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Discover delicious vegan side dishes.

There are plenty of starchy classics like a vegan sweet potato casserole and these crispy smashed potatoes. I’ve also included flavourful vegetable and grain sides like my cold ginger noodle salad and this green love quinoa salad.

To dive even deeper into vegan side dish recipes, The First Mess Cookbook has plenty of inspiration.

An overhead shot shows a spicy maple tofu bowl with golden garlic rice as a base and a few stalks of steamed broccolini. The bowl is topped with sliced green onions.

Spicy Maple Tofu Bowls with Golden Garlic Rice & Broccolini

An overhead shot shows a baking dish filled with baked pearl couscous and butternut squash. The bake features chickpeas and spinach, and is topped with pickled red onions and drizzles of a creamy green basil tahini sauce. A wooden serving spoon is sticking out of the dish.

Baked Pearl Couscous & Butternut Squash with Basil Tahini

An overhead shot shows a wide serving bowl containing red wine French lentils, confit fennel slices and cherry tomatoes, a fresh shaved fennel salad on top, and a piece of whole grain bread to the side.

Red Wine Lentils with Confit Cherry Tomatoes & Fennel

An overhead shot shows a saucy butter bean skillet with a cherry tomato sauce and parsley on top. A ladle is sticking out of the pot.

Saucy Butter Bean Skillet with Cherry Tomatoes & Gremolata

An up close, overhead shot shows a fresh corn, tomato & avocado salad in a shallow ceramic dish with a wooden spoon sticking out. The salad is topped with chopped chives and chopped corn nuts.

25-Minute Fresh Corn, Tomato & Avocado Salad

An overhead shot of grilled cauliflower wedges on a platter over some yogurt tahini sauce. The cauliflower is topped with sliced sumac-pickled onions, chopped parsley, and crispy chickpeas.

Grilled Cauliflower Wedges with Tahini Yogurt & Sumac Onions

An overhead shot shows a large serving bowl filled with hummus crunch salad, featuring: iceberg lettuce, matchstick carrots, parsley, za'atar chickpeas, crushed up pita chips, and a creamy hummus-based dressing. Salad tongs are nearby the bowl.

Hummus Crunch Salad

An up close, overhead shot shows a platter of herby whipped white beans that are topped with smoky grilled mushrooms, flaky sea salt, micro greens, chopped herbs, and ground pistachios.

Herby Whipped White Beans with Smoky Mushrooms

An overhead shot shows a platter of purple crispy smashed potatoes garnished with herbs. A hand is dunking one of the potatoes in a creamy vegan green goddess dressing.

Crispy Smashed Potatoes with Vegan Green Goddess

An overhead shot displays a shaved fennel asparagus salad in a wide white bowl. The salad also features white beans, cooked farro, finely chopped pistachios, arugula, and chopped chives. Wooden salad tongs are nearby on a pink linen napkin.

Lemony Shaved Fennel Asparagus Salad

An overhead shot of a platter of spicy sesame slaw topped with sautéed mushrooms and shelled edamame. The slaw is garnished with toasted sliced almonds. A set of salad tongs is sticking out of the slaw and a linen napkin is nearby.

Spicy Sesame Slaw with Mushrooms & Edamame

An overhead shot of a veggie sausage sheet pan dinner with pesto cream sauce drizzled on top.

Veggie Sausage Sheet Pan Dinner with Pesto Cream

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