adventures in plant-based eating
Think going vegan means you have to give up favorites like burgers & fries, pizza and mac & cheese? Think again? All-American vegan recipe alternatives to these dishes not only exist, but are equally tasty and often much better for you. Here are just a few of the vegan recipe ideas you’ll find:
Looking for some easy vegan recipes for beginners? This yellow split pea soup is a recipe is quick, easy and healthy. Seriously. It’s loaded with vegetables: yellow split peas, carrots, celery and potatoes. It’s warm and comforting: the perfect vegan recipe to cut your vegan teeth on. Give it a try!
This creamy tomato sauce recipe is the perfect complement to protein-packed chickpea pasta. In the world of vegan pasta recipes, it perfectly pairs the sweet and savory of coconut cream, with the rich umami of caramelized tomato paste and the spicy bite of crush red pepper.
Leave the tuna alone! This chickpea tuna salad is the perfect option for an easy vegan lunch. Vegan tuna salad is the sustainable answer to the original comfort food. I like mine loaded with carrots, celery and almonds and spiced up with lemon juice, Dijon mustard and crushed red pepper.
Missing seafood? These miso marinated vegan scallops are a tasty plant-based substitute made with king oyster mushrooms.
[skip to recipe] The Highlights Vegan Dairy-free, but still creamy and delicious Warm and savory Oil-free Chock full of plant-based ingredients (tomatoes, spinach, onion & garlic) Winter Calls For (Healthy) Savory Soups There’s just something nice about making a soup for dinner when the snow…
[skip to recipe] The Highlights Vegan (dairy-free) Six simple ingredients 1-blender recipe (quick & easy clean-up) Almond Vegan “Cream Cheese” Over the last few months, I’ve been sharing my experiments with different vegan nut-based “cheeses.” My family misses cheese the most and not having cheese…
Wondering what to do with all those fresh tomatoes this summer? Have you considered tomato pie? And no, I don’t mean the kind that looks like a cheese-less pizza. I mean an actual tomato pie, as in southern tomato pie. This easy vegan tomato pie recipe is every bit as savory as its traditional counterpart, using cashew cream sauce in place of cheese and a flaky, vegan-buttery crust. Fresh tomatoes never had it so good!
Vegan Eggs Benedict I spend a lot of time in the kitchen trying to recreate my favorite dishes in a healthier, plant-based fashion. Take, for example, my hearts of palm fish tacos, my garbanzo bean no tuna fish sandwiches, or my vegan sushi rolls. This…
Southwestern Black Bean, Quinoa and Sweet Potato Veggie Burgers Veggie burgers are no longer the unpalatable frozen patties of the past. Today, recipes abound with veggie burgers full of all kinds of good ingredients. They’re flavorful, good for you and some versions will even hold…
