YUM! It’s snowing again in Georgia tonight, and I’m crossing my fingers for snow day #3. A crispy, flavorful, hearty, and guilty pleasure worthy (but really healthy) slice of pizza (or two) is just what I had in mind for tonight. This tempeh “sausage” recipe is amazingly delicious crumbled on top of pizza, and I…
Category: Vegan Dinners
Meal Planning 1.15.18
I’ve been struggling to figure out what to eat or how much of it to eat to get into a stable daily food schedule. This week I stumbled on an article giving an overview of a book called How Not to Die by Michael Greger M.D. and he basically tells you the best food to…
Sweet Chili Tofu Buddha Bowl
There are endless options to buddha bowls, and I’m glad I found this one on Pinterest from Plant based Jane last week! It was colorful, flavorful, healthy, protein packed, and Asian (my favorite!) We were going to go out for date night, but since the Falcons game is on we decided to stay in so…
Mushroom and Spinach Pasta with Rosemary White Bean Sauce
Perfect rainy night meal alert! I came up with this idea after I saw Clinton Kelly making a white bean and spinach pasta on The Chew last week. I was really excited to see a vegan option on their show because I usually have to ignore most of the things that they make now. Minus…
Warm Butternut Squash and Kale Quinoa Salad
In the dead of winter I’m not in the mood for a traditional cold salad. After a long day I want to sit down to a warm meal, but I’m also trying to make healthy plant based dishes so when I saw a recipe for a warm quinoa salad on Pinterest I wanted to give…
Black Bean and Veggie Tacos and Homemade Chips
This was an attempt at the recreation of the delicious veggie tacos I had at our neighborhood mexican restaurant, and while they were good, they didn’t taste as tasty as theirs. I’m guessing it’s because they used a tad (ton) of canola oil and salt in their version and I used a spray of olive…
Tandoori Chickpea Buddha Bowl with Garlic Tahini Sauce
I based this recipe off of one I found on Pinterest and I adjusted it to what I thought would be good together, and you can do the same depending on your taste. I always like the combination of sweet potatoes and brussel sprouts together so I used these instead of spinach and carrots. I…
Meal Planning- 1.8.18
Weekend mornings mean meal planning time for the following week! It gives me time to relax and think about what I want to eat, what I want to cook, or new recipes I want to try. There’s so many vegan recipes to choose from! I don’t know when I’m going to run out of new…
Vegetable and Lentil Calzones
This was the first time I’ve made calzones, and they were a hit. Basically if you know how to make a pizza, you can make a calzone. I bought pre-made whole wheat pizza dough and used it to make 4 calzones, so it’s about two pieces of pizza each. It’s a great way to get…
Crispy Tofu and Broccoli Soba Noodles
Any Asian noodle dish is always one of my favorites because there’s something very comforting about a bowl of noodles. I used soba noodles because they’re made with buckwheat flour and they have 7 grams of protein per serving, so you’re getting a lot of your protein mixed with the tofu and broccoli. This is…
Burgers, Mac, and Roasted Garlic Green Beans
Since going vegan, it’s still nice to be able to have a burger and mac ‘n cheese and still incorporate foods you know and love and not have to give everything up. Granted they’re not the brands or ingredients your used to, but they are still delicious. I made Beyond Meat Plant Based burgers (these…
New Year’s Football Party Food: Vegan Chili, Cornbread, and Brownies, oh my!
For the football games on New Years Day, my parents had friends over for a viewing party and so I wanted to make something that we could eat. What goes better with football than chili? Not much. My dad has been making the same chili recipe for as long as I can remember and it’s…
New Year’s Eve Epic Fail
As I said in my prior post, I was so excited to make dumplings from scratch for New Year’s Eve again this year because last year they were amazing. Well… this year’s were so bad they ended up in the trash. I can probably count on one hand the times that has had to happen…
New Year, New Goals, New Menu
First, check out my new apron that my sweet cousin gave me for Christmas! My first Charming Chickpea accessory and I love it! Thanks Allison! Did I mention that I’m loving being on winter break? It’s almost 10 am and I’m still curled up on the couch in my pj’s. Guess I should work out…
Lentil and Mushroom Bolognese
Tonight I made this recipe for a healthy and light dinner, because last night we had leftover pasta with “beef” and wine…again. It’s full of veggies, and the lentils and mushrooms are packed with protein to leave you feeling satisfied. I used my Spiralizer for the first time to make the noodles, hooray no…
Walnut, Avocado, and Marinated Portobello Salad
My cousins gave me the Oh She Glows Cookbook for Christmas and since I follow her blog, I was really excited to try out her recipes. I tried out two yesterday and it was the day after Christmas, and I made the baked oatmeal for breakfast today. Too eager? I think not. Usually on 40*…
‘Twas a Very Vegan Christmas- Recipes Included
And what a Merry Christmas it was! Christmas is my favorite holiday, my favorite day of the year, and something I look forward to all year long. Some would say I’m still a 5 year old when it comes to Christmas and I love being the one to still run into my family member’s rooms…
Mexican Black Beans and Rice
I wanted to come up with something new to add to my easy weeknight Mexican repertoire besides burrito bowls or taco salad then I saw a recipe for a Mexican rice dish, so I decided to make something based on that with what I had. We usually have all of these ingredients on hand so…
Lemon Rosemary Chickpea Noodle Soup
Nothing like warm, comforting soup on a chilly winter night…or a winter night almost in the 60’s. I used to make a lemon chicken orzo soup (damndelicious.net) all of the time. I used to make it for my grandpa when he was in and out of the hospital and for my friends when they felt…
Josh’s 30th Surprise Fiesta!
Last night we had a surprise fiesta for my husband’s 30th birthday. We had about 25 people come to our house and he was shocked! I wanted to make it a fiesta since Mexican is his favorite cuisine, and his birthday is so close to Christmas I wanted it to be something non-Christmasy. We made…
The Charming Chickpea 