Looking for a healthier alternative to deep-frying? One to bust out your air fryer again! This useful kitchen appliance can cook pretty much anything. And once you get cooking you won’t be able to stop. Like this list of recipes from appetizers to main dishes—and even desserts! These easy vegan air fried meals are the best around! They’re healthy and ready to satisfy your every craving.
Air fryer recipes are healthy, easy, and flavorful. Hot air circulated around the food inside the basket. This creates a crispy outer layer without excess oil. These 30 vegan air fryer recipes are healthy and delicious. If you are looking for simple plant based dishes to make without excess oil and all the flavor, these are the ones for you!
Recipes With The Lowest Calories
The Best Air Fryer Spaghetti Squash
This spaghetti squash makes an amazing side dish or pasta replacements in any of your favourite dishes. Cooked in the air fryer the squash is delicious every time. Each tender strand has a bit of bite and is ready to be topped with your favourite sauce or seasoned with a drizzle of olive oil and sprinkle of nutritional yeast.
Spaghetti squash recipe
Spicy Air Fryer Asparagus Recipe
Asparagus is one of my favorite vegetables. It’s tasty and delicious in the air fryer as well. It’s so flavorful and easy to make. Asparagus comes out crunchy and crisp as well.
Spicy Asparagus
Sweet Potato French Fries
Sweet potato fries are packed with vitamin A. Additionally this vegan air fryer recipe is mouthwatering and so simple.
Air Fryer Sweet Potato Fries Recipe
Air Fryer Apple Chips Recipe
Apples are healthy, sweet, and low in calories. They need no oil or sugar in order to become delicious chips.
Air Fryer Apple Chips Recipe
Easy Air Fried Chickpeas
If you are on the lookout for healthier snack options, then these plant based and gluten-free Chickpeas is what you need! They are crispy and ‘cheesy’ bites that are ready in just 13 minutes using 4 simple ingredients. For example Organic Garbanzo Beans and my favorite spices.
Crispy Chickpeas
The Best Brussels Sprouts
Cook super crispy Brussels Sprouts using your Air Fryer! This easy vegan recipe is garlicky, with perfectly crunchy layers and tender insides in every bite. It is a delight to your senses. Don’t forget to toss them in a soy-balsamic sauce for an Asian fusion finish that will make you want seconds!
Best Brussels Sprouts
Crispy Kale Chips
Air Fryer Kale Chips are the perfect way to eat kale! These crispy kale chips are heavenly, nutritious, and low calorie. This snack can be made in less than 20 minutes.
Perfect Kale Chips
Easy Buffalo Cauliflower
This plant based Buffalo Cauliflower dish brought to you by The Essential Vegan Air Fryer cookbook is a tasty and healthy meatless twist on a classic American dish, Buffalo wings. Fully packed with amazing flavors, it’s quick and easy to make in the air fryer. It even comes with a heavenly spicy buffalo sauce made with aquafaba!
Best Buffalo Cauliflower
Aioli Artichokes
Air fried artichokes are a mouthwatering simple side dish. Using this amazing appliance, you can cook tender and flavorful air fryer artichokes in under 10 minutes. Don’t forget to serve them with homemade garlic aioli.
Best For A Vegan Meal
The Best Air Fried Eggplant
This easy 30-Minute Air Fryer Eggplant is so crispy, crunchy and perfect with pasta and marinara and topped with fresh basil. It’s the best option for a fancy-ish weeknight dinner meal that is sure to please all.
Exceptional Eggplant
Simple Falafel
This easy Falafel air fryer recipe is the best delicious healthy replacement for deep fried. Made with soft soaked chickpeas, this vegan falafels recipe is ready in just 15 minutes. You can make them in the oven too.
Fantastic Falafel
Stuffed Vegan Peppers
Vegan recipe for stuffed peppers is quick, scrumptious, and so versatile! Use the DIY vegan ground “beef” recipe or your crumbled tempeh. With marinara sauce, vegan cheese, cooked rice, and a few spices, this tummy warming and healthy whole food dinner is on the table in no time!
Meatless Stuffed Peppers
Crispy Vegan Calamari
Out of this world crispy Vegan Calamari made in the is healthy, plant-based, gluten-free, allergy-free, and oil-free! Cooked with Hearts of Palm and a light seasoned breading, this animal-free calamari dish will knock your socks off and become your new favorite appetizer for impressing guests!
Crispy Calamari Vegan Style
Air Fryer Vegetable Samosas
Easy Air Fried Vegetable Samosas are crispy, flaky and stuffed with spicy potato filling. It only takes 10 minutes to cook too! Serve this plant based version of samosa with a cilantro sauce and a little salad for a mouthwatering dinner that’s filling and nutritious.
Sumptuous Samosas
Vegan Butternut Squash
Soft, crispy, and mildly caramelized butternut squash air fries in just 15 minutes. It’s my favorite delicious gluten-free, WFPB, paleo, whole30, vegan main course. If you’re really hungry make it a great side dish for almost any main.
Best Butternut Squash
Highest Protein
Smokey Garlic Tasty Tempeh
Super flakey, satisfying and flavorful Tempeh will become your favorite in no time! This Tempeh recipe could not be more simple to make! It’s organically gluten-free and plant based, with mild hints of garlic. So smoky and savory you won’t want to share.
Tasty Tempeh
Maple Soy Glaze Tempeh
You have to make this Air Fryer Tempeh recipe because is a fast and totally scrumptious way to prepare plant based protein! It’s marinated in a smoky maple-soy glaze before cooking for only 10 minutes. You will adore this sticky and heavenly bites of tempeh on salads, grains, or as a simple protein-rich snack.
Soy Glaze Tempeh
Lightly Breaded Tofu Nuggets
All you need to enjoy these tofu nuggets is: cornmeal, chili powder, cumin, garlic powder, smoked paprika, nutritional yeast, salt, and pepper. Delicious!
Healthy Air Fryer Dessert Recipe Ideas
Air Fried Snowballs
It’s unbelievable how easy this vegan air fryer snowball recipe is to make. They include pistachios and cranberries which are two of my absolute favorites!
Sweet Snowballs
Oil Free Pineapples
Sweet and caramelized air fryer pineapple is an absolutely heavenly healthier dessert or side dish that you’ll want to eat all the time. Easy to make, with just 4 ingredients needed and ready in under 20 minutes.
Perfect Pineapples
Air Fried Tostones
Tostones are the healthiest way to treat yourself to the classic twice-fried green plantains! Made without oil, these tostones are perfectly crispy on the outside, but tender on the inside! Starchy green plantains are smashed and twice air fried. This naturally gluten-free, plant based, vegan, and paleo Latin American and Caribbean side dish is slightly salty ready in 15 minutes!
Are you looking for hemp seed recipes like pasta sauce? This vegan homemade tomato sauce is made for any spaghetti dinner. Replace the meat with these tiny plant based protein seeds for a filling nutritious meal. Learn how to make it from scratch with fresh tomatoes or follow the directions for canned – either way it’s delicious and simple.
What is hemp sauce?
Hemp sauce is just a recipe for sauce that has been enhanced with hemp seeds to add plant protein, a nutty earthy flavor, and various vitamins and minerals. This one is perfect for spaghetti with fresh tomatoes.
Yes just make the hemp seed tomato pasta sauce recipe and allow it to cool all the way down. You can keep it in the refrigerator up to 4 days. You can freeze the plant based sauce in an airtight container for up to 3 months.
What kind of noodles should I use?
Angel Hair – These very fine and delicate strands take 3 – 5 minutes to cook. They’re great for tossing in tomato sauces
Capellini – This pasta is long, thin, and shaped like sticks. Cook for 3-5 minutes, perfect for tossing in chunky sauces.
Cavatappi – is shaped like corkscrews with ridges that are scored into the shape to better adhere sauce. Needs to cook for 9 – 11 minutes. Great for plant based baked pasta dishes.
This recipe for homemade no bake protein cookies has some of your favorite flavors like chocolate, banana, chia seeds, oatmeal, and dates. These vegan flavors are so delicious combined with dates, oatmeal and your favorite nut butter like peanut butter or Almond butter. I really love cashew butter myself. This healthy dessert recipe is is perfect for plant based diet meal prep and weight loss.
What type of nut butter should I use ?
Almond Butter 12oz $5
Cashew Butter 12oz $5
Peanut Butter 16oz $4
Sunflower Butter 16oz $6
Flaxseed Butter 12oz $15
Walnut Butter 9oz $7
Pistachio Butter 8oz $12
Nut & Seed Blend 12oz $10
What are the Ingredients for the recipe for homemade no bake protein cookies?
As a lover of dried dates I’ve noticed something- when you buy pre pitted dates they tend to be much more dry than unpitted dates. You can by unpitted dates and remove the seed right before making this recipe for softer dates. The softer ones are much easier to blend and taste better.
Otherwise you can soak your dates for an hour before making this this recipe for homemade no bake protein cookies. I love soaking them in almond milk but you can use any liquid. Then simply drain them and tap with a paper towel a little bit.
Recipe for homemade no bake protein cookies
How do I store Them
If you your vegan cookies them out in the open they will get hard and stale. You want them to stay a bit sticky and chewy like a granola bar. That’s why you need to seal them in a container with a lid or a large zip lock bag. You can also wrap in plastic wrap. Either way store the plant based cookies in the refrigerator for up to 1 week or counter top for 3 days. Wrap them extra tight and store them in the freezer up to 3 month and allow to thaw naturally.
Are you on a vegan weight loss diet and need dinner recipe ideas? Food should never have to feel boring or tedious! It should be fun, delicious, and always nutritious. Furthermore you want to feel full and satisfied at the end of the night to avoid those late night munchies. That’s why we have gathered these recipes: healthy vegan dinners for weight loss.
You will adore this buckwheat stir fry mixed with vegetables and roasted buckwheat groats. It is a simple meal packed with a variety of nutrients. Furthermore it’s ready in under 30 minutes!
Spaghetti squash is another amazing recipe for your vegan weight loss diet. It’s low in calories and carbs yet still packed with vitamins and minerals. Ditch that pasta for these noodles instead.
Speaking of healthy vegetable noodles this sweet potato dish is easy and delicious. Not to mention that sweet potatoes are super cheap and filling. Try this healthy vegan dinner for weight loss.
Did you know the spices in curry can actually help with weight loss? Spices like turmeric and flavors like ginger aid in digestion and promote wellness. This vegan vegetable curry hits the spot too.
Red Bliss potatoes and light and hearty broth makes the best healthy vegan dinner for weight loss. With only 150 calories per serving you can even have seconds!
If you’re looking for something super filling with minimal calories try cabbage soup. The cabbage soup diet has helped countless people drop the pounds fast.
With simple ingredients like: onions, garlic, ginger, carrots, coconut milk, curry paste, and cashews it’s no wonder this soup is a top favorite for healthy vegan dinner for weight loss!
Who needs meatloaf when you can make plant based lentil loaf?! Lentils and flax meal come together with the perfect spices for an amazing recipe. You will definitely want this one on your vegan weight loss diet.
These stuffed bell peppers are loaded with quinoa, corn, beans and the perfect seasoning! Packed with flavor and prepped in 25 minutes, this dish makes a healthy vegan dinner for weight loss!
These cauliflower steaks are the perfect recipe for your vegan weight loss diet. All you need is: cauliflower heads, olive oil, ground flax seeds or breadcrumbs, and these delicious spices.
Upma is a traditional south Indian recipe that is normally prepared with semolina or coarse rice flour. The flavor combinations are absolutely delicious and it’s simple to make in your instant pot.
All you need for this fresh vegetable salad is 1 cup kale chopped, 1 cup carrots shredded, 1 cup cabbage shredded, 1/2 cup waterchestnuts canned in water, 1/2 cup avocado, 1/4 cup aquafaba one can of chickpea water, 6 whole cherry tomatoes, 2 tbsp hemp seeds, and some seasonings. Get the recipe!
This vegan Apple Cucumber Mint Salad is a heavenly gluten-free salad! It’s flavored with refreshing ingredients like mint and lemon juice! The protein rich Peanut Butter adds a creamy layer too. It’s ready in 10 minutes using simple ingredients already available in your kitchen.
All you need for this quinoa pesto is: raw baby spinach leaves, fresh basil leaves, lemon juice, water, walnuts, garlic, quinoa, and spices! It’s simple enough to put together as well!
Chickpeas are an amazing meat replacement for your vegan weight loss diet. Air Fryer Veggie chickpea Burger is perfect recipe anytime you want to quickly wrap up a meal. They’re easy to make and perfect for meal prepping!
Are you looking for plant based overnight oatmeal recipe ideas? If so this is the one for you because it’s absolutely delicious and healthy for you too. Each ingredient contributes nutritional benefits and helps keep you full and satiated. This recipe is great for meal prep, meal planning, and family breakfast. Furthermore it’s affordable and the main ingredients have a long shelf life.
What is the difference between overnight oatmeal and regular?
The ingredients are the same but the “cooking” method is different. Essentially overnight oats are not cooked thus preserving their nutrients. Oatmeal will gradually soak up the liquid (water or milk) and take on the same texture than if it were boiled or microwaved.
Overnight oats are soaked in liquid for 3 or more hours until they become soft and edible.
What Ingredients do you need for Overnight Oats With Peaches And Chia Seeds?
Whole Oat Groats are the husked oat kernel. They contain the cereal germ, the bran and the endosperm of the grain. These take the longest to soak and may never become fully soft.
Steel Cut Oats
Also known as Irish oats the groats used to make rolled oats are cut into 2 or 3 pieces each rather instead of flattened. This is what gives them their small, pin-like shape. Similar to whole oat groats – steel cut are too thick and chewer to be used for overnight oats. In fact they take a lot longer to even cook let alone soak.
Rolled / Old-Fashioned Oats
Rolled oats AKA old fashioned oats are steamed and flattened with giant rollers in order to form large flakes. They take approximately 15 minutes to cook. These work great for overnight oats however they need to soak longer than 3 hours, 6 or more is best.
Quick Oats
Quick oats AKA quick rolling it’s are are groats that have been chopped into multiple pieces. They are then steamed and flattened into thin flakes. They cook in about 5 minutes and soak very quickly for over night oats, they can be ready in less than 3 hours. That’s why these and instant oats are preferable for overnight oats.
Instant Oats
Instant oats are even thinner than quick oats. They soak extremely fast and make for quick and simple overnight oats. The only thing to remember is the more processed the oat the less nutrients are retained. Instant oats can soak in as soon as 1 hour!
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Recipe By Jessica Bailey
Course: Breakfast
Cusine:
Difficulty:
Servings
4 minutes
Preparing Time
10 minutes
Cooking Time
minutes
Calories
262 kcal
INGREDIENTS
2 ripe peaches
2 cups dry oatmeal
1/4 cup chia seeds
1/2 tsp vanilla extract
1 tbsp cinnamon
3 cups water or almond milk
DIRECTION
Cut the fruit
Rinse and slice up your fruit
Combine
Combine oatmeal, chia seeds, vanilla, cinnamon, and water in a large bowl and mix
Set
Cover the bowl with plastic wrap or any seal tight top and rest for 3 or more hours
