Looking for Easy Vegan Lunch Recipe Ideas?

Here are 40 vegan recipes suitable for an easy lunch – there’s a selection of creative sandwiches and wraps, flavourful dips, hearty salads, and nutritious soups. All these recipes are also gluten-free and refined sugar free.

If you’re into easy vegan lunch recipe ideas, you might also be into my Easy Dinner Recipes cookbook, which has 30 completely new recipes that have never been posted on the blog.

Sandwiches

1. Vegan Chickpea Curry Salad Sandwich

Subtly spiced, creamy, fragrant chickpeas make the best sandwich filling!

2. Vegan White Bean “Tuna” Salad Sandwich

Mashed white beans make the best chickpea substitute for vegan “tuna”.

3. Vegan Chickpea Mayonnaise Salad Sandwich

Nutty chickpeas and sweet corn in a creamy, tangy mayonnaise.

4. Scrambled Teriyaki Tofu Onigirazu

A sushi sandwich filled with salty-sweet teriyaki tofu!

5. Vegan Hummus Toasted Sandwich

A toasted sandwiched filled with smoky butternut squash, garlicky hummus, creamy avocado and peppery rocket (arugula).

6. Vegan Stretchy Melty Grilled Cheese

Stretchy Melty Grilled Cheese made with a magical ingredient – completely natural, nut-free and oil-free!

7. Muffin Tin Sushi Cups

These Muffin Tin Sushi Cups are super easy to make, so adorable and perfect for eating with your hands!

8. Vegan Smashed Eggplant Toast

A creamy, smoky eggplant dip on toast with your toppings of choice!

9. Vegan Chickpea Caesar Salad Wraps

These Chickpea Caesar Salad Wraps are filled with nutty chickpeas enveloped in a creamy, tangy, garlicky Caesar dressing!

10. Vegan Chickpea Mayo Coconut Bacon Lettuce Wraps

Lettuce wraps filled with creamy chickpeas, smoky coconut bacon and sweet tomatoes!

11. Lazy Samosa Lettuce Wraps

An easier, healthier, lightened up version of traditional samosas served with a sweet, tangy, fruity kiwi chutney. 

12. Vegan “Egg” Mayonnaise Salad

Nutty chickpeas and sweet apple coated in a tangy, creamy avocado sauce.

13. Mediterranean Chickpea “Tuna” Pittas

Pittas filled with creamy chickpeas, fresh herbs, earthy olives and juicy tomatoes!

14. Vegan “Tuna” Mayonnaise Onigiri

Adorable sushi balls filled with nutty chickpeas and sweet corn covered in salty seaweed!

15. Lazy Falafel

This Lazy Falafel is super easy to make and packed with flavour!

Dips

16. Vegan French Onion Dip

This French Onion Dip is rich and creamy, sweet and tangy and highly addictive!

17. Vegan Spinach Artichoke Dip

This Spinach Artichoke Dip is rich and creamy, full of flavour and secretly healthy!

18. Vegan Queso

This Vegan Queso is seriously flavourful, rich and creamy and much healthier than the traditional version!

19. Pumpkin Hummus

This Pumpkin Hummus is full of flavour, sweet and fragrant! 

20. Italian Hummus

This Italian Hummus is made with creamy white beans and flavoured with fragrant rosemary.

21. Miso Aubergine Dip

This Miso Aubergine (Eggplant) Dip is full of umami flavour, creamy and salty-sweet!

22. Sweet Potato Hummus

This Sweet Potato Hummus is just as delicious and healthy as regular homemade hummus, but it doesn’t require a blender!

Salads

23. Vegan Tofu Rice Noodle Salad

Tofu Rice Noodle salad packed with crunchy veggies – fresh and light yet full of flavour!

24. Vegan Edamame Pesto with Soba Noodles

Soba (buckwheat) noodles with a nutty, herby edamame pesto, sweet red peppers and peppery radish.

25. Vegan Sundried Tomato Pesto Pasta Salad

A pasta salad packed with fresh veggies, artichokes, sweetcorn and olives in a rich sundried tomato dressing.

26. Nectarine Quinoa Tabbouleh

Juicy nectarines, tart-sweet cherries, crunchy cucumber, tangy red onion, peppery radish, fresh herbs, earthy pistachios and nutty quinoa and buckwheat enveloped in a sweet dressing!

27. Pumpkin Quinoa Salad

This Pumpkin Quinoa Salad is super easy to make, healthy, full of flavour and packed with veggies.

Soups

28. Vegan French Onion Soup

This French Onion Soup is rich and hearty and topped with cheesy toast!

29. Vegan Cream of Asparagus Soup

This Cream of Asparagus Soup is rich and velvety, nutty and fresh, and super nutritious!

30. Vegan Cream of Mushroom Soup

This Cream of Mushroom Soup is full of flavour, seriously healthy and perfectly rich!

31. Creamy Vegan Tomato Soup

This Creamy Vegan Tomato Soup is rich and indulgent, full of flavour and warming and comforting!

32. Sweet Potato Peanut Soup

This Sweet Potato Peanut Soup is warming and comforting, spicy and flavourful and super nourishing!

33. Vegan Pumpkin Curry Soup

This Pumpkin Curry Soup is super nutritious, warming and comforting and fragrantly spiced!

34. Creamy Vegan Pumpkin Gnocchi Soup

Sweet, creamy pumpkin soup filled with chewy, pillowy gnocchi!

35. Vegan Pea Pasta Minestrone Soup

A light yet comforting soup with green pea pasta, white beans, sweet potatoes, fresh tomatoes and plenty of herbs!

36. Pea Zucchini Mint Soup

A beautifully colourful soup made with sweet peas, creamy zucchini and fresh mint!

37. Vegan Pumpkin Soup

This simple Pumpkin Soup is rich and creamy, perfectly sweet and full of flavour.

38. Vegan Pho

Rice noodles and nourishing vegetables in the most flavourful broth!

39. Vegan Corn Chowder

This Corn Chowder is sweet and creamy, super easy to make, nutritious and filling!

40. Vegan “Clam” Chowder

This Vegan “Clam” Chowder is rich and creamy, packed with veggies and served in an adorable bread bowl!

You may also like to check out my:

• 35 Vegan Gluten-Free Dinner Recipes
• 30 Vegan Gluten-Free Cake Recipes

Or my Easy Dinner Recipes cookbook! Here are some examples of the dishes in the book, which are all completely new recipes that can’t be found anywhere on the blog:

If you try out any of these recipes, I’d really love to hear any feedback! Please give it a rating, leave a comment, or tag a photo @rhiansrecipes #rhiansrecipes on Instagram! Thank you.