Best Vegan Game Day Recipes (Healthy Comfort Food)

Seventeen of the best vegan game day recipes for the Super Bowl! Everything from salads to appetizers, main dishes to dessert, is covered in this roundup.

a graphic showing four of the top vegan game day recipes: cauliflower mac and cheese, tempeh chili, crispy parmesan oven fries, and s'mores cake

Recently, as I was mentally going through my recipe rolodex, I had a realization: I actually have a fair number of Super Bowl party-appropriate vegan recipes on the blog! I think the day has finally arrived where I have enough recipes to draw from to start doing recipes roundups on here! So without further ado, here are my top vegan recipe picks for game day, from the blog archives! I’ve divided it into appetizers, salads, main dishes, and desserts.

Whether you’re hosting a Super Bowl party with vegan guests, or you are vegan and in search of inspiration for game day noshing, I hope you enjoy this selection!

As always, if you make any of these recipes, be sure to comment and rate the recipes, and post a photo to Instagram with @upbeet.kitchen and #upbeetkitchen.

vegan game day appetizers/snacks:

Vegan Parmesan Oven Fries with Buffalo Hummus are shown on a serving board

Vegan Crispy Cashew Parmesan Oven Fries with Buffalo Hummus

a photo of baked potato skins topped with tempeh bacon, cheese, sour cream, and green onion, served with an organic beer.

Vegan Potato Skins with Tempeh Bacon and Cashew Sour Cream

Moroccan Lentil Dip

Pinto Pecan Lettuce Boats

Vegan Salads:

Festive Kale, Pomegranate, Pepita, and Sweet Potato Salad Recipe

Kale, Pomegranate, and Sweet Potato Salad

Vegan Tempeh BLT Salad with Creamy Green Dressing

santa fe salad in a bowl made with sweet potato, dates, peppers, avocado, beans, crispy tofu, and creamy green cilantro dressing.

Santa Fe Salad with Crispy Tofu and Cilantro Lime Dressing

Detox Kale Caesar Salad in a bowl topped with creamy cashew caesar dressing and tempeh bacon. One of the best vegan recipes for game day- healthy comfort food!

Detox Kale Caesar Salad with Creamy Cashew Caper Dressing and Tempeh Bacon

vegan main dishes:

Nut Free Vegan Mac and Cheese with Tempeh Bacon in a skillet served with kimchi and green onion. One of the best vegan game day recipes for the Super Bowl.

Nut-Free Cauliflower Mac and Cheese

A vegan pot pie made with white beans, vegetables, herbs, and spelt flour biscuits. A close up of the pie in a cast iron skillet. Perfect to serve on game day; healthy vegan comfort food.

Vegan Biscuit Pot Pie with White Beans and Mushrooms

Tempeh, Quinoa, and Sweet Potato Burgers

Black Bean and Sweet Potato Quesadilla Recipe

Black Bean and Sweet Potato Quesadillas with Cilantro Jalapeno Pesto (Make these vegan by swapping out the feta cheese for grated vegan cheese of choice.)

Curried Lentil Butternut Squash Roti plated, ready to be served with cilantro lime cashew cream (part of a roundup of the best vegan game day recipes)

Curried Butternut Squash and Lentil Roti

vegan desserts:

Vegan S’mores Cake

Chocolate Avocado Almond Mousse Recipe (part pudding, part mousse)

Chocolate Almond Butter Mousse

The best, most indulgent-tasting, but also kind of healthy, vegan pumpkin spice brownie recipe. There's no oil in this recipe- just almond butter and pumpkin puree to give it moisture and gooey texture.

Pumpkin Spice Nut Butter Brownies with No-Cook Pumpkin Spice Caramel

Healthy and delicious almost raw vegan Nanaimo bars recipe (NO BAKE!) (part of a roundup of the best vegan game day recipes)

No-Bake Vegan Nanaimo Bars

Well, folks, that’s a wrap! I hope you have a chance to make one or a few of these recipes on Sunday! Enjoy!

Comments

Nausheen

February 05, 2020 at 5:56 am

Thank you for sharing such nice recipes. I will be waiting for more.

- Allison
  
  February 05, 2020 at 1:34 pm
  
  Thank you so much for your kind words, Nausheen! I will keep them coming. 🙂
  
NLDB

August 09, 2021 at 12:22 pm

Allison…your recipes are awesome! Currently transitioning family from “beef” to plant base/ faceless protein. My husband born and raised in London, England is definitely meat and potato guy. First couple of recipes I served him…he asked “Where’s the beef”? He’s being a really good chap about broadening his horizon and going along with what’s best for the family! Thank you for making my life easier!

- Allison
  
  August 09, 2021 at 12:26 pm
  
  Hi!! Thank you so much! I couldn’t be happier to hear that you and your family are enjoying my recipes. It means a lot! 🙂