40 TOP Plant-Based Canned Tomato Recipes

Turn a can of tomatoes into a fabulous dish with this delicious collection of 40 best plant-based (vegan) canned tomato recipes.

Just in time for comfort food season, I’m bringing you this fabulous collection of plant-based canned tomato recipes. You’ll find everything here, from soups and stews to pasta and casseroles. It’s so easy to just grab a can of tomato products, such as canned tomatoes, pasta sauce, and salsa, and make a healthy, delicious meal in minutes. So go ahead, paint your plate red with tomatoes!

40 TOP Plant-Based Canned Tomato Recipes

Chili, Soups, and Stews

Chickpea, Chard and Potato Stew, Elaine Lander, Seasoned Vegetable (shown above)
Chickpea Tomato Stew, Louise-Claire Cayzer, The Vegan Larder
Chunky Vegan Tomato Bisque with Hidden Veggies, Sophia DeSantis, Veggies Don’t Bite

Creamy Tomato & Red Pepper Soup with Basil Chickpeas, Caitlin Shoemaker, From My Bowl (shown above)
Creamy Tomato Soup, Katie Morford, RDN, Mom’s Kitchen Handbook

French Wild Rice Vegetable Soup, Sharon Palmer, RDN, The Plant-Powered Dietitian (shown above)
Hearty Vegetable Soup, Diane Fahrenkrug, Delightful Mom Food
Instant Pot Caballero Bean and Soy Curl Chili, Kathy Hester, Plant-Based Instant Pot
Italian Lemon Rosemary Barley Soup, Linda Meyer, Veganosity

One Pot Vegan Minestrone Soup, Jess Hoffman, Choosing Chia (shown above)

Sweet Potato and Kale Chili, Aimee Ryan, Wallflower Kitchen (shown above)
Tomato Rice Vegetable Soup, Brandi Doming, The Vegan 8
Vegan Lasagna Soup, Dianne Wenz, Dianne’s Vegan Kitchen

Vegan One Pot 3 Bean, Kale & Mushroom Stew, Tamsin Musgrave, Cupful of Kale (shown above)

Vegan Pumpkin Chili, Amy Katz, Veggies Save the Day (shown above)
Vegan Spanish Chickpea Stew, Rhian Williams, Rhian’s Recipes

Vegan Tortilla Soup with Jackfruit, Sarah McMinn, My Darling Vegan (shown above)
Very Veggie Bean Chili, Chelsey Amer, RDN, C It Nutritionally

Pasta Dishes

Baked Pumpkin Pasta, Amy Reese, Bear Plate (shown above)
Classic Vegan Baked Ziti, Sam Turnbull, It Doesn’t Taste Like Chicken

Tomato Pasta Bake with Garlicky Crumb Topping, Melanie McDonald, A Virtual Vegan (shown above)
Vegan Chickpea Noodles with Garlic Tomato Sauce, Richa Hingle, Vegan Richa

Vegan Stuffed Shells, Kerrie Dare, Plant and Vine (shown above)
Vegan Sweet Potato Lasagna, Amy Lyons, Fragrant Vanilla

Walnut Tomato Sauce with Zucchini Lasagna Noodles, Sharon Palmer, RDN, The Plant-Powered Dietitian (shown above)

Curry Dishes

Cauliflower, Sweet Potato, Chickpea Curry, Alexandrea Daum, Occasionally Eggs (shown above)
BEST Chana Masala with Brown Rice, Sharon Palmer, RDN, The Plant-Powered Dietitian
Easy Chana Masala with Chickpeas & Yams, Diane Smith, Plant-Based Cooking

Red Lentil Dahl, Katherine Hackworthy, Veggie Desserts (shown above)
Simple Chickpea Curry, Alexandra Tugada, Home Baked Vegan
Tempeh Tikki Masala, Rebeca Fallihee, Eggplant and Olive
Tomato Sev Curry, Anjali Lalani, Vegetarian Gastronomy

Tacos and Sandwiches

Mexican Sloppy Joe Tacos, Ginny McMeans, Vegan in the Freezer (shown above)
Paprika Baked Bean Tacos, Amy Lanza, Nourishing Amy
Smoky Lentil Sloppy Joes, Gwen Leron, Delightful Adventures

Casseroles and Side Dishes

Colcannon-Topped Vegan Shepherds’ Pie, Kate Ford, The Veg Space (shown above)

Creamy Vegan Barley Risotto Stuffed Zucchini, Eva Agha, The Curious Chickpea (shown above)
Moroccan Chickpea Lentil Potato Casserole, Florian Nouh, Contendness Cooking
Roast Vegetable, Veggie Sausage and Chickpea Bake, Jacqueline Meldrum, Tinned Tomatoes
Spiced Tomato Cauliflower, Judy Barbe, RDN, Live Best

For some of my favorite plant-based recipes featuring tomatoes, check out these:

Tomato Pesto Hummus
Lentil Walnut Bolognese with Spaghetti
Zesty Tomato Smoothie

Image: This recipe for Chickpea Shakshuka appears in my new book California Vegan.