Ingredient: onion chopped

Mains

Sweet Potato Beet Burgers

These gorgeous sweet potato beet burger patties are quick, easy and tremendously delicious! Juicy, sweet beets and creamy sweet potatoes mixed with onions, bread crumbs and earthy spices. All flavourful, simple and easy-to-find ingredients. The result is a real crowd-pleaser, hearty, and a very yummy burger. Beets provide loads of antioxidants, […]

Appetizers, Soups

Broccoli Potato Soup

Just WOW! That’s what I said when I ate this vegan Broccoli Potato Soup. It’s intensely comforting, satisfying, and 100% vegan! It’s an easy healthy soup that everyone will enjoy. The potatoes and nutritional yeast make this soup creamy, cheesy and healthy. Broccoli is cooked with the potatoes and then […]

Mains

Chana Masala (Savoury Chickpeas)

This Chana Masala (Savoury Chickpeas) recipe has loads of flavor and is naturally vegan and gluten free. Loaded with nutrition, chickpeas earn their place as a healthful and key staple of any diet. So easy to make, this classic dish tastes better than take out! This recipe is everything I […]

Appetizers, Mains, Soups

Comforting Pumpkin Soup Vegan

This comforting, vegan Pumpkin Soup is quick, simple and awesomely delicious! It’s quick because it uses canned pumpkin puree and simple because it’s an easy one-pot soup that cooks up in 30 minutes. The pumpkin puree can be made at home by roasting the pumpkin but I was short on […]

Mains, Soups

Vegetable & Tofu Stew

This recipe is exactly what I crave on those chilly Autumn evenings when the air is cool and crisp. A quick, simple, hearty and comforting stew. This Vegetable and Tofu Stew is ready in 1 hour or less and made with simple, fresh and nourishing ingredients. Chunks of extra-firm tofu, […]

Mains, Sides, Vegetable

Eggplant Stuffed with Black Beans

This Eggplant Stuffed with Back Beans is a hearty and delicious dish that is enjoyed on its own or as a side. The flavourful filling is easy to make and tastes great in these roasted eggplant halves. This is a fun and versatile recipe that is a joy to prepare. The […]

Appetizers, Mains

Vegan Rice Paper Dumplings

Rice paper dumplings and rolls are an obsession now! One day I made fresh Summer Rolls and had lots of rice wrappers left over so I decided to try something slightly different. Crispy on the outside and stuffed with a delicious mixture of chopped vegetables and tofu, these dumplings are […]

Mains

Shepherd’s Pie Vegan

This Shepherd’s Pie is the ultimate comfort food made deliciously vegan and gluten-free. This is a fresh take on a classic dish that’s just as comforting and satisfying. The hearty veggies, tofu and walnut filling compliment the fluffy sweet potatoes and butternut squash topping. All these pack extra nutrition and […]

Mains

Zucchini Boats Vegan & Easy

These baked zucchini boats stuffed with mushrooms, white beans and walnuts are so easy make and completely vegan. It is a simple but delicious dinner made with clean, wholesome and fresh ingredients. These boats are essentially a satisfying and nutritious one-dish meal. One of the things I love about zucchini […]

Soups

Creamy Vegan Carrot Ginger Soup

This creamy vegan carrot ginger soup is light, refreshing, zesty, tangy and bursting with freshness. Simple, easy, ultra healthy and so delicious.  Made with fresh carrots (or you can use frozen), this soup can be eaten as part of a meal or by itself as a light meal. It so […]

Indian, Soups

Healthy and Hearty Green Lentil Stew

Mung beans (green lentil) are one of my favourites and I love their earthy taste so I’m always looking for different ways to cook them. In this recipe, I added the vegetables I had available in my fridge but you can add any vegetables and this stew and it will […]

Soups

Healthy and Fresh Spinach Soup

This vegan spinach soup is quick, easy, nutritious, brilliantly green, and absolutely delicious! It is a powerhouse soup made with fresh spinach and veggies and it as nutritious as it is delicious. It comes together in about 30 minutes and makes an ideal light lunch or a silken dinner starter. […]

Indian, Mains, Vegetable

Easy Palak Paneer (Spinach with Cheese)

Palak Paneer is a classic Indian dish of cooked spinach with cubes of paneer cheese. You can substitute firm Tofu for the paneer (cheese) to make this a vegan dish. I am a bit of a purest, I don’t particularly like my food over-spiced so I add the basic spices […]

Mains, Soups

Harvest Soup

Harvest Soup We had snow falling at the end of April! After coming inside, I had a craving for something hot, nutritious and comforting. What better than a hot bowl of soup made from fresh vegetables to warm up my insides. This soup is so quick and easy to make. […]

Mains, Salads

Chard and White Bean Salad

Chard and White Bean Salad Some say eating greens is an acquired taste but I love my greens and can eat them every day of the week. I especially enjoy Swiss chard. It is a nutritional powerhouse — an excellent source of vitamins K, A, and C, as well as […]

Mains, Salads

Black Bean Tacos with Cashew Crema

I love Taco Tuesdays. This is my version of Black Bean Tacos. They assemble in minutes and pack intense flavour and taste. Served with my Cashew Crema. This is an easy, delicious and healthy knockout meal. I used store-bought corn tortillas which made this dinner assemble in less than 30 […]

Mains, Vegetable

Polenta with Mushroom Ragout

This Polenta with Mushroom Ragu is a beautiful option for “Meatless Monday”. Creamy polenta is topped with a mushroom ragout! This velverty, light and fluffy polenta is intensely flavoured from the coconut milk and nutritional yeast and is perfect for serving with virtually anything. You can use whichever vegetables you […]

Mains, Vegetable

Gourd with Tofu

Gourd with Tofu I used Bottle Gourd (also known as Calabash) in this recipe. It’s the quintessential summer vegetable with a delicate flavour and balanced spiciness. This is also known as Lauki ki Sabzi and cooked frequently in the summer. Servings Ingredients 1 Medium Bottle gourd, peeled and chopped1 Block […]

Mains

Pasta with Creamy Tofu-Alfredo Sauce

Pasta with Creamy Tofu-Alfredo Sauce This pasta dish is a great way to get all the flavour and satisfaction of pasta with Alfredo sauce but without all the butter and the cream. This version tastes like the real thing, no one will know how healthy it is given its decadent […]

Indian

Turmeric Infused Lotus Root

Turmeric Infused Lotus Root Lotus Root are loaded with vitamins, minerals, protein and dietary fiber. Lotus root has a delicate, sweet taste and a crunchy texture. It is usually added to stir-fries, soups, curries, and stews. In soups, it has a softer texture but stays firm. Stir fired it is […]

Salads

Sautéed Kale & Chickpea Salad

Sautéed Kale & Chickpea Salad Very delicious and super healthy kale with protein packed chickpeas in a lemony dressing make this a wonderful dish. This is a delicious Chickpea Kale Salad oil-free recipe that can serve as a main dish or a side dish. If you’re looking for a healthy […]

Sides, Vegetable

Roasted Eggplant

This is a simple and easy dish that can be made in very little time. Eggplant is very versatile and can be prepared in many ways. Look for an eggplant that is light in weight – a heavy eggplant will typically contains many seeds and you want one that contains […]

Indian, Sides

Saag

I use to think making saag was a daunting undertaking, but I discovered that with the use of my crockpot – it’s actually very quick and easy. You can also make this very easily in a large, heavy pan.

Appetizers

Tofu Croquettes

This recipe is so versatile these croquettes can be serves as an appetizer or rolled into ball, cooked and served in fresh tomato sauce alongside pasta as a pasta and ‘meatballs’ dish. Tofu Croquettes Servings Ingredients 1 tbsp grapeseed oil or ghee1 onion chopped2 garlic cloves crushed and chopped1/2 tsp […]