20 Vegan Comfort Food Recipes

Here's the ultimate vegan comfort food. Love eating plant based foods but love wings? Here’s the way to have your cake and eat it too. Buffalo cauliflower wings! These tasty morsels are crispy on the outside, tender on the inside, and tossed with spicy, tangy buffalo sauce. You’ll see these in restaurants these days…and this recipe? It tastes just as good as restaurant-style. Better, in fact! And, it's baked instead of fried: a healthy spin on this classic comfort food.

What’s better than a big pan of nachos? (Answer: not much.) This Tex Mex favorite is one of life’s great pleasures, and we’re here for them. They’re ideal an appetizer to feed a crowd, but even better: they work as a simple dinner too! Top this ultimate nachos recipe with our amazing Vegan Walnut Taco Meat.

Here’s your ultimate vegan sandwich: crispy breaded tofu, tangy Russian dressing, and crunchy pickles create a flavor explosion that will have you wanting seconds after the first bite! We modeled this recipe after a crispy fish sandwich, right down to that savory creamy sauce, and it’s got all the most satisfying flavor and texture contrasts.

Next up in our vegan comfort food recipes: vegan carnitas tacos! These tacos taste just like pulled pork...except they're jackfruit. It's pretty magical how a fruit can oddly taste just like meat by adding onion, garlic, cumin, tomato paste, cocoa powder and adobo sauce. Serve with refried beans for a filling comfort food meal!

This vegan shepherd’s pie is cozy comfort food to the max! Imagine: a creamy gravy filled with tender vegetables, lentils and scented with fennel and sage. Then a fluffy layer of mashed potatoes, topped with fresh rosemary. It’s layered together in a baking dish and then baked until golden.

This is our favorite lasagna, period. No matter how you eat, this vegan lasagna will be a hit. It's smothered in a zesty marinara sauce, layered with spinach, mushrooms, and our secret ingredient: hummus! Top with a sprinkling of "Parmesan" and it's a favorite that pleases everyone at the table.

What's more of a comfort food than pizza? Our best vegan pizza tastes incredible with no need for cheese. It's covered in our tangy best pizza sauce, then topped with all the veggies. Mushrooms, artichokes, bell peppers, and even chickpeas bring big flavor. Top with fresh basil and it's a pizza pie that pleases everyone!

WOW is all we can say about this vegan enchiladas recipe! It tops the charts as one of our most crowd-pleasing plant based recipes. Tortillas are wrapped around a veggie filling oozing with flavor, and it’s all doused in a zesty homemade enchilada sauce.

These vegan Sloppy Joes have a zingy lentil filling that tastes just as good as the meaty version. Put it on a toasted bun with some bread and butter pickles, and it's a burst of flavor. A fantastic plant-based meal for people who are on the fence about veggies, they're crowd pleasing and have a cozy, comforting vibe!

Here's a vegan comfort food that's naturally plant based: French fries! These fries are baked in a hot oven, but they taste just as good as your favorite restaurant fry. Hand-cut potatoes into fries, then mix them with olive oil, mustard powder, and black pepper. It's the perfect seasoning mix for seriously good, crispy baked fries.

What's a better comfort food than fajitas? Everyone loves this meal, even meat eaters. It’s a great way to make a fun healthy dinner where no one notices there’s no meat! Roast up lots of veggies on a sheet pan with spices, and serve with refried beans and “guac-ish,” a super fast version of guacamole.

Here’s a creamy vegan broccoli soup that will blow your mind. It’s impossibly creamy, made from whole food plant based ingredients, and it tastes like the coziest bowl of comfort. This easy and healthy soup is vegan and gluten-free, so it works for a variety of diets. It tastes like that cozy and comforting broccoli cheese soup from a can, but so much better!

Your noodles are destined for greatness with this vegan fettuccine alfredo! It’s creamy and luscious, but full of nutrient-rich cauliflower and protein-packed cashews. Another advantage to this vegan alfredo sauce is that it’s gluten-free as well! Many alfredo sauce recipes have flour because it’s used to make the “roux” that thickens the sauce. So it works for many diets.

Here's vegan comfort food at its finest: a gooey, tangy vegan BBQ sandwich! Here's another place where we've used jackfruit to stand in as pulled pork, and it's so good you might even fool some meat eaters! You'll make a homemade BBQ sauce with a splash of bourbon, then add the jackfruit and simmer until it's tender and looks just like pulled pork.

Who says chili needs meat? Here's the ultimate vegan chili recipe! It’s full of savory flavor starring beans, quinoa, and a hint of adobo sauce for complexity. Top it with our vegan sour cream and some pickled jalapenos and well: it’s out of this world good.

What about vegan comfort food for breakfast? Start with vegan biscuits that are impossibly flaky. Then add a thick, creamy mushroom country gravy that covers the entire dish in savory goodness. It's got just the right cozy, comforting vibe that pleases plant-based eaters and carnivores alike.

What's more vegan comfort food than a good old chocolate cake? This one is truly the best vegan chocolate cake out there. You've got two layers of moist, chocolate-y cake, separated by a fluffy vegan buttercream frosting. To top it off, a glossy glaze of vegan chocolate ganache. It's absolutely stunning and one of the best plant based desserts out there.

Back to savory vegan comfort food with this vegan pot pie! This one is a true winner: it's been made by many of our readers, and they all rave about it! Maybe it's the flaky, sage-flecked pastry crust, or the gooey interior of tender veggies in a thick gravy. Whatever the case, this one's been a hit for years! It's a stunner.

Back to nachos! Nachos are total comfort food, and these vegan nachos are 100% delicious! Start with a layer of organic corn chips, then add our smoky lentils and rice, which taste meaty and savory. Top with fresh vegetables, cilantro and our best gooey vegan nacho cheese!

Last but not least in our vegan comfort food recipes: chocolate chip cookies! These morsels are easy to make with simple ingredients, with nothing hard to find at the grocery store. Try them warm out of the oven and you will absolutely melt.