12 Dreamy Vegetarian Gnocchi Recipes (2024)

Resources and Roundups June 14, 2023

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Turn a package of dried gnocchi into a delicious and filling vegetarian or vegan dinner with these handy recipes. Gnocchi is a great staple ingredient that you can make a wide variety of healthy, easy meals from – the ultimate meatless comfort food!

12 Dreamy Vegetarian Gnocchi Recipes (1)

We LOVE gnocchi recipes around here! A real vegetarian staple, it offers so much potential for quick, easy, cheap and healthy meals!

These recipes all start with packaged gnocchi – admittedly not as tender and melt in the mouth as fresh homemade gnocchi, but so convenient and easy to keep stocked up on when you need something to center a meal around. I buy the dried stuff from Aldi which here in the UK is about 80p and has a long shelf life. In the US I am told that store bought frozen gnocchi is a thing too.

Keep well stocked, and you’ll always be close to easy comfort food perfection. So here I bring to you the most irresistible and beautiful gnocchi recipes from the web. The only difficult thing is deciding which to try first…

A pan of roasted tomatoes with creamy mascarpone make the perfect sauce for gnocchi. Feels like a treat while using inexpensive ingredients, and low effort enough for a weekday dinner.

We all need this simple vegetarian sheetpan gnocchi recipe in our lives! With minimal ingredients, it is a fresh and healthy dinner that tastes amazing. The gnocchi crisps up alongside the garlic mushrooms and broccoli, and dinner is on the table in 30 minutes with only one pan to clean!

One Pot Gnocchi Caprese

An easy baked gnocchi recipe with slow roasted cherry tomatoes and mozzarella. A comfort food classic made simple - very few ingredients and everything bakes together in one pan!

One Pan Kale Gnocchi

Pan fried gnocchi is always a winner, and this simple tasty recipe is packed with greens to make it a nourishing meal! With a light lemony goat cheese sauce, this feels like a real of a treat of a dinner while being budget friendly and incredibly quick and easy to make.

15 Minute Air Fryer Gnocchi with Pesto

A 15 minute air fryer dinner that you'll love! The crispy finish of pan fried or roasted gnocchi is achieved so quickly and easily in the air fryer, you may never make it any other way. Topped with cherry tomatoes and a drizzle of pesto, it's a perfect weeknight meal that feels like a treat.

Gnocchi with Smoky Tomato Cream Sauce

This simple gnocchi is served in a creamy roasted tomato and smoked cheese sauce for a luxurious meatless dinner. It's packed with flavor and no one will miss the meat in this bowl of pure comfort food. Despite its gourmet taste, this is easy to make with minimal prep, perfectly achievable any night of the week with supermarket staple ingredients.

Gnocchi Tray Bake with Avocado Pesto

This easy traybake recipe combines gnocchi with roasted peppers, asparagus and the most delicious and dreamy avocado pistachio pesto. The recipe as written is vegan, and with lots of opportunities to vary and customize this recipe, you are sure to be onto a winner.