Scottish Recipes for Vegans and Vegetarians (2024)

Easy Scottish recipes for vegetarians and vegans, both traditional and modern recipes.

It's a beautiful country, where you're never far from the coast with long sandy beaches where you can sometimes spot seals and dolphins if you're lucky or beautiful lochs surrounded by hills.

If you want to want to walk or hike, you don't have to go far to find open countryside, hills and mountains with spectacular views.

We're also surrounded with forests full of wildlife, with birds (including birds of prey), squirrels, foxes and deer making their homes there.

The food in Scotland is diverse with influences from all over the world.

Traditional Scottish food tends to be a bit simpler, using local seasonal produce to make hearty dishes that are usually quite cheap to make.

The food of Scotland also reflects our climate and the crops.

Tinned Tomatoes started off as a vegetarian blog, but as our diets changed it became vegan-based, so you will find both vegetarian and vegan dishes below.

All recipes can be easily tweaked for a vegetarian or vegan diet, just use your regular milk, butter and cheese.

I hope you enjoy the recipes. If there is any traditional Scottish recipe you would like to see, leave me a comment or email me at tinnedtomatoes@googlemail.com. I'm always happy to chat.

V = vegetarian
Ve = vegan

SCOTTISH BREAKFAST

A Scottish breakfast is a thing of many parts. During the week it may be porridge, cereal or toast topped with jam.

In a hurry, then it might be a slice of banana bread, a flapjack or a muffin on the go.

On a Sunday it's usually a more leisurely affair with homemade pancakes or a cooked breakfast, which can feature all or some of the following:

• Tattie scones (potato scones) - an easy flatbread made with potatoes
• veggie sausages
• veggie haggis
• fried potatoes (in slices)
• fried mushrooms
• grilled tomatoes
• baked beans
• scrambled or fried egg (if you're vegetarian)
• wilted spinach (if you're pretending to be healthy)
• toast (toasted or fried)

TATTIE SCONES

Tattie scones, also known as potato scones or potato farls are a Scottish flatbread made from potatoes which are served for breakfast.

We mostly call them tattie scones as tattie is our Scottish word for potatoes or potato farls.

Farls comes from the old Scots word fardel which means a quarter. Tattie scones or farls are usually shaped into a flat round and cut into quarters in triangles, then cooked.

I like to roll the dough out and cut into small rounds with a cookie cutter.

They are best made from freshly cooked potatoes which are mashed, but they can also be made with leftover mash.

• Easy Indian Spiced Potato Scones (an Indian twist on Scottish tattie scones) (vegan)
• Scottish Potato Scones (and how to make a vegan cooked breakfast) (vegan)
• Scottish Tattie Scones (and how to make a vegetarian cooked breakfast)(vegetarian)

PORRIDGE

Porridge is a staple on Scottish breakfast tables. It's easy to make from porridge oats (rolled oats) and you can eat it plain or add lots of fruit (fresh or dried).

It will fill you up until lunchtime and give you energy to get on with your day.

Traditionally it was made in crofts in pots over a fire with no fancy toppings.

My dad ate it every day of his life for breakfast. He made it with water and a pinch of salt, which is very Scottish.

Many people in Scotland serve their porridge plain (made with milk or water) and often with a drizzle of honey.

I like it with some sweetness from a drizzle of maple syrup or fruit.

I now also make a modern version of oats, by serving it cold as overnight oats. It's really not Scottish, but it's my twist on a Scottish oat breakfast.

THESE ARE ALL SUITABLE FOR VEGETARIANS AND VEGANS. Use your regular milk. The creme egg overnight oats can be made with or without the creme egg on top (both vegetarian and vegan versions are available to buy.

• Apple Cinnamon Overnight Oats
• Blueberry Muffin Overnight Oats
• Creme Egg Overnight Oats
• Overnight Sweet Potato Oats

FLAPJACKS

Flapjacks are closely related to porridge. The first flapjacks were just cold porridge that had set.

Today flapjacks are baked and can contain all sorts of spices, fruit and even chocolate.

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THESE ARE ALL SUITABLE FOR VEGETARIANS AND VEGANS.

BANANA BREAD

Banana bread is such an easy bake and it's a great way of using up over-ripe bananas that might end up in the bin.

It's great served fresh, but it's even better toasted for breakfast and served spread with butter or dairy-free spread.

THESE ARE ALL SUITABLE FOR VEGETARIANS AND VEGANS.

• Easy Chocolate Chip Banana Bread
• Easy One-Bowl Chocolate Banana Bread
• Homemade Oat Flour Banana Bread with Chocolate Chips (oat flour can easily be made from porridge (rolled) oats and used in place of plain (all purpose) flour)
• Raspberry Banana Bread with Choc Chips

SCOTCH PANCAKES

Scottish pancakes are more like American pancakes when it comes to rise, but we tend to serve them smaller.

Some people prefer crepes, from our auld friends the French, but wee fat Scotch pancakes remain the most popular.

• Healthier Chocolate Banana Pancakes with Chocolate Sauce (vegan)
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• Scotch Pancakes(vegetarian)
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• Vegan Chocolate Chip Scotch Pancakes(vegan)

SCOTTISH LUNCH

Soup and sandwiches are popular lunch choices in Scotland.

We eat soup at home but also take soup to work in tubs to heat in the microwave or take it in flasks to drink when we are out and about.

I'm including homemade bread recipes that are great served with a hearty bowl of Scottish soup and sandwiches.

SCOTTISH SOUP

Soup is one of our most popular dishes in Scotland and we serve it up for lunch and dinner.

It's cheap, easy to make and very filling. Even the most unused kitchen will often see a pot of soup on the go as it's easy even for beginners.

Our soups are usually made from our staple crops, onions, carrots, potatoes, turnip (swede), leek and broccoli. We also like to add pulses or grains to bulk soups out.

Scottish soup is usually hearty with a bit of texture but we do make some smooth soups too.

I know it's not polite, but we love to dunk bread into our soup!

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• Fresh Ginger Parsnip Soup(vegetarian)
• Fridge Vegetable Soup (vegan)
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• Red Lentil Soup(vegan)
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• Scottish Fridge Lentil Soup (vegan)
• Scottish Lentil Soup (vegan)
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• Slow Cooker Split Pea Soup(vegan)
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• Spicy Tiffin Eggs (vegetarian)
• Tattie Soup (vegan)
• Yellow Split Pea Soup (vegan)

WHAT TO SERVE WITH SCOTTISH SOUP

Here are a few ideas of what to serve with a pot of Scottish soup. They aren't all Scottish recipes but they go great with Scottish soup.

THE BREAD RECIPES ARE ALL SUITABLE FOR VEGETARIANS AND VEGANS.

BREAD

• Basic Wholemeal Bread (this style bread would be made in Scotland and is good for soup, but also slices well for sandwiches.
• Basic White Loaf (this style of bread would also be made in Scottish homes)
• Light Rye Bloomer Bread
• No Knead Black Olive Beer Bread (no yeast)
• Wholemeal Beer Bread (no yeast)

SCONES

Cheese scones are often served with soup in Scotland. Cut in half and spread with a generous amount of butter.

• Blueberry Lemonade Scones (vegan)
• Buttery Scottish Teatime Scones (vegan)
• Classic Cheese Scones (vegetarian)

TOASTIES

Toasties are often served with soup or on their own with some salad.

SCOTTISH SAUSAGE ROLLS & OTHER PASTRY LUNCH PIES

Us Scots love a bit of pastry at lunchtime. Sausage rolls, bridies or pies. A lot of it is very meaty, but it's easy to make a vegetarian or vegan alternative.