Easy Vegan Dinner Bake

5 from 9 votes

This delicious vegan bake with vegan sausage and potatoes needs 15 minutes of hands-on time, 30 minutes in the oven, and dinner's ready!

Prep Time15

Cook Time30

Total Time45

Course: Breakfast/Brunch/Lunch/Dinner

Cuisine: American

Diet: Gluten Free, Vegan, Vegetarian

Servings: servings

Calories: 308kcal

1 teaspoon avocado oil or any neutral oil (if you want to make this free of added oils, use a tablespoon of vegetable stock)
14 oz vegan sausage (or vegan meat, crumbled)
16 oz mixed vegetables (any kind is fine, frozen works great. I chopped up some zucchini and bell peppers this time because I had them around, but you can also use mushrooms, spinach, other squash, broccoli, cauliflower, asparagus, peas and carrots)
1 teaspoon garlic powder
1 teaspoon onion flakes (or onion powder)
1 teaspoon dried thyme (use a tablespoon if using fresh thyme)
1 teaspoon paprika (optional)
1 teaspoon tamari (or soy sauce, optional)
¾ cup vegetable stock (or sub with ¾ cup water and a teaspoon of vegetable bouillon)
Salt and ground black pepper to taste
1 tablespoon chives (optional, for garnish)

Boil and mash the potatoes (I leave the skins on when organic). Stir in the nutritional yeast, lemon, salt and pepper and set aside.
Preheat the oven to 425 degrees Fahrenheit.
In a cast iron or nonstick skillet heat the oil. Add the vegan sausage and cook a couple of minutes, stirring frequently.
Add the veggies and mix. Add garlic powder, onion flakes, thyme, and the paprika and tamari, if using. Mix well.
Let the veggies cook for a few minutes, stir a few times in between, until they are tender but not mushy. Add the vegetable stock and mix well.
Layer the potatoes over the top of the veggie-meat filling, then, using a spatula or spoon, mix them in.
Bake 30 minutes in the preheated oven.
Garnish, if you like, with chopped chives. Serve hot, warm or cold.

You can use more or less potatoes based on your preference. Potatoes are healthy, and extremely so in this dish, and they are usually kid-friendly. Stir the mashed potatoes into the veggie filling instead of just layering it on top, as you would in a shepherd's pie, to mix all the flavors together for more deliciousness.
Make sure you buy vegan sausages or meat marked gluten-free and/or soy-free if you are sensitive to these. There are many brands now available that are free of gluten, soy and nuts.