22+ Delicious Low-Fat Vegan Recipes (HCLF) (2024)

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Make these easy low-fat vegan recipes for the whole family or during meal prep! Find quick weeknight meals, portable lunch ideas and filling breakfast recipes in this collection.

Can you enjoy delicious food while reducing your fat intake? These easy low-fat vegan recipes will convince you that this is totally possible.

The following collection features completely oil-free recipes, some of which are also low-calorie, but everything’s really satisfying and approachable. Read more about a high-carb low-fat diet here!

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free 7-day vegan meal plan

Your next week of eating is planned out with these quick and delicious vegan bowls, meal prepping steps & full grocery list.

Eating lower-fat dishes can help with weight management and certain health issues. Plus, oil-free cooking is super easy, too!

If you’re interested in higher protein recipes, find everything from breakfast to snacks, full meals and desserts on our website.

Enjoy the following low-fat vegan recipes and don’t miss out on our printable aloo gobi at the end of this article!

Breakfast ideas

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Strawberry Bean Smoothie

This creamy and refreshing smoothie takes only minutes to make and features not only fruit but also a handful of veggies and even white beans!

It’s wonderfully filling, satisfying and great for meal prep.

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Oil-Free Date Granola

Make this low-fat cinnamon date granola without any oil or refined sugar! It’s a super healthy and tasty breakfast option that makes your kitchen smell fantastic and stores well for many weeks.

Enjoy with some plant-based milk and fruit in the morning.

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Healthy Blueberry Muffins

These tasty vegan blueberry muffins are like baked oatmeal in cups! Made with whole grain oats, this low-fat breakfast is gluten-free and sweetened only with dates.

You can enjoy them as a snack, too!

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Sweet Potato Smoothie Bowl

Move over traditional smoothie bowls and meet our creamy sweet potato smoothie bowl base topped with tropical fruit!

It’s much more filling thanks to complex carbs yet low in fat and so satisfying.

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Chocolate Overnight Zoats

These chocolate overnight oats require only a handful of ingredients and 8 minutes of prep time to make!

Store them in the fridge overnight and grab a delicious breakfast in the morning.

Lunch & dinner

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Healthy Vegan Bean Burrito

These tasty and filling bean burritos feature brown or white rice, beans of your choice and delicious veggies.

It’s a simple meal prep-friendly recipe that’s highly customizable and decently high in plant-based protein.

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Healthy Vegan Pizza Rolls

The only thing that’s better than pizza is pizza rolls. Fun, tasty and easy to make, they are a must at any party and will convince even the pickiest of eaters to consume more veggies.

These are about the healthiest pizza rolls you can make! Featuring whole grain flour and a whole bunch of veggies in the flavorful sauce, they are high in essential nutrients, fiber and super tasty.

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Vegan Sweet Potato Nourish Bowl with Chickpeas

This spiced and roasted chickpea sweet potato nourish bowl is quickly assembled with fresh veggies and a creamy homemade sun-dried tomato hummus! Perfect for a healthy, high-protein weeknight dinner.

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Easy Mushroom Pea Risotto

Rice is one of the staple foods on a low-fat vegan diet — it’s tasty, filling, versatile and cheap! You can use it for Asian, Mexican or Italian recipes, such as this easy one-pot pea and mushroom risotto.

No oil, no dairy, no problem — this 30-minute weeknight dinner is perfectly creamy, comforting and healthy at the same time. Use your favorite seasonal veggies to make this dish!

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One-Pot Pasta Marinara

This one-pot marinara requires only 10 minutes of hands-on time and is so easy to put together.

Using the vegetables of your choice, tomato sauce and your favorite short pasta, this high carb low-fat vegan dinner is highly customizable and really family-friendly.

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Vegan Collard Green Wraps

Who doesn’t love a colorful, portable lunch? Our meal prep-friendly plant-based wraps are the perfect grab-and-go meal, made with crunchy collard greens, millet, roasted veggies and satiating chickpeas.

Instead of using flour tortillas as a vehicle for your veggies, you can turn things around and use collard greens with some starchy goodness inside!

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Roasted Sweet Potato Arugula Salad

Heavenly roasted sweet potato cubes, satiating lima beans and crunchy fresh veggies on a bed of greens — that’s how you make a kickass high carb low-fat vegan salad bowl!

While this recipe features lots of vegetables, we included enough satiating high carb whole starch foods in the form of beans and sweet potatoes, rounding up the flavor with some sweet mustard dressing made with dates.

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Delicious Buffalo Cauliflower Tacos

Crispy buffalo cauliflower meets crunchy chickpeas for a plant-based protein punch, beautifully layered on a bed of greens and drizzled with low-fat tofu ranch.

These scrumptious and crowd-pleasing tacos are bursting with flavor and are made with all the whole food plant-based goodness you want in a satisfying dinner.

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Vegan Lentil Carrot Soup

There’s nothing better than a pot of hot, fragrant and cozy vegan soup on a cold day!

This easy-to-make and nutritious dinner idea is protein-packed, great for batch cooking and full of delicious flavors. Made from only whole foods, it has only 2 grams of fat per 260-calorie serving!

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Easy Baked Ratatouille

Best prepared when Summer veggies are in season, this colorful high-carb low-fat dinner can be made in the oven or as a simplified stovetop version.

It’s nutritious, low in calories and loaded with fresh aromatic herbs. If you’re looking for a fun-to-make vegan recipe that is sure to impress your guests, this is it! Serve with herbed millet or rice.

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Mediterranean Pasta Salad

Whether it’s a hot Summer day, picnic or potluck time or you just want to meal prep a few days in advance, this Mediterranean pasta salad ticks all of the boxes.

Loaded with color, flavor and nutrients, this crowd-pleasing and scrumptious vegan pasta salad features cucumber, tomatoes, bell pepper, chickpeas, quinoa, artichokes, olives and a creamy vegan yogurt dressing.

Snacks & treats

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Oil-Free Roasted Chickpeas

Skip the bag of fatty chips and make these roasted chickpeas instead! They are a super low-fat, crispy and fun snack.

Coated with spicy chili and lime flavors, they are such satisfying party food.

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Chocolate Mango Smoothie

This creamy vegan mango chocolate smoothie combines two deliciously sweet and refreshing layers in one glass and makes for a fun and tasty treat!

It’s packed with healthy ingredients, family-friendly and especially delicious during summer.

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Crispy Baked Vegetable Chips (Oil-Free)

Make these baked vegetable chips for a fun and oil-free family-friendly treat! This easy recipe is customizable, flavorful and perfect for your favorite dipping sauces like ranch, sour cream or ketchup.

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Healthy Carrot Cake Bites

Made with whole grain flour, shredded carrots and applesauce, these low-fat vegan carrot cake bites are incredibly healthy!

Sweetened with brown sugar and full of cozy spices, they are so crowd-pleasing — especially when topped with homemade cashew frosting.

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Sugar-Free Apple Crumble

Bake this easy and flavorful apple crumble for a healthy, family-friendly dessert! It’s sugar-free, low in fat and tastes fantastic fresh out of the oven.

Plus, this crumble makes for a great leftover breakfast idea the next morning!

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Cheesy Roasted Broad Beans

These roasted broad beans are oil-free, low in fat, vegan and protein-packed!

Coated in delicious spices, they make for a crowd-pleasing cheesy snack you can serve during parties or top salads and soups with.

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Fluffy Chocolate Mousse

Made with chickpea liquid (aquafaba) and protein-rich silken tofu, this quick vegan chocolate mousse is such a great treat!

It’s sweetened only with dates and can be topped with fresh fruit of your choice.

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Yield: 2 servings

Prep Time: 10 minutes

Cook Time: 40 minutes

Total Time: 50 minutes

Make these easy low-fat vegan recipes for the whole family or during meal prep! Find quick weeknight meals, portable lunch ideas and filling breakfast recipes in this collection. The following Indian curried potato and cauliflower Aloo Gobi is ready in under an hour, super flavorful and perfect for meal prep.

Ingredients

Aloo Gobi

  • 1 lb potatoes (450 g), cubed
  • 2 cups cauliflower (210 g), chopped into small florets
  • 1 yellow onion, diced
  • 2 garlic cloves, minced
  • 1-inch piece of ginger, minced
  • 1 tsp cumin
  • ½ tsp curry powder
  • ½ tsp turmeric, ground
  • ½ tsp red pepper flakes
  • ¼ tsp smoked paprika
  • 1 15-oz (425 g) can chopped tomatoes
  • 3 tbsp fresh cilantro, chopped
  • Salt and pepper to taste
  • Vegan yogurt (to garnish)

Instructions

  1. Preheat your oven to 400° F (200° C) and line a large baking sheet with parchment paper.
  2. Arrange cubed potatoes and cauliflower on the prepared baking sheet in a singer layer and season with salt and pepper to taste. Place them into the oven and roast for around 15 minutes, until the potatoes and cauliflower are slightly tender. It’s okay if they aren’t all done yet – they will finish cooking on the stovetop.
  3. Add onion, garlic, and ginger with a splash of water to a medium pot and place over medium heat. Cook, stirring occasionally, until the onion is soft and translucent, around 4-5 minutes.
  4. Add cumin, curry powder, turmeric, red pepper flakes, and smoked paprika. Cook and stir for 1-2 more minutes, until the spices become fragrant.
  5. Add the canned tomatoes, roasted potatoes and cauliflower as well as more water so that everything is covered in liquid.
  6. Cover with a lid and cook for 10 minutes until the potatoes and cauliflower are fork-tender.
  7. Remove from heat, divide between serving bowls and garnish with fresh cilantro and a dollop of vegan yogurt.

Notes

  • This Aloo Gobi can be enjoyed on its own or alongside some rice, green salad or freshly baked bread!
  • For a creamier version, add some coconut milk towards the end of the cooking process.
  • If you don’t have an oven (or don’t want to use it), you can just cook the potatoes and cauliflower in the pot alongside the spices for the additional 15 minutes they would take in the oven.
  • Find more high-carb low-fat vegan recipes in the article above and on our website!
Nutrition Information:

Yield: 2Serving Size: ½ recipe
Amount Per Serving:Calories: 446Total Fat: 3gSaturated Fat: 1gTrans Fat: 0gUnsaturated Fat: 2gCholesterol: 0mgSodium: 241mgCarbohydrates: 98gFiber: 21gSugar: 32gProtein: 17g

Nutrition information is a rough estimate calculated automatically, their accuracy is not guaranteed. Just focus on whole plant-based foods and eat until satiety!

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FAQs

What is the Hclf diet for weight loss? ›

HCLF vegan is a whole-foods, plant-based diet that involves eating mostly carbs and limited fats, explained registered dietitian Jessica Levings, MS, RD, of Balanced Pantry. The macro breakdown is about 75 to 80 percent carbs, 10 to 15 percent protein, and 10 to 15 percent fats.

What does a low-fat vegan diet look like? ›

All of these experts present varying views on a central theme: The optimal diet focuses on whole plant foods, such as pulses, whole grains, nuts, seeds, fruits, and vegetables, and eliminates animal foods and processed foods, including refined oils, sugars, and grains—essentially a low-fat vegan diet.

What is considered a low-fat plant-based diet? ›

The low-fat version encourages fruits, vegetables, whole grains, and beans, but restricts portions of higher-fat foods (eg, nuts, seeds, avocados, and olives) and omits added oils; the fat content is about 10%.

Can you lose weight on a high carb vegan diet? ›

A low-fat, vegan diet could help with weight loss by speeding up metabolism and naturally reducing calorie intake, according to a new study. Researchers found that participants on the diet burned 14% more calories after meals, since the high-carb, high-fiber meals took more energy to digest.

Can you lose weight on a high carb, low-fat diet? ›

And, as many previous studies have shown, the winning combination was diet and exercise. On average, the low-fat, high-carb group lost 7 pounds. Adding exercise to the same high-carb diet increased weight loss to 11 pounds. By contrast, the high-fat, lower-carb eaters did not lose any weight.

What is the difference between Hclf and LCHF? ›

The primary macronutrient targets for LCHF and HCLF were expressed as both a percentage of total daily energy intake and daily gram intake: LCHF: < 50 g/day carbohydrate, 75–80% fat, 15–20% protein; HCLF: 60–65% carbohydrate, 20% fat, 15–20% protein (Table 1).

What is the 30 day diet for weight loss? ›

The Whole30 diet is a strict 30-day elimination diet that many people turn to for weight loss or help with digestive concerns. The program encourages you to cut out alcohol, sugar, grains, legumes, dairy, and additives from your diet for 30 days. It is advertised as a total lifestyle change, rather than a simple diet.

What is the downside of a plant-based diet? ›

Some studies have shown that those on a plant-based diet are found to have lower plasma vitamin B12 levels and higher levels of vitamin B12 deficiency than those who consume animal products. Vitamin B12 is an important cofactor in DNA synthesis, and deficiency can lead to anemia and severe neurological dysfunction.

How long does it take for a vegan diet to clean arteries? ›

In a landmark study, he put a group of patients on a low-fat vegetarian diet and prescribed moderate exercise. Within a year, the plaques that had been growing in their hearts for decades actually started to dissolve. Patients' chest pains disappeared, and their cholesterol levels dropped.

What is the only diet that can reverse heart disease? ›

Groundbreaking research shows that a plant-based diet doesn't just prevent heart disease but that it can manage and sometimes even reverse it.

How to lose 20 pounds on a vegan diet? ›

5 Habits for Easy Vegan Weight Loss: How I Lost 20 lbs
  1. Consuming enough vegan protein. ...
  2. Eat enough Fruit and Vegetables. ...
  3. Make sure your meals are balanced! ...
  4. 80/20 Rule. ...
  5. Create a list of easy vegan recipes.
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Why is it so hard to lose weight as a vegan? ›

A whole food plant-based diet often leads to healthy weight loss, but if you're not seeing the scale move, these reasons could be why: You're still eating and cooking with oil. You need to eat more leafy greens (and fiber in general) You're going out to eat too much.

Are there too many carbs in a vegan diet? ›

Vegetarian and vegan diets can be heavy in carbs, from grains, bread, starchy vegetables, and fruits. However, following a low-carb vegetarian or vegan diet is entirely possible. The following are examples of foods rich in protein and fat, low in carbs, and free from animal products: tofu.

What is the Hclf diet? ›

High-Carbohydrate, Low-Fat (HCLF) diets, or the more “traditional” dietary approach for endurance athletes, typically consists of a carbohydrate intake of around 45 to 65 percent or more of total daily caloric intake (about five to 12 grams/kilogram of body weight/day) and a fat intake of 20 to 35 percent of total ...

Can I eat 100 carbs a day and lose weight? ›

As far as how many carbohydrates to eat, Pratt says 100 to 150 grams of carbohydrates is safe for most people who are trying to lose weight. It may be better for some people to eat carbs consistently throughout the day. “You can also break it up evenly with 40 to 50 grams of carbs per meal,” she says.

Are sugar or carbs worse for weight loss? ›

Refined sugars are digested faster than complex carbs, and are implicated in weight gain and metabolic diseases. Carbohydrates are confused with refined sugars, but as we'll explain below, complex carbohydrates are important for health.

What diet makes you lose the most weight? ›

5 best diets for weight loss
  1. Intermittent fasting. Intermittent fasting is a dietary strategy that involves periods of eating and fasting spread throughout the day or week. ...
  2. Mediterranean diet. ...
  3. DASH diet. ...
  4. Low-carb diet. ...
  5. Paleo diet.

What is low-carb day on FWTFL? ›

And as far as low carb days, those are a thing because one of the key nutritional components of FWTFL is carb cycling. Some days you have regular macro days where you eat ALL of the carbs and other days (two out of the week) you have low carb days where you aim to stay under 50 net carbs per low carb day.

What does HCLf mean? ›

High-Carbohydrate, Low-Fat (HCLF) diets, or the more “traditional” dietary approach for endurance athletes, typically consists of a carbohydrate intake of around 45 to 65 percent or more of total daily caloric intake (about five to 12 grams/kilogram of body weight/day) and a fat intake of 20 to 35 percent of total ...

What is the 21 day fat loss diet? ›

The goal of this diet is to lose as much fat as possible over a 21 day period. The diet will consist of two high protein, low calorie periods of 10 days each. Each of these low calorie periods are separated by a “free” day where you will eat high carbohydrates to reset your metabolism.

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