Think being vegan during Passover is challenging? We've got you covered with these fun and creative Vegan Passover recipes to add to your menu. You can avoid chametz and kitniyot while indulging in your favorite holiday dishes. Enjoy!
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Passover 2024 starts on the evening of Monday, April 22, and ends after nightfall on Tuesday, April 30th.
Vegan on Passover
Navigating Passover as a vegan may be daunting and a little challenging.
Here's why: During Passover, it is customary not to consume wheat, barley, rye, oats, spelt, or any products made with those grains.
For those of Ashkenazi heritage, additional restrictions extend to legumes such as beans, lentils, and peanuts, along with rice, corn, soy, mustard, and sesame seeds. As well as some vegetables such as peas and green beans. However, those of Sephardic descent have no additional restrictions, but customs vary depending on family origin.
While these guidelines are adhered to by most Orthodox Jewish American households, variations exist based on familial customs passed down through generations and different levels of observance.
Let's say, that it is more fun to be Sephardic during Passover, especially if you are vegan. So, yeah, depending on your customs your food options shrink down big time during the 8 days of Passover. And if you're used to getting your protein from soy and beans, it's even trickier.
Charoset Recipe Sephardic Style
This passover recipe is naturally sweet and sugar free, as well as being vegan and gluten free, you can enjoy this Passover classic all year long.
Mediterranean Quinoa Salad with Roasted Vegetables
Our Mediterranean quinoa salad recipe is filled with roasted vegetables and fresh cucumbers. It's easy to make, healthy, tasty, and will soon become your go-to salad to serve as a light lunch or as a side on Passover. This recipe contains chickpeas, skip them if you don eat kitniyot.
Sweet Potato Quinoa Vegan Meatballs In Mango Coconut Sauce
These delectable sweet potato and quinoa vegan meatballs are served in a mouthwatering mango, pineapple, and coconut sauce! We challenge you to find a tastier vegan main for Passover!
Cinnamon Raisin Quinoa Granola
Not a huge Passover cereal fan? Make your own! This granola beats anything you can get in the store. And you can customize it with your favorite add-ons! Cinnamon Raisin Quinoa Granola is a sweet and satisfying breakfast or light dessert to enjoy during Passover.
Cauliflower Rice
If you're avoiding kitniyot during Passover, this simple and tasty vegan dish made with fresh herbs and cauliflower is for you.
Roasted Celeriac with Olive Pistachio Gremolata
Vegan and Gluten-Free Passover Recipe. Plant-forward. Explore new veggies while enjoying a really tasty dinner.
The Best Roasted Potatoes
Not all roasted potatoes are created equal. These potatoes are perfectly seasoned with Lemon, Oregano, and Sumac making them full of tangy Mediterranean flavor. After roasting, sprinkle a little salt to fully bring out the flavors.
Sweet Potato Shepherd's Pie
A hearty vegan entrée for Passover and all-year-round, this savory Vegan Sweet Potato Shepherd’s Pie brings together ingredients that are incredibly nutritious and comforting at the same time!
Eggplant Caponata
One of our favorite roasted eggplant recipes is Caponata, a Sicilian dish that’s created with a base of roasted eggplant and peppers. Serve it on Matza or as a topping for your favorite protein!
Beet Cauliflower Dip
Colorful, creamy with cumin and fresh citrus, this cauliflower beet dip is perfect for a light lunch or dinner, as an appetizer, or as an indulgent midnight snack. Great Vegan Passover recipe.
Cauliflower Fried Rice
Move over eggs and potatoes. This Cauliflower Fried Rice is about to become your new staple during Passover.
Warm Braised Celery Salad
Warm braised celery salad. We have elevated celery to a delectable vegetarian side dish spiced with turmeric, pepper, and cumin with a touch of tangy lemon.
Spinach Recipe - Espinacas a la Catalana - Spinach with Pine Nuts and Raisins
This Spanish Spinach recipe from the Catalonia region of Spain comes together in no time. Pine nuts and Spinach are added to garlic sauteed spinach. This classic Catalan dish is a fabulous side dish for a weeknight or holiday dinner.
Pickled Carrots and Fennel
Pickled Carrots and Fennel is an easy, quick, tangy snack. It’s a little bit spicy, crunchy, and flavorful! Add them to sandwiches, tacos, green salads, or just enjoy them as a healthy, low-calorie snack.
Moroccan Vegetable Stew
This is not your everyday vegetable stew! Our Moroccan vegetable stew has a unique spice blend that adds a punch of flavor to this super comforting veggie-filled dish. Enjoy it anytime with our flavorful, comforting, super satisfying stew.
Quinoa Breakfast Cookies
Quinoa, almond flour, and a dollop of jelly make for the tastiest Quinoa Breakfast Cookies around! Make them for Passover or anytime you’re craving a treat that’s also nutritious.
Turmeric Zucchini Cauliflower Soup Recipe
Rich, creamy and full of flavor, our cauliflower soup recipe is perfect for when you don’t feel like spending hours at the stove! Great as a winter or summer soup, enjoy it hot or cold!
Matzo Ball Soup
This recipe has a vegan broth that is full of flavor so you can enjoy this comforting classic during Passover. Just make sure to use an egg-free matzo ball recipe!
Thai Coconut Soup
This exotic Thai coconut soup is one of the most popular dishes in Thai cuisine and no wonder – it is a delightful blend of creamy coconut milk, mushrooms, and Asian flavorings. Plus, our vegan recipe uses easily-found ingredients to make an exquisite soup!
The Most Comforting Vegetable Soup
This is our go-to hot, comforting, healing vegetable soup. Loaded with healthy vegetables and spices, it packs so much flavor that you don’t even need to use vegetable broth.
Creamy Tomato and Roasted Eggplant Soup
Make this tomato and roasted eggplant soup when you’re craving something super creamy, filling, satisfying, and low-calorie. A pot and a baking sheet are all you need to prepare it! Our roasted eggplant and tomato soup is vegan and gluten-free. Don’t like eggplant? Scroll down and you’ll find some variations that are just as delicious.
Creamy Celeriac Soup
This creamy vegan parsnip and celeriac soup with Moroccan crunchy vegetable chips is a warm and satisfying vegan option for Passover, Rosh Hashanah, or any regular weeknight dinner.
Grilled Tricolor Hasselback Potatoes with Romesco Sauce
These delicious Grilled Tricolor Hasselback Potatoes with Romesco Sauce are a combination of two of our favorite Spanish dishes: “Patatas Bravas” (roasted potatoes with spicy sauce) and “Romesco”, a traditional Spanish sauce/spread that is served along with grilled vegetables, or as a dip. This dish can be grilled or roasted and can be served as an appetizer or side dish. This is the ultimate vegan Passover recipe comfort food.
Super Easy Quinoa Salad Recipe
A Powerhouse Quinoa Salad Recipe that brings a double dose of Protein and Antioxidants. Simply swap mustard for prepared horseradish for the dressing, if you don't eat mustard on Passover.
Kohlrabi Slaw with Cashew Cream
This vegan Passover recipe is a no-mayo Kohlrabi Slaw with Cashew Cream. It is loaded with apples, carrots, and freshly squeezed lemon juice.
Gluten Free Quinoa Paella
This Vegan Gluten Free Quinoa Paella is a delicious twist on the Spanish classic. Quick and easy to make, full of flavor and plant-based protein. Great for Passover, holiday dinner or weeknight dinner. One of our most requested Vegan Passover Recipes and it's so fun to see the large paella pan set on the table.
Vegan Quinoa Stuffed Zucchini Boats
These Vegan Quinoa Stuffed Zucchini boats are a great gluten-free entree you can enjoy during Passover and all year round!
Braised Eggplant in Fresh Tomato Sauce
This rich and hearty braised eggplant in fresh tomato sauce is a great way to utilize your fresh summer veggies. Light, nutritious, and full of flavor!
Roasted Beet Salad with Horseradish Alioli and Caramelized Walnuts
Horseradish doesn't have to be reserved for just the bitter herbs portion of your seder plate. It takes this beet salad up a notch alongside caramelized garlic.
Quinoa Tabbouleh
This recipe replaces the chametz bulgar wheat with the superfood quinoa. Tossed with olive oil, salt, lemon zest and parsley, this Lebanese salad will feel right at home on your Passover table.
Passover Coconut Ginger Carrot Rice
This flavorful, grain-free Passover Coconut Ginger Carrot Rice is a great side dish to serve during the Holiday and all year long. Vegan and gluten-free.
Braised Fennel with Apricots and Figs
A little sweet, a little savory, and bursting with flavor! Serve it as a side, or as an entree with some quinoa or rice.
Israeli Salad Quinoa Bowl
If you are craving a quick, easy and refreshing Quinoa Bowl, make this simple yet flavorful Mediterranean salad recipe. Contains Kitniyot.
Vegan Shepherd's Pie
This Vegan Shepherd’s Pie is the ultimate vegan comfort food. Warm, delicious, comforting and you won't miss the meat!
Mushroom Stuffed Potatoes
A beautiful savory dish that will keep you fully satisfied during Passover.
Romesco Sauce
Romesco is a wonderful, thick, tasty sauce/dip from the Catalonia region of Spain. It’s traditionally served along with big, thick spring onions, grilled to perfection, and it works wonderfully well with roasted vegetables.
Chili Roasted Carrots with Avocado Cilantro Dressing
Our creamy green avocado cilantro dressing is perfect for dressing up cooked vegetables, salads, and bean medley and takes our roasted chili carrots to a whole new level.
Roasted Olives
These roasted olives are the perfect addition to a roasted vegetable tray, as a side dish, or even just as a snack with Matzah or Passover crackers.
Patatas Bravas
Patatas bravas is one of the most popular tapas from Spain. This simple, yet delicious tapa is traditionally made with fried potatoes topped with a spicy sauce.
Roasted Rainbow Carrots
Roasted Rainbow Carrots are an easy-to-make Passover Side Dish that you may serve on your Passover Seder table as well as on regular weeknights. Keep this roasted carrot recipe handy to easily make a batch of perfectly roasted carrots whenever you’d like.
Mashed Cauliflower with Herbed Chestnuts
Creamy and comforting, this mashed cauliflower recipe can easily replace mashed potatoes on your Thanksgiving table! And the hearty herbed chestnut topping adds a wonderful punch of flavor.
Sweet Potato Fries
No matter how many batches of sweet potato fries me make, our family always wants more. That’s how good our baked sweet potato fries are!
Tri-colored Roasted Potatoes with Harissa Sauce
This spicy, colorful, roasted potato medley with harissa sauce combines three different potatoes with smoky paprika for a delicious twist on a Passover roasted potato recipe.
Warm Roasted Fennel Salad For Two
Our warm roasted fennel salad with cabbage and pepitas is savory, warm, crunchy and sweet. Enjoy it for lunch, or as a light dinner with your favorite protein.
Almond Butter Cookies
Chewy and delicious gluten-free almond butter cookies sweetened with dates and with only 5 ingredients!
Flourless Vegan Chocolate Cookies
Passover desserts don't get more decadent than these fudgy and super easy-to-prepare cookies. Just like your favorite flourless cake, but fudgier and bite sized!
Chocolate Tart with Roasted Hazelnuts
This chocolate tart is made with a rich and decadent vegan chocolate ganache and a gluten-free date hazelnut crust. Be ready to experience chocolate heaven!
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Raquel
Wow!! What a great roundup! Can't wait to try all these dishes!
Vicky & Ruth
Thank you!
Debra Greenwood
I'm so impressed with these delicious looking recipes. Looking forward to making so many of them. Thank you!
Vicky and Ruth
Thank you!
(Rabbi Dr) Miriyam Glazer
Keep going, girls! I'm so enjoying your recipes, and I come from a super-foodie family. Before we went vegan, my sister Phyllis Glazer (famous in Israel) and I did "The Jewish Festival Cookbook." You two are a new generation, and I am so enjoying your recipes!
Vicky and Ruth
Thank you so much!