These easy vegan sweet potato recipes make the best healthy dinner and dessert meals! Certified delicious baked-, stuffed-, and loaded sweet potatoes, pies, casseroles and more. These mouthwatering meals are perfect for Thanksgiving too.
Vegan Sweet Potato Recipes
1. Thai Sweet Potato Curry
Want a kid-friendly curry that adults will love, too? Check out this Thai sweet potato curry. It has peanut better for the kids and the spice of red curry paste for the adults. The result is addictive flavors that will work for the whole family.
2. Sweet Potato Cakes
Vegan sweet potato pancakes are a must-have in your mealtime arsenal. They are easy to make, gluten-free and have broccoli strategically hidden inside. They also make a tasty appetizer or, when paired with a side salad, can be a lovely light lunch or dinner.
3. Guacamole and Black Bean Loaded Sweet Potatoes
Everybody has their own vision of a loaded baked potato. This one, however, breaks all of the rules. It’s a sweet potato topped with freshly made guacamole! That’s right, dude, guacamole. Add some black beans, green onions and cilantro and a new baked potato concept is born.
4. Sweet Potato Casserole
Have you ever been to someone’s house for Thanksgiving and had to pray that there was at least one vegan-friendly option on the table? This sweet potato casserole is it! It has all of the marshmallow gooey deliciousness you’d want for Thanksgiving but without any vegan no-nos.
5. Roasted Sweet Potato Tacos with Chimichurri
If you know someone who mocks vegan food, get them to try this recipe. Roasted and spiced sweet potatoes get a slap of flavor with a cilantro chimichurri. Add a quick pickled red onion and you’ve got a restaurant quality meal.
6. Citrusy Sweet Potato Pie
Who would think that a tablespoon of orange juice, a tablespoon of lemon juice and some citrus zest would take this sweet potato pie into the next dimension? They’re flavor game changers and will make this pie the talk of the holiday dessert table.
7. Baked Sweet Potato Fries
Baked sweet potato fries can be a snack, a side dish or an indulgence, depending on how many you gobble down. They are spiced with onion powder, garlic powder, salt and paprika, which perfectly balances the sweet potatoes’ natural caramelized sugariness.
8. Sweet Potato Lentil Soup
Isn’t it nice when comfort food and healthy food intersect? This soup contains sweet potatoes — rich in beta carotene, fiber and minerals. It also has lentils — a protein-packed superfood in and of itself. For each spoonful you take, your body will thank you.
9. Sweet Potato Maple Bourbon Cake
A bundt cake is a perfect dessert to have on hand for the holidays. This sweet potato cake has warm autumn spices, brown sugar, maple syrup, pecans and (drumroll) bourbon. Yum. Add a vanilla glaze or vegan whipped cream on top for an extra dose of heaven.
10. Sweet Potato Gnocchi
Who’s up for some four-ingredient gnocchi? These healthy little guys are versatile and will go great with any number of pasta sauces. Just boil them first and then sauté them with a little oil, just to give them a nice, crispy finish.
11. Sweet Potato and Quinoa Salad
This salad is composed like a fine painting. The quinoa is the blank canvas while the sweet potato provides a colorful earthiness. The green onion and parsley lend an herby freshness, while the pine nuts finish everything off with a nutty crunch.
12. Cauliflower, Sweet Potato and Chickpea Curry
Sweet potatoes, cauliflower and chickpeas become fast friends in this luscious and not so spicy curry. A little spinach added at the end provides a touch of bitterness to the gingery, garlicky coconut milk broth. Serve with either rice or naan or both.
13. Miso Baked Sweet Potatoes
When sweet potato met salty miso, they smiled sheepishly at one another. In a mere 45 minutes, however, they became the best of friends and couldn’t stop complimenting each other. Now, this side dish feels like the reunion of two life-long friends.
14. Sweet Potato Sausage Rolls
Don’t ever let anyone judge you for using pre-made puff pastry sheets! They make these sweet potato sausage rolls next level by turning a few simple ingredients — sweet potato, chickpeas, gochujang and vegan sausage — into an appetizer worthy of your next party.
15. Chipotle Bowl
Veggie bowls are on trend as the newest and healthiest way to eat. This one, a chipotle sweet potato bowl, is no exception. So many colorful veggies and beans that are all brought to life with the tangy and fresh cilantro-agave dressing.
16. Sweet Potato Corn Chowder
No, I couldn’t possibly have any chowder. Chowder is so fattening and unhealthy…right? Wrong! This sweet potato corn chowder is fat, meat, dairy and gluten-free! It also totally has that coziness and creamy richness you’d expect in a real-deal chowder.
17. Sweet Potato Sliders with Garlic Aioli
Does your heart fill with despair when everyone at the party is eating sliders and you’re left holding a salad? Next time, bring your own sweet potato sliders. One bite of that crunchy sweet potato patty with avocado and garlic aioli and you’ll never be jealous again.
18. Sri Lankan Curry
Sri Lankan food is all about the spice. In this recipe, the toasted spices enhance the earthy sweet potatoes and the grassy green beans, which are perfect flavor foils for each other. This curry is an ideal introduction into the wonderful world of Sri Lankan cuisine.
19. Sweet Potato Kale Hash
Sweet potatoes for breakfast? You bet! The sweet and savory aroma of your sweet potato, zucchini, onion, bell pepper and black bean hash sautéing on the stove will wake up the whole house. You’ll look up from cooking and they’ll all be at the table with forks in hand.
20. Sweet Potato Cinnamon Rolls
Who knew you could make delicious cinnamon rolls with sweet potatoes? It turns out that when you put the sweet potatoes in the dough, you can leave the eggs out — which is great news to us vegans, am I right?
21. Mexican Sweet Potato Salad
Looking to put a whole new spin on potato salad? First, try using sweet potatoes. Second, give it some Mexican-inspired flavors. Corn, black beans, jalapeño and cilantro are all tossed with the sweet potatoes. Add a little lemon and oil and you’ll have a side dish to remember.
22. Spinach, Mushroom and Sweet Potato Curry
This West African-inspired sweet potato curry will be an awakening for your taste buds. Peanut butter plays a key role, transforming the familiar flavors of sweet potato, spinach and mushroom into something unctuous and savory. Serve it along side a nice helping of basmati rice or naan.
23. Sweet Potato Bread with Pecan Streusel
You’ve heard of banana bread, zucchini and pumpkin bread, but have you ever heard of sweet potato bread? Just like the others, it’s a quick bread that eats more like a cake. If you had any doubts, the streusel topping ushers it right on into dessert territory.
24. Sweet Potato Chaat
Chaat — a favorite savory snack from Northern India — is even more tempting when it’s made with sweet potatoes. The unique flavor combination of mango powder, black pepper, rock salt and lemon juice enhances the sweetness of the sweet potatoes, creating a super addictive treat.
25. Sweet Potato, Black Bean and Lime Rice Bowls
On a tight budget and need a quick meal? This recipe checks both of those boxes. Sweet potato, black bean and lime rice bowls come together fast — in 40 minutes — and are easy on the bank account. Talk about a healthy and satisfying dinner.
26. Chickpea and Sweet Potato Curry (Instant Pot)
Get out that Instant Pot — it’s sweet potato and chickpea curry time. You can cook both the curry and the rice at the same time, so dinner can be ready in only 20 minutes! It doesn’t get much more instant than that!
27. Roasted Sweet Potato Fries with Lemon Tahini Sauce
This is how to make ingredients work for you, people! Sure, sweet potatoes are great but to really showcase them, add a little lemon and thyme. Don’t stop there. Drizzle on some lemon tahini sauce for an extra burst of tang. Finish it off with a few pepitas for crunch.
28. Everything Seasoning Roasted Potatoes
Do you love “everything” bagels? Meet Everything Roasted Sweet Potatoes! These are crazy healthy and conducive to a variety of dietary needs — vegan, paleo and Whole30 — and are super easy to make. Here’s a promise — these guys will be a household favorite.
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28 Tasty Vegan Sweet Potato Recipes for Dinner & Dessert
Ingredients
- curry
- casserole
- pie
- tacos
Instructions
- Choose your favorite meal on the list and click on the link to get the recipe.
Thank you for this list! Will choose something from here for our family’s Thanksgiving dinner.
Thank you so much for including my Roasted Sweet Potato Fries with Lemon Tahini Sauce in this beautiful roundup, Kate!