30+ Vegan Summer Recipes So Delicious, You’ll Want Seconds!

These vegan summer recipes are packed with the season’s freshest produce. Choose from salads, main dishes, desserts, and drinks, all perfect for hot days.

What better time to make plant-based eating more exciting than summer?

Just picture a nice, cold bowl of sweet corn gazpacho or, if you have a sweet tooth, a creamy slice of coconut cream pie.

Let’s mix things up this summer and go beyond grilled meat!

Sweet Corn Gazpacho Recipe

A soup might not be the first dish that comes to mind on a hot summer day, but this chilled sweet corn gazpacho might become your new favorite light summer dish.

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Summer Cold Green Bean Salad Recipe

Summer salads are never boring! This healthy summer dish puts the spotlight on green beans, which are drizzled with balsamic vinegar and Dijon mustard sauce. 

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Blueberry & Peach Salsa

Make your everyday summer lunch more exciting with this unique take on salsa. It combines peaches and blueberries for a crave-worthy balance of sweetness and acidity.

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Beet Flatbread

With dairy-free feta cheese, kale, candied almonds, and a drizzle of balsamic reduction, this vegan main dish is simply hard to beat! Keep this flatbread salad in your back pocket when you’re unsure what to serve at your summer gatherings. 

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The Best Easy Vegan Ratatouille

What’s the best dish to make the most out of your summer haul? Try this ratatouille and I promise your family will be asking for seconds!

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Vegan Street Corn Salad

This street corn salad will surely be a hit at your summer cookout! It takes corn off the cob but keeps all the spicy Southwest flavors you love.

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Asian Cucumber Salad TikTok Recipe

This delicious summer dish is such a fun but surprisingly easy way to prep cucumbers. Click the link to learn more about this viral recipe.

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The Best Vegan Baked Beans

If you need a go-to recipe that can feed a crowd, this is it. It’s perfectly smoky and exactly what your summer barbecue is missing.

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The Best Vegan Black Bean Burger

Everyone needs a go-to burger recipe for summer, even those on a vegan diet!

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Vegan “Chicken” Salad Sandwiches

Yes, you did not misread that. It’s totally possible to enjoy chicken salad sandwiches on your summer picnic without using chicken! 

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Vegan Stuffed Eggplant (Mediterranean Stuffed Eggplant)

You will want to cook your eggplant like this all summer long! It’s packed with flavor for something that only needs a few common ingredients.

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Summer Fruit Salad

Craving something sweet, but it’s too hot to use the oven? How about a colorful mix of summer’s best fruits?

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Best Vegan Strawberry Ice Cream

Dairy-free strawberry ice cream swirled with real fresh berries? I’ll take an entire pint, please!

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Vegan Cookies and Cream Ice Cream

You read that right. You can still enjoy cookies and cream ice cream this summer, even on a plant-based diet!

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Vegan Chocolate Ice Cream

This chocolate ice cream is made from dark chocolate and cacao powder for the richest chocolate flavor. Need I say more?

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Vegan Vanilla Ice Cream

Vanilla is a classic ice cream flavor for a reason. Plus, it makes a fantastic base for different ice cream flavors!

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Vegan Strawberry Pound Cake with Strawberry Glaze

This glazed strawberry pound cake tastes like a treat without the guilt!

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The Best Easy Vegan Peach Cobbler

This list of the best vegan recipes for summer won’t be complete without a peach dessert. You can even make personal-sized cobblers! 

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Vegan Coconut Cream Pie Recipe

This heavenly pie tastes like a tropical getaway. Just be warned: You’ll crave it after it’s gone.

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Easy Vegan Strawberry Shortcake

Summer weekends are for making strawberry shortcakes. And this vegan recipe? It’s finished in 25 minutes.

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Perfect Vegan Gluten Free Lemon Bars

Brighten your day with gluten-free, dairy-free lemon bars! Don’t feel guilty getting a second piece.

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Easy Vegan Pumpkin Pie Smoothie

This drink is ready to be enjoyed in just 5 minutes! It tastes just like a pumpkin pie, complete with graham cracker crumbs.

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Pineapple Mango Smoothie

Can’t choose between a mango and a pineapple smoothie? Try this blend and savor the freshness of summer in every sip!

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Ginger Lime Refresher

Stay cool this summer with this bubbly drink! It’s way better than your usual limeade. 

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Strawberry Pink Drink Recipe

This is the vegan version of the Starbucks Pink Drink! And guess what? You’ll only need 5 simple ingredients to make it.

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Watermelon Agua Fresca

What’s the best thirst quencher on a hot, sunny afternoon? A chilled watermelon drink!

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Dragon Fruit Lemonade

Let’s put a colorful twist on everyone’s favorite summer drink with ripe, pink flesh dragon fruit. 

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Pineapple and Cucumber Juice

Nothing screams summer louder than a drink made from fresh pineapple chunks and cucumber slices. 

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Blackberry Juice

Beat the heat with a delicious juice that is good for you! This blackberry juice only needs 4 ingredients.

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Copycat Mango Dragonfruit Refresher

Forget about the long queues and quench your thirst in the comfort of your own home with this Starbucks copycat recipe.

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3-Ingredient Vodka Drinks

Serve these vodka drinks and make summertime entertaining breezy! All 4 flavors are guaranteed crowd-pleasers.

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Grapefruit Vodka Cocktail Recipe

Your summer soiree NEEDS this gorgeous vodka cocktail. Sipping solo? You can also make it without a cocktail shaker!

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Boozy Frozen Lemonade

This boozy frozen lemonade is made even better by strawberries. It’s the perfect drink for a hot weather buzz.

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Rainbow Chopped Salad with Pink Beet Tahini

Looking for a vibrant summer salad? You’ll love this beautiful summer dinner idea dressed in a show-stopping pink tahini sauce.

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Vegetable Pesto Pasta Salad without Mayo!

A healthy summer pasta recipe is the best way to celebrate barbecue season. You can even grill your favorite veggies for this recipe!

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Watermelon Poke Bowl

Summer nights call for a wholesome poke bowl recipe. Try this fun take on tuna rice bowls for your vegan dinner tonight!

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Chitranna, South Indian Lemon Rice

Who says you can only make a lemon dessert to brighten your day? This savory lemon rice dish is also gluten-free and soy-free. 

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Grilled Nectarine (or Peach) Arugula Salad

Instead of using those juicy nectarines (or peaches) in a dessert, why not use them in a beautiful summer meal you’ll actually crave?

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Easy Vegan Chili Dogs

Throw the perfect bonfire this summer with these vegan chili dogs! Everyone can add their choice of toppings, like guac or jalapenos.

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Conclusion

Let’s celebrate summer with every bite and sip!

This is the best season to make the most out of nature’s pantry and make vibrant salads, sandwiches, veggie bowls, refreshing drinks, and fruity desserts.

I don’t know about you, but vegan “chicken” salad sandwiches and summer fruit salad instantly put me in the mood for picnics.

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