There are plenty of other gravy recipes that use a vegetable broth or mushroom base that you can pour over this vegan turkey sandwich if you’re not into plant-based milk gravies. You could also serve the peas with olive oil, grapeseed oil, or a shake of freshly ground black pepper and sea salt if you don’t want to use vegan butter.
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 Photo by Cookin Canuk | 4. Hogwarts Welcome Feast Potatoes Potatoes are one of the most versatile vegan-friendly veggies. They’re also the UK’s favorite vegetable and one of the most popular foods in the US. Roasted yellow potatoes are especially a favorite among Hogwarts’s young witches and wizards. During the regular term, a profusion of potatoes appears during just about every meal in the Great Hall. Of all the wizarding world recipes, potato-based ones are among the simplest to veganize. Many vegan potato recipes take 30 minutes or less, require no more than four or five ingredients, and don’t need any special equipment. A pot of boiling water, a functioning Muggle oven, a sharp knife, and a pan are really all you need to make some potato magic. The cooking options are endless and are SO simple. |
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Potatoes are super pantry-friendly too! You really only need some sea salt, pepper, and dried herbs. A pinch of rosemary, basil, oregano, or marjoram makes the most delicious potatoes.
Olive oil or grapeseed oil (or even canola oil) all work well with potatoes. And suppose you’re looking for something a little more filling. In that case, vegan butter, vegan cheese, vegan sour cream, or homemade gravies are a tasty addition to your potatoes.
- Boil potatoes in water
- Steam them and sprinkle them with sea salt
- Slice them into fries or chips
- Roast them with olive oil and your favorite fresh or dried herbs
- Mash them with vegan butter or olive oil
- Shred them to make potato pancakes
- Chop them and fry them for breakfast hashes
Potatoes are super pantry-friendly too! You really only need some sea salt, pepper, and dried herbs. A pinch of rosemary, basil, oregano, or marjoram makes the most delicious potatoes.
Olive oil or grapeseed oil (or even canola oil) all work well with potatoes. And suppose you’re looking for something a little more filling. In that case, vegan butter, vegan cheese, vegan sour cream, or homemade gravies are a tasty addition to your potatoes.
 Photo by Ela Vegan | 5. Bacon and Sausage Brits (and Scots) love their bacon and sausage. They’re the main event at breakfast in the Great Hall. And they’re often toasted over the Gryffindor Common Room fire for a snack. Surprisingly, these foods are a cinch to veganize. Finding plant-based sausages and bacon in stores is easier than ever, with brands like Beyond Meat and Field Roast becoming widely available in supermarkets, small groceries, and online. If you prefer experimenting with making your own vegan bacon and sausage, more and more plant-based recipes are cropping up online by the day. Many of these vegan sausage alternatives use beans, vital wheat gluten, seitan, or TVP in place of meat. We love Ela Vegan’s white bean-based hearty vegan sausage for the most authentic take on the meaty Hogwarts staple. |
Vegan bacon is often made from tempeh, but coconut or even rice paper are becoming popular substitutes for the crispy, crunchy strips of fried (or baked) bacon! The best vegan bacon recipes use savory spices and flavor enhancers like liquid smoke, soy sauce, smoked paprika, and garlic powder to achieve bacon’s signature woodsy, meaty taste. Some recipes also use a dash of maple syrup to bring out some sweet notes to enhance the savory, smoky ones.
These rice paper-based and tempeh-based vegan bacon alternatives look and taste just like the crispy, crunchy strips cooked up in the Hogwarts kitchen. These are better, though, because they don’t rely on the exploitation of elves or farmed animals like pigs!
These rice paper-based and tempeh-based vegan bacon alternatives look and taste just like the crispy, crunchy strips cooked up in the Hogwarts kitchen. These are better, though, because they don’t rely on the exploitation of elves or farmed animals like pigs!
Sweet Bites and Desserts
No eggs, no milk, no problem! Wizarding world desserts go vegan with these quick and easy substitutions. With a simple wave of your wand you could swap cruelty-involved ingredients for ones that promote compassion instead!
 Photo by The Healthy Family & Home | 6. Chocolate and Raspberry Ice Cream with Chopped Nuts Harry’s first taste of the wizarding world is a cone of ice cream from the best (and only) ice cream joint in Diagon Alley: Florean Fortescue’s Ice Cream Parlour. Harry happily chows down on the chocolate and raspberry ice cream while he and Hagrid drink in the fantastic sights, especially the storefronts of the most iconic purveyors of wizarding world goods: Flourish and Blotts, Slug and Jiggers Apothecary, and Eeylops Owl Emporium. Ice cream is one of the easiest recipes to veganize! Plant-based milks like coconut milk and coconut cream make rich and creamy ice creams that rival cow’s milk offerings. And you have the added benefit of knowing you didn’t play a role in the mistreatment of cows and the emotionally traumatizing separation of mother cows from their babies. |
If you’re not keen on coconut, you could also use soy milk, almond milk, cashew milk, or even oat milk as a base for vegan ice cream! And if you have nut or soy allergies, you could use frozen bananas. But keep in mind that cashew milk, coconut milk, and coconut cream tend to make the most “authentically textured” vegan ice cream.
Homemade vegan ice cream often doesn’t require any special equipment either! Simply search no-churn vegan ice cream to find the easiest recipes.
You can DIY your own take on the classic Florean Fortescue flavor with this recipe from The Healthy Family & Home. All you need is full-fat coconut milk, fresh raspberries, mini chocolate chips, and a blender to whip up a batch of this scoopable ice cream.
Homemade vegan ice cream often doesn’t require any special equipment either! Simply search no-churn vegan ice cream to find the easiest recipes.
You can DIY your own take on the classic Florean Fortescue flavor with this recipe from The Healthy Family & Home. All you need is full-fat coconut milk, fresh raspberries, mini chocolate chips, and a blender to whip up a batch of this scoopable ice cream.
 Photo by Lauren Melissa | 7. Rock Cakes The plate of rock cakes Harry is faced with when he first visits Hagrid's hut marks the young Gryffindor’s first experience with Hagrid’s disastrous cooking. Although he means well, Hagrid’s rock cakes live up to their name—they’re teeth shatteringly hard and downright inedible. They’re also most likely made with eggs and cow’s milk like many traditional British desserts (but we'll give Hagrid the benefit of the doubt). This rock cake recipe uses vegan butter and plant-based milk to achieve the dessert’s distinctly scone-meets-cookie texture. It’s not as sugary as some of the other desserts that appear in The Sorcerer’s Stone. Instead, it relies on dried fruit like raisins (or sultanas) to bring out the sweetness in the otherwise simple snack. |
 Photo by Planty Mel | 8. Treacle Tart If you’re not an Anglophile, chances are you learned about treacle tart through the Harry Potter series. This beloved British pie is the Chosen One’s, well, chosen dessert! He often loads up his plate with this sticky-sweet pie for afters during the school term and holidays. For those of you who aren’t familiar with treacle tart, it’s a humble and rustic, stick-to-your-ribs dessert. Fashioned from flaky pie crust and a thick, sticky filling of breadcrumbs, lemon juice, and golden syrup, the texture and flavor profile is a bit like pecan pie, but without the nuts. Traditional treacle tart often uses heavy cream in the breadcrumb and golden syrup mixture. But instead of supporting cruelty towards cows, you can use your favorite plant-based milk, like the equally rich and creamy coconut milk, to make the signature, thick, sticky-sweet filling. If you’re feeling ambitious, this recipe also includes a homemade pie crust made from flour, flaxseed eggs, and vegan butter. |
 Photo by Sarah's Vegan Kitchen | 9. Jam Doughnuts Doughnuts aren’t just a beloved American Muggle sweet snack. These fried confections often appear at breakfast in the Great Hall and as desserts after the welcome feast at the start of every new term. Traditional doughnuts are often loaded with animal products like eggs, cow’s milk, and heavy cream. But they don’t have to be. Refuse to support cruelty toward cows, chickens, and calves by whipping up a batch of your own vegan doughnuts. It's easier than you might think! It’s not advanced Transfiguration to make a few simple switches. This recipe creates pillowy and sweet jam doughnuts by using a blend of vegan butter and plant-based milk. The yeast in the recipe gives the doughnuts a fluffy, airy texture. This recipe takes a bit more time, as the yeast needs time to activate and the doughnuts need to be fried. However, suppose you don’t naturally come by Hufflepuff patience. In that case, there are plenty of other vegan jam (or jelly) doughnut recipes that can be baked and require less rising time. |
 Photo by Texanerin Baking | 10. Chocolate Fudge Fudge is another popular treat that appears over and over again in the wizarding world. From Mrs. Weasley’s cozy kitchen at the Burrow to Hogsmeade’s premiere sweetshop, Honeydukes, these chocolate confections have charmed many of the Potter characters, including the Boy Who Lived himself. During Harry’s first Christmas at the castle, he’s overjoyed to wake up to find two gifts waiting for him in the Gryffindor common room: a handknit sweater and a batch of Mrs. Weasley’s famous fudge! Many non-vegan fudge recipes rely on heavy cream, butter, and cow’s milk. We find it hard to believe that Molly Weasley, who is such a devoted and loving mother, would support the dairy industry’s abusive practices towards mother cows and their babies once she learned of its cruelty. A vegan take on the Weasley matriarch’s fudge can be conjured up with plant-based milk, like thick and creamy canned coconut milk, coconut cream, and vegan butter. This divine chocolate version uses full-fat coconut milk, melted chocolate, and some nut butter to make an ultra-rich, Weasley-ish fudge. |
Are you ready to conjure up some of these veganized dinners and desserts from The Sorcerer's Stone?
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And here's a handy chart for the most common ingredients in need of replacing in non-vegan recipes!
Written by Victoria Tomis
*Note: As an American witch, Victoria used the American title here for the sake of conciseness.
*Note: As an American witch, Victoria used the American title here for the sake of conciseness.
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