Vegan Roast Recipes (Lunch & Dinner Ideas)

Stuck on vegan roast ideas? Check out this list of vegan roast recipes including sides and sauces to make for a perfect vegan Sunday roast, holiday meal, or for any occasion.

These recipes can be used for both lunch and dinner ideas.

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What Are Vegan Roasts?

Vegan roasts are based on the traditional English meal; some may know it as “meat and three veg” and are the alternative to a traditional Sunday roast or holiday meal, whereby all the foods are meatless, cruelty free, and made out of plant-based alternatives.

There are 4 components to consider when putting together your vegan roast dinner and you can include as many of these to make up your meal.

These are also great for lunch, festive meals and or Thanksgiving meal;

• Centerpiece - A vegan roast that is made up of foods such as seitan (pronounced as say•tan) roasts, nut loaves, vegetable wellingtons, or whole pieces of vegetables such as a head of cauliflower as the centerpiece.
• Vegetables - think of a serving of potatoes and vegetables which can be prepared in any way desired (boiled, steamed, or baked). 
• Accompaniments such as mashed potatoes, stuffing, gravy, and even vegan Yorkshire pudding can be enjoyed. 
• Sauces such as gravy, mint jelly, apple sauce, cranberry sauce, red currant sauce, or any kind that you'd like.

Seitan Vegan Roasts

What is seitan?

Seitan is made out of hydrated gluten (the main protein found in wheat), it is used as a meat substitute by vegans.

Seitan is also referred to as wheat gluten (affiliate link).

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.

The following seitan vegan roasts recipes are either sliced, shredded or stuffed, they make the most fabulous centerpiece.

BBQ Glaze Holiday Roast

Make your festive dinner complete, although not just limited to the festive season. Filled with savory sourdough stuffing and finished with a mouth-watering bbq glaze.

BBQ Glaze Holiday Roast

Seitan 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.

Seitan Shreddable Turkey

Stuffed Seitan Roast

A beautiful stuffed seitan roast that’s fit to be the centerpiece of any Thanksgiving or meal. Filled with chopped vegetables and quinoa wrapped in mushroom and garlic seitan.

Stuffed Seitan Roast

Seitan 'Ham' Roast

This deliciously smoky and easy to make seitan 'ham' recipe is ideal as the star of any holiday meal. With a simple and flavorful maple pineapple glaze that's packed with flavor.

Seitan 'Ham' Roast

Stuffed Seitan Holiday Roast

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

Stuffed Seitan Holiday Roast

Turkey Seitan Roast

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

Turkey Seitan Roast

Wheat-Gluten Turkey

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

Wheat-Gluten Turkey

Loaf Vegan Roasts

These vegan roast loaves are prepared and shaped as a singular item that can then be sliced and served as a centerpiece.

Lentil Loaf [Oil-Free and Gluten-Free]

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

Oil Free and GF Lentil Loaf

Gluten Free 10 Ingredient Roast

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

Gluten Free 10 Ingredient Roast

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

Cheezy Tofu Roast

Meatless Meatloaf With Lentils + Walnuts (Gluten-Free)

This hearty and nutritious lentil loaf is perfect as a delicious addition to any holiday meal or roast dinner/lunch. Only 10 minute prep time, full of healthy lentils, crunchy walnuts and vegetables.

Lentils and Walnuts Meatloaf

Cauliflower Lentil Loaf

A hearty plant-based dinner idea that will satisfy even meat-eaters! A 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.

Cauliflower Lentil Loaf

Meatless Meatloaf

This easy to make hearty meatless 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.

Vegan Meatloaf

Vegan Wellingtons

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

Recommended as a centerpiece for your next vegan roast.

Seitan Wellington

This seitan 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.

Seitan Wellington

'Meaty' Wellington

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

'Meaty' Wellington

Mushroom Wellington

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

Mushroom Wellington

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.

Vegetable Mushroom Wellington

Whole Vegetable Vegan Roasts

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

Celeriac Roast

An inexpensive, 1-ingredient WFPB Celeriac vegan roast that will please anyone. Just add a little magic blend of herbs and condiments and the smell will make everybody rush to your table

1 Ingredient Celeriac Roast

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.

Festive Butternut Roast

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, and Keto-friendly.

Whole Roasted Cauliflower

Vegan Nut Roasts

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

Nut and Vegetable Roast

A fabulous layering of nuts 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!

Nut and Vegetable Roast

Parsnip Cranberry Nut Roast

Individual nut puddings, made with various nuts, vegetables, spices and herbs, all topped with a cranberry compote.

Parsnip Cranberry Nut Roast

Side Dishes for Vegan Roast Dinners

The following sides dishes will help you create the perfect vegan roast dinner or lunch. You will find potatoes, cabbages, stuffing and various mashes.

Spicy Potatoes

The most delicious way to enjoy potatoes are spicy, lemony and with cilantro. These spicy potatoes have so much flavor!

Spicy Potatoes

Red Cabbage with Apples

Sweet, tender Red Cabbage baked with juicy apples, onion and herbs. A deliciously easy side that will impress.

Roasted Red Cabbage with Apples

Yorkshire Puddings

It's not a roast dinner without Yorkshire puddings, and these are the best vegan version ever! With a perfect well in the middle, crispy outside and gooey middle, they really do impress.

Vegan Yorkshire Puddings

Creamy Carrot & Swede Mash

This easy carrot and swede mash with dairy-free garlic butter is a lighter alternative to mashed potato and tastes delicious.

Carrot and Swede Mash

Easy Oven Roasted Artichoke Halves

An easy and basic method for making tender roasted artichoke halves in the oven. Can be eaten as is or enjoyed with your favorite dip or sauce. Naturally vegan and gluten free.

Oven Baked Artichokes

Pan Seared Balsamic Glazed Brussels Sprouts

These quick balsamic glazed brussels sprouts are crispy, lightly sweet and utterly delicious. Perfect healthy and easy side dish for your holiday menu or roast. Ready in 20 minutes.

Pan Seared Balsamic Glazed Brussels Sprouts

Dreamy Mashed Potatoes

Creamy, rich and luxurious dairy-free mashed potatoes are possible, if you know the right techniques. Homemade amazing vegan mashed potatoes will have you wanting more.

Dairy Free Mashed Potatoes

Stuffing with Chestnuts and Tempeh

The best vegan stuffing with all the comfort and familiarity of traditional stuffing, but packed with protein and flavour too. Bake in a tray, or shape into balls

Chestnut and Tempeh Stuffing

Oven Baked Okra

Oven baked okra is a nutritious snack or side. It’s simple to make using only four ingredients and has a mildly sweet vegetable taste.

Oven Baked Okra

Crispy Air Fryer Oyster Mushrooms

These air fryer oyster mushrooms will amaze you! They have a perfectly golden and crispy coating with a moist and chewy interior.

Crispy Air Fryer Oyster Mushrooms

Air Fryer Green Beans

These air fryer green beans are full of savory flavor and are easy to make, coming together in under 15 minutes.

Air Fryer Green Beans

Roasted Eggplant

Easy tender caramelized eggplant bite sized pieces are flavorful, delicious, and one of my all-time favorite low-carb side dishes.

Roasted Eggplant

Baked Ratatouille

Baked ratatouille is a naturally gluten free, low calorie French classic with stunning layered presentation made easy by using jarred pizza sauce.

Baked Ratatouille

Crispy Oven Potatoes

These oven potatoes are crispy on the outside & fluffy on the inside, who can say no to potatoes?

Crispy Oven Potatoes

Vegan Roast Dinner Sauces

Below are some delicious savory sauces to select from for your vegan Sunday roast, ranging from gravies to thick garlic sauces, mushroom sauce, cranberry sauce and a herb sauce.

Shatta Middle Eastern Hot Sauce

Shatta sauce is the spicy Middle Eastern hot sauce that everyone needs in their life. It's quick, easy and made with only five ingredients which are chilies, garlic, lemon, extra virgin olive oil and salt.

Shatta Sauce

Mushroom Gravy

This mushroom gravy is perfect for your meal and any side dish that comes along. It is made quickly and packs lots of flavors.

Mushroom Gravy

Garlic Sauce

Are you a garlic lover? Try this strong and creamy garlic sauce called toum. It's great to smear on any type of roast and vegetables

Toum

Easy 10 Minute Brown Gravy

Making gravy doesn’t get any simpler than this Easy Gravy in 10-Minutes. Ladle it over mashed potatoes, biscuits and on everything else you can think of.

10 Minute Brown Gravy

Cranberry Sauce

This 3-ingredient recipe for traditional Whole Berry Cranberry Sauce is so easy & quick! Gluten-free, and you can also make it sugar-free & keto!

Cranberry Sauce

15 Minute BBQ Sauce

This tasty BBQ sauce is ready in 10 minutes and is made with no ketchup a lovely and versatile topping for your meal.

Vegan BBQ Sauce

Chermoula Sauce

Fresh cilantro, parsley, and garlic get blended with olive oil and lemon for an exciting and exotic condiment for any savory meal.

Chermoula Sauce

In conclusion, if you're looking for delicious and satisfying plant-based options for your next roast dinner, these vegan roast recipes are a great place to start. Whether you're a seasoned vegan or simply looking to reduce your meat consumption, these recipes offer a range of flavorful and hearty options that are sure to impress. So why not give them a try and see just how delicious and satisfying plant-based eating can be?

Leave a comment below with which of these vegan roast recipes you chose for your meal?