So, it’s finally the end of vegan January! Here are some thoughts:

– vegan food is awesome! I’ve really enjoyed the meals I’ve been creating – there’s been vegan tacos, vegan soup, vegan pâté, vegan stew… all sorts of things. And it’s all been great! Anyone who thinks vegan food purely consists of a pile of lettuce with some tofu on top is either ignorant or just stupid. That meal probably only made up about a third of my diet through January (kidding…).

– for me at least, vegan food requires a bit more thought than vegetarian food. I guess it’s just because I’m not quite used to coming up with vegan meals yet, so it did take me a bit longer to come up with tasty recipe ideas. It’s probably how meat-eaters feel when they try to cut down on their meat intake – adjusting to anything new takes a bit of time. I’m sure if I was to stay vegan for longer, it would start to come more naturally.

– it definitely helps to have supportive friends and family. When we’ve visited our families over the last month, both my mum and my fiancé’s mum have helped us come up with some great meals. If they hadn’t been so lovely about it, we probably would have been stuck eating hummus and crisps… again…

– not all vegans are hippies! So many of you have reached out to me this month to tell me about your own veganism. Vegans come in all shapes and sizes, and eat the way they do for a wide variety of reasons – I’ve loved hearing from you all!

– I’m really looking forward to eating some cheese tomorrow! However, although I don’t plan on staying vegan, I’ve definitely come to appreciate the fact that not everything is better with cheese (just most things…), so I’ll definitely be trying to include more vegan recipes on the blog as well as my usual ones.

So there you have it. Thanks to anyone who offered any tips or encouragement over the last month! In return, I’d like to share some of my favourite vegan recipes, both from my own archives and from other food blogs. Blogs were definitely a massive help in coming up with inspiring things to eat this month!

Sorry for the majorly long post, by the way. I got a bit carried away. You guys seem to enjoy these round-up posts though, so hopefully you’ll let me off.

(note: all recipes are essentially vegan, but one or two might require an easy substitution such as using agave nectar instead of honey)

Vegan breakfasts

Coconut oats with brown sugar bananas (pictured above)

Homemade vegetarian baked beans

Pumpkin spice granola from An Edible Mosaic

Cinnamon vanilla cashew milk from Oh My Veggies

Mango coconut oatmeal from Kitchen Treaty

Banana eggnog pancakes from Post Punk Kitchen

Tofu scramble from Not Quite Nigella

Vegan tacos, enchiladas etc

Lentil and black bean tacos (pictured above)

Tofu tostadas from Two Peas and Their Pod

Greek tacos from Girl Makes Food

Tempeh tacos from Oh My Veggies

Summer squash tacos with avocado chimichurri sauce from Cookie and Kate

Korean tacos from Girl Makes Food

Black bean enchiladas with roasted red pepper cashew cream from Oh My Veggies

Vegan stews and chillis

Aubergine stew with olives and capers (pictured above)

Vegetarian sausage hotpot

Easy roasted vegetable ratatouille with chickpeas

Slow cooker lentil chilli from Two Peas and Their Pod

Crock pot buffalo cauliflower chilli from Kitchen Treaty

Black bean and sweet potato chilli from What’s Gaby Cooking

Vegan stir fries and noodles

Pineapple and cashew stir fry (pictured above)

Creamy avocado and rocket pasta

Whole wheat sesame noodles with spicy peanut sauce from Kalyn’s Kitchen

Baked tofu satay with peanut noodles from An Edible Mosaic

Asian noodle salad with cashew dressing from Eats Well With Others

Mango-chilli tofu stir fry from Oh My Veggies

Quinoa stir fry with summer vegetables from Gluten-Free Goddess

Skinny garlic fried rice from Pinch of Yum

Vegan curries

Green fruit vegetable curry from Mouthwatering Vegan Recipes

Butternut squash and yam curry from The Roasted Root

Spinach and coconut dal from Tinned Tomatoes

Easy chickpea curry with coconut rice from How Sweet It Is

Vegan burgers, fritters etc

Thai-style corn and potato cakes (pictured above)

Cheesy spinach pasta patties from Mouthwatering Vegan Recipes

Lentil mushroom burgers from Oh My Veggies

Black bean burger dinner from An Edible Mosaic

Falafel burgers from My Life As A Mrs

Curried eggplant, lentil and quinoa burgers from Fat Free Vegan Kitchen

Vegan soups

Thai green curry spinach soup (pictured above)

Smoky coconut and butternut squash soup (pictured top)

Quick red Thai curry noodle soup

Smoky roasted cauliflower soup with herbed chickpea dumplings from An Edible Mosaic

Slow cooker Thai butternut squash and peanut soup from Kalyn’s Kitchen

Nutty sweet potato soup with harissa and spinach from Eats Well With Others

Vegan salads

Avocado chickpea salad (pictured above)

Kale and delicata squash salad with citrus-maple vinaigrette from Oh My Veggies

Kale and quinoa salad with black beans from Fat Free Vegan Kitchen

Avocado, apple and hazelnut salad from Tinned Tomatoes

‘Eat your greens’ chickpea medley from Oh She Glows

Heirloom BLT salad with coconut bacon from Cookie and Kate

Vegan dips etc

Walnut and roasted garlic chickpea pâté (pictured above)

Edamame basil hummus from Two Peas and Their Pod

Slow roasted tomato hummus from Kalyn’s Kitchen

Eggplant dip from Mouthwatering Vegan Recipes

Spiced Moroccan pâté from Tinned Tomatoes

Roasted pumpkin seed hummus from Half Baked Harvest

If you like recipe round-ups, you might also like to take a look at my collections of 40 vegetarian mushroom recipes and 60 vegetarian black bean recipes.