20 Healthy Plant-Based Father’s Day Brunch Recipes Dad Will Love
Celebrate Father’s Day with 20 healthy plant-based brunch recipes perfect for family gatherings, BBQs, picnics, and outdoor meals. These hearty vegan and vegetarian recipes are fun to make with kids and delicious enough for Dad’s big appetite.
Celebrate Dad with this collection of 20 Healthy Plant-Based Father’s Day Brunch Recipes that are hearty, flavorful, and perfect for sharing with family and friends. Featuring everything from satisfying breakfast dishes to grill-ready favorites, these vegan and vegetarian recipes are ideal for backyard BBQs, picnics, outdoor brunches, and festive gatherings. Best of all, many of these easy recipes are fun to make with kids, creating delicious memories in the kitchen while preparing a special meal for Dad.
The fathers in your life deserve some special attention on Father’s Day. So, why not dish out an extra dose of love with a healthy, delicious, completely plant-based (vegan) Father’s Day brunch menu? That’s right! Calling all kids of all ages to get in the kitchen and whip up a special breakfast in bed, lazy Sunday morning breakfast, or sparkling brunch for your dad. I guarantee he’ll enjoy that more than any tie or cologne set, too! I’ve put together some of my all-time favorite brunch recipes into one fabulous menu of recipes, just perfect for inspiring a healthy, fun day with dad. These are all recipes I’ve turned to time and time again in my kitchen for my own guys. Here’s a special call out to all of the special guys out there, including Peter, the father of my two sons. Happy Father’s Day!
20 Healthy Plant-Based Father’s Day Brunch Recipes Dad Will Love
Father’s Day Beverage Recipes:
Smoky Jalapeno Hibiscus Cooler
This recipe for Smoky Jalapeno Hibiscus Cooler has no added sugars in the mixture, and relies on naturally sweet citrus to give it a slightly sweet taste.
Muddled Strawberry Lemon Agave Margarita
Skip those sugar-sweet, fake margarita mixes, and make up your own with just four ingredients: strawberries, lemons, agave syrup, and silver tequila.
Naturally sweet dates are the basis for this ultra creamy, healthy, delicious vegan date shake, which happens to be dairy-free, added-sugar free, and gluten-free.
Father’s Day Appetizer Recipes:
Easy Classic Tomato Bruschetta
This vegan Classic Bruschetta is so easy to make at home, and it’s the perfect summertime dish to make the most of those rich, juicy tomatoes.
Enjoy this simple easy Hummus with Green Peas recipe, which offers a healthy taste, bright green color, and powerful nutrition profile.
Father’s Day Main Dish Recipes:
This zesty potato hash is filled with farm-fresh produce, including zucchini, bell peppers, red onions, and parsley. It also calls upon tempeh—the plant-protein superstar made out of fermented soy and grains. This hash is perfect for your Father’s day breakfast or brunch.
Scrambled Turmeric Tofu with Mushrooms and Greens
This rich, savory scrambled turmeric dish will satisfy your guy’s palate at the breakfast table. With a hint of earthy greens and sun-dried tomatoes, this hearty scramble can be the star of the plate.
Vegetarian English Breakfast: Baked Tomatoes, Beans, English Muffins
This hearty plant-based vegetarian English breakfast is based on baked beans, baked tomatoes, English muffins, and avocado slices.
Spicy Sweet Potato Sorghum Veggie Burgers
These Spicy Sorghum Sweet Potato Veggie Burgers are filled with the nutrition power of whole grain sorghum, black beans, sweet potatoes, and veggies.
Father’s Day Side Dish Recipes:
Quick, healthy, and absolutely delicious—these herb grilled vegetables are vegan, vegetarian, and gluten-free. Perfect for summer grilling or weeknight dinners!
Make this easy Lime Dill Roasted Asparagus recipe as a simple side-dish, which is loaded with fresh flavors and packed with nutrition.
Father’s Day Salad Recipes:
Herbed Green Bean Potato Salad
This vegan, gluten-free Herbed Green Bean Potato Salad is a breath of fresh air—just toss potatoes and green beans with a mustard-olive oil vinaigrette.
Grilled Corn & Potato Salad with Crispy Sage
Put together this Grilled Corn and Potato Salad with Sage Leaves as a plant-based (vegan), gluten-free twist on a classic potato salad.
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.
Father’s Day Baked Goods Recipes:
These vegan, whole grain waffles call upon the fabulous combo of dark chocolate and orange, which will impress all the guys in your life!
Almond Buckwheat Pancakes with Gingered Peach Topping
Buckwheat has a wild, nutty flavor that accents baked goods, such as hearty pancakes, so well. In this whole grain Almond Buckwheat Pancake recipe, applesauce adds its fruity, natural sweetness to the mix, along with the crunch and nutrition power of almonds.
Sunshine Whole Wheat Orange Rolls
These healthy, yummy Sunshine Whole Wheat Orange Rolls are vegan and filled with the bright aromas and taste of citrus.
Chocolate Zucchini Power Muffins
You won’t believe the plant power in these mega nutritious, plant-based (vegan) Chocolate Zucchini Power Muffins! They are packed with dark chocolate, zucchini, avocados, hemp, chia, flax, and more—thus, they are rich in healthy fats, fiber, vitamins, minerals, and antioxidant compounds, compliments of whole plants. The perfect baked accompaniment to power your father’s day brunch.
Father’s Day Dessert Recipes:
This easy purple powered recipe for Super Berry Quinoa Acai Bowl offers a healthy dose of plant protein and fiber, along with phytochemicals from acai, blueberries, and blackberries. Meal prep them for a healthy breakfast or snack.
Easy Summer Fruit Skillet Cobbler
This healthy vegan summer fruit cobbler is easy, low in sugar, and made in one skillet! Use berries, peaches, plums—whatever’s in season. Delicious & light!
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