Rather than follow the same traditions, why not make your own Christmas dinner with all the trimmings, using recipes from Katy Beskow’s wonderful book Easy Vegan Christmas. Look online for your area’s vegan Christmas markets, most cities have one where you can pop along to try new foods, buy gifts and make new vegan friends!
Before cooking, read up on food safety for people & pets (many items are off the menu for animal friends including dried fruits, citrus, chocolate, nutmeg and alcohol). Read more on keeping pets safe at Christmas (holly & other items to avoid).
Recipes include:
- Celeriac soup with toasted hazelnuts
- Sage, onion & chestnut rolls
- Roasted pears with red onions
- Christmas cobbler
- Crispy bourguignon pie
- Ultimate roast potatoes
- Pomegranate & rosemary punch
- Snow marble cupcakes
- Mulled wine
plant-based twists on Christmas dishes
A Very Vegan Christmas offers simple recipes with beautiful photography and illustrations throughout. Learn how to make:
- Curried parsnip croquetas
- Caramelised onion tart
- Mushroom Wellington
- Carrot, swede & parsnip nut roast
- Maple & pecan stove-top carrots
- Crispy sage & garlic sprouts
- Polenta & rosemary roast potatoes
- Mincemeat pancakes
- Roast veg & stuffing hand pies
- Cranberry sauce muffins
- Iced gingerbread
- Sticky stem ginger toffee pudding
- Blood orange pavlova
- Flourless chocolate chestnut pudding
- Chocolate chip orange shortbread
Jackie’s book of vegan Christmas feasts
Vegan Christmas Feasts is a book by former Masterchef finalist Jackie Kearney. Enjoy all your favourites including:
- Chestnut & porchini cream mille-feuille
- Smoky stuffed roast with stuffing
- Marmite & olive roasties
- Piglets in rafts!
- Snowball trifle with ‘egg nog’
- Stollen bread & butter pudding with cardamom custard
- Bubble & squeak parathas for Boxing Day
- Festive stuffing
- Faux fish pie with herby mash
Christmas recipes by a talented Welsh chef
Vegan Christmas is by ‘chef of the moment’ Gaz Oakley. This talented cook is classically-trained and he is in demand worldwide. Recipes for this book include:
- Sweet potato waffles & tofu benedict
- Ultimate Christmas Wellington
- ‘Turkey roast’ & festive nut roast
- ‘No pigs’ in blankets
- Hasselback potatoes
- Fluffy Yorkshire puddings
- Boozy tiramisu
- Christmas pudding with custard
- Mince pies
- Mini sausage rolls
- Boxing Day curry!