21 Vegan Roast Recipes (Lunch & Dinner Ideas)

Here's a list of 21 vegan roast recipes perfect for the holidays or any occasion. These recipes can be used for both lunch and dinner meals.

There comes a time when you get stuck for what recipe to make for special occasions, so I've taken the liberty to put together a list of 21 vegan roast recipes that are fabulous for the holidays or any occasion really.

These recipes have been categorised into sections (seitain, wellington, vegetable, loaf and nut) and are wonderful ideas for lunch or dinner roasts. Throughout this recipe roundup, you will find various gluten free roast options too.

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Seitan Roasts

What is seitan?
Seitan is made out of hydrated gluten (main protein found in wheat), it is used as a meat substitute by vegans. Seitan is also referred to as wheat gluten*.

The word Seitan is pronounced as “say-tan” and was coined in Japan in 1961. However wheat gluten dates back to the 6th century in China.

These Seitan roasts are either sliced, shredded or stuffed.

BBQ Glaze Holiday Roast

Make your festive dinner complete with this Vegan Holiday Roast. It's filled with savory stuffing and finished with a mouth-watering bbq glaze.

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Vegan Shreddable Turkey

How about a homemade, shreddable, turkey-style roast for your holiday table? Bake it or cook it in the Instant Pot. This seitan "turkey" is moist, has an herb-rubbed skin, and leftovers taste amazing in sandwiches and stir fries.

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Stuffed Seitan Roast

A beautiful Stuffed Seitan Roast that’s fit to be the centerpiece of any vegan Thanksgiving!

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Vegan Ham Roast

This deliciously smoky and easy to make vegan seitan ham recipe is ideal as the star of any holiday meal. With a simple and flavorful maple pineapple glaze, this roast is packed with flavour.

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Stuffed Seitan Holiday Roast

Soft in the middle, and has a nice crust on top flavored with mustard. It’s stuffed with apples, cranberries, mushrooms, pecans, shallots, and fresh herbs, which creates an explosion of flavors in your mouth.

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Vegan Holiday Roast

You can make this flavor-packed holiday roast from scratch. A vegan turkey seitan roast loaded up with a mushroom and squash filling.

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Vegan Turkey

Made from wheat-gluten and seasoned with traditional poultry herbs, this vegan turkey roast is mindful of tradition as well as the times we live in.

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Loaf Roasts

Loaf roasts are those that are prepared and shaped as a singular item which can then be sliced and served.

Vegan Lentil Loaf [Oil-Free and Gluten-Free]

A simple gluten-free vegan lentil loaf recipe requiring only well-known ingredients. It’s hearty, holds together well and is full of flavour.

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Gluten Free Vegan Roast

This Vegan Holiday Roast is cozy, hearty, and full of juicy flavor! Gluten-Free and made with only 10 ingredients, it’s the perfect holiday centerpiece.

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Easy Cheezy Tofu Roast

Serve this easy tofu loaf with mushroom gravy and sides of roasted carrots, mashed potatoes and natural cranberry sauce and you've got yourself a festive holiday meal sans animal products

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Vegan Meatloaf With Lentils + Walnuts (Gluten-Free)

This hearty and nutritious vegan lentil loaf is perfect as a delicious plant-based addition to any holiday meal or winter day. It’s really easy to make and requires only 10 minutes of hands-on time. This whole food plant-based vegan meatloaf is full of healthy lentils, crunchy walnuts and all the sa…

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Vegan Cauliflower Lentil Loaf

A hearty plant-based dinner idea that will satisfy even meat-eaters! A Vegan Cauliflower Lentil Loaf that mimics the classic meatloaf with no meat, gluten-free, nut-free, and soy-free! Get all your protein and veggies in this healthy recipe.

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Vegan Meatloaf

This easy to make hearty vegan meatloaf is made from the perfect combination of lentils, quinoa, mushrooms, oats, and lots of seasonings that give it the best flavor! If you miss traditional meatloaf, this lentil mushroom meatloaf is really going to hit the spot.

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Vegan Wellingtons

Based off the beef wellington, which is originally an English pie. These vegan wellingtons contain a form of vegetables or faux meat encased in a golden pastry.

Seitan Wellington

This vegan wellington makes a hearty and filling centerpiece for any table! It’s filled with “meaty” seitan and covered in an aromatic herbed mushroom mixture, wrapped in flaky puff pastry.

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Vegan 'Meaty' Wellington

A crispy and flakey vegan Wellington, rich and hearty and so full of flavour. It's also gluten-free, and is a seriously satisfying plant-based showstopper!

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Mushroom Wellington

Mushroom Wellington is a flavour-packed, easy and showstopping vegan or vegetarian main dish. You can make it ahead, perfect for the holidays.

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Vegetable Mushroom Wellington

This vegetable Wellington recipe is filled with portobello mushrooms, spinach, and butternut squash. It’s a beautiful vegetarian and vegan holiday dinner.

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Vegetable Roasts

These vegetable roasts use a whole vegetable as the main centrepiece for a meal.

Vegan Holiday Roast

An inexpensive, 1-ingredient WFPB Vegan Holiday Roast that will please Vegans and meat-lovers alike.
Just add a little magic blend of herbs and condiments… The smell of this Vegan Holiday Roast will make everybody rush to your holiday table

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Festive Butternut Roast

This festive butternut roast makes a stunning centrepiece for your Christmas meal. Stuffed with pistachios, cranberries, put lentils and red wine, it has all the flavours of Christmas tied into this pretty roast.

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Whole Roasted Cauliflower

Beautifully crusted on the outside and moist-tender inside, this gorgeous preparation of whole spicy cauliflower will make a star centerpiece at any dinner party. Whole30, Keto-friendly and Vegan.

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Nut Roasts

Nut roasts usually contain a high level of nuts mixed with other ingredients such as a vegetable or fruit to create a main meal.

Vegan Nut and Vegetable Roast

A fabulous layered Celebration Nut Roast full of savoury delights and surprises. It is much easier to make than it looks and it will astound friends and family when you unveil it!

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Parsnip Cranberry Nut Roast

Individual vegan nut puddings, with the cranberry compote sitting invitingly on the top.

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Which one of the above vegan roast recipes is your favourite? Leave me a comment below.

Janelle x