Vegetarian Kwanzaa Recipes
Recipes for a vegetarian or vegan Kwanzaa celebration feast, including vegetarian jambalaya, gumbo, Cajun and Creole dishes, and more healthy foods for Kwanzaa. Everything you need for a full vegetarian Kwanzaa meal. The Kwanzaa feast is an important part of the Kwanzaa celebration, so enjoy some of these healthy and low-fat vegetarian Kwanzaa foods.
Black Eyed Pea Soup
Vegetarian black-eyed pea soup recipe using black-eyed peas (or crowder peas), celery, carrots, macaroni noodles, and spiced with basil and thyme. This is a vegetarian recipe, with plenty of flavor without the usual ham. The perfect addition to a meatless Kwanzaa meal.
Hominy and Bean Casserole
A vegetarian hominy casserole recipe. The chilies add quite a bit of a kick, too, so you may want to tone it down a bit if you're cooking this vegetarian casserole for the kids.
Vegetarian Creole Rice Recipe
Vegetarian Creole Rice Recipe - serve as either a main dish or as a side at your Kwanzaa meal.
Spicy Gingered Fried Plantains
Spicy Gingered Fried Plantains
Spicy Vegetarian Gumbo with Greens
This vegetarian gumbo recipe has plenty of healthy collard greens as well as other vegetables and some beans for protein. If you're looking for a healthy gumbo recipe for Kwanza, try this vegetarian and vegan recipe. If you like a spicier vegetarian gumbo, add a bit of extra hot sauce and cayenne pepper.
Moroccan Couscous with Chickpeas and Peppers
Moroccan Couscous with Chickpeas and Peppers
Cajun Style Collard Greens
Collard greens are a nutrient rich leafy green. When cooked and spiced properly, they make a tasty and nutritious accompaniment to just about any meal. These easy collard greens would make a healthy vegetarian and vegan side dish for your Kwanzaa party or Kwanzaa menu.
Cornbread Stuffing Recipe
Cornbread stuffing (or dressing) is a Southern favorite served not only on Thanksgiving and holidays, but for any special family meal, and would go well with a Kwanzaa meal. This cornbread stuffing recipe is both vegetarian and vegan, just be sure to use a vegan cornbread.
Hominy and Cheese Salad
Although this isn't a traditional Kwanzaa dish, it is a popular Southern-style salad that would be a welcome addition to your Kwanzaa table.
Easy Collard Greens with Rice
You'll love eating your collard greens if they're spiced and cooked properly. This simple vegetarian and vegan recipe for collard greens adds just a few basic spices to give them a bit of a kick! Serve these greens with rice as a vegetarian side dish or entree for your Kwanzaa celebration.
Creole Style Seitan
Creole Style Seitan
Quick Creamed Kale
Quick Creamed Kale - a vegetarian Kwanzaa side dish recipe.
Cajun Marinated Tempeh Recipe
Tempeh is marinated overnight in plenty of Cajun spices, then lightly fried. An easy vegetarian and vegan tempeh recipe for Kwanzaa.
Caribbean Jerk Tempeh Recipe
In this vegetarian and vegan recipe for Caribbean spiced tempeh, tempeh is marinated overnight in jerk spices such as fresh ginger, jalapenos and nutmeg, then broiled. This tempeh recipe is very easy to prepare, yet bursting with Caribbean flavor.
Louisiana Vegetarian Gumbo Recipe
Louisiana Vegetarian Gumbo Recipe
Easy Hominy Casserole Bake
This is a great one-dish vegetarian casserole meal perfect for feeding your family on a busy weeknight. Add a bit of diced tofu to the mix for a bit of protein or, if you're cooking for picky eaters, sprinkle the top with potato chips instead of bread crumbs for a bit of a treat.
Jambalaya (Vegan)
Jambalaya is a spicy southern rice dish with tomatoes and veggies. This recipe is Creole style, which means that the rice is simmered in tomato paste, rather than just water.
Quick Creamed Mustard Greens
Creamed Mustard Greens
Coconut Sweet Potatoes
Coconut Sweet Potatoes
Easy Low-Fat Baked Sweet Potato Fries
Easy Low-Fat Baked Sweet Potato Fries
Sweet Potato Coins (Vegan)
These sweet potato fries are a savory and salty alternative to french fries.
Pralined Sweet Potatoes - Vegan
Southern-inspired side dish with orange flavored sweet potatoes, a touch of sugar, and pecans.
Vegan Hushpuppies
Vegan Hushpuppies
Boiled Peanuts
A recipe for making boiled peanuts, an easy vegetarian and vegan Kwanzaa snack.
Southern Black-Eyed Peas Salad
A Southern recipe for black-eyed peas salad, suitable for a Kwanzaa celebration.
Butter Bean Vegetarian Jambalaya
A vegetarian jambalaya recipe for Kwanzaa with veggies, butter beans and rice. Jambalaya is the perfect food for your Kwanzaa menu.
Okra and Corn Vegetable Gumbo
A vegetarian and vegan gumbo recipe with lots of okra and other veggies. Gumbo is a popular Southern "kitchen sink" meal (just toss everything but the kitchen sink in!) - the perfect food for a vegetarian Kwanzaa feast.
Ethiopian Tea Recipe
Ethiopian Tea Recipe - a spiced tea with orange, cloves and honey perfect for your Kwanzaa menu.
Stewed Okra and Tomatoes
A healthy vegetarian and vegan Kwanzaa side dish of okra and tomatoes.
Quick Texas Caviar
It's a southern thing, and a simple and easy choice for a vegetarian side dish or appetizer as part of your Kwanzaa meal.
Barbecue baked tempeh recipe
Tempeh is baked in a barbecue sauce marinade in this super easy and delicious baked tempeh recipe.
Texas Caviar with Avocadoes
Homemade Texas caviar with avocados, black eyed peas and spiced with hot sauce.
Gluten-free cornbread
On the off chance that you're looking for gluten-free vegetarian Kwanzaa recipes, here's at least one to help you out!
Vegan Creamed Swiss Chard
Creamed Swiss chard made with a soy roux of soy milk and flour and just a touch of nutmeg.
Plantains in Coconut Milk
Another traditional African recipe for a Kwanzaa feast. This recipe for spiced plantains in coconut milk comes from Zanzibar, in East Africa. For a vegan and lower-fat version, you can omit the butter or use a vegan margarine instead.
African Okra and Greens
A traditional African recipe for okra and greens for a vegetarian Kwanzaa feast.
Crispy Fried Okra
Battered and deep-fried okra - yum! Okra is always best when fresh, as the leftovers don't keep well.