Can you believe it? Another incredible year of cooking, eating, and sharing delicious vegan recipes! It’s time to unveil Your Top 10 Vegan Recipes of 2024—the recipes you loved, rated, and devoured the most this year!
2024 was such a big year for me, and I love taking a moment to look back and reflect on some of the wins, accomplishments, and milestones. None of this would be possible without YOU! A special thank you goes out to everyone who continues to support the blog, taste and rate the recipes, buy the cookbooks, follow me on socials, subscribe to my newsletter or meal plan, and enroll in my online cooking classes. Your support lets me live my dream: creating cruelty-free recipes that are fun and easy to make!
You did this—Look at the impact you made!
Because of you, the world is a kinder, greener place!
This year, over 14 million people visited It Doesn't Taste Like Chicken. I know some people are just browsing or saving recipes for later, so let's be super conservative. If just 1 in 10 visitors made a single vegan meal, together we:
🥕 Saved 466,972 animal lives
💧 Conserved 513 million gallons of water
🌾 Spared 18.7 million pounds of grain
🌳 Protected 14 million square feet of forest
🌍 Prevented 9.3 million pounds of CO2 emissions
How incredible is that?! 🌟 This is what happens when we choose compassion one plate at a time. Every recipe you try makes a difference—for the animals, the planet, and us all. 💚
More notable moments of 2024:
📚 My latest cookbook, Craving Vegan, was voted "Best Vegan Cookbook" by VegNews in their 2024 Veggie Awards!
🏆 Craving Vegan also took home gold at the Taste Canada Awards in the "Health or Special Diet Cookbooks" category!
💻 But the most rewarding part of this year wasn’t just awards—it was reconnecting with you, my incredible community. This year, for the first time in many years, I wasn’t writing a new cookbook. With no cookbook deadlines, I got to fully dive into creating fresh, free recipes just for you! The result? Blog traffic skyrocketed, and we’re now welcoming over 1 million visitors a month to It Doesn’t Taste Like Chicken!
Here’s to another year of delicious vegan meals, sharing kindness, and making an impact—together!
In 2024, I shared a ton of new recipes, and your feedback made it all worthwhile! Every time you tried one of my recipes, shared it with friends, or left a thoughtful comment and star rating, you helped this blog grow and thrive. Your input has a huge impact—it guides what I create next and keeps this blog thriving. As rated by you, here are the top 10 most popular recipes published in 2024!
Top 10 Vegan Recipes of 2024:
- Easy Vegan Orange Chicken: "I don't know how you do it! Are you a magician?? This is the BEST stir-fry recipe that I've had in ages (I put over rice with a side of broccoli). You've saved me from greasy, oil-ladened takeout! Thank you!" -MS
- Homemade Vegan Parmesan Cheese: "I'm so happy to have found this recipe. As a vegan I've missed good cheese in my life and this was truly great cheese. and so easy to make! Thanks for this recipe!" -Dennis
- Vegan Lemon Loaf: "Oh my gosh amazing!!" -Riley
- Easy Vegan Tacos: "Delicious! We gave it a solid 10. Had it for dinner tonight." -Judy
- Easy Vegan Pancakes: "Over the moon for these pancakes! What a game-changer. I make these pancakes about three times per week, so delicious and healthy topped with fresh berries." -Elle
- Easy Vegan Banana Bread: "This is THE best banana bread recipe I have made. It’s also the easiest to make. My work colleagues agree!" -Jo-Anne
- Vegan Sheet Pan Lemon Garlic Tofu Dinner: "This was INCREDIBLE. Your recipes never miss. Thanks, Sam!" -Ann
- Tofu Deli Meat: "We have been eating tofu for years, but never this way. It's delicious, fast, easy, yummy from the fridge and can be batched for easy supply during busy days. A new family favorite, thanks, Sam!" -Yulca
- Vegan Chocolate Sheet Cake: "The chocolate sheet cake is my go-to for both cakes and cupcakes. It's my go-to for an easy and delicious cake for all occasions...or no occasions. I'd never go to a mix again and although this is decadent, the ingredients make me feel so much better about sweets. 5 stars." -Joanne
- Chicken-Style Tofu Bites: "The closest to chicken nuggets that you can get! The only downside is that they don't last long!" -Joy
Thank you for being part of such an incredible year! Your support—whether through trying recipes, leaving comments, sharing posts, or simply visiting the blog—makes everything I do possible. Together, we’re not just enjoying amazing food; we’re saving animal lives, protecting the planet, and showing the world how delicious compassion can be.
As we head into 2025, I’d love to hear from you! What recipes should I veganize next? Drop your suggestions in the comments—I’m already working on my idea list, and I can’t wait to see what you come up with.
If you’ve tried any of these recipes (or others from the blog), please take a moment to leave a star rating and comment. It’s the best way to help us grow and continue spreading the vegan love.
Here’s to another amazing year of kindness, creativity, and delicious vegan eats. Let’s make 2025 our best year yet!
Bon appetegan and Happy New Year!
Sam Turnbull.
Leo says
Happy and Prosperous New Year to you.
Wanted to let you know that your site is the first place I send newbies, because of the reliability of the recipes, and the breadth of the collection.
Never have I had someone new to this way of life come to me and complain that the recipes didn't come out right. That alone is a credit to you.
May I suggest a collection of "meals for one" as many of the newbies I speak to are the only member of the family - maybe with a note on how to complete this vegan meal along side a meaty one.
Thankyou for all of your time and efforts to make us all look good in the vegan kitchen.
Joe says
Hi Sam, Happy New Year 2025 to you and your loved ones! May the upcoming year be even more successful for you personally, professionally and in helping save the lives of our animal co-habitants on this beautiful blue planet. 🌎
You have 269 taco recipes archived (kidding! 😄) but I don’t see a recipe for tostadas. A Google search left me uninspired. So I’d like to request that you work on a vegan tostadas recipe with that special Sam pizzazz. 👍🌶️
jacquie says
thanks for all the recipes you have shared last year and the years before. Please don't laugh but i do enjoy a really good fruitcake - w/ dried fruit and not candied - but haven't had one in a long time since there aren't many good vegan ones out there. And chance you would consider developing one?
Britta M Marrinan says
You are pure joy to watch and I have really enjoyed your recipes. Congratulations! Well deserved. You are such a 'bright penny" and have a wonderful presence about you. Thank you! You are one of my TOP list go-to's.
Emma says
Please can you post a recipe for strawberry cheesecake and sticky toffee pudding? those are my omni husbands favourites and I'd love to be able to make good ones! LOVE your recipes, they never disappoint ❤️
Sam Turnbull @ It Doesn't Taste Like Chicken says
Thank you so much Emma! I have added them both to my idea list 🙂
Emma says
Congratulations Sam on an amazing year of very well deserved awards and recognition. Thank you so much for your straightforward easy to follow recipes, that make delicious vegan food possible for amateur bakers like me. One recipe that is problematic is 'yorksire puddings'. The original recipe produces a batter that when cooked in a tin with hot oil rises at the sides to produce a bowl of light fluffy pudding with a crisp outer. So far the closest I can create is using a premixed vegan pancake mix from a supermarket. It's a central component to an english roast dinner or toad in the hole. Basically winter comfort food. Just wondering if you've heard of these? Best wishes to you for the New Year
Sam Turnbull @ It Doesn't Taste Like Chicken says
Hi Emma! Yes, my husband has been asking me for yorkshire puddings forever! I have done a few tests but haven't landed on the perfect recipe yet so I will definitely add it to my list this year. Thank you so much for the kind words 🙂
Michelle says
Hey Sam! Just wanted to pop on here and say THANK YOU once again for all of the wonderful recipes you have developed and shared with the rest of us this year. Your site is my "go to" any time I am looking for a recipe and every single thing that I have made has been amazing! I love your stats here about the animals saved and the impact of these plant-based meals on the environment. Well done and all the best to you and yours in 2025!
Sam Turnbull @ It Doesn't Taste Like Chicken says
Thank you so much Michelle!!!! Happy New Year!! 🙂