
Italian Easter bread is traditionally a yeast and egg-leavened bread that is a little sweet with citrus notes. It is braided, similar to challah, and adorned with a dyed egg in the center. This version has a homemade vegan white chocolate egg in the center that is just way too adorable.
I actually thought I had gone to cake heaven when I first saw this lilac lemon cake. The cake batter has lilac sugar in it and the lemon icing is decorated with tiny lilac flowers. It is light, airy, floral, and stunning to look at.
Here’s an appetizer I bet you haven’t tried — spring pea dip with ginger, almonds, cilantro and a little bit of lime juice. Trust me when I tell you that these flavors make absolute magic together. Be prepared — everyone will demand the recipe.
Main Dishes & Sides
Mix and match your vegan Easter dinner menu to your liking. A hearty seitan roast for a main dish? Or a Spring veggie pasta salad for sides?
Who needs an Easter ham when you can have Sweet and Smokey Glazed Tofu Ham? Seriously, people like ham because of the gooey marinades, so just take the flavors of orange and maple and transform some tofu. The results are heavenly good and no little piggies need be involved.
Vegan Maple Glazed Easter Roast
To many, a vegan Easter meal would feel incomplete without a lavishly prepared roast at the center of the table. I present a Maple Glazed Easter Roast. This impressive looking fellow is a vegan Tofurky roast jazzed up a holiday glaze made with maple, mustard, cloves, brown sugar and apple juice.
Elevate your vegan Easter dinner cooking game by preparing a gorgeous vegan roast with seitan that is slow-cooked in either an instant pot or the oven and resembles the texture of roasted meat. Serve it with a classic maple glaze or creamy mushroom gravy.
In keeping with the vibrant Spring theme, pasta primavera highlights the bounty of spring with an abundance of fresh vegetables served over farfalle (bow-ties) with a cashew cream sauce that will have even non-vegans going back for seconds.
Carrot and Apple Latkes with Onion
Carrots and Easter go perfectly together. That’s why Carrot and Apple Latkes will make an ideal side dish for your Easter table. Shredded carrots, onions and apples are mixed with spices and formed into golden patties with just the right amount of crispy finish. Yum!
Artichoke Crab Cakes with Horseradish Sauce
Vegan Artichoke “Crab” Cakes? How can that be? One taste of this crunchy, flavorful cake and you’ll realize how legit these things are without even a hint of crab inside them. Add the horseradish sauce and you’ll have an appetizer or light meal worth writing home about.
Creamy Vegan Mushroom and Orzo
This orzo recipe is about as close as you can come to mushroom risotto without having to labor over the pot while it cooks. Cashew cream is what marries the pasta and mushrooms. Vegan truffle butter finishes the dish and elevates what is otherwise a true comfort food to the next level making it one of my favorite vegan Easter recipes.
Everyone needs an elegant, light soup in their arsenal. This one is perfect for your vegan Easter dinner or any springtime meal. Asparagus and peas don’t just match color-wise, their flavors are lovely together. This soup only takes 30 minutes and is vegan and gluten-free.
Whether you choose the convenience of store-bought or the creativity of making vegan feta at home with a few simple ingredients, you really must try this amazingly simple baked vegan pasta dish to serve at your festive vegan dinner.
Holiday dinner prep doesn’t mean you have to spend the entire day in the kitchen over a hot stove. Chewy and crisp tofu tossed in a sweet citrus and pepper sauce can be on the table in 12 minutes.
I often serve risotto as a main dish and this recipe fits right into that practice. The rice is starchy and creamy. The mushrooms are chewy. And the asparagus offers a pop of green. Top the finished dish with fresh herbs and you have a winner.
Smoky BBQ Carrots with Creamy Chickpea Salad
While everyone else is grilling hotdogs, why not show them a vegan in action. Skewer a parboiled and spiced carrot and grill it to perfection. Then tuck it into a yeast roll and top with fresh chickpea salad. Watch them all drool.
Herby Potato Salad with Asparagus and Radish
This is not your momma’s potato salad, folks. It’s a reimagined herby vinaigrette potato salad full of textures, colors and zing. The potatoes are tender but the asparagus is crisp and the radish rounds are nice and peppery. It’s a salad you’ll make again and again, not just for vegan Easter dinner.
You know those pillowy, eggy, and buttery rolls with the signature cross cut in the top, that grandma used to make. I guarantee, you will want to try this zesty veganized version with raisins.
Herbed Potatoes on Whipped Feta
Did someone say perfect Easter side dish? These potatoes served with roasted garlic over whipped vegan feta cheese are it. Baby or fingerling potatoes are especially creamy when oven roasted. Taking the time to roast the garlic ensures that the natural sugars will caramelize while the cloves become buttery soft.
Nothing says springtime like a pasta salad loaded with spring veggies. Add whatever you like including, cucumber, asparagus, tomatoes and sweet bell peppers. Then tie everything together with the dill and garlic vinaigrette. It makes a nice light lunch or can be enjoyed as a side dish.
This side dish has everything. It’s beautiful — chunks of tri-color carrots caramelized to perfection. It’s easy — toss carrots in herbs and bake for 30 minutes. It’s delicious — there isn’t one person at the Easter table who won’t ask for a second helping.
If you tell them that you’re bringing a Mediterranean Hummus Tart to the party, everyone will be impressed. When they see what you’ve made, they’ll be blown away! They’ll never even guess how easy it was. Puff pastry topped with hummus and assorted veggies. That’s it!
So long, French fries — there’s a new sheriff in town. These carrot fries are super healthy, have just the right amount of spice and can be ready in only 35 minutes. Get ready — dipping them in the curry sauce unlocks a whole other level of deliciousness.
You can’t go wrong with a Tuscan-inspired salad of tomatoes, artichokes, onions, and chickpeas. This salad utilizes many pantry staples to give it a phenomenal texture.
Rosemary Easter Sweet Bread Bun
So many Easter traditions involve freshly baked sweet breads. This bread is vegan and walks the line between savory and sweet. With both rosemary and raisins, the flavor is unlike anything else. Enjoy for breakfast, as a snack or even as a dessert.
Desserts
No vegan Easter dinner is complete without a delectable sweet treat. My personal favorite Spring ingredient in a dessert is lavender.
Carrot Cake with “Cream Cheese” Frosting
No Easter dessert table would be complete without a fragrant and spicy carrot cake. This version is not only vegan but gluten-free as well. It has all of that moist, carrot flavor you crave with the “cream cheese” frosting you love.
Simnel cake is a popular fruity British holiday holiday cake that is decorated with marzipan for a festive Easter dessert or breakfast treat. This vegan version is filled with sweet dried fruits.
How cute are these? I imagine myself smiling at the children in their Easter best, helping themselves to these Easter Lemon Cupcakes. Then I see myself wrestling one out of their tiny hands and smashing it into my mouth. Hmm. Maybe I’ll just put a few aside for myself.
This beautiful rhubarb yogurt cake is both tangy and sweet. It is the perfect seasonal sweet treat to add to your brunch or dinner table. Perfectly fragrant and moist, just how it should be.
You can make a vegan and gluten-free version of this classic pie and no one will know that there isn’t any dairy in the pudding filling because it incorporates super creamy full-fat coconut milk, to make you feel like dancing on clouds.
If you like lemons as much as I do, you will love this recipe for lemon bars that offers 2 vegan options, depending on your dietary preferences. Both are just absolutely heavenly though, so you can’t go wrong with either.
Rice pie is a tradition in Italy that is made with risotto rice thickened with ricotta cheese and eggs. This plant based version includes tofu and corn flour to thicken and add a creamy body to the rice. Think of this dessert as sweet rice pudding baked in a pie crust.
Crisps are one of the best and easiest holiday desserts to pull together using whatever is in season. Rhubarb fits that bill for spring. Adding a few scoops of ice cream really makes it a well-rounded treat.
I love this lighter take on a traditional tiramisu with lady fingers, lemon curd, and limoncello. It is super easy to assemble and then you just allow it to rest in the fridge until the lemon has saturated all the layers.
Babka is a beautifully braided sweet bread that is often prepared with leftover challah bread the day after Shabbat dinner to serve for breakfast. This plant based chocolate-y version is so good you will want to make it all the time, not just for Easter.
You can make these brownies any time of year. But for Easter, they are decorated with mini vegan easter egg candies. Just make sure to set a few aside before your kids make them disappear.
Why has it taken so long for someone to make chocolate covered strawberries into adorable Easter eggs? They are colorful, fun and festive and when served in a chocolate hazelnut crust with a layer of vegan chocolate ganache, they are fully irresistible.
This recipe is off-the-charts adorable. Little Easter Bunny sugar cookie cut-outs with fluffy cotton tails? OMG, I mean, who could possibly resist them? These are easy to make and will be an instant hit at any Easter gathering.
Ready for a little slice of heaven? Then you’ve got to make this coconut cake. So fluffy and sweet and decadent! No one will guess that it’s vegan, so when they ask for the recipe and you tell them, you can sit back and savor their stunned disbelief.
Chocolate Peanut Butter Cookie Nests
Did someone ask for a healthy Easter treat? Did someone else also ask for that something to be no-bake? They must have been dreaming about these eight-ingredient little chocolate nests. Just add some chocolate eggs or jelly beans and your Easter mission is accomplished.
For the uninitiated, rhubarb is one of life’s tart pleasures. Coupled with something sweet, rhubarb creates a flavor combination for the ages. This cheesecake has that epic taste in spades and it is also incredibly beautiful — like, “I can’t believe you made that” beautiful.
“Egg Yolk” Peach Custard Tarts
There’s nothing like a trick of the eye. At first glance, these tarts appear to be an Easter treat with a bright yellow egg yolk sitting in their center. But no! They’re really peaches, y’all, and they’re couched in sinfully delicious coconut custard atop a flaky tart crust.
Drinks
Quench your thirst in style with these fancy and festive cocktails and alcohol-free drinks.
A good margarita cocktail just might be the most popular alcoholic beverage around. To make an Easter-inspired margarita, try this recipe with coconut cream and tequila to serve with brunch. Garnish with coconut truffles for the cottontails.
To make an elderflower cordial, you only need fresh flowers, water, sugar, citric acid, and lemon. Serve this lovely floral drink in martini glasses. Feel free to add vodka or limoncello for a very adult take.
Ever had an egg cream? It is basically chocolate milk with a good splash of soda water that is popular in Jewish eateries. This plant based crème egg cocktail is like an egg cream on steroids. It is boozy, super creamy, and adorned with rich dark chocolate.
There might not be an easier seasonal beverage than this rose lemonade. It is tangy and floral with fresh lemon juice, pink rose syrup, and sparkling water. It is refreshing served over ice or spiked with the spirit of your choosing.
You may know that one of the signature ingredients in a Moscow mule is ginger beer. This cocktail takes that drink up a notch with the pink blush of homemade rhubarb syrup. The color is perfect for an Easter pre-dinner offering.
A punch infused with lavender is perfect for a spring afternoon. The lavender not only subtly flavors the beverage, but it also imparts an attractive pale purple hue that will complement your colorful Easter décor.
FAQ
Instead of ham, choose seitan or tofu. Both of these are basic ingredients in vegan cooking and are super versatile. They have a very gentle, neutral flavor, so you can basically make them taste and look like whatever you want.
The traditional Easter menu usually consists of some kind of glazed ham or pork roast (use tofu or seitan instead), a fresh veggie quiche, deviled eggs, glazed carrots, an asparagus salad and a fresh lemony dessert.
60 Vegan Easter Recipes the Whole Family Will LOVE
Ingredients
Flower Appetizer Bites Recipe
- 2 small baguettes sliced
- 4 tbsp vegan herb cream cheese
- 1 medium cucumber thinly sliced
- 2 stem scallions sliced
- 3 cherry tomatoes halved
- 2 radishes quartered
- ½ small carrot thinly sliced
- 2 pinch salt
- 2 pinch ground black pepper
Instructions
- Start by spreading the cream cheese on the baguette slices. Season with salt and pepper.
- To create the cucumber “leafs”, peel the cucumber and then cut the thin slices in half.
- Take a slice and fold it in the middle (there should be some overlapping).
- Now all that’s left is to place it on the baguette and pierce it with a toothpick.
- Next stop is, slice the scallion stems. That should provide the stem of the flower.
- Pierce the middle of the cut up bits through the toothpick.
- Cut up cherry tomatoes and radishes into small shapes that resemble flowers. Peel your carrots into thin slices that you can fold.
- Place your veggies on top of the toothpick to finish creating "the flower".
- Happy Easter!
Easter is definitely my favorite holiday as it is in the Spring and that is my favorite season! That carrot hot dog is genius, have to try it.
We chose some recipes from this list last year for the menu and they were very good
Glad to hear that, Finley!
great list of recipes! If only we had so many options when I started out as a vegan 20 years ago
I know, right?! I’m absolutely loving the infinite vegan options and recipes nowadays
thank you! and a Happy Easter in advance
Happy Easter! 🙂
The vegan ham and and the Easter roast are genious!
Agreed!