50 Light and Lean Vegan Comfort Food Recipes

Looking for vegan comfort food recipes that are healthier for you? Then you’ll love this collection of 50 Light and Lean Vegan Comfort Food Recipes.

Now is the time to dive into healthy vegan comfort food recipes that are healthier for you with a passion! I just can’t get enough of comforting soups, stews, nourish bowls, hearty salads, casseroles, and healthy treats that are made healthy and delicious with whole plants. That’s why I asked some of my favorite food bloggers to share their absolute best, plant-powered, light, healthy, and delicious vegan comfort food dishes with you today. Each recipe is nutritious and satisfying while being modest in total calories, saturated fat, sodium, and added sugars. So, get ready to be inspired with this gorgeous collection of 50 Light and Lean Vegan Comfort Food Recipes. I can’t wait to make them all!

Eat and Live Well,

Sharon

50 Light and Lean Vegan Comfort Food Recipes

Salads

Avocado Zucchini Salad, Charla Harris, That Girl Cooks Healthy
Cauliflower Cranberry Superfood Salad, Karman Meyer, RDN, The Nutrition Adventure
Forbidden Black Rice Mango Salad, Kaila Prolux, Healthy Helper
Fresh Asian Salad with Peanut Tofu and Rice Noodles, Niki Webster, Rebel Recipes

Grapefruit Quinoa Salad with Herbs and Walnuts, Tricia Bozeman, Rhubarbarians (shown above)
Nicoise-Inspired Salad with Spiralized Cucumber, Kari Gray, Beautiful Ingredient
Red Kuri Squash and Quinoa Salad with Maple Dijon Dressing, Patricia Bannan, MS, RDN

Sofritas Taco Salad, Cara Harbstreet, RDN, Street Smart Nutrition (shown above)
Southwest Couscous Salad, Julia Nickerson, Savory Tooth

Winter Fennel Salad, Sara Trezzi, Gathering Dreams (shown above)

Soups

Black-Eyed Pea Sweet Potato Chili, Sharon Palmer, MSFS, RDN, The Plant-Powered Dietitian 

Carrot, Red Lentil, and Spinach Soup, Alexandrea Daum, Occasionally Eggs (shown above)
Classic French Onion Soup, Sharon Palmer, MSFS, RDN, The Plant-Powered Dietitian

Gingered Red Kuri Squash Soup with Pomegranates, Sharon Palmer, MSFS, RDN, The Plant-Powered Dietitian (shown above)
Golden Lentil Barley Soup, Shannon Cebron, Yup, It’s Vegan

Instant Pot Lentil Soup, Maria Delio, Yummy Mummy Kitchen (shown above)
Instant Pot Vegetable Barley Soup, Sharon Palmer, MSFS, RDN, The Plant-Powered Dietitian
Miso Soup with Shiitake Mushrooms and Baby Bok Choy, The Artful Appetite
Sweet Potato and Black Bean Chili, Liz Weiss, MS, RDN, Liz’s Healthy Table
Vegetable Bean Soup, Amy Katz, Veggies Save the Day

White Bean Soup, Michelle Blackwood, Healthier Steps (shown above)

Entrées

Black Bean and Zucchini Vegan Enchiladas, Jennifer Sebestyen, Veggie Inspired (shown above)
Broccoli Tofu Quiche, Ginny McMeans, Vegan in the Freezer
Buckwheat Mushroom Risotto, Jo Mills, Eat. Thrive. Glow.
Butternut Squash Noodles with Spinach and Mushrooms, Kelly Page, Tasting Page
Cauliflower Ricotta and Spinach Stuffed Shells, Milka Kostic, Eat the Vegan Rainbow
Creamy Avocado Pasta with Cherry Tomatoes and Zucchini, Chelsey Amer, RDN, C It Nutritionally

Easy Vegetable Tofu Bibimbap Skillet, Sharon Palmer, MSFS, RDN, The Plant-Powered Dietitian (shown above)
Gluten-Free Quinoa Vegetable Pilau, Shahzadi Devje, RDN, Desilicious RD

Green Bean Mushroom Pot Pies with Mashed Potatoes, Sharon Palmer, MSFS, RDN, The Plant-Powered Dietitian (shown above)
Lentil Walnut Bolognese with Spaghetti, Sharon Palmer, MSFS, RDN, The Plant-Powered Dietitian 

Green Goddess Grain Bowl, Sharon Palmer, MSFS, RDN, The Plant-Powered Dietitian (shown above)

Jambalaya, Melissa Copeland, The Stingy Vegan (shown above)
Korean Tacos, Johanne Rosenthal, Sunnyside Hanne

Levantine Socca Pizza, Rebecca Pytell, Strength and Sunshine (shown above)
Mushroom Spinach Tofu Pie, Sharon Palmer, MSFS, RDN, The Plant-Powered Dietitian
Mushroom Stroganoff, Sharon Palmer, MSFS, RDN, The Plant-Powered Dietitian
Quinoa Stir Fry, Ania Wie, Anna Banana

Spicy Sorghum Sweet Potato Veggie Burgers, Sharon Palmer, MSFS, RDN, The Plant-Powered Dietitian (shown above)

The Best Easy Vegan Lasagna, Alexis Joseph, Hummusapien (shown above)
Tofu Sweet Potato Bowl, Christin McKamey, The Veggie Chick

Zucchini Ravioli, Sophia De Santis, Veggies Don’t Bite (shown above)

Desserts

Apple Blondies with Caramel Glaze, Bakerita (shown above)
Chocolate Cake, Trinity Bourne, Trinity’s Conscious Kitchen
Chocolate Pudding, Amy Gorin, MS, RDN, Amy Gorin Nutrition

Easy Chocolate Chia Pudding with Strawberries, Sharon Palmer, MSFS, RDN, The Plant-Powered Dietitian (shown above)
Easy Orange Cake Balls, Emily Spain, Pretty Pies
Maple Pecan Bars, Heart of a Baker

Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Cookie Bars, Love and Lemons (shown above)
Strawberry Rhubarb Cobbler, Sharon Palmer, MSFS, RDN, The Plant-Powered Dietitian

For other light and lean comfort food recipes, check out some of my favorites:

Classic Tomato Soup
Three Sisters Chili
Red Lentil Stew with Root Vegetables