45 Colorful Plant-Based Rainbow Recipes

June 9, 2025

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Explore 45 vibrant and healthy plant-based rainbow recipes! This colorful vegan and vegetarian collection from top food bloggers celebrates wholesome meals made with fruits, veggies, and natural ingredients.

If you love eating the rainbow, you’re going to be inspired by this stunning collection of 45 colorful plant-based rainbow recipes! Packed with vibrant fruits, vegetables, and natural ingredients, these vegan and vegetarian dishes are as beautiful as they are nourishing. From bright smoothie bowls and rainbow salads to colorful pastas and plant-based desserts, these recipes celebrate healthy eating in the most visually delicious way possible. I’ve teamed up with talented food bloggers to bring you a variety of vegan rainbow meals that are perfect for any season, whether you’re meal prepping, hosting, or just craving a splash of color on your plate. Plus I’m sharing some of my very own favorite rainbow recipes, from my kitchen to yours! Whether you’re following a plant-based lifestyle or just want to add more color and nutrients to your meals, this roundup has something for everyone — and it’s all 100% vegan, vegetarian, and made with love.

Mother Nature bestowed plant foods with all the shades of the rainbow. Red in apples, strawberries, and tomatoes; orange in carrots, pumpkins, and peppers; yellow in summer squash, corn, and wax beans; green in kale, broccoli, and jalapenos; blue in blueberries, blackberries, and corn; purple in cabbage, onions, and potatoes. All of those colors in these plant foods signal the presence of powerful phytochemicals, which are actually the color pigment found in the plants. These were developed in the plant over the eons as a natural defense system, and now we know that they protect humans from disease as well. Eating from the rainbow is a great way to protect your health, and enjoy a range of delicious foods. I am obsessed with colorful plant foods! So, naturally, I asked some of my fellow food bloggers to join in on the celebration of all things diverse in our food supply. Here is the gorgeous result: this collection of 45 Colorful Plant-Based Rainbow Recipes, in all sorts of categories, ready to put the health, beauty, and flavor into your diet today!

Eat and Live the Goodness,

Sharon

45 Colorful Plant-Based Rainbow Recipes

Rainbow Breakfast Recipes

Berry Bowl with Quinoa and Walnuts, Sharon Palmer, MSFS, RDN, The Plant-Powered Dietitian (shown above)
Oahu Acai Breakfast Bowl, Christin McKamey, Veggie Chick

Rainbow Pancakes, Kelly Peloza, Seitan Beats Your Meat (shown above)

Rainbow Smoothie & Smoothie Bowl Recipes

Dazzling Winter Berry Smoothie Bowl, Sharon Palmer, MSFS, RDN, The Plant-Powered Dietitian (shown above)

Mermaid Smoothie Bowl, Sharon Palmer, MSFS, RDN, The Plant-Powered Dietitian (shown above)

Strawberry Beet Smoothie Bowl, Deryn Macey, Running on Real Food (shown above)

Rainbow Appetizer Recipes

Cowboy Caviar, Verna Anne Rindler, The Cheeky Chickpea
Fresh Spring Rolls, Elena Szeliga, Happy Kitchen Rocks

Summer Rolls, Michaela Vais, Ela Vegan (shown above)

Rainbow Bowl Recipes

Buddha Bowl with Tempeh and Quinoa, Sarah Schlichter, RDN, Bucketlist Tummy

Copycat Chipotle Veggie Bowl with Fajita Veggies, Emese Maczko, My Pure Plants (shown above)
Edamame, Amaranth, & Chimichurri Nourish Bowl, Sarah Koszyk, MA, RDN

Galaxy “Sushi” Bowl, Robin Means, Vegan Dollhouse (shown above)

Go-To Buddha Bowl, Sarah McMinn, My Darling Vegan (shown )

Rainbow Buddha Bowls, Alisa Fleming, Go Dairy Free (shown above)
“Scallop” Poké Bowl with Sesame Lime Sauce, Johanne Rosenthal, Sunnyside Hanne

Tempeh Buddha Bowl, Deryn Macey, Running on Real Food (shown above)

Tofu and Veggie Spring Roll Bowls with Peanut Sauce, Cassidy Reeser, RDN, LDN, Cozy Peach Kitchen (shown above)

Rainbow Salad Recipes

Collard Wrap Salad, Renee DeLeon, Veeg (shown above)

Confetti Potato Salad with Creamy Lemon Dressing, Sharon Palmer, MSFS, RDN, The Plant-Powered Dietitian (shown above)
Crunchy Asian Salad & Orange Dressing, Laura Miner, Cook At Home Mom

Easy No-Mayo Coleslaw, Sandhya Hariharan (shown above)

Gado Gado, Indonesian Tempeh Salad, Sharon Palmer, MSFS, RDN, The Plant-Powered Dietitian (shown above)

Italian Pasta Salad, Rebecca Pytell, Strength and Sunshine (shown above)
Loaded Veggie Chopped Kale Salad, Jennifer Sebestyen, Veggie Inspired

Seven Layer Salad, Karen Gibson, Soup Addict (shown above)
Simple Avocado Tomato Salad, Florentina Lile, The Veggie Society

Southwestern Power Salad with Creamy Cilantro Lime Dressing, Isadora Lassance, She Likes Food (shown above)
Southwestern Salad with Chili-Lime Tofu, Julianne Lynch, No Sweat Vegan

Rainbow Main Dish Recipes

Copycat Chick-Fil-A Veggie Wraps, Alisa Fleming, Make It Dairy-Free (shown above)
Jackfruit Tacos, Zeeshan Ali, Get Set Vegan
Mediterranean Sheet Pan Meal, Jackie Sobon, Vegan Yack Attack

Vegan Rainbow Veggie Pizza with Cornmeal Crust, Sharon Palmer, MSFS, RDN, The Plant-Powered Dietitian (shown above)

Rainbow Side Dish Recipes

Grilled Veggie Skewers, Jessica Randhawa, The Forked Spoon (shown above)
Rainbow Veggie Kabobs, Shelley Fulton, Two Healthy Kitchens

Tex-Mex Quinoa, Prajakta Sukhatme, Profession Curry (shown above)
Thai Zucchini Noodles, Prajakta Sukhatme, Profession Curry

Rainbow Fruit & Dessert Recipes

Fresh Fruit Salad with Coconut Dressing, Cassidy Reeser, RDN, LDN, Cozy Peach Kitchen (shown above)

The Ultimate Fruit Platter, Katherine Hackworthy, Veggie Desserts (shown above)

Easy Rainbow Popsicles, Mabintu Mustapha, Recipes from a Pantry (shown above)

Rainbow Cheesecake, Anthea Cheng, Rainbow Nourishments (shown above)
Rainbow Fruit Parfaits, Alisa Fleming, Go Dairy Free

Rainbow Fruit Popsicles, Jessica Bailey, Any Reason Vegans