Vegan Easter Recipes

Easter brunch, Easter dinner, Easter "I'm just here for the desserts" ...whatever your vibe, these vegan Easter recipes are better than taking your whole fam for awkward, terrifying photos with a giant Bunny-Guy any day of the week. And especially if your thingy is serving Italian classics like vegan eggplant parm or mushroom risotto for the holiday, you are gonna be pumped!

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🤷‍♀️ Vegan Easter Cooking FAQs

Is there a religious or ethical case for a plant-based Easter?

Genuinely, 100% yes ...and it's a pretty compelling one.

Easter is a holiday centered on themes of compassion, renewal, and new life, which makes it a natural fit for reconsidering what ends up on the table. A lot of Christians and theologians have argued that stewardship of animals and the earth is baked right into the faith's core values.

And for what it's worth, the early Christian church actually had a long tradition of fasting from meat during Lent. So arriving at Easter with a plant-based spread isn't exactly a radical reinvention. It's more like coming full circle. ❤️

What's the deal with eggs on easter anyway?

Eggs became an Easter thing because they've symbolized spring and new life across cultures for centuries.

The irony, of course, is that modern egg production looks nothing like a bucolic springtime symbol. Factory farmed eggs involve a level of suffering that's pretty hard to square with a holiday built around themes of renewal and compassion. This is exactly why so many compassionate people are rethinking the egg's role at their Easter table!

Vegan cooking has gotten so absurdly good at recreating eggs that you don't actually need them anymore. If you want to go all in on that, my cooking class The Colosseum of Vegan Eggs is exactly where you want to be.

What are the most popular Easter foods and how do you make them vegan?

Easter has a pretty iconic lineup of foods, but most of them are wayyyy easier to veganize than you'd think!

The big centerpiece swap is ham. I have a slammin' vegan ham recipe, but a stuffed seitan roast with a sticky-sweet glaze slices like a total champ on a table full of sides. Scalloped potatoes are basically one swap away from vegan with a rich, garlicky cashew cream sauce, and hot cross buns are already so close to vegan that you really just need to swap the butter and egg wash. Vegan carrot cake has always been an Easter classic too.

The trickier ones (I'm talking about deviled eggs and lamb) have solid plant-based answers too. For deviled eggs, halved baby potatoes or bell pepper halves filled with a creamy tofu-based filling give you the same fun, snacky energy.

And for lamb, this seitan brisket roasted in red wine with baby potatoes and carrots is quite the upgrade.