Enjoy this green olive tapenade made with savory sun-dried tomatoes, buttery toasted pine nuts, and garden fresh herbs finished off with a squeeze of lemon juice. The briny flavor is intensified with capers rather than anchovies.
Vegan Appetizer Recipes
These vegan appetizer recipes will be a hit at your next party! Make these dips, platters, and finger foods for holidays, a cocktail party, or gathering.
Try some vegan finger foods like Garlic Knots and Tomato Bruschetta, or whip up a homemade dip like Cultured Cashew Cheese Spread.
Lebanese Spinach Pies with Onions and Sumac
These triangular Lebanese spinach pies (or Fatayer bi Sabanekh in Lebanon) are filled with sautéed spinach and onion seasoned with tart and earthy sumac. The pillowy, tender dough is made with olive oil. Jump to:🥬 Ingredients🔪 Instructions💭 Tips🧊 Freezing Instructions🥗 Pairings💬Comments Many Middle Eastern cuisines are incredibly vegan friendly (falafel, anyone?) and I'm lucky to […]
Lebanese Quinoa Tabbouleh Salad
tomatoes, cucumbers, and bulgur wheat with a tart lemon and olive oil dressing. This Lebanese quinoa tabbouleh salad swaps bulgur for quinoa for a refreshing side dish that's vegan, gluten free, and delicious!
Easy Oven Baked Vegan Buffalo Cauliflower Bites (No Breading)
These oven baked buffalo cauliflower bites are delicious, spicy, and perfect for dinner or as a party appetizer. They have no breading, so they are super easy to make and naturally vegan and gluten free.
Baked Vegan Spinach Artichoke Dip with Cashews
This baked vegan spinach artichoke dip with cashews and vegan mozzarella is creamy, cheesy, and delicious! Bake it in a cast iron pan to make it a one pan appetizer and serve with pita, crackers, and veggies!
Homemade Soft Pretzels
I love making pretzels, and everyone loves eating them! While making fresh pretzels might seem intimidating at first, once you get the twisting, shaping, and boiling parts down, it's pretty foolproof. Even if your pretzel twisting skills aren't quite perfect yet, no one will complain about a "rustic" pretzel. This soft pretzel recipe is naturally […]
Cultured Cashew & Sunflower Seed Cheese
This vegan sunflower seed cheese is blended with cashews and cultured overnight for a sharp, tangy flavor. Mix in your favorite herbs and veggies, and spread it on bread or crackers! Please note that this recipe calls for rejuvelac, a fermented liquid used in vegan cheesemaking, which takes several days to make. It's pretty easy […]
Artisan Vegan Cheese Board
Today's Vegan MoFo theme is "party!": canapés, finger foods, and shareable appetizers. Since I've been working my way through Miyoko Schinner's Artisan Vegan Cheese cookbook, I decided to bring all of these cashew cheese experiments together into a vegan cheese board! Artisan Vegan Cheese Let's talk about Artisan Vegan Cheese! So, I'm about 5 years […]
Easy Garlic Knots
Whenever a recipe calls for 1 or 2 cloves of garlic, I interpret that as "5 or 6 cloves of garlic". This rule has never steered me wrong. Which is why I'm astounded that it took me so long to discover garlic knots. I've known garlic bread, garlic breadsticks, and other various iterations of garlic […]
Satay Seitan with Peanut Sauce and Cucumber Salad
This vegan satay is marinated in a delicious vegan curry sauce and pan fried to perfection! Serve it with the ginger peanut satay sauce and Thai cucumber salad, which are easy to make while the seitan is marinating. <<< [wprm-recipe-jump] >>> Satay is my favorite appetizer to order at Thai restaurants. Not only because the […]
Tomato Bruschetta with Fresh Basil
This tomato bruschetta with fresh basil, garlic, and balsamic vinegar is the quintessential summer appetizer! It's a wonderful way to enjoy the flavor garden fresh tomatoes and herbs.
Crispy Buffalo Tofu Wings (with Buffalo Tofu Wrap Variation)
These crispy buffalo tofu wings are crispy, spicy, and full of flavor! Serve them as an appetizer with vegan ranch, buffalo sauce, and carrot and celery sticks, or use them to make a buffalo tofu wrap.
Black Bean and Corn Salsa
This black bean and corn salsa is fresh, mildly spicy, and delicious with chips or in a burrito. It's a great way to use fresh corn on the cob, which can be grilled for extra flavor.
Vegan Cultured Cashew Cheese Spread without Nutritional Yeast
This vegan cashew cheese spread is made with raw cashews cultured with rejuvelac without nutritional yeast or other flavorings! It has a mild, tangy flavor just like regular cheese, but is completely dairy free! It can be served as an appetizer as a spread or dip, or used as a base for other vegan cheese recipes.