Vegan and vegetarian rice dishes are the type of elegant, nutritious fuel you’ll want to turn to throughout the festive season. Brimming with color and texture, these plant-based options offer all the flavors you crave, sans meat or animal products. Perfect for the holiday table, and the weeks leading up to everyone’s favorite feasts, these dishes promise to perk you up with every single bite.
Make it Meatless!
If the holidays generally mean an overabundance of rich and heavy meals, our collection of vegan and vegetarian dishes will come as a welcome break! Light and lively, with no shortage of tempting flavor combinations, these dishes will help you prep for everything the holidays bring your way.
Kale Pesto Stuffed Mushrooms
When company’s coming, these tasty tidbits are just the thing to welcome everyone to your door! Featuring a savory blend of zippy homemade pesto, Success® boil-in-bag brown rice, and roasted mushrooms, these one-bite appetizers are the life of any party. To make these vegan, simply sub in plant-based Parmesan.
Roasted Holiday Vegetables and Rice Medley
A dish that can elevate any main, this elegant, fragrant side is a stunning addition to any menu. Mostly hands-off, it’s easy to prepare on the most frenzied days of the season. Substitute the honey called for in the recipe with agave or maple syrup, and omit the butter, to make this dish vegan.
Beet, Kale and Jasmine Rice Salad with Cider Dressing
A powerhouse dish that’s packed with nutrients and minerals, this feel-good salad is also incredibly delicious. Crunchy and mildly sweet, it’s a hearty blend of kale, beets, pecans, Success® boil-in-bag jasmine rice and a zingy, mustard-spiked cider dressing. Serve it as a starter or a light main.
Vegetarian Pumpkin & Brown Rice Chili
Where’s the beef? This intensely satisfying vegetarian chili doesn’t need beef to deliver loads of comfort in every spoonful! With a filling blend of pinto beans and Success® boil-in-bag brown rice, spiced pumpkin and tomatoes, this chilli is a weeknight slam dunk, especially when temps drop.
Curry Cauliflower Buddha Rice Bowl
Rouse sluggish tastebuds with a recipe that’s chock-full of flavor. A vegetarian curry that’s ready in less than 30 minutes, this vegan dish is creamy, rich and fragrant, thanks to the addition of almond butter, coconut milk and a slew of aromatic spices. Served over Success® boil-in-bag basmati rice, this feel-good meal is worthy of a spot in your regular rotation — holidays or not!
Vegan Dirty Rice Recipe
With complex layers of flavor, this vegan take on the southern staple is just as savory and warming as the classic. Mixed with vegetable broth and Cajun seasoning, tomatoes and a slew of veggies, Success® boil-in-bag brown rice gets a little kick and plenty of bold personality.
Vegan Meatloaf with Brown Rice and BBQ Sauce
Feed a crowd with this hearty, meatless take on a comfort-food favorite. A holiday-friendly dish that bakes as you wrap and tidy, decorate or simply relax, this blend of lentils, oats, mushrooms and Success® boil-in-bag brown rice is glazed with sweet and spicy barbecue sauce for a sticky, delectable finish.
Vegan Enchiladas
Lighten up taco night with a plant-based dish that’s every bit as enticing as its meaty Tex-Mex cousins. Wrapped in tortillas, then baked until molten, gooey and crisp, veggie-filled enchiladas offer a cheeky escape from the everyday. Feel free to use regular cheese when making this for a vegetarian, not vegan, crowd.
French Herb Tomato Soup with Quinoa
Light and sophisticated, this vegetarian soup will revive waning energies throughout the holiday season, thanks to its heady blend of vegetables, Success® boil-in-bag quinoa and herbs. Serve it to guests as an elegant first course, or side it with thick-sliced bread and butter, or dairy-free spread, for a simple, satisfying winter meal.
Winter Squash & Brown Rice Salad
A salad that eats like a meal, this blend of nutty Success® boil-in-bag brown rice, sweet roasted squash, spinach, cheese and crunchy add-ins is a welcome change from ho-hum greens. Though it’s satisfying as is, you’ll want to serve it with a main, such as our Black Bean, Quinoa and Feta Burgers, on days that require extra sustenance.
Baked Vegetarian Taquitos
Fun to make (and to eat!), this crowd-pleaser can be doubled or tripled for casual celebrations. Enlist a few helpers to roll the seasoned vegetable and rice filling into tortillas, and before you know it you’ll have trays of ooey, gooey, golden taquitos emerging from the oven.
Cheesy Squash and Rice Casserole
Cheesy goodness steals the show in this vegetarian casserole the whole family will be eyeing! With layers of Success® boil-in-bag white rice, yellow squash, cheese sauce and more cheese (natch), this dish needs no embellishments to shine. Serve this as a main, and save the trouble of making another dish nobody will eat!
Vegan and vegetarian rice dishes are set to become your family’s newest holiday traditions. Bursting with flavor, these nutrient-rich recipes bring a wealth of tasty, plant-based ingredients to the table. Light on the wallet, and good for the planet, everyone will embrace these feel-good meals — now and well into the new year!