Have you decided about your Christmas holiday menu yet? Maybe you can’t decide whether to have an indulgent Christmas or stick to your healthy eating habits during the holidays. Don’t worry, you can do both! I’ve found some amazing recipes from which you can create an indulgent healthy vegan Christmas menu. You can still enjoy extremely pleasing food without having to ingest unhealthy ingredients that make you feel sluggish. Your family and friends will also be pleased with these recipes and you can take some of these foods to a party too if you are invited somewhere.
Breakfast
I love the combination of chocolate and orange. Do you? This chocolate orange chia pudding would be a perfect festive breakfast or even a healthy dessert during Christmas.
Chocolate orange chia pudding by A Saucy Kitchen
Appetizer
Look at this beautiful color! Isn’t it amazing? This vibrant colored hummus would look soo good on a buffet table or as an appetizer during the holidays. You could even make a Christmas tree or Santa shape out of the vegetables you use for dipping. Have you seen those images on Pinterest? (I saved some of them to my Vegan Recipes Board if you want to see them.)
Hot Pink Beetroot Hummus by Vibrant Plate
This absolutely gorgeous Mushroom Wellington would definitely take center stage on your Christmas table. Look at that flaky golden brown pastry around those succulent mushrooms and caramelized onions. I really want to sink my teeth in it.
Mushroom Wellington by Delicious Everyday
Another beautiful main or side option is this amazing roasted whole cauliflower. It looks so impressive, isn’t it? Cauliflower is a very healthy and low-calorie vegetable, therefore it complements nicely the other richer courses.
The Best Whole Roasted Cauliflower by Minimalist Baker
Roasted vegetables are my favorite way of having some of my 5-a-day during the cold months. With some good quality vegan sausages, this veg & sausage traybake would be a perfect easy Christmas dinner or a side dish if we cook for a lot of people.
Vegan Christmas Veg & Sausage Traybake by Wallflower Kitchen
This Avocado Chocolate Mousse Pie is to die for. It contains chocolate (obviously), coconut cream, and avocado. Can you imagine anything creamier and more indulgent? But it’s still fluffy and mousse-like, and the best part: these are all healthy fats! And the base is made of Oreos – need I say more?
Avocado Chocolate Mousse Pie by Live Eat Learn
If you are not a chocolate fan (what’s wrong with you??) or you want a lighter dessert (too), try this beautiful blood orange vegan jelly with toasted almond sorbet. This has such a gorgeous festive color. It is also easy to make and can be prepared in advance.
Blood Orange Vegan Jelly with Toasted Almond Sorbet by Delicious Everyday
We also need some cookies to munch on during the holidays. These vegan, paleo, grain-free chocolate chip cookies are a healthy option. The coconut flour used in this recipe is more nutritious than the traditional white flour and naturally gluten-free. These cookies contain no refined oil (almond butter instead) and no refined sugar. They are still calorie dense so don’t eat the whole batch 😉
Vegan Paleo Grain-free Chocolate Chip Cookies by Vegan Richa
So, there you have it. I hope you like this indulgent healthy vegan Christmas menu.
Now, can someone come and cook all these for me for Christmas? 🙂
I wish you a lovely, peaceful holiday season 🙂
