26 Best Vegan Jamaican Recipes: Plant-Based Caribbean Comfort for the Holiday Season
Blessings, family! The holiday season is coming and the table has room for everybody. Plant based eating has always lived at the heart of Caribbean cooking, long before anybody gave it a name. Daniel said it plainly in Daniel 1:12, “Please test your servants for ten days, and let them give us vegetables to eat and water to drink.” (NKJV)
So here are all 26 of our vegan Jamaican recipes in one place, from vegan oxtail and jerk lentils to bowls, pasta, soups, sides and sweet bites. Every photo is from our own kitchen. Pick one for tonight and let YAH bless the table.
Hearty Vegan Mains
1. Best Vegan Oxtail Recipe
All the deep, gravy-rich flavor of Sunday oxtail, made completely plant based.
2. Vegan Jerk Lentil Meatballs In BBQ Sauce
Sticky, saucy lentil meatballs in BBQ sauce, packed with protein.
3. Vegan Jamaican Jerk Lentils
Smoky jerk seasoning simmered into tender lentils, hearty enough to stand on its own.
4. Vegan Jerk Burger
A bold jerk patty with melty vegan cheese, crispy vegan bacon and a creamy sauce.
5. Jerk Buffalo Cauliflower Tacos
Crispy buffalo cauliflower with purple cabbage slaw and a yogurt drizzle.
6. Curry Cauliflower Steak (Vegan)
Thick-cut cauliflower roasted golden and finished with a rich Jamaican-style curry glaze.
7. Vegan Escovitch Cauliflower Recipe
Crispy cauliflower topped with tangy escovitch peppers and onions, with bammy on the side.
8. Jamaican-style Curry Chickpeas
Tender chickpeas simmered in a warm Jamaican-style curry, perfect over rice.
9. Vegan Jamaican Stew Peas (Ital Stew)
Our plant-based take on Ital stew peas, thick, filling and full of spice.
10. Vegan Spaghetti Bolognese
A hearty vegan spaghetti bolognese that the whole table will ask for twice.
Bowls, Rice and Pasta
11. Sticky Jerk Tofu Bowl
Crisp tofu tossed in a sweet and spicy jerk glaze, served with plantains and rice.
12. Jerk Chickpea Power Bowl
Seasoned chickpeas, colorful veggies and a hint of jerk spice in one filling bowl.
13. Vegan Ackee Bowl
Creamy seasoned ackee with garlicky callaloo, avocado and golden fried dumpling.
14. Vegan Dirty Rice
Deeply seasoned dirty rice made with Gardein ground beef, completely plant based.
15. Vegan Rasta Pasta (Creamy Jamaican-Style)
Creamy rasta pasta with colorful peppers and jerk spice, no meat or dairy.
16. Vegan Coconut Curry “Chicken” Pasta
Rich, creamy coconut curry pasta with plant-based chicken.
17. Creamy Vegan Mac & Cheese
Cozy, nostalgic mac and cheese made rich with coconut milk and dairy-free cheddar.
18. Jamaican Callaloo Sushi Roll (Vegan Sushi Roll)
Callaloo rolled into a Jamaican-style sushi that is fresh, bright and fully vegan.
Sides, Soups and Salads
19. Jerk-Spiced Vegan Parmesan Cabbage (Creamy & Melting)
Cabbage wedges stewed low and slow in a creamy vegan parmesan sauce with jerk spice.
20. Caribbean Style Potato Leek Soup
A creamy potato leek soup with pumpkin and a Caribbean twist, made for cool nights.
21. Crispy Jerk Lentil Kale Salad
Jerk-spiced lentils roasted crispy and piled on a kale salad.
22. Fresh Citrus Berry Arugula Salad (Perfect for Spring)
A light, refreshing salad of arugula, tangerines and fresh berries to balance a rich meal.
23. Jamaican Bammy Recipe
Crispy outside, soft inside and naturally gluten free, bammy is perfect with veggies or ackee.
Something Sweet
24. Vegan Jamaican Festival Ball Bites
Sweet fried festival dough shaped into bites and rolled in cinnamon sugar.
25. Sweet Plantain Fritters
Sweet plantain fritters, crispy outside and fluffy inside, ready in minutes.
26. Vegan Rum Raisin Banana Bread
Banana bread with rum-soaked raisins and warm Caribbean spices, 100% plant based.
“Abide in Me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, unless it abides in the vine, neither can you, unless you abide in Me.”
John 15:4 NKJV
A Word of Wisdom
Jesus Christ is all we need in this life. As He said, He is the tree and we are the branches. If a branch is broken off the tree, it no longer lives but starts to die and dry out. An what do we do with dead branches? We burn them for fire. This is what will happen to anyone that is not attached to Jesus. The end of that persons fate is hell fire. But if we abide in Him, or stay attached to Jesus, we will have eternal life. He lives forever, He has already been immortalized, and He promises this to us believers.
So how do we abide in Him? By keeping His words in us. He is the Word of God that became flesh. All the words that He spoke come from our Father in heaven Yah. Jesus is Yah in the flesh. God is a Spirit. So in order for us to know Him, He came as a human being through Jesus, and called Him His only Son. Jesus is in Yah and Yah is in Him. All His words bring life. For man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceeds from the mouth of Yah.
Every single word that Jesus spoke came from Yah. If we abide in what Jesus told us, we shall never die, but we will all live. Love Him and keep His commandments. Keep His sayings. Hold on to His words of life. His parables, everything we read in the gospels, keep them in your memory, to the point where you start to speak just like Him. An as He said, out of your belly shall flow living waters. Why? Because the words you will start to speak will be His words of life, for us to share to others as well.
Abide in Jesus, He will manifest Himself to you and bless you with the Holy Spirit, that seals us with His promises and gives us the power to overcome death unto eternal life.
