Top 20 Plant-Based Labor Day Picnic Recipes
Celebrate Labor Day with 20 delicious plant-based picnic recipes, from salads and sandwiches to grilled dishes, sides, snacks, and desserts perfect for summer gatherings.
Make your Labor Day celebration delicious with these Top 20 Plant-Based Labor Day Picnic Recipes! This colorful collection features a variety of easy, crowd-pleasing vegan picnic recipes for every category, including salads, sandwiches, wraps, grilled dishes, hearty sides, appetizers, snacks, and desserts. Whether you’re heading to a backyard barbecue, park picnic, camping or RV trip, or casual Labor Day gathering, these healthy plant-based recipes are perfect for sharing and celebrating the end of summer with flavorful, seasonal foods. One of my favorite ways to celebrate Labor Day is with a good old-fashioned picnic in the outdoors! I love to enjoy those last warm summer days with a good, hearty hike with friends and family, followed by a luscious plant-powered meal focusing on the season’s best produce. I put together some of my favorite plant-based picnic recipes perfect for your Labor Day festivities. Enjoy!
Top 20 Plant-Based Labor Day Picnic Recipes
Labor Day Beverage Recipes
Iced Green Tea with Lemon and Cucumbers
Enjoy a naturally refreshing and healthy beverage for your picnic, such as this custom blend of green tea with lemon and cucumbers. Mix up a batch and put it in an insulated beverage cooler to cool down your guests.
Make this refreshing Ginger Pink Lemonade with fresh lemons, ginger, berries, and just a touch of agave. A naturally sweetened, healthy summer drink for parties and picnics.
Labor Day Appetizer & Snack Recipes
I love the sweet-tart taste of red raspberries paired with unexpected flavors, such as the spiciness of a salsa. This recipe is super easy to whip up and oh-so-pretty at your next party! Plus, raspberries are packed with nutrition for such a skinny calorie return.
Enjoy this simple easy Hummus with Green Peas recipe, which offers a healthy taste, bright green color, and powerful nutrition profile.
This 100% plant-based recipe for Smoky Rosemary Snack Mix is just packed with the flavors of rosemary, smoke, and spice—all with the crunchiness of wheat cereal, pretzels, peanuts, and crackers.
Labor Day Salad Recipes
This classic, traditional potato salad hails from Pantelleria in the Sicilian Islands of Italy. You can make this delicious, healthy, Mediterranean-style recipe in about 30 minutes with only 7 ingredients.
Green Bean, Chickpea, and Farro Salad with Za’atar
The Middle Eastern flavors shine right through in this nutritious, protein-rich, 100% plant-based Green Bean, Chickpea, and Farro Salad with Za’atar. Za’atar is a common seasoning—a mixture of sesame, sumac, and thyme—used in Arabic cuisine. You can find it in many specialty shops, or just mix it up yourself.
Pesto Fusilli Pasta Salad with Corn and Tomatoes
This vibrant, colorful Pesto Fusilli Pasta Salad with Corn and Tomatoes is packed with flavor and nutrition, compliments of an easy homemade pesto, fusilli pasta, grilled corn, and cashew parmesan. This pesto pasta salad is vegan, and can be easily made gluten-free by using gluten-free pasta.
Labor Day Sandwiches & Burger Recipes
Now this is what I call healthy, delicious eating on the run! Filled with a colorful, flavorful tofu, papaya, and coconut filling, this wrap is a delicious treat for your picnic lunch. Stock up on powerful nutrients, such as beta-carotene, vitamin C, fiber, and protein in this meal-in-one.
Greek Chickpea and Vegetable Filled Pitas
I love the Greek flair of these hearty, double chickpea and vegetable filled pita sandwiches, which can be thrown together in 5 minutes with 6 ingredients! These pitas are perfect for packing up for your picnic, or just bring along the ingredients and let your guests make their own pitas the way they like them.
These Edamame Grain Vegan Burgers are so yummy and easy to make, plus they are packed with powerful nutrients.
Labor Day Main Dish Recipes
Smoky Vegan Baked Beans from Scratch
Make healthy vegetarian and vegan baked beans from scratch—no oil, no refined sugar! Sweetened naturally with molasses and apple juice, smoky, protein-rich, and easy. Also gluten-free!
Hawaiian Tempeh Barbeque Skewers
Put together these fresh Hawaiian Tempeh Barbeque Skewers featuring tempeh, pineapple, bell pepper, and a fabulous Hawaiian Marinade.
Greek Black Eyed Peas Vegan Meatballs
These savory little Greek Black Eyed Peas Vegan Meatballs are filled with the fresh flavors of the Mediterranean.
Labor Day Side Recipes
Vegan Cauliflower Broccoli Casserole
Make this delicious Vegan Cauliflower Broccoli Casserole for a hearty, nutritious, and comforting meal. Packed with plant-based ingredients and a rich rosemary crumb topping, it’s the perfect vegan casserole side dish for any occasion, from Sunday night family dinners to holiday sides.
Quick, healthy, and absolutely delicious—these herb grilled vegetables are vegan, vegetarian, and gluten-free. Perfect for summer grilling or weeknight dinners!
Vegan Mac and Cheese with Peas
Get this easy, classic Vegan Mac and Cheese with Peas in the oven in under 10 minutes, based on simple items you can stock in your pantry.
Labor Day Dessert Recipes
This is a classic recipe from the 60s, which I give a modern, plant-based update. You can make these crunchy cookies as healthy as you like by playing with how much whole grain flour you use, too.
Easy Vegan Strawberry Rhubarb Cobbler
This easy vegan strawberry rhubarb cobbler is the perfect mix of sweet and tart! Made with simple, plant-based ingredients and topped with a golden, fluffy crust.
This simple, serene Rustic White Peach Pecan Tart features pale white-pink peaches and melt-in-your mouth golden pastry. It’s the perfect vegan dessert!
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