Planning a wedding can be a tedious and challenging task, and finalizing the wedding menu planning for your big day can take up most of your time and money.

Depending on your guests and their food preferences, you might also need to include some vegan options in your wedding menu, so all of your guests can have a delicious meal to eat.

Serving vegan dishes is a great way to diversify your spread, appease your guests, include sustainable options, and make sure everyone can have food they like (and food they can eat).

However, it can also make mapping your wedding menu more challenging, as you not only have to decide on your entire manu, but you also have to come up with delicious vegan wedding meals as well.

So in this post, I’m sharing a roundup of vegan recipes that you can add to your wedding menu, including vegan wedding appetizers, vegan wedding soups, vegan wedding entrees, and vegan wedding desserts.

Best Vegan Wedding Menu Ideas

Vegan Wedding Appetizers

Portobello Pizzas

To make this recipe vegan, simply use vegan cheese instead of regular mozzarella! Just make sure it’s a vegan cheese that melts well. You can also use tomato sauce instead of tomato slices if you prefer.

Ingredients

• 2 Mushrooms, portobello - 22 calories

• 1 Tomato, medium - 22 calories

• 2 oz Cheese, sliced, mozzarella, full fat/ regular - 140 calories

• ¼ tsp Basil, dried - 0 calories

• ¼ tsp Oregano - 0 calories

• ¼ tsp Salt - 0 calories

• ¼ tsp Pepper - 0 calories

Instructions

Step 1: Preheat oven to 400 degrees F

Step 2: Line baking sheet with parchment paper, spray with oil spray

Step 3: Cut off thick trunk of mushrooms

Step 4: Place cheese and slices of tomatoes on mushrooms

Step 5: Bake for 10-15 minutes, season afterwards

No dairy? Use a dairy-free pesto, available at most stores

Vegan Crostini and Canape

The great thing about crostini and canapes is that you can make them with almost anything! You can make a bunch of different versions and flavors - sauteed mushrooms, hummus and grilled zucchini, hummus and caramelized onions, vegan cheese and sun-dried tomatoes, etc. There are countless options you can serve, and you can pick as many as you like. 

Vegan Wedding Soups

Bok Choy and Tofu Miso Soup

Ingredients

• 5 oz Tofu, firm - 130 calories

• 2 cups Leafy greens, bok choy, raw - 20 calories

• 1 tsp Sesame seeds (tsp) - 6 calories

• 1 tsp Red pepper flakes (tsp) - 0 calories

• 2 cups Miso soup - 30 calories

• 1 Tbsp Green onions - 1 calories

• ½ cup Mushrooms, small, whole or sliced - 7.5 calories

Instructions

Step 1: Cut tofu into small cube shapes.

Step 2: Spray a pan with an oil spray.

Step 3: Stir fry tofu on low heat ~20 minutes, stirring occasionally, until all surfaces are browned.

Step 4: Spray the bottom of a pot with cooking spray.

Step 5: Add in mushrooms and bok choy – cook for 2 minutes on low heat.

Step 6: Add in miso soup and tofu, let simmer on low heat for ~10+ minutes, or until your soup gets to its desired temperature.

Step 7: Top with green onions (chopped), sesame seeds, and red pepper flakes.

Tomato Gnocchi Soup

Ingredients

• 1 Cauliflower gnocchi, frozen, 1 serving - 140 calories

• 2 cups Creamy tomato soup - 200 calories

• 2 cups Leafy greens, spinach, raw - 14 calories

• ¼ tsp Pepper - 0 calories

Instructions

Step 1: Cook gnocchi as instructed on package.

Step 2: Heat soup on stovetop in a pot on low heat, ~8 minutes.

Step 3: Add in spinach and gnocchi for 2-3 minutes.

Step 4: Top with pepper.

Step 5: Serve immediately.

Lentil Soup

Ingredients

• 1 cup Lentils, cooked - 230 calories

• 1½ cups Broth, vegetable (cups) - 22.5 calories

• 1 Carrots, whole, medium - 25 calories

• ½ cup Celery stalks, chopped in half - 8 calories

• ½ Onion, yellow - 27.5 calories

• 1 tsp Garlic, minced (tsp) - 0 calories

• 1 Tbsp Olive oil (Tbsp) - 119 calories

• ¼ tsp Salt - 0 calories

• ¼ tsp Pepper - 0 calories

• ¼ tsp Basil, dried - 0 calories

• ¼ tsp Oregano - 0 calories

Instructions

Step 1: Cook lentils as instructed on package.

Step 2: Dice veggies into small pieces.

Step 3: Add oil to a pot. Add in garlic, heat for 1-2 minutes.

Step 4: Add in veggies, ~6 minutes on medium heat.

Step 5: Add in lentils and broth.

Step 6: Turn the burner to low heat & let sit, covered, for a minimum of 10 minutes. Stir occasionally.

Vegan Wedding Entrees

Hot Lentil & Chickpea Salad

Ingredients

• ½ cup Quinoa, cooked - 111 calories

• ¼ cup Lentils, cooked - 57.5 calories

• ¼ cup Beans & legumes, garbanzo beans (chickpeas), cooked - 67 calories

• 6 cups Leafy greens, spinach, raw - 42 calories

• 1 cup Tomatoes, grape - 32 calories

• 1 Tbsp Olive oil (Tbsp) - 119 calories

• ¼ tsp Salt - 0 calories

• ¼ tsp Pepper - 0 calories

• ¼ tsp Basil, dried - 0 calories

• ¼ tsp Oregano - 0 calories

Instructions

Step 1: Cook quinoa and lentils as instructed on package.

Step 2: Drain & rinse chickpeas.

Step 3: Slice tomatoes in halves.

Step 4: Add oil to a pan.

Step 5: Saute tomatoes, 3 cups spinach, beans, and quinoa ~4 minutes on medium heat.

Step 6: Top with seasonings.

Step 7: Add remaining 2 cups (raw) greens to a bowl, top with the stir fry.

Vegan Risotto

This vegan risotto is the perfect vegan entree for your big day. It has shiitake mushrooms, daikon, miso sauce, and it even has a vegan ‘egg yolk’ as the perfect risotto topper. It looks super elegant, and it’s very tasty, so it’s definitely going to be a crowd-pleaser.

Baked Sweet Potatoes with Chickpeas

This baked sweet potatoes with chickpeas and broccoli pesto recipe is an amazing main dish for your vegan guests. 

Vegan Wedding Desserts

You can choose to have a whole vegan wedding cake (apart from your main non-vegan wedding cake), or you can have vegan desserts and mini vegan cakes. The choice is yours!

Apple Pie

What’s better than the classic apple pie? The great thing about it is that it can easily become vegan, if you just make a few small changes. Plus, you can have mini one-serving apple pies, so each of your guests gets an individual pie.

Of course, depending on the season, you can do other pies as well. For a summer wedding you might want to do a berry pie, and for autumn an apple pie would be perfect! For winder, you can also do a pumpkin pie.

Vegan Tiramisu with Strawberries

Tiramisu is a delicious dessert, but when you add strawberries to it, it takes it to a whole new level. Thankfully, it’s not hard to make a vegan version of the dish, so this can be the perfect sweet treat for your vegan guests.

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