With an array of plant-based treats featuring every color of the rainbow, we’re bringing this year’s Pride Month celebrations into our kitchens. Make these tasty eats with family or gather with friends and toast to a happy Pride!
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What is Pride Month?
Every year, the month of June is dedicated to Pride and celebrating the LGBTQ+ community. It marks the anniversary of the Stonewall Riots, the groundbreaking protest for LGBTQ+ rights that took place in New York in the late 1960s.
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There are many different ways to support and elevate the queer community during this month—you can buy from LGBTQ+ brands, support nonprofits and local organizations with your time or money, raise awareness of queer issues, and attend Pride events, which happen all over the world during the month of June and beyond.
But if you’re hosting your own Pride party, or you just want to extend support, love, and celebration to your food choices, here are 13 vegan recipes inspired by Pride’s rainbow flag to help you get in the spirit throughout the month.
Celebrate Pride with these 13 vegan rainbow recipes
Dustin Harder
1 Unicorn French Bread Pizza
Who doesn’t love pizza? This ultra-colorful recipe features a rainbow of edible flowers but still has the delicious flavors of your favorite cheesy pie. Grab the vegan mozzarella (and any of your other go-to pizza toppings!) and get cooking.
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Dan Jones
2 Five-Minute Rainbow Noodles
Pulling together a vibrant rainbow recipe doesn’t have to be labor-intensive. These colorful noodles look beautiful, are easy to make, and come together in just 5 minutes. Plus they’re healthy, too.
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Zhoro Apostolov and Michelle Cehn
3 Rainbow Spring Rolls With Peanut Sauce
Look no further for the pot of gold than in these spring rolls. The full spectrum of the rainbow is illuminated with the assortment of fruit and vegetables inside these psychedelic wraps. Full of health-boosting ingredients, these garden-fresh rolls deliver a bounty of wellness treasures.
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Francesca Bonadonna
4 Vegan Rainbow Cookies
Create a rainbow (and the colors of the Italian flag) by layering up almond cake, sweet apricot preserves, and dark chocolate in this delicious, and ultra-indulgent, vegan cookie recipe.
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Fork & Beans
5 Unicorn Yogurt Bark by Fork & Beans
This magical, kaleidoscope treat transforms vanilla yogurt into a pastel-colored rainbow with all-natural food coloring. Covered in sprinkles, this simple snack comes together in five easy steps (and with just three ingredients). This whimsical bark is deliciously delightful!
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Gimme Some Oven
6 Rainbow Veggie Skewers by Gimme Some Oven
In this fresh and easy recipe, squash, bell peppers, tomatoes, red onion and purple potatoes are marinated, then threaded onto skewers to represent the pigments in the rainbow. We suggest serving them over white basmati rice for a delectable presentation that mimics a rainbow in the clouds.
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The First Year
7 Rainbow Smoothie by The First Year
For one day a year, say goodbye to your average breakfast smoothie. With seven stunning layers, this morning treat combines plain or vanilla yogurt with handfuls of fruit in each of the rainbow hues before being topped off with a fruit skewer.
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Nerdy Mama
8 Egg-free Rainbow Meringue Cookies by Nerdy Mama
Take your rainbow with you in pocket-sized meringue cookies thanks to these eggless delicacies made with one of our favorite ingredients—aquafaba! This delightful recipe takes a mere 15 minutes to prepare, but you’ll be pacing your kitchen floor while waiting for them to finish baking (in just about an hour and a half).
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Chocolate Covered Katie
9 Rainbow Unicorn Dip by Chocolate Covered Katie
Propel the rainbow to new heights with this decadently luscious dip. Chocolate Covered Katie’s healthy cheesecake recipe inspired the batter, which is swirled with all the shades of the rainbow. With only 10 minutes to create this fairytale-esque concoction, you’ll be snacking on this decadent dip in no time!
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Gimme Some Oven
10Rainbow Sangria by Gimme Some Oven
Toast to Pride with this colorful libation featuring several layers of fruit chunks in all the colors of the rainbow drenched in white wine and brandy. Build your drink to your desire with this recipe from Gimme Some Oven, but don’t drink so many that you forget to say “cheers!”
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BitterSweet
11Rainbow sushi rolls by BitterSweet
Taste the rainbow in these multi-colored rolls that serve as a variation on the classic California roll. Blogger (and VegNews contributor) Hannah Kaminsky replaces crab with jackfruit and naturally “dyes” sushi rice with beet juice, turmeric, spirulina powder, and cabbage water for a roll that is as stunning to look at as it is delicious to taste.
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Petite Allergy Treats
12Rainbow Fruit Pizza by Petite Allergy Treats
In this gluten-free recipe, top an eggless sugar cookie crust with fresh fruit, followed by a dairy-free frosting whip. Simple yet elegant, this dessert is our new favorite way to get in all our daily fruit servings.
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Lunches and Littles
13 Rainbow Smoothie Pops by Lunches and Littles
These popsicles are as much a delight for the eyes as they are the stomach. Blend yogurt with frozen fruit in assorted colors, then pour them into popsicle molds layer by layer. Well worth the time and effort, these frozen treats are creamy and rich in flavor. We might never look at rainbows again without a mouthwatering desire for these frozen treats.
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Stephanie Dreyer is the founder of VeegMama, where she helps families cook and eat healthier.
