35 Plant-Based St. Patrick’s Day Recipes

Sharon Palmer

Published on March 11, 2020

Updated on April 23, 2021

Celebrate St. Patrick’s Day with this collection of 35 Plant-Based St. Patrick’s Day Recipes.

Top of the morning! It’s time for St. Patrick’s Day, for most people means green beer, corned beef and cabbage, and more green beer. But I’m mixing up the focus today with a healthier, lighter take on St. Patty’s Day. Why not just go green—on the plate and your carbon footprint—by powering up on plant-powered foods that are vibrant in the color green, or inspired by Irish food traditions? That’s why I asked some of my favorite bloggers to share their best plant-based St. Patrick’s Day recipes perfect for a healthy week of green living—plus these recipes are wonderfully delicious for your festivities. From beverages to soups to entrees to side dishes to desserts, we’ve got an amazing collection of 35 Plant-Based St. Patrick’s Day Recipes, all with a vegan interpretation.

Beverages

Baileys Almond Milk, Emese Maczko, My Pure Plants
Baileys Irish Cream, Kristina Sloggett, Spabettie
Green Pistachio Smoothie, Sharon Palmer, MSFS, RDN, The Plant-Powered Dietitian
Mint Matcha Smoothie, Jennifer Thurman Sebestyen, Veggie Inspired

Shamrock Shake, Lizzie Streit, MS, RD, It’s A Veg World After All (shown above)

Soups and Stews

Cold Cucumber Avocado Soup, Sharon Palmer, MSFS, RDN, The Plant-Powered Dietitian (shown above)
Colcannon Soup, Dianne Wenz, Dianne’s Vegan Kitchen
Green Pea and Mint Soup, Prajakta Sukhatme, Profusion Curry

Guinness Stew, Sharon Palmer, MSFS, RDN, The Plant-Powered Dietitian (shown above)

Hearty Vegetable Stew, Verna Anne Rindler, The Cheeky Chickpea (shown above)
Irish Stew, Jeni Hernandez, Thyme and Love

Entrees

Corned “Beef” and Cabbage, Florentina Lile, Veggie Society (shown above)
Green Mac and “Cheese”, Sophia Tsoukas DeSantis, Veggies Don’t Bite

Rustic Mung Bean Shepherd’s Pie, Rebecca Pytell, Strength and Sunshine (shown above)
Rustic Corn Potato “Sausage” Hash, Sharon Palmer, MSFS, RDN, The Plant-Powered Dietitian
Scalloped Potato and Cabbage Casserole, Dianna Dyer, Plant Based Cooking

Shepherd’s Pie, Dixya Bhattarai, MS, RD, LD, Food Pleasure and Health (shown above)

Side Dishes

Braised Cabbage, Rebecca Sullivan Fallihee, Eggplant and Olive Oil
Corned Jackfruit, Sarah De la Cruz, Fried Dandelions

Creamed Spinach, Prajakta Sukhatme, Profusion Curry (shown above)

Instant Pot Cabbage, Shane Martin, Shane and Simple (shown above)

Potato Leek Pancakes, Tracy Leigh Smith Halasz, Simply CeeCee (shown above)
Traditional Irish Colcannon, Rebecca Pytell, Strength and Sunshine
Roasted Cabbage and Golden Beet Pot O’Gold, Jenny Shea Rawn, MS, RD, My Cape Cod Kitchen

Breads

Banana Spinach Pancakes, Rosa Tamm, This Healthy Kitchen

Easy No-Knead Beer Bread, Elena Szeliga, Happy Kitchen (shown above)
Gluten Free Irish Soda Bread, Jeanette Kimszal, RD
The Best Brown Soda Bread, Alisa Marie Fleming, Go Dairy Free

Desserts

Frosted Mint Brownies, Sarah Jane Parker, The Fit Cookie (shown above)
Grasshopper Pie, Monica Morgan Davis, The Hidden Veggies
Matcha Strawberry Cake, Rhian Williams, Rhian’s Recipes

Mint Chocolate Cupcakes, Rebecca Pytell, Strength and Sunshine (shown above)
Mint Cream Icebox Dessert, Jennifer Thurman Sebestyen, Veggie Inspired