At a vegan brunch you can discover the whole variety of vegan cuisine. From savory to sweet – here are our tips for a vegan breakfast buffet.

It doesn’t matter whether you eat a plant-based diet or not – it’s worth discovering vegan cuisine. A brunch offers the perfect opportunity: Here you can try both vegan breakfast dishes and lunch. There is almost nothing that doesn’t fit on a brunch buffet: from bread and muesli to soups and salads to sweet treats, we’ll show you simple and delicious recipes for a vegan brunch.

Baked goods, spreads, and dips for vegan brunch

A brunch includes freshly baked goods, preferably homemade bread. Conveniently, many bread recipes are vegan. This does not necessarily apply to bought bread – some varieties contain skimmed milk powder, for example.

You can spread and top the pastries with store-bought sweet or savory spreads and cold cuts – or you can make the vegan spreads yourself, for example based on legumes or sunflower seeds.

A cashew aioli dip is quick to prepare and goes well with a vegan brunch. For four servings you need the following ingredients:

180 g cashew nuts, soaked in water for about two hours
two tablespoons of lime juice
two cloves of garlic
two tablespoons of water, maybe more
two tbsp yeast flakes
salt and pepper
That’s how it works:

Drain the cashews and place them in a blender.
Add the remaining ingredients and mix thoroughly.
If the dip is still too thick for you, you can add a little more water – in the end it should have a creamy consistency.
Season the dip with salt and pepper.

Sweets for brunch: fruit, cereal and pancakes

Fresh fruit provides a balance to the hearty start to the day. You can serve it with vegan pancakes, for example, or use it in Bircher muesli. The muesli can be prepared the day before, is healthy and also tastes delicious in the vegan version. You can vary the fruits specified in the recipe depending on the season.

For four small portions of vegan Bircher muesli you need the following ingredients:

8 tablespoons oatmeal
200 ml plant-based milk (e.g. oat milk)
a tart apple
250 g soy yoghurt
1 tbsp maple syrup or other vegan sweetener
2 tbsp fresh blueberries
eight almonds or other nuts
a pinch of cinnamon
How to prepare the muesli:

Mix the oatmeal with the milk and refrigerate overnight.
Finely grate the apple and mix it with the oatmeal.
Divide the mixture between four glasses, top with the soy yoghurt and garnish with the remaining ingredients.
You can also serve the muesli in a large bowl for a buffet.

Vegan vegetables, soups and salads

What would a vegan brunch be without all those delicious veggies? You can serve many of them raw with a dip or raw in a salad, for example as pinzimonio. A filling and refreshing salad classic is the bulgur salad tabbouleh. Pickled vegetables also taste delicious and are easy to prepare.

Between all the cold dishes, a warm soup comes in handy. How about a parsnip cream soup, for example?

For four servings you need:

300 g parsnips
300 g mealy potatoes
an onion
1-2 tbsp olive oil
about 500 ml vegetable stock
250 ml coconut milk
Salt pepper
half a bunch of flat-leaf parsley
That’s how it’s done:

Peel and dice the parsnips, potatoes and onion.
Heat the oil in a saucepan, add the diced vegetables and sauté over medium-high heat for a few minutes. Stir every now and then so that nothing burns.
Pour in the vegetable broth and let the soup simmer for about 20 minutes until the vegetables are tender.
If you prefer a finer consistency, puree the soup and strain it through a sieve. Add the coconut milk and let the soup simmer for another five minutes. Season the soup with salt and pepper.
Wash and chop the parsley and garnish the finished soup with it.

Vegan dessert for brunch

A delicious dessert rounds off your brunch. For example, try a vegan carrot cake or vegan truffles made from dates, almonds and cocoa: make your own energy balls. Vegan mousse au chocolat is also very easy, for example based on silken tofu. You can conveniently prepare them the day before.

For eight servings you need the following ingredients:

550 g silken tofu
100 g fair and vegan whole milk and dark chocolate each (if you like it particularly chocolaty, you can increase the proportion of dark chocolate)
2-3 tablespoons agave syrup or another sweetener
Spices as desired, for example chili, orange peel, ginger powder or cinnamon
Chopped and toasted nuts for garnish, if desired

How to prepare the mousse:

Drain the silken tofu and pass it through a sieve.
Melt the chocolate in a water bath along with the agave syrup.
Whip the mixture with the silken tofu until creamy and season to your taste.
Place the mousse in the fridge overnight.
Garnish the mousse with the chopped nuts before serving.
This goes well with fresh fruit, a fruit sauce or a fruit mirror without gelatine, for example.

Drinks for brunch: Vegan thirst quenchers

In addition to all the delicious food, of course, the drinks should not be missing. With fair coffee (you can easily replace the milk with plant milk), fair tea and water, you won’t go wrong.

Juices also go well with a brunch buffet, but beware: not all juices are vegan. Gelatine is often used for clarification – this also applies to many beers and wines, by the way. So check if the juice uses a vegan gelatin substitute.