Are you doing Veganuary, or maybe you’d like some ideas for vegan meals on a budget

Or perhaps you are a new vegan and haven’t really got to grips with what it means yet, many people are turning to plant based eating, not just for veganuary. Do you need or want some ideas of what to eat? I did this post a couple of years ago, and have updated it with new recipes posted since then.This isn’t a veganuary meal plan, but an accumulation of ideas to create your own. In fact, it’s turning into ideas for vegan meals on a budget!

Trawling through the Thrifty Lesley archives, where I knew there were loads of ideas that just happened to be vegan, I extracted some in the hopes that you might like them, or maybe give you inspiration.

My host had major problems with his server and it ended up meaning that the blog was restored to the November 2017 version. This means that some links in this post may not be available yet, until I can get time to get them all back up.They’ll be there eventually!

 

 

Breakfasts

Vegan Bean & Spicy Katjan Sauce Sandwich Paste

Bean and Spicy Katjan Sauce Sandwich Paste on 2 x toast, or use in a sandwich for lunch. Or use the drained baked beans and flavour them with many other things eg brinjal pickle, any pesto that is vegan, horseradish, miso paste, jaggery and dates. See the post for more ideas.

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Can 1 Sausage Make 2 Sandwiches?

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A Sublime Fruit & Nut Case Paste

Fruit & Nut Case Paste, made using nuts and raisins, use a vegan spread for the butter

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Breakfast Bhaji’s

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Broccoli Pesto Pasta

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Carrot & Sultana Loaf

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Cinnamon Toast For Breakfast

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Granola

use a non-dairy milk

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Raisin Pancakes

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Gorgeous Granola Breakfast Bars

I love these! Substitute a vegan spread for the butter

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Apple Curd

replace the butter with coconut spread or other vegan spread

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Overnight Oats – LOTS of ideas!

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Or baked oats – ALSO lots of ideas

using nut milks, soya milk or fruit juice

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Jammy Oat Bars

a good grab it and go breakfast. Any jam can be used in the middle, or value marmalade or lemon curd. Or a paste made from dried fruit or dates.

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More Ideas on the Recipes Tab

many other ideas on the Recipes tab under Breakfasts are also vegan

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Lunches

Couscous Snacky Lunchtime Bites

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A Trio of Vegetable Hummus

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Another Trio of Vegetable Hummus

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 Lentil Pate

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Soups

Most of the soups on the Recipes tab are vegan.

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Tomato & Chive Soda Bread to go with your soup

A chunk of this Tomato and Chive Soda Bread would be lovely with a warming bowl of soup.

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Roasted Vegetable Soup with a Scone & Roasted Onion Topping

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Carrot Hummus, Creamy with Tahini

change the honey to another sweetener

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Hummus & Grated Carrot Sandwich

this was one of the favourite lunches of my girls

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Individual Lunchtime Pies

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Rocket, Watercress, Basil & Sunflower Seed Pesto

use a vegan cheese instead of Parmesan

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Home Made Bread Rolls with Added Stuffing Mix

some Stuffing Rolls would go very well with a lovely, warming bowl of soup

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Home Made Hummus

A hummus can be made very cheaply using drained basics baked beans and flavoured with a great many things, giving loads of options for sandwiches, toasty lunches or breakfasts, or with veggie dippers

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Tomato & Almond Pate

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Lots of ideas and inspiration for Veganuary and any time you like Click To Tweet

 

 

 

Dinners

Red Pepper and Walnut Tart with Winter Coleslaw

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Vegetable Fritters

Great hot and crispy for dinner, or at room temperature for a packed lunch.

 

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Green Pea Hummus Lasagna

swap the butter to vegan spread and the milk to a plant milk

 

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Mushroom Ragu Lasagna

my absolute favourite! Sub vegan plant milk, I would simply leave out the cheddar

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An Autumn Panzanella

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Celery, Swede & Chickpea Bake

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Cabbage, Sultana and Nut Pasta Bake

Omit the cheese

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Lentil Ragu with Spaghetti

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Avocado, Tomato & Orange Salad

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Chickpea Crumble

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Vegetable Crumble

Omit the cheese in the topping

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Walnut & Chestnut Crumble

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Gorgeous Chickpea Mango & Coconut Curry

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Green Lentil Cottage Pie

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Olive Drop Scones, Crispy Fried Onions and Carrot Ribbon Salad

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Puchka Tart

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Sag Aloo

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Chow Mein

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Beetroot Burgers

Beetroot Burgers, omit the egg

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Raw Chickpea Carrot Falafel

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Pea Crumb Fritters

omit the egg. Very, very cheap!

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Goan Curry

Goan Curry, add a vegan protein

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Fiery Potatoes

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Stuffed Potato Cakes

Stuffed potato cakes, the perfect example of ordinary vegetables made into something interesting

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Bean & Quinoa, Lemon & Herb Salad

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Barley Salad

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Green Lentil, Mushroom, Raisin, Cucumber Salad, with a Brinjal Pickle Dressing

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Gajar Matar – Everyday Vegetables Wearing A Sari

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Sweet Bean Curry

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Vegetable & Hummus Pie

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Pasta Sauce

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Gnocchi Made With Dried Mash

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Green Thai Curry

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Vegetable Casserole & Dumplings

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Toasted Nan & Dahl

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Butter Bean, Pepper & Carrot Salad with a Lemon & Coconut Dressing

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Lentil Dumplings with Tomato Sauce

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Sweetcorn Fritters

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Pea Fritters

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Panzanella

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Roast Parsnip & Apple Salad with a Carrot, Peanut & Raisin Jacket Potato

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Spicy Cabbage & Lentils

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Spinach Dumplings with Spicy Tomato Sauce

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Oaty Fritters

use vegan yogurt

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Butter Bean & Vegetable Curry

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Tomato Dhal

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Lemon Dhal

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Coconut Dhal

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Spinach & Coconut Dhal

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Parsnip Dahl

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Dahl Sambar

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Chole & Nan

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Peanut Butter Noodles

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Peperonata

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Courgette Pasta

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A Valentines Menu

Tapas – Patatas Bravas, Spinach Dumplings in Tomato Sauce, Lemony Butter Beans with a touch of Honey.

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Lentil & Nut Loaf

This is an absolute cracker. I’ve had it hot with hot veg or salad, cold in toast and in a sandwich. Very variable, change the veg to whatever you have.

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Tomato Stewed Cauliflower

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Greek Fried Caulflower

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Pancakes

Make pancakes with just water and they are vegan. I can’t tell the difference between these and those made with eggs and milk, although they do have to be eaten fresh, they go a bit flabby if left. This post has many vegan ideas to fill your pancakes

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Pancakes and 101 ways to fill them

Many of the ideas suggested for this jacket potato round up post are vegan

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Jacket Potato Fillings

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To liven up something plain, try

using plant milk and spread

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Amazing Gingery Soy Sharp Apples

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Onions in Sweet & Sour Sauce

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Roasted Spiralised Veg

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Magic Dough

You can make many bready things very cheaply using Magic dough – pizza dough, flatbreads and wraps, pittas

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Two Ingredient Cake

A good hollow leg filler

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Honey Smoked Walnut Butter

Nut butters can be made with any nuts or mixture of nuts you have available and can be flavoured with things like raisins or miso

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Self Saucing Chocolate Pudding

Because we all like a cheeky pudding now and again

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Mulled Wine Crumble

Got any mulled wine leftover? Try Mulled Wine Apple Crumble

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Homemade Nutella

Home made Nutella is divine, much healthier than shop bought, without any palm oil, and can be made vegan

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Tomato Scones

Tomato scones are a very popular recipe

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Apple & Spice Muffins

Muffins can be made vegan by simply leaving out the egg, using vegan spread or oil and using a vegan milk. No other adjustments are necessary

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Anzac Biscuits

Use a vegan spread

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Honey Smoked Walnut Butter

Use dark brown sugar in place of the honey

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Quick Banana Bread

Use a vegan spread and an egg substitute

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A sugar free way to get a chocolate fix

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The Recipes Tab

There are lots of other vegan ideas too on the Recipes tab. I’m not vegetarian or vegan, although my sister is, it’s just that meat, fish and dairy are the expensive ingredients quite often and when I twiddle a recipe, or find one that prices up, it often works out to be vegan.

So there’s a sample of delicious (I hope you think so too) food, that just happens to be vegan. If you aren’t normally vegan, it might be proving a bit difficult to do Veganuary and these recipes might just help you get through

I’m linking up with the UK Vegan Bloggers for the Veganuary linky.

 

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