Christmas can be a difficult time of year when it comes to vegan food. Festive food is all about luxury – traditionally in the UK that equates to fat, meat, cheese, butter and cream, and lots of it. So, how do you eliminate animal products, and retain that sense of decadence? As always, it just requires a degree of invention – fortunately, this site is home to some of the most inventive vegan dishes in the UK.

If you're looking for a delicious dinner either side of Christmas Day, we can recommend Rob Howell's pan-roasted cauliflower with cashew cream, or mushroom duxelle, pickled mushrooms and Jerusalem artichoke. As for Christmas Day itself, start things off with Pollyanna Coupland's divine mushroom palmiers recipe then load the dinner table with vegan butternut squash and olive stuffing, Josh Eggleton's simple but delicious purple sprouting broccoli with hazelnuts, and Joey O'Hare's ingenious Portobello mushroom 'Kievs'. For dessert, try Jacqueline Meldrum's vegan pear and chocolate brownie cake with a vegan Irish coffee on the side.

That's just a taster of what your vegan Christmas could look like – to see our full collection of recipes, just scroll down!