Our Top 10 Budget-Friendly Plant-Based Recipes from March 2024!

These budget-friendly vegan recipes mean you don’t have to break the bank to have flavorful, healthy, seasonal meals that are 100% plant-based.

We also highly recommend downloading the Food Monster App  — with over 20,000 delicious recipes it is the largest meatless, vegan, plant-based, and allergy-friendly recipe resource to help you get healthy! And, don’t forget to check out our Budget-Friendly Archives!

1. Mushroom Hummus Toast

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This Mushroom Hummus Toast by Mitch and Justine Chapman is a twist on your usual breakfast. It’s savory, filling, and so easy to make!

2. Peanut Butter and Chia Granola Bites

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These Peanut Butter and Chia Granola Bites by Ashley Smyczek are perfect for snacking on and easy to make!

3. Banana and Peanut Butter Flapjacks

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There’s something about Banana and Peanut Butter Flapjacks by Hayley Canning that just tastes so amazing, no matter what kind of recipe! In this healthy bar recipe, the banana and peanut butter are blended along with maple syrup to form a mixture. Then this is mixed with oats, which results in an amazingly healthy sweet, soft, and chewy satisfying snack or breakfast on the go!

4. Penne all’arrabbiata

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Penne all’arrabbiata has its origin in the Rieti province, in Lazio, not far from Rome. Together with spaghetti aglio e olio and pasta cacio e pepe, penne all’arrabbiata is one of the most popular pasta dishes of Italy. This Penne all’arrabbiata by ThePlantbasedSchool is simple, yet delicious, and naturally vegan, made only with a few healthy ingredients.

5. Roasted Tomato Pizza Sauce

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While many varieties of vegan pizza sauce can be easily bought off the supermarket shelves, the satisfaction of making your own version at home is unbeatable! Try out this Roasted Tomato Pizza Sauce by Namrata Edward Kshitij!

6. Fruit-Sweetened Cardamom Blueberry Muffins

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Does anyone else hate making their lunch for work or school? Get ready for back-to-school season with these fruit-sweetened cardamom blueberry muffins! This little treat is sweetened with bananas only, making it a perfectly healthy breakfast or snack. These Fruit-Sweetened Cardamom Blueberry Muffins by Caroline Doucet would be a great addition to any lunch box – For kids or adults! They also have a few possible substitutions for a gluten-free and nut-free version.

7. Depression Era Cake

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What’s fab about this Depression Era Cake by Gabrielle St. Claire, is everything! It’s quick, easy, affordable features minimal ingredients, is rich with flavor, and history, is buttery soft, has a little less sugar, features coffee, is perfect for any season, any occasion, and you can top it with whatever you like or serve plain, and it’s just so good!

8. Sticky Lemon Orange Tofu

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This Sticky Lemon Orange Tofu by Jeunesse Pouchet is baked, crispy tofu bites tossed in a sweet, tangy, and sticky, lemon-orange sauce.

9. Black Bean Tacos with Avocado Dressing

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This Black Bean Tacos with Avocado Dressing by Shanika Graham-White offers major flavor, spice, and color with beans, red cabbage, tomatoes, spinach, mango, and jalapeños. This is a healthy lunch or dinner packed with plant-based protein in minutes.

10. Fruitless Chocolate Zucchini Smoothie Bowl

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This rich and creamy Fruitless Chocolate Zucchini Smoothie Bowl by Kat Condon is made without any fruit, making it low in sugar but still high in protein and delicious chocolate flavor! Frozen bananas are included in almost all smoothies because they add sweetness and create a luxuriously creamy texture. But, sometimes you run out or want something a little less sweet.

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