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50+ Best Vegan Easter Recipes (Including Treats)

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Easter is just around the corner, and whether you’re vegan or you’ve got vegan friends and family to cater for, we’ve got you covered. There’s so many vegan Easter recipes to choose from, we’re sure you’ll be spoilt for choice!

In this vegan Easter recipes list, we’re going to cover vegan Easter brunch ideas, vegan Easter dinner, desserts and even vegan Easter treats, with a few vegan chocolate Easter egg alternatives thrown in for good measure. 

A collage of vegan Easter recipes with a Pinterest title in the middle.
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❓ What is vegan Easter food?

Vegan Easter food is often intertwined with spring food, but there are lots of worldwide Easter traditions with many different foods associated with them too. And of course, Easter is a religious holiday, so there's a lot of food associated with those traditions too. A lot of these traditional recipes are not even slightly vegan, but in this list they're all vegan Easter recipes!

For instance, hot cross buns are topped with a cross and are eaten to signify the end of Lent on Good Friday. There are sweet treats like decorated chocolate eggs, easter baskets and even elaborate cakes, cheesecakes and lots of Eastern European bread such as Pasteria. 

Easter foods often include lots of meat such as ham or lamb, but in this article we’ll show you how brilliant vegan Easter alternatives can be! Read on to find out more about how to create the best vegan Easter feast.

🐣 What do vegans eat at Easter?

Vegans eat lots of delicious food at Easter! Including a vegan Easter roast, vegan Easter eggs, vegan sweet treats and even vegan Easter cakes. Things like carrot cake, hot cross buns and even traditional Easter roasts can be made vegan these days. Head to the list below for the best selection ever!

So, what are we waiting for? Here are the best vegan Easter recipes from around the world…

🍛 Easter Roast (Mains)

1. Vegan Glazed Ham

Glazed vegan ham served with potatoes and carrots.
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Ready in: 1 hour 40 minutes
Recipe by: A Plantiful Path
This delicious Vegan Glazed Ham would make a delicious main dish for your vegan Easter dinner! It's smoky, sweet, salty, and free of oil. If there’s any leftover after the big day, slice it up for sandwiches or for pizza toppings, or add some to your breakfast scramble or mac and cheeze. So many possibilities!

2. Vegan Rack of Lamb

Vegan rack of lamb with a herb crust and fake 'bone' made from leeks.
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Ready in: 1 hour
Recipe by: Gourmandelle
Yes, you can make a vegan rack of lamb for Easter! It’s made with whole ingredients, and even though it may look like there’s a lot of ingredients, the process is easier than it may first appear.

3. Vegan Roast Beef

Vegan roast beef seitan served with roast potatoes and carrots.
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Ready in: 1 hour 25 minutes
Recipe by: A Virtual Vegan
Incredible Vegan Roast Beef! Just perfect for serving with all the trimmings for Easter dinner. An alternative to the traditional lamb or ham, but still a great vegan Easter recipe.

4. Vegan Lamb Rack

Vegan rack of lamb on a plate with vegetables.
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Ready in: 2 hours
Recipe by: Daily Vegan
This vegan lamb rack is totally genius! Aside from using an amazing selection of herbs and spices to replicate the flavour of lamb, this recipe actually recreates a ‘bone’ structure too. But guess what the ‘bone’ is made from? An everyday, bog-standard roasted vegetable. Parsnips!

5. Seasoned Seitan

Slices of seasoned seitan on a plate.
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Ready in: 50 minutes
Recipe by: My Quiet Kitchen
This easy, basic seitan recipe is as flavourful as store-bought seitan but more affordable! It’s a great option for a beginner seitan maker, as well as a fab option for serving sliced as part of a vegan Easter roast. Plus, if you have any leftovers it can be sliced, crumbled or cubed and used in curries, stews and sandwiches.

6. Vegan Mushroom Wellington

Vegan Mushroom Wellington on a white serving plate surrounded by peppercorns, sauce and parsnips
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4.79 from 14 votes
Ready in: 50 minutes
Recipe by: Jess & Dan
Vegan Mushroom Wellington is one of the best ways to level up a vegan Easter roast dinner. It's delicately flavoured with thyme, and only calls for 8 ingredients! Plus, it's a great alternative to seitan and processed vegan meats.

7. Seed and Carrot Loaf

Seed and carrot loaf chopped on a wooden board, with fresh herbs.
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Ready in: 1 hour 5 minutes
Recipe by: Kind Earth
An easy vegan seed roast loaf, an alternative to a nut roast. Made using the most simple ingredients this is a very popular addition to a vegan roast dinner.

8. Individual Nut Roasts

Individual nut roasts topped with walnuts.
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Ready in: 40 minutes
Recipe by: Vegan On Board
These individual nut roasts are such a cute main dish for Easter. Easy with less than 10 ingredients and perfect for small celebrations.

9. Mushroom Bourguignon Pie

Vegan mushroom pie topped with cutout pastry stars.
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Ready in: 3 hours 25 minutes
Recipe by: Vegan Larder
It’s actually traditional in Neopolitan cuisine to serve a savoury pie at Easter. So, here’s a vegan pie that will make your vegan Easter dinner that little bit ‘extra’. This ‘meaty’ and rich Vegan Mushroom Pie is a show stopper! With ‘buttery’ pastry and flavourful mushroom and red wine filling, it may just become an annual favourite. You can use wild mushrooms and extra smoked tofu for a super special version.

🥦 Sides

This vegan Easter recipes list wouldn't be complete without side dishes for the ultimate vegan Easter roast! So, we've got seasonal favourites that are great for the occasion.

10. Ultimate Leeks And Cabbage Recipe In 15 Minutes!

An oval plate of cooked leeks and cabbage with dishes just visible in the background
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4.88 from 8 votes
Ready in: 20 minutes
Recipe by: Jess & Dan
This leeks and cabbage recipe is seriously easy to make. It only needs 3 ingredients and 30 minutes to make, it will make any Easter roast that little bit extra special!

11. Sticky Maple Roasted Carrots and Parsnips

Carrots, parsnips and potatoes plated in a bowl with a handle with other dishes in the background
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5 from 3 votes
Ready in: 35 minutes
Recipe by: Jess & Dan
Sticky maple roasted carrots and parsnips are a deliciously sweet side to go with your roast dinner! We love the contrast with a rich, umami gravy and think that maple syrup is the perfect plant-based alternative to honey.

12. The Best Sage And Onion Stuffing Recipe

A chopping board full of stuffing balls made using the best sage and onion stuffing recipe. There's a small bowl of peppercorns to the left and a spoon in the foreground to the right
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5 from 3 votes
Ready in: 30 minutes
Recipe by: Jess & Dan
This sage and onion stuffing recipe is perfect for Easter dinner or even a Sunday roast. The red onion makes it extra special, and it's super easy to make too!

13. Herby Vegan Hasselback Potatoes

A man wearing a red and white striped t-shirt holding a baking tray of vegan hasselback potatoes, with greaseproof paper on the tray
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5 from 3 votes
Ready in: 45 minutes
Recipe by: Jess & Dan
Herby vegan hasselback potatoes are a great alternative to roast potatoes on an Easter roast dinner, and even perfect for sharing as a snack. Enjoy!

14. Vegan Roast Potatoes

Roast potatoes in a ceramic dish with a whole roasted garlic and herbs in the background
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5 from 5 votes
Ready in: 50 minutes
Recipe by: Jess & Dan
These vegan roast potatoes are super easy to make and are so tasty! You just need three ingredients and 40 minutes to make them. We would recommend adding the polenta though, so increase that to 4 ingredients!

15. Sautéed Garlic Green Beans

Cooked green beans in a dish topped with fried garlic.
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Ready in: 12 minutes
Recipe by: iFOODreal
Sautéed Garlic Green Beans are a healthy, easy to prepare vegetable side dish that’s ready in under 15 minutes. Fresh green beans are tossed with olive oil and savoury garlic which is perfect for spring, as well as for a vegan Easter roast.

16. Roasted Cauliflower Steaks

Cauliflower steaks on a board topped with herbs.
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Ready in: 40 minutes
Recipe by: Clean Plate Mama
Roasted cauliflower steaks are the perfect side dish for Easter. Seasoned to perfection and so easy to make. Cauliflower steaks are actually sometimes used as a main too – so that’s an option for a whole foods plant-based main.

17. Roasted Asparagus

Roasted asparagus on a lined tray topped with seasoning.
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Ready in: 17 minutes
Recipe by: iFOODreal
This oven Roasted Asparagus is the easiest and tastiest way to enjoy this seasonal green vegetable every time! You will never have to eat limp or mushy asparagus again. Plus there’s tips in the blog post on how to store, prep, roast and season this healthy side dish. A wonderful vegan Easter recipe.

18. Roasted Baby Potatoes

Roasted baby potatoes in a bowl with rosemary.
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Ready in: 50 minutes
Recipe by: It's Not Complicated Recipes
These whole roasted baby potatoes with polenta will become one of your favourite side dishes. They are quick and easy to make and go with almost every main dish. It takes just a few minutes to prepare them and get them in the oven, leaving you free to get on with the rest of your meal.

19. Roasted Tenderstem Broccoli

Roasted tenderstem broccoli on a serving plate with slices of lemon.
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Ready in: 20 minutes
Recipe by: It's Not Complicated Recipes
Roasted Tenderstem Broccoli (Broccolini) is an ideal side dish that takes only a few minutes of preparation time! Delicious hot or cold, this simple dish will be on regular rotation.

20. Roasted New Potatoes & Asparagus

Roasted potatoes in a tray with green beans.
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Ready in: 35 minutes
Recipe by: Wallflower Kitchen
Flavourful and comforting traybake of roasted potatoes with asparagus tips and a splash of balsamic vinegar. This seasonal Spring veg makes the perfect side dish for an Easter roast.

🍞 Vegan Easter Bread

21. Vegan Hot Cross Buns

Side on view of a tray of vegan hot cross buns.
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5 from 7 votes
Ready in: 3 hours
Recipe by: Jess & Dan
Easy, fluffy vegan hot cross buns are one of the ultimate vegan Easter recipes! This is a tried and true recipe that will surprise you with just how easy it is to make plant-based. The perfect sweet, spiced buns with dried fruits and a touch of zest!

22. Double Choc Chip Hot Cross Buns

Chocolate hot cross buns on a tray with ingredients surrounding it.
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Ready in: 2 hours 35 minutes
Recipe by: Rainbow Nourishments
An extra special version of vegan hot cross buns featuring not one, but two types of chocolate chips! They're fluffy, will melt in your mouth and are better than store-bought. One of my fave vegan Easter recipes!

23. Vegan Easter Plait

Top down view of a German Easter plait topped with almonds.
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Ready in: 2 hours 5 minutes
Recipe By: Romy London
A classic German Easter plait with a deliciously more-ish layer of marzipan running through the centre. Beautiful to look at and to eat! What a treat. A classic vegan Easter recipe.

24. Gluten Free Easter Braid

Easter braid topped with almonds and served with apple sauce.
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Ready in: 3 hours and 30 minutes
Recipe by: Heavenlynn Healthy
In Germany, it’s traditional to make an Easter braid. This one is not only vegan, but gluten free and refined sugar-free too. A great healthy option at a time that is often filled with sugary treats!

25. Orange Easter Bread

Orange Easter Bread on a plate with an Easter wreath and plastic Easter eggs.
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Ready in: 1 hour 40 minutes
Recipe by: Klara's Life
Orange Easter Bread AKA Tsoureki is a Greek or Armenian Easter bread, often flavoured with orange zest. This bake is easy to make and only takes 40 minutes.

🧁 Easter Desserts and Treats

Desserts and treats are synonymous with vegan Easter recipes, right? This is the best selection from our favourite bloggers from around the globe!

26. Vegan Simnel Cake

Vegan simnel cake topped with marzipan balls, on a cake stand.
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Ready in: 2 hours 30 minutes
Recipe by: Domestic Gothess
Vegan Simnel cake is an amazing take on the traditional British Easter fruit cake featuring a delicious layer of marzipan, and it’s just as good as the original. It’s traditionally topped with 11 marzipan balls and often easter on Easter Sunday. The perfect cake for an Easter celebration!

27. Vegan Creme Egg Cheesecake

Vegan creme egg cheese cake topped with creme egg replicas that are cut in half.
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Ready in: 5 hours
Recipe by: Addicted to Dates
With a creamy tangy dairy-free vanilla filling on a cookie crust, stuffed with butterscotch sauce and topped with homemade vegan creme eggs, this vegan cheesecake is the ultimate Easter dessert!

28. Vegan Easter Biscuits

Two rows of vegan Easter cookies topped with small colourful chocolate eggs.
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Ready in: 25 minutes
Recipe by: A Mummy Too
These melt in the mouth cookies with a gentle vanilla flavour, pink icing and a cute nest of mini eggs are so delicious, you'd never guess that it's a gluten free and vegan Easter biscuits recipe!

29. Vegan Easter Dessert

Vegan easter dessert that looks like an egg in a chocolate cup holder.
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Ready in: 1 hour 20 minutes
Recipe by: Two City Vegans
These cute Easter desserts are so easy to make but will impress guests of all ages! Make the chocolate cups in advance and then the final preparation takes just minutes to throw together.

30. Carrot Cake Sugar Cookies

Carrot shaped sugar cookies with orange and green icing.
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Ready in: 43 minutes
Recipe by: Strength and Sunshine
These Gluten-Free Carrot Cake Sugar Cookies are fun, delicious, and full of veggies! They’re vegan and allergy-free, made with a carrot cake dough and decorated with dairy-free and naturally coloured white chocolate. They're a perfectly cute and kid-friendly treat for any Easter celebration!

31. Greek Orange Cookies

Greek orange cookies on a plate.
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Ready in: 40 minutes
Recipe by: Mamazilla Food
Ready in just 40 minutes, these traditional Greek orange cookies (Koulourakia) feature fragrant orange zest and juice. It's one of the lesser-known vegan Easter recipes but they’re often served at Easter in Greece and are great with coffee.

32. Raw Easter Cheesecake

A raw Easter cheesecake topped with golden raisins in the shape of a cross.
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Ready in: 1 hour 30 minutes
Recipe by: Gourmandelle
Pasca is a traditional Easter cheesecake from Romania. It’s a soft yeast bread with a sweet cheese and raisin filling, but this version has been made from cashews and is completely vegan.

33. Pascha (Vegan Cheesecake)

Vegan pascha cake with a slice chopped out of it.
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Ready in: 6 hours (with refrigeration)
Recipe by: NutriPlanet
Pascha is a cheesecake that’s served at Easter in Eastern Orthodox countries, and it’s significant because it’s usually made with foods that are forbidden in those cultures during lent. However, this version is totally vegan. But it still looks and tastes just as good! Featuring cashews, buckwheat and raisins, it is a real treat.

34. Vegan Easter Cupcakes

Yellow vegan easter cupcakes with eyes on the yellow frosting.
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Ready in: 1 hour 10 minutes
Recipe by: World of Vegan
Enjoy these adorable vegan Easter cupcakes with lemon buttercream frosting! Easy to make and a hit with the kids, these tasty treats come together in a little over an hour.

35. Carrot Cake Bites

Carrot cake bites on a plate, topped with grated carrot.
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Ready in: 5 hours (with freezing time)
Recipe by: Two City Vegans
Ideal for anyone following a raw vegan or gluten-free diet, these delicious carrot cake bites are the perfect vegan Easter treat! You can even make them a day or two ahead, so there's more time to spend with family, instead of in the kitchen.

36. Vegan Carrot Cake

A slice of vegan carrot cake with the full cake in the background.
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Ready in: 1 hour 15 mins
Recipe by: Little Sunny Kitchen
This recipe produces the perfect vegan carrot cake. It’s so simple, moist, and flavourful! The batter is prepared in just 15 minutes, then the cake is baked to perfection for an hour.

37. Vegan Carrot Cake Cheesecake

A vegan cheesecake topped with scrolls of carrot and herbs around the edge.
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Ready in: 4 hour 25 minutes
Recipe by: Addicted to Dates
This no-bake vegan carrot cake cheesecake is made with wholesome plant-based ingredients and comes together in just a few easy steps. A raw spiced carrot cake base topped with creamy and tangy cashew cheesecake.

38. Vegan Carrot Cake Cupcakes

Vegan carrot cake cupcakes on a cake stand
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Ready in: 35 minutes
Recipe by: Rainbow Nourishments
Scrumptious yet easy vegan carrot cake cupcakes with lots of beautiful spices, walnut pieces and the dreamiest dairy-free cream cheese frosting. Just like getting them from the bakery!

39. Vegan Trifle

A large vegan trifle in a large glass trifle bowl with fruit on top.
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Ready in: 4 hours 35 minutes
Recipe by: A Virtual Vegan
Vegan Trifle! Perfect for feeding a crowd this Easter. With layers of vanilla sponge, berry compote, custard and cream, it will certainly go down a treat!

40. Easter Egg Cheesecake

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Ready in: 10 hours (with chill time)
Recipe by: Baked by Clo
Creamy cheesecake served inside a dairy-free chocolate egg. An easy, no-bake recipe that will be loved by all! You'll never know it's vegan.

41. Lemon Easter Cupcakes

Vegan easter lemon cupcakes topped with jelly babies.
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Ready in: 45 minutes
Recipe by: Wallflower Kitchen
Light and zesty vegan cupcakes with lemon buttercream. Topped with jelly beans! These make great treats for Easter.

42. Vegan Funfetti Bunny Cake

Vegan funfetti bunny cake with large ears, and a slice on a plate.
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Ready in: 1 hour 30 minutes
Recipe by: Vegan Dollhouse
Bring some fun into your vegan Easter dinner celebrations with this Easter bunny themed funfetti cake.

43. Indulgent Easter Egg Cheesecake

Vegan cheesecake inside half an easter egg topped with strawberries and chocolate
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Ready in: 3 hours
Recipe by: Romy London
A truly egg-citing treat for Easter! This indulgent Easter egg cheesecake is made with a vegan chocolate Easter egg shell and filled with a deliciously creamy no-bake cheesecake. What a thing of beauty!

44. Vegan Peeps

Yellow vegan marshmellow peeps.
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Ready in: 2 hours 15 minutes
Recipe by: The Hidden Veggies
How cute are these peeps? Such an amazing vegan Easter recipe, made from vegan marshmallows! I’ve never heard of these before but had to include them in this list. They’re often put in Easter baskets in the US, it isn’t a tradition I’ve come across before but I love it!

🍫 Vegan Easter Chocolate Recipes

No vegan Easter recipes list would be complete without a vegan chocolate section! We've tried to include all the classics here, but made vegan.

45. Vegan Creme Eggs

Close up of a homemade vegan creme egg cut in half.
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Ready in: 1 hour 30 minutes
Recipe by: Baked by Clo
It wouldn't be a vegan Easter recipes list without including a vegan chocolate creme egg! No-bake chocolate eggs filled with creamy fondant. Just like Cadbury's but without the dairy!

46. Chocolate Truffles

Vegan chocolate truffles in a bowl.
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Ready in: 4.5 hours (including freezer time)
Recipe by: World of Vegan
This vegan Easter recipe is a must-make! Have a sweeter Easter with these beautiful chocolate truffles. Easy to make and a dream to eat.

47. Vegan Easter Nests

Vegan chocolate eggs in a nest surrounded by small petals.
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Ready in: 20 minutes
Recipe by: Sunny Side Hanne
You can still make Easter nests even if you’re vegan, as there’s plenty of vegan chocolate on the market and it can be made at home! So there’s no need to worry – vegan Easter is just as full of candy and treats just with a smidge more compassion.

48. Chocolate Cherry Espresso Pots

Chocolate mousse in espresso cups topped with cherries.
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Ready in: 4 hours 20 minutes (including freezer time)
Recipe by: Rebel Recipes
We couldn’t create a vegan Easter recipes list and not look to our friend Niki, from Rebel Recipes! These chocolate espresso pots are for the grown-ups, as they have a slight air of sophistication – featuring espresso paired with rich vegan chocolate and refreshing cherries!

🥞 Easter Brunch

We'll round off this ultimate Easter vegan recipes list with vegan brunch ideas! A little bit backwards but we decided that the roast is more important and everyone just thinks about chocolate at Easter. However, we didn't want to leave out the actual most important meal of the day!

49. Chickpea Flour Omelette (Vegan)

Chickpea flour omelette filled with mushrooms, with a side salad and bread.
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5 from 5 votes
Ready in: 10 minutes
Recipe by: Jess & Dan
The perfect vegan omelette is made using chickpea flour! A simple batter of chickpea flour, black salt, nutritional yeast and water comes together to make a surprisingly convincing eggless omelette alternative. It’s quick and easy to make, and versatile too – just add your favourite omelette fillings.

50. Vegan Savoury Pancakes

Side view of three pancakes on a plate topped with mushrooms and vegan creme fraîche.
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5 from 4 votes
Ready in: 45 minutes
Recipe by: Jess & Dan
These savoury pancakes need just 5 ingredients (plus toppings), are so easy and take just 45 minutes to make. They’re a great alternative (or accompaniment) to the usual sweet version!

51. Vegan Garlic Mushrooms in 15 minutes

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5 from 4 votes
Ready in: 15 minutes
Recipe by: Jess & Dan
Vegan garlic mushrooms are super easy to make, are absolutely delicious and only need four ingredients. They're perfect for serving on toast, or as part of a big breakfast.

52. Best Silken Tofu Scramble In Minutes

Soft tofu scramble on two halves of toast on a p;ate
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5 from 4 votes
Ready in: 10 minutes
Recipe by: Jess & Dan
Silken tofu scramble is a great breakfast option as it's delicious, healthy and rich in protein. Plus, you can make it in 15 minutes with only 4 ingredients!

53. Vegan Carrot Cake Porridge

Carrot cake porridge in a bowl topped with yoghurt, walnuts and grated carrot.
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5 from 3 votes
Ready in: 20 minutes
Recipe by: Jess & Dan
Carrot cake porridge (or oatmeal) is like having dessert for breakfast, but while also being kind of healthy! Grated carrot and apple, along with cinnamon and nutmeg, make a bowlful of oats into a delicious, hearty and comforting breakfast, that's perfect for the Easter weekend.

54. Spinach Crepes

Green crepes topped with tomatoes and asparagus.
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Ready in: 10 minutes
Recipe by: My Vegan Minimalist
Start the day with a savoury course, leaving plenty of space for sweet treats! Ready in just ten minutes and they can be topped with a selection of veggies of your choice.

55. Vegan Devilled Eggs

Vegan devilled eggs served on top of potatoes.
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Ready in: 20 minutes
Recipe by: Damn Tasty Vegan
Vegan Easter recipes are not just limited to chocolate Easter eggs! Oh no. A great option for part of a vegan Easter brunch is this vegan devilled eggs recipe. Just like the real deal and so easy to make.

56. Vegan Eggs Florentine

Vegan eggs florentine served on an English muffin with herbs on the plate too.
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Ready in: 50 minutes
Recipe by: Zucker + Jagdwurst
A breakfast classic, done vegan that packs in the flavour with a rich vegan hollandaise sauce, as well as garlicky spinach. Another great option for Easter brunch!

So, there you have it – a complete vegan Easter recipes list that leaves no stone unturned. We hope you have a lovely Easter and if we've missed out your favourite vegan Easter recipes, let us know what they are in the comments below!

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