The Ultimate Guide to Vegan Mother’s Day (2023)

Are you looking to make Mother’s Day fun and special this year with creative ideas to celebrate? If you are, you’re in the right place!

Author: Colleen Kane

Here at Vkind, we’ve compiled TONS of fun ways to celebrate Mother’s Day the vegan way! If you and your mom or the mother-figure in your life are both vegan, Mother’s Day can be a special time to celebrate that. 

Even if your mom isn’t vegan (yet!), you can reflect how important veganism is to you through the gifts you give. It’s the ultimate guide to vegan Mother’s Day and a one-stop-stop for all your Mother’s Day needs!

From vegan-friendly Mother’s Day activities to plant-based gifts, vegan recipes and animal-themed greeting cards, we’ve got you covered!

Table of Contents

Vegan Activities for Mother’s Day

1. Visit an animal sanctuary with mom.
2. Attend a vegan cooking class in person or online.
3. Watch an inspiring vegan movie, documentary or cooking show together.
4. Play a vegan board game!
5. Take online vegan quizzes together and compare your answers. 
6. Play video games that reward you for being vegan

Vegan Mother’s Day Gift Ideas

1. Create an edible arrangement bouquet with (or for) your mom. 
2. A homemade or premade gift basket with vegan gifts
3. A vegan cookbook
4. Vegan-friendly faux leather journal
5. Vegan mugs
6. Vegan t-shirts

Vegan Food Gift Ideas for Mother’s Day

1. A plant-based meal subscription through Mama Sezz
2. Vegan cinnamon rolls from Cinnaholic
3. Vegan donuts
4. Vegan Cookie Box like Maya’s Cookies or  
5. Vegan Ice Cream

Vegan Recipes for Mother’s Day

Brunch

• Vegan Quiche

Lunch/Dinner Appetizers

• Vegan Pâté de Campagne with Calvados, Porcini Cashew Cream, and Onion Jam

Vkind’s Pick for a Celebratory Mother’s Day Beverage

• Jalapeño Pineapple Margarita

Lunch/Dinner Entrees

• Before The Butcher and Omni Pork Vegan Potstickers

Desserts

• Blueberry Banana Pie

Vegan Activities for Mother’s Day

1. Visit an animal sanctuary with mom.

If you’re an animal lover who wants a compassionate alternative to exploitative captive facilities, consider visiting a wildlife sanctuary together. 

To ensure the facility truly is helping the animals rather than exploiting them, ensure the facility makes every effort to replicate natural habitats and offers ample space for enrichment. They should provide permanent homes and avoid trading or borrowing animals. They also should not allow hands-on interaction with wild or exotic animals (like big cats, bears, primates or wolves). However, some places that care for rescued farmed animals allow visitors to get up close and personal.

2. Attend a vegan cooking class in person or online.

Try an online vegan cooking class through AirBnB online experiences! Consider this five star German vegan cooking class where participants make buffalo “wings” out of oyster mushrooms. Or this Italian vegan cooking class preparing Fettuccine and Ravioli, along with two different sauces. Or this Japanese vegan sushi class or Indian Samosa & Cilantro Chutney.

One of the great things about AirBnb online classes is that you and your mom can still participate together, even if you don’t live near each other. If you’re in Las Vegas  or able to travel there, you could even attend an in-person class at the Vegas Vegan Culinary School!

3. Watch an inspiring vegan movie, documentary, or vegan cooking show together.

“Aren’t vegan documentaries a little heavy for a celebratory holiday?” you might ask. Sure, plenty are. But others are more light-hearted and focus on inspirational stories and the positive benefits of veganism.

Some upbeat vegan documentaries to check out with mom include Vegan: Everyday Stories (2016), PlantPureNation (2018), The Gamechangers (2019), 10 Billion: What’s on Your Plate (2015) and Forks Over Knives (2011).

This Mother’s Day, kick back and relax with mom with Vkind’s very own three-part series and America’s first and only 100% vegan cooking competition. In Peeled, vegan chefs “cook up compassion” while competing for the top title of vegan chef and a monetary prize to donate to the nonprofit of their choosing. This inspiring and entertaining series makes for a lighthearted, yet meaningful way to spend time with mom on Mother’s Day. Tune in with Roku, Apple TV, Amazon Fire, IOS, Android, Unchained TV, or YouTube.

Regardless of which documentary or show you choose, be sure to bring some fun flavors of vegan popcorn and puff snacks to upgrade your movie or show watching experience!

4. Play a vegan board game!

Put your vegan knowledge to the test with this vegan board game – “Vegan Not Vegan.”

5. Take online vegan quizzes together and compare your answers.

If you want a fun activity for when you feel like lounging on the couch and scrolling on your phone with mom, check out these vegan quizzes and compare your scores. 

Is this food vegan? 

Which vegan celebrity are you? 

What kind of animal are you?

What kind of vegetable are you?

6. Play video games that reward you for being vegan!

If you and your mom are into video games AND you’re vegan, you’ll have a blast playing these together! While many video games reward players for hunting animals, a number of video games reward you for completing the game as a vegan. 

In “The Forest,” you have to beat the entire game without killing any animals. With “The Flame in the Flood,” you have to survive in a flooded post-apocalyptic America where you explore islands in a raft with your dog. To obtain the vegetarian achievement, you need to survive for twenty days without killing any animals. 

In “Green Hell,” you survive twenty-five days on plant-based food, including mushrooms, coconut, bananas, and other fruits.  In “Stranded Deep,” to earn the Gone Green and Fish are Friends achievement, you must survive in the Pacific Ocean without killing any animals. Finally, in the game “Dread Hunger,” you must also survive without eating meat.

Vegan Mother’s Day Gift Ideas

1. Create an edible arrangement bouquet with (or for) your mom!

Some moms would enjoy creating this together, while others would rather just eat it! To create one as pictured, you’ll need a large, clear plastic vase; a cabbage (an eco-friendly alternative to green floral foam to insert the skewers); oranges; pineapple, strawberries; grapes; honeydew melon; oreos; and Ritz crackers with peanut butter dunked in white chocolate and decorated with sprinkles. 

Find helpful directions on making your own vegan edible arrangement here! 

Melt dairy-free dark chocolate and white chocolate and dip some of the fruits in it. Sprinkle vegan sprinkles on some to add variety and color! For an ethical vegan white chocolate brand, check out Lagusta’s Luscious. 

Although you can find Enjoy Life brand white chocolate chips on GTFOit’svegan.com, this brand fails to meet human rights standards. Find a comprehensive list of vegan and ethically sourced chocolate on the Food Empowerment Project’s list of ethical chocolates, alongside numerous other brands that make dark and “milk” chocolates.

2. A homemade or premade gift basket with vegan gifts

Choose from a bottle of vegan wine, vegan beauty items, a handwritten card, vegan oat milk chocolate, and homemade treats or other ideas listed below. Assemble in a basket with tissue paper on the bottom, heavy items on the bottom and tall items in the back. Top it off with a ribbon!

Or, order a pre-made Vegan Self-Care Pamper Hamper, a self care box of handmade vegan candles, chocolates, teas, masks and sweets. Choose from candle scents like Lime, Basil & Mandarin, Amber & Lavender, English Pear, Rose & Rhubarb, Cinnamon & Vanilla and more.

3. A vegan cookbook

If your mom likes to cook, consider one of these popular vegan cookbooks: Deliciously Ella Quick & Easy Plant-Based Recipes; La Vida Verde Plant-Based Mexican Cookbook, Chloe’s Vegan Italian Kitchen, Korean Vegan, Vegan Chinese, Vegan Thai, Vegan Mediterranean or AfroVegan.

Vegan Food Gift Ideas for Mother’s Day

1. A plant-based meal subscription through Mama Sezz

With free shipping across the U.S. and a money-back guarantee, mom is sure to love these 100% whole-food plant-based meals delivered to her door. In addition to being vegan, they’re gluten free, peanut free, preservative free, refined sugar free, non-gmo, never frozen and oil free. Choose also from  sesame, soy and salt-free options.  

Praised as the “best vegan meal delivery” by Forbes magazine and “vegan comfort food” by Outside and “most bang for your buck” by Shape, Mama Sezz has made a name for itself. 

Choose from bestselling bundles and meals like high protein burgers, lazy lasagna, breakfast sausage, breakfast smoothie, ricotta-style mushroom and tomato bake,  and the all-day not-a-cookie box. Mama Sezz’s is also committed to zero food waste, so you can return all shipping materials for free using their prepaid shipping label. 

Give the gift of meal delivery! With Mama Sezz, all mom has to do is heat and eat! Order once or set mom up with a repeat delivery. Designed to support moms striving to improve their health and have more energy. 

2. Vegan Cinnamon Rolls

Pick up some Cinnaholic vegan cinnamon rolls and coffee for an indulgent breakfast.

3. Vegan Donuts

Who doesn’t love a good donut?! Find all the vegan donut shops across the U.S. in our extensive collection of vegan donuts! Lots of stores even offer shipping!

4. Bring over or ship a Vegan Cookie Mother’s Day Box 

Check out Maya’s Cookies or Verón.

Maya’s Cookies

Known for soft-baked gourmet vegan cookies, Maya’s Cookies is a rising star destined to become America’s top Black-Owned Gourmet Vegan Cookie Company. Maya’s offers flavors like Chocolate Chip S’mores and Marble Fudge. With the company’s focus on youth and underserved communities, you can feel good about an order from Maya’s! Order a shipment nationwide from mayascookies.com. Orders baked fresh daily, and your order is shipped the same day.

Verón Macarons

Verón macarons, located in downtown LA, offers 18 consistent flavors like matcha lemon, chocolate, blueberry, rose, and pistachio, along with limited edition flavors. Order online at www.theveron.com for local delivery, pickup or nationwide shipping. 

5. Vegan ice cream

Endless brands and flavors of vegan ice cream now line most major grocery store ice cream aisles. Whatever mom’s favorite flavor is, there’s a plant-based version of it! If you live far away from mom, many brands like these even ship nationwide.

Vegan Recipes for Mother’s Day

If you and your mom enjoy cooking or baking together, you could choose a fun recipe or two, pick up the ingredients and bring them over to her place to cook together. Or, give the gift of meal prep and put the recipes together for her!

We’ve created a full menu of options to choose from, whether you want to cook brunch, lunch, dinner or dessert with or for mom. Check it out!

Brunch

• Vegan Quiche

Made with the innovative Just Egg, stuffed with fresh veggies, and seasoned with herbs, smoked paprika and black salt. If your mom is a savory-loving gal, she will thank you for this! If you make your own pie crust, be sure to try Melt Organic vegan butter!

Lunch/Dinner Appetizers

• Vegan Pâté de Campagne with Calvados, Porcini Cashew Cream, and Onion Jam

Rich and sophisticated, this appetizer is guaranteed to make Mother’s Day feel special. Fun fact: this recipe was originally created by a Peeled finalist!

Vkind’s Pick for a Celebratory Mother’s Day Beverage

• Jalapeño Pineapple Margarita

Vkind’s pick for a Mother’s Day margarita! Jalapeno, lime juice, pineapple juice and a wedge of fresh pineapple make for a refreshing mocktail. For the original cocktail version, you’ll also need Tequila or Cointreau. 

Lunch/Dinner Entrees

• Before The Butcher and Omni Pork Vegan Potstickers

Enjoy the traditional Asian flavors of dumplings the plant-based way! Features OmniPork and Beyond the Butcher meat alternatives alongside shiitake mushrooms, cabbage and onions. Dip in a sauce of red miso, ginger, garlic, soy sauce and sesame oil. Top with green onions and enjoy!

Desserts

• Blueberry Banana Pie

Simply blend frozen blueberries and dates, pour on sliced bananas, top with shredded coconut and toss in the freezer. A perfectly healthy, whole-foods dessert to celebrate on a warm Mother’s Day. 

Author Bio:

Colleen is a vegan activist, blogger and speaker who writes about how veganism promotes social justice, health justice and climate justice on her blog, veganspired.org.