Tag: vegan

Salads, Sauces

Strawberry Vinaigrette

This Strawberry Vinaigrette is very easy to make at home in 5 min or less. One of my all time favourites and better than store-bought. We use it on many different salads or as a dipping sauce. It’s the perfect vinaigrette for a light meal or side salad. And it’s an […]

Smoothies

Ultimate Green Protein Smoothie

This Ultimate Green Protein Smoothie is my most favourite smoothie. Definitely my most go-to smoothie recipe. It uses heathy, anti-infammatory ingredients like green spinach, protein powder, coconut water and fruit to deliver fiber, potassium, electrolytes, vitamins, iron and so much more. The raw ingredients nourish the body, help curb hunger […]

Appetizers, Sauces, snack

Avocado Pesto (Vegan)

Avocado Pesto is a delicious, quick and easy to make at home pesto using just a handful of healthy ingredients. Toss it with pasta, spread it onto a baguette, make bruschetta, or use it as a healthy substitute for mayo. You can serve it warm with sauteed veggies or chilled […]

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, […]

Mains, Salads, snack

Crunchy Asian Salad

Summer is on the way and light, fresh foods are my inspiration these days. I crave the lighter fare with the changing season. This Asian Salad is fresh, bright, crunchy and flavourful. A rainbow on your table. The crisp vegetables with a drizzle of peanut dressing is perfect as a […]

Mains, Sides, Vegetable

Sweet and Spicy Eggplant

A sensation on your table, this is a seriously beautiful and delicious dish. The eggplant is sauteed until crispy, smoky and cooked in a rich sweet and spicy savory sauce. This vegan dish is very satisfying, both as a side or a main served over rice or noodles. I ate […]

Desserts

Best Vegan Waffles

These vegan waffles are delicious! Golden and crispy on the outside, light and fluffy on the inside. They’re also extremely easy to make using simple pantry staples. Best of all, these waffles are gluten free! This gluten-free waffle recipe is so simple and requires only one type of flour, oat […]

Appetizers, snack

Spicy Roasted Foxnuts

Spicy, roasted foxnuts also known as puffed lotus seeds or phool makhana taste a lot like popcorn and are a healthy, delicious snack ready in less than 10 minutes. Perfect for movie nights or whenever the nibbles strike! Foxnuts are the edible seeds of the lotus plant known as Euryale Ferox […]

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 […]

Desserts

Blissful No Bake Almond Bars

These Blissful No Bake Almond Bars have everything you could ask for in a treat! A creamy almond-date base, a rich chocolate topping all without the need for baking. A wonderful, healthful treat that is vegan, gluten free and dairy free. The entire recipe comes together easily and quickly using a […]

Mains, Sides

Savoury Potatoes (Sukhe Aloo)

Who doesn’t love potatoes! I can eat them anytime, anyway. These Savoury Potatoes are quick and easy. This year I actually grew baby potatoes in a big pot in my backyard. I filled a large pot with some good soil and then buried the potatoes. My harvest pictured below. The […]

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, Soups

Roasted Pepper Soup

This vibrant soup is outrageously delicious and amazingly simple to make. It’s creamy, rich, healthy and comforting. This vegan and gluten-free roasted pepper soup is enhanced by the addition of fresh herbs and puréed cashews. The plant (or coconut) milk and cashew puree make this soup exceptionally creamy and transform […]

Mains, Sides

Green Goddess Pasta

Green Goddess Pasta is a beautiful and delicious dish that’s full of flavor and color thanks to the broccoli and spinach leaves. When you’re craving something comforting and creamy but also healthy, this is it! You will get your dose of greens along with the comfort of a cozy bowl […]

Mains, Sides, Soups

Squash and Split Pea Coconut Soup

This soup, made with squash, split pea lentils and coconut milk is a comforting way to use that hearty Fall bounty. It’s delicious and loaded with savoury depth. Yellow split peas, squash and onions are all simmered together with coconut milk and an assortment of warm, aromatic spices. And it […]

Appetizers, Sauces

Tahini Sauce

A ready good tahini sauce is creamy, rich, tangy, nutty and velvety smooth. There should be just enough garlic to enhance the overall flavour but if you like it garlicky then add more. This tahini sauce adds flavour to anything! Use it on salads, vegetables both fresh and roasted, falafels, […]

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 […]

Desserts

Chocolate Peanut Butter Cups

This beautiful, unassuming chocolate peanut butter cups recipe is so simple and easy to make that I never buy the pre-made ones anymore. Only four natural ingredients go into this decadent sweet. I use cocoa in order to intensify the deep chocolate taste and to control the sugar content. The […]

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 […]

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 […]

Cookies, snack

Healthy and Easy Banana Oatmeal Cookies

These Banana Oatmeal Cookies are soft, chewy, nutty, brilliantly easy to make and so versatile. They are perfect for breakfast, a healthy snack or as a dessert (crumble them over your favourite fruit or ice cream!). Made only with natural and healthy ingredients, these cookies are also vegan, gluten free […]

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 […]

Appetizers, Sauces, Sides

Cashew Crema

This is my favourite Taco Tuesday sauce. It’s intense in flavour and high on the healthy scale. My unique version is savoury, spicy, tangy and so creamy! And it’s all completely vegan. Serve it with tacos, as a dipping sauce, in sandwiches and even over salads.