These Vegan Pasta Recipes make the best easy dishes for lunch or dinner. From homemade creamy tomato sauce to pesto pasta and more.
To find more tasty vegan recipes, see our pasta salad, Italian, Mediterranean, and soup roundups.
It’s a busy day and you haven’t thought about dinner. Good thing you can make this one pot pasta in 20 minutes! Now all you have to do is prepare the ingredients and toss them in a pot…and voila! Dinner!
Simple, easy and by swapping out the Parmesan cheese for nutritional yeast, this basil pesto pasta is a vegan home run! Tell the kids dinner will be ready in 20 minutes!
Creamy Cauliflower Mushroom Pasta Bake
This dish is like a grown up macaroni and cheese who graduated, earned its master’s degree and is embracing adulthood. Kale, mushrooms, potatoes and fresh thyme make this pasta dish a fully mature expression of delicious.
No one wants to admit this, but the secret to a successful stroganoff has always been the mushrooms — not the beef. Who’s going to tell the beef that we never needed him in the first place?
Avocado-Spinach Pesto Pasta with Mushrooms
Did I hear that right? Avocado-spinach pesto? Count me in. No more pesto that separates or is too oily. This one will be super creamy and will coat everything right from the get-go.
Did you know that vegan pasta puttanesca can be made in minutes with ingredients you probably already have in your pantry? It’s also a mouthful of flavor that everyone at the table will love.
Want to save the planet and help to eliminate food waste? By using the broccoli florets in the pasta and the stems in the pesto, there’s nothing to throw away. It’s healthy, economical and really delicious.
Vegan One-Pot Skinny Pasta Primavera
Think fresh. Think Springtime. Think a lightened up pasta dish so full of healthy flavors that you can eat as much as you want without feeling guilty. This one-pot primavera has my vote for sure.
Question: How does a vegan get the cream into a creamy sauce? Answer: With cashews, of course. They bring all of that richness to this yummy tomato and basil pasta party.
Want a seasonal pasta sauce that’s super healthy, low in calories and gluten-free? How about making a batch of pumpkin pasta sauce? It checks all the boxes and can be ready in 20 minutes.
Creamy Lemon Ziti with Asparagus
By day, the humble white bean hangs out in chili and the occasional dip. By night, she gets naughty, becoming creamy and adding silky richness to pasta sauces. Who knew white beans led a double life?
Do my eyes deceive me or does this lentil sauce looks just like meat sauce? Who knew lentils, walnuts and onions could not only give meat sauce a run for it’s money but leave it in the dust!
Creamy Vegan Butternut Squash Linguine
This dish combines a silky butternut squash puree with whole grain linguine or fettuccine and oh boy does it work. Add some fried sage and you have a restaurant-quality meal at home.
Cauliflower Alfredo with Broccoli
This pasta recipe is genius. Sure, you can see the roasted broccoli but what you can’t see is that the sauce is made from pureed cauliflower! Two great vegetables in one fantastic dish!
One Pot Vegan Hamburger Helper
If you’re having a comfort food attack, just make this one-pot vegan hamburger helper and life will make sense again. It’s got plant-based sausage and you can add any fun-shaped pasta. Welcome back to the good old days.
This pasta has a surprise for you. At first glance, it looks like another creamy, sweet tomato-type pasta. It fooled you! It’s got some tomato but then takes a smoky and spicy chipotle detour into yum.
Two words — tofu ricotta. Three more words — store-bought marinara. Do you see where I’m going with this? All the way to vegan lasagna and it’s going to be delicious.
Ah, there’s nothing quite like Tuscany. If you can’t travel there, you can still enjoy this Tuscan Rigatoni Pasta. Sun-dried tomatoes, garlic and spinach — the whole thing comes together in under 30 minutes, a perfect mid-week meal.
Linguini with Vegan Red ‘Clam’ Sauce
Who needs clams in their linguine? Not me. This dish doesn’t miss a beat. It’s so full of flavor from the seasonings and only takes 20 minutes to make. Super good and super fast!
Move over tomato sauce, it’s roasted red pepper’s time to shine. This sauce starts on the stove, moves to the blender and goes back to the stove. The result is a serious bomb of flavor.
Oh this pasta dish has it going on. The freshness of the basil, the tart sweetness of the cherry tomatoes, the bitter green of the kale, all in a creamy sauce…it doesn’t get much more wholesome than this.
You’ve seen it on many Italian restaurant menus, and now you can make penne alla vodka at home — vegan style! It’s got all of the creaminess, flavor and spice of the original dish.
Creamy Mushroom Fettuccine Alfredo
Deep down, I’ve always suspected Fettuccini Alfredo was missing mushrooms and now I’ve been vindicated by this recipe. Add that earthy umami to the creamy cheesiness and you have a heavenly combination.
You’ll think you’re in a cozy little trattoria in Tuscany when you taste this dish. Creamy, garlicky with sun-dried tomatoes and spinach. Never fear, it pulls the old switcheroo, turning chicken into chickpeas and poof — it’s fully vegan.
One of the most decadent pasta dishes has to be Pasta Carbonara. If you thought that you’d kissed that dish goodbye when you became vegan, think again. Reinvented and reinvigorated, taste it and you’ll be a believer.
I don’t mean to be over-dramatic here, but I think this French onion lasagna concept has changed my life. The best thing in the world combined with the other best thing? I’ll need some time to digest this. Literally.
Can you hear the crickets and cicadas now that the sun’s going down? This recipe feels like a Summertime evening on a plate. Tomatoes, basil and dry rosé wine. It makes me wistful just thinking about it.
All of those South of the border flavors you love in a one-pot pasta wonder. Peppers, onions and two kinds of olives! This enchilada pasta’s an olive-palooza and I’m here for it!
The 32 Best Vegan Pasta Recipes for Lunch or Dinner
Ingredients
- basil pesto
- marinara sauce
- mushrooms
- avocado
Instructions
- Choose your favorite vegan pasta from the list.
- Click on the name to get to the recipe.
- Happy cooking!
Totally want to eat these all!
I haven’t made any of these vegan pasta recipes, but as a vegan looking at them, they’re making my mouth water! How I wish some vegan entrepreneur would open a restaurant with all of these on the menu!!! And near me!!! (I’m in Boynton Beach, Florida)
I agree, Judy! There should be more vegan restaurants around! 😀
so cozy
I can’t wait to get started on the STACK for recipes (i.e., all) I just printed! I can easily offer up 5 stars because I can tell by the ingredients and measurements that they’re going to be great!
I hope you’ll like them, Deb! 🙂