• Skip to primary navigation
  • Skip to main content
  • Skip to primary sidebar

join the eatmail for exclusive recipes & meal ideas

Join now

Subscribe for new recipes, meal plans & 3 free ebooks!

  • About
  • Contact

Live Eat Learn

Easy vegetarian recipes, one ingredient at a time

free ebook

Subscribe for new recipes, meal plans & 3 free ebooks!

  • Recipe Index
  • Vegetarian 101
  • Travel
  • Meal Plans
  • Course
    • Breakfasts
    • Lunches
    • Dinners
    • Appetizers
    • Sweets
    • Drinks
  • Diet
    • Dairy Free
    • Gluten Free
    • Low Carb
    • Paleo
    • Raw
    • Vegan
  • Season
    • Winter
    • Spring
    • Summer
    • Fall
  • Ingredient
    • Avocado
    • Bean
    • Cauliflower
    • Chickpeas
    • Eggplant
    • Mushroom
    • Tofu
    • Quinoa
    • View All
  • Collections
    • All Time Favorites
    • Air Frying
    • Budget Friendly
    • Comfort Food
    • High Protein
    • Meal Prep
    • Meatless Monday
    • Quick Dinners
    • View All
  • Visit our kombucha site
Home Eat Dinners

35 Vegetarian Christmas Recipes

Share
Share on:
By: Sarah BondUpdated: Mar 10, 2020 Leave a Comment

This post contains affiliate links.

collage of vegetarian christmas recipes

Whether your family sits down to feast or just eats breakfast all day (🙋‍♀️), these vegetarian Christmas recipes are a meatless way to to flavor up Christmas day!

collage of vegetarian christmas recipes

Whether it be ham or turkey or lasagna bolognese, Christmas day always seems to be characterized by eating meat (with vegetables being reserved for the New Year’s resolution).

But there are so many colorful and delicious ways to cook vegetarian on Christmas! Here are a bunch of our favorite recipes for Christmas day, from the magical morning breakfasts to the cozy soups to the hearty mains.

Click the links below to jump around the post, or scroll on down for all the tasty Christmas recipe inspiration!

  1. Breakfasts
  2. Mains
  3. Sides
  4. Soups
  5. Treats

P.S. Need to do some Christmas gift shopping? Be sure to check out our gift guide for foodies!

Vegetarian Christmas Breakfasts

Crockpot Steel Cut Oats with Butternut Squash

Throw all the ingredients in your slow cooker on Christmas Eve and wake up to a ready-made breakfast!

Overnight Quinoa Breakfast Porridge

This overnight option uses protein-packed quinoa! All the deliciousness of oats without the Christmas morning carb crash.

Sweet Potato Cinnamon Rolls

Packed with sweet potato puree and slathered in brown sugar icing!

Grapefruit Brûlée with Quick Quinoa Granola

Break out the kitchen torch and caramelize some sugar with this Grapefruit Brulee! This is a fun one for Christmas morning while still being pretty healthy.

Strawberry Cheesecake Stuffed French Toast

As if French toast wasn't delicious enough already, we've gone and stuffed it with strawberry cheesecake filling!

Special Day Cinnamon Rolls

These are the cinnamon rolls my family makes every single Christmas morning! The mascarpone icing makes them so creamy and decadent.

Cranberry Orange Sweet Rolls

For a fresh take on cinnamon rolls, these Cranberry Orange Sweet Rolls are light, fruity, and perfect for using those seasonal cranberries!

Eggless French Toast

We can't leave out our vegan friends! This eggless French toast has a secret ingredient that makes it taste just like traditional French toast.

Vegetarian Christmas Main Dishes

Ultimate Whole Roasted Cauliflower

Wow your guests with this Ultimate Whole Roasted Cauliflower! Slathered in whipped feta and drizzled with herb sauce, this is a statement-making dish you’re really going to love.

Christmas Dinner on a Sheet Pan

A flavorful stuffed butternut squash and all the side dishes to go with it, cooked on a sheet pan!

Savory Apple Tart with Flaky Phyllo Crust

For a main dish that looks fancy (while being easy to make), this colorful apple and beet tart is your guy.

Butternut Beet and Ricotta Galette

It has flaky pie crust, creamy ricotta, and colorful roasted veggies (plus it's easy to make). Your Christmas menu neeeeeds this galette.

Vegetarian Lasagna

Anyone else eat lasagna on Christmas? This vegetarian lasagna is made using classic ingredients like veggies, marinara, and bechamel!

Rainbow Veggie Tart

A rainbow of vegetables cooked into Christmas-worthy pie form!

Easy Chickpea Pot Pie

Is there anything cozier than a chickpea pot pie? Cozy up by the fire with a plate full of this goodness.

Herby Ricotta Stuffed Peppers

These Herby Ricotta Stuffed Peppers taste straight out of Tuscany with fresh herbs, creamy ricotta, and sharp parmesan.

Vegetarian Christmas Side Dishes

Quinoa Kale Salad

Make use of this winter leafy green by throwing together this quick kale salad! Bonus points: it stores well, so you can make it in advance.

Israeli Couscous Salad with Beet and Feta

Basically the most festive looking salad you could possible make on Christmas, right?

Bulgur Salad with Feta and Pomegranate

Sprinkled with flavor gems like pomegranate and feta (plus it's so easy to make!)

Roasted Goat Cheese Stuffed Dates

These roasted stuffed dates make a fun side, appetizer, or snack for Christmas day munching.

1-2-3 Cheese Board

In case you're more of a cheese and crackers kind of family, we're breaking down the secrets to the perfect vegetarian cheese board here!

Vegetarian Christmas Soups

Pumpkin Soup with Smoky Roasted Chickpeas

A creamy pumpkin soup topped with "bacon" roasted chickpeas! Great as a side dish or as a meal on it's own.

20 Minute Taco Soup

For an ultra-easy Christmas dinner option, Taco Soup has your back. Just throw a bunch of canned ingredients into a pot, bring to a simmer, and serve.

Quinoa Vegetable Soup

This bone-warming brothy soup can simmer away on the stove on Christmas for sipping on through out the day.

Parsnip & White Bean Soup with Crispy Brussels Sprouts

A creamy bean soup with crispy Brussels sprout leaves! Fun, festive, and looks fancier than it actually is 😉

Creamy Vegan White Bean Soup

For an easy vegan option, this white bean soup is both hearty and creamy!

Easy Slow Cooker Cauliflower Soup

In case your hands are full on Christmas (full of eggnog and presents!), this cauliflower soup can be made in your slow cooker.

Vegetarian Christmas Treats

Vegan Panna Cotta

This delicious and festive dessert seems complex, but it’s actually quite simple!

Tofu Chocolate Mousse Pie

Your guests will never guess that this pie is packed with tofu! Make it in advance and enjoy on Christmas day.

No Cook Chocolate Vegan Fudge

Fudge is great and all, but it's even greater when no cooking is involved. Just blend, cool, and eat!

Fudgy Black Bean Brownies

Hundreds of people have tried and loved this recipe! Decadent and fudgy (without the flour!)

Candy Cane Kombucha

This Candy Cane Kombucha recipe is festive, fun, and super easy! The perfect brew for serving at the holidays (or for using all those leftover candy canes!). Recipe on our sister site, BrewBuch.com.

Coconut Salted Date Caramel

Traditional caramel can be finicky and difficult, and there's just no room for recipes to be failing on Christmas. This date caramel tastes like the real deal, and all you have to do is blend!

Health(ier) Chocolate Bark with Salted Popcorn

Chocolate bark just got a salty, crunchy upgrade.

Sweet Potato Cookies

Mashed sweet potato takes these cookies to a new level of tender moistness!

Chickpea Blondies

A gluten-free dessert that’s full of creamy white chocolate and protein-packed chickpeas!

You may also like...

  • Collage of vegetarian easter recipes
    27 Vegetarian Easter Recipes
  • Collage of vegetarian Thanksgiving recipes
    31 Vegetarian Thanksgiving Recipes
  • Collage of 23 vegetarian Mediterranean recipes
    23 Vegetarian Mediterranean Recipes
  • Collage of vegetarian pasta recipes
    15 Easy Vegetarian Pasta Recipes
Previous Post
Next Post

Reader Interactions

Leave a Comment Cancel reply

Have a question? Submit your question or comment below.

Rate this Recipe:




Primary Sidebar

Hello!

I'm Sarah

A flavor-loving nutritionist and sensory science specialist showing you how to make easy vegetarian recipes, one ingredient at a time.

Let's Meet

What's for Dinner?

A free cookbook full of our favorite vegetarian dinner recipes!

Get in now!

Subscribe for new recipes, meal plans & 3 free ebooks!

Summer Recipes

Watermelon salad on a white platter

Grilled Watermelon Salad

Portobello Mushroom Burgers with an orange background - With melted sharp cheddar, the perfectly meaty texture, and best-ever Fancy Sauce, these Portobello Mushroom Burgers are the vegetarian recipe that'll have you craving mushrooms for dinner.

Portobello Mushroom Burgers

Vegan PF Chang’s Lettuce Wraps

Different smoothies arranged in rainbow on white background

How to Make a Smoothie

Veggie spring rolls cut in half on a plate

Vegetable Vietnamese Spring Rolls

Vegan tomato tuna sushi bowl with rice, avocado, and cucumber in a bowl on a blue background

Vegan Tuna Sushi Bowl

Dinner This Week

Vegan tikka masala with naan and rice in a white bowl

M

Chickpea Tikka Masala

Roasted Chickpea Gyros

T

Roasted Chickpea Gyros

Vegan Thai red curry in a bowl on a red background

W

Thai Vegetarian Coconut Curry

Vegan nachos on a black plate on a white background - These vegan nachos are piled high with easy mushroom BBQ "pulled pork" and a cashew-based queso cheese sauce that will knock your dairy-free socks off.

R

BBQ Mushroom Pulled Pork

Roasted Cauliflower Street Tacos

F

Roasted Cauliflower Tacos

Lemon risotto in a bowl with basil on a yellow background

S

Lemon Basil Risotto

As featured on:

Free Vegetarian Dinners eBook

Join our Eatmail newsletter to get a free copy of our “Dinner Is Served” Cookbook, new recipes, exclusive meal plans, and more!

Follow Along

  • Easy Vegetarian Facebook Group
  • Kombucha Brewers Facebook Group
Back to Top
  • Web Stories
  • About
  • Privacy Policy
  • Terms
  • Collaborate
© 2022 Live Eat Learn
Site Credits Designed by Melissa Rose Design Developed by Once Coupled Support by Foodie Digital
129 shares