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vegan wartime recipes

This is our collection of vegan British wartime era recipes dating back to the 1940s where rationing, food shortages, and making do was essential. Ingredients like eggs, dairy, and meat were often in short supply, which led to the creation of resourceful recipes that were naturally egg-less, dairy-less, and meat-less.

While these dishes were born out of necessity, they've stood the test of time and can be very useful for today's frugal cooks.

We have plans to add more vintage wartime recipes from other countries such as Canada, Australia and America, so do pop back for another root around our virtual recipe box.

For more vintage British recipes do have a look through our collections of Vegan English Recipes and our Vegan Scottish Recipes and our Vegan Welsh Recipes.

  • Carrot cupcake featured image, one carrot cake sitting on a carrot image napkin with a picnic mug behind.
    Old-Fashioned Carrot Cakes
  • Golden syrup loaf baked and sliced, on a blue serving tray, blue rimmed plate to side with yellow handled butter knife, blue cups to side and a white net table cloth underneath.
    Old-Fashioned Golden Syrup Loaf
  • Fruit cake sliced into on a serving plate.
    Vegan Cut and Come Again Cake
  • Close up of vegan British homity pie on a wire rack, with red and white striped tea towel underneath, red and white salt and pepper shakers to side with a flower imaged saucepan with baked beans.
    Vegan British Homity Pie [cheese, potato and veggie open pie]
  • wartime champ with chopped parsley, baked beans and sausages at the side of the white plate.
    Old-Fashioned Champ
  • Slice of wartime Christmas pudding sitting on pink plate with cream, and tiny robin ornament, large pudding in distance.
    Old-Fashioned Christmas Pudding (WW2 British War Era Recipe)
  • Vegan cottage pie featured image.
    Vegan Cottage Pie [with beans & lentils]
  • Close up of chocolate bun with icing and chocolate egg decoration with three buns in distance, white plate background.
    Old-Fashioned Chocolate Buns
  • a square of chocolate vinegar cake on a plate stacked on top of another plate, white doily background and cake forks on plate.
    Vintage Chocolate Vinegar Cake
  • Parsnip patties served on blue flower patterned vintage plate with matching jug to side filled with cheese sauce.
    Parsnip Patties [1940s wartime recipe]
Photo of Jacq the admin wearing sunglasses, outside with trees in background and blue skies.

Welcome to my collection of traditional family favourite recipes. You will find old-fashioned recipes re-made with vegan-friendly every-day ingredients.

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Vegan Chocolate Pudding (Chocolate Mousse)

Takes literally minutes to prepare and no cooking required! Perfect for an easy festive pudding. It's fresh and light, just 4 ingredients, and rich in delicious chocolate flavour. No-one will be able to taste the tofu!

  • close up of chocolate pudding with chocolate pudding in background, and shortbread biscuits and strawberries in background.
    Tofu Chocolate Pudding

Soup recipe of the month!

  • Close up bowl of vegetable soup with yellow handled spoon and second bowl in background, slices of bread to side on a mat with fox image.
    Old-Fashioned Golden Vegetable Soup

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