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32 Vegan Side Dishes (Gluten-Free)

Published: Nov 6, 2022 by Rhian Williams

Looking for Vegan Side Dishes?

Here's a selection of Potato Sides including Mashed Potatoes and Scalloped Potatoes, Rice Sides like Rice Casserole and Mushroom Rice, Pasta Sides like Mac and Cheese and Pesto Pasta, Bread Sides like Cornbread and Dinner Rolls, Vegetable Sides like Cauliflower Cheese Gratin and Salads like Quinoa Tabbouleh and Thai Mango Salad.

A collage of four vegan side dishes photos

These Side Dishes are perfect for Thanksgiving and Christmas, or any other occasion!

They're all gluten-free and refined sugar free too, and made using simple, plant-based ingredients!

Potato Side Dishes

1. Scalloped Potatoes

These Scalloped Potatoes are super rich and creamy, soft and tender and super comforting!

Scalloped potatoes in a grey baking dish with a silver spoon lifting up a mouthful

2. Potato Dauphinoise Gratin

This Potato Dauphinoise Gratin is the perfect rich and indulgent yet surprisingly healthy side dish: think tender potatoes enveloped in a velvety, creamy sauce.

A potato gratin topped with green herbs in a white dish with a spoon lifting up a mouthful

3. Scalloped Sweet Potato Gratin

This Scalloped Sweet Potato Gratin is easy to make, luxuriously rich and creamy and packed full of sweet, tender sweet potatoes!

Sweet potato gratin with a mouthful being lifted up with a spoon

4. Creamy Mashed Potatoes

These Creamy Mashed Potatoes are melt-in-your-mouth creamy, soft and fluffy and so easy to make!

Mashed potatoes topped with green herbs with sliced carrots and broccoli on a black plate with brown gravy being poured over

5. Sweet Potato Casserole

This Sweet Potato Casserole is rich and creamy, subtly spiced and topped with crunchy oats and pecans. The best savoury-sweet side dish!

Mashed sweet potatoes topped with chopped pecan nuts and oatmeal with a silver spoon lifting up a mouthful

6. Potato Salad

This Potato Salad is irresistibly creamy, perfectly tangy and packed with sweet carrots and nutty peas!

Potato salad with carrots, green peas and mayonnaise in a blue bowl

Rice Side Dishes

7. Yellow Turmeric Rice

An aromatic rice dish with sweet raisins, fragrant lemon and lots of veggies!

Yellow rice with vegetables in a ceramic bowl

8. Rice Casserole

This Rice Casserole is super easy to make, creamy and flavourful and secretly healthy!

Rice casserole in a white dish with a wooden spoon lifting up a mouthful

9. Chickpea Kedgeree

This Chickpea Kedgeree is easy to make, super flavourful and so nutritious!

Yellow rice with green and red vegetables on a blue patterned plate

10. Mushroom Rice

This Mushroom Rice is packed with flavour and seriously satisfying! This Mushroom Risotto is another delicious similar recipe.

Mushroom rice with peppers on a blue plate

11. Thai Green Curry Rice

Fragrant, aromatic rice flavoured with herbs, spices and creamy coconut milk.

Thai green rice on a grey plate with a spoon lifting up a mouthful

Pasta Side Dishes

12. White Bean Mac and Cheese

This White Bean Mac and Cheese is luxuriously creamy, so comforting and most importantly, quick and easy to make.

Mac and cheese with green peas on a black plate with a side salad

13. Rainbow Macaroni Salad

This Rainbow Macaroni Salad is rich and creamy, packed with veggies and super easy to make!

Pasta salad with green peas, shredded cabbage, radish and carrots in a mayonnaise dressing in a light blue bowl

14. Butternut Squash Mac and Cheese

This Butternut Squash Mac and Cheese is rich and creamy, full of flavour and so comforting.

Pasta with orange butternut squash sauce and green kale in a black frying pan

15. Pesto Pasta

This garlicky, fragrant pesto sauce is perfect for a quick and easy pasta dish.

Penne pasta with pesto sauce, green peas and chopped red pepper in a beige bowl

16. Sundried Tomato Pesto Pasta Salad

This Sundried Tomato Pesto Pasta Salad is packed with beautiful veggies like earthy zucchini (courgette), nutty sweetcorn, sweet red peppers, fragrant basil and juicy cherry tomatoes.

Penne pasta with sundried tomato pesto salad and vegetables on a grey plate

Bread Side Dishes

17. Dinner Rolls

These Dinner Rolls are soft and fluffy and pull apart like brioche! They’re also yeast-free, no-knead and refined sugar free too!

Eight gluten-free dinner rolls on a wire rack with a bite taken out of one

18. Stuffing

This Stuffing is packed with flavour, hearty and super easy to make! The perfect healthy yet satisfying side dish.

Stuffing made with chestnuts, apple pieces and dried cherries in a white pie dish with a spoon holding up a mouthful

19. Cornbread Muffins

These Cornbread Muffins are moist and fluffy, super easy to make and perfectly rich!

Six cornbread muffins with one cut in half on a marble slab

20. Garlic Bread

It's crispy, crunchy and super fragrant! It’s seriously easy to make and perfect for sharing!

Four pieces of garlic bread on a sheet of brown baking paper

21. Cornbread

This Cornbread is sweet and "buttery", moist and fluffy and slightly nutty.

A square of cornbread with a bite taken out of it drizzled with maple syrup on a white plate

Vegetable Side Dishes

22. Celeriac Fries

These Celeriac Fries are a great alternative to sweet potato fries - they're sweet, nutty and crispy!

Crinkle-cut celeriac fries decorated with green herbs on a black plate

23. Green Bean Casserole

This Green Bean Casserole is creamy, flavourful, comforting and made from scratch!

Green bean casserole topped with breadcrumbs and parsley in a white pie dish with a mouthful taken out

24. Cauliflower Cheese Gratin

This Cauliflower Cheese Gratin is rich and creamy!

Cauliflower gratin topped with flaked almonds with a spoon lifting up a mouthful

25. Wok-Fried Greens

These Wok-Fried Greens are quick and easy to make, full of flavour and make the perfect side dish for Asian food!

Broccoli, pak choi and sliced garlic in a brown sauce on a black plate

Salad Side Dishes

26. Apple Fig Walnut Salad

Crunchy apples, jammy dried figs, earthy walnuts and peppery rocket (arugula) coated in a garlicky pesto dressing!

Apple slices, chopped dried figs, rocket and walnuts covered in a green pesto dressing on a black plate

27. Pumpkin Quinoa Salad

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

Quinoa, roasted pumpkin and sliced red pepper salad on a grey plate

28. Persimmon Salad

This Persimmon Salad is super easy to make, sweet and fruity and beautifully colourful. A great festive side dish!

Persimmon salad in a blue bowl against a marble background

29. Quinoa Tabbouleh

This Quinoa Tabbouleh is easy to make, really nutritious and packed with juicy fruits, crunchy veggies and fresh herbs.

Quinoa salad with red onion, sour cherries, cherry tomatoes and diced nectarine on a blue plate

30. Papaya Mint Lime Salad

This Papaya Mint Lime Salad is the perfect combination of sweet, tangy, fragrant and spicy. Works super well as a side dish for curries!

Papaya, lime and mint salad on a grey plate against a blue background

31. Miso Seaweed Salad

This Miso Seaweed Salad is a delicious Japanese side dish – it’s salty-sweet, fragrant and super healthy!

Seaweed salad topped with sesame seeds in three small blue bowls

32. Thai Mango Salad

This Thai Mango Salad is a vibrant addition to any dinner table, and looks especially impressive at dinner parties.

Mango salad with peanuts, cucumber, lettuce, carrots and basil

If you try out any of these Vegan Side Dishes, or anything else from my blog, 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.

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