On a freezing Friday night after a LONG week, I just wanted a bowl of asian noodles without getting takeout. I changed up the menu a little bit because I wasn’t feeling a buddha bowl anymore, I wanted noodles. Luckily all I had (or Josh had) to do was grab some dried stir fry rice…
Category: Vegan Dinners
Lentil Sloppy Joes
These lentil sloppy joes are so flavorful and are done in 30 minutes, so we have them monthly. They pack a ton of protein and are a healthy way to feel full and satisfied. After the pasta last night and again for lunch today, I was carbed out. No bun for me! I decided to…
Butternut Squash Mac and Garlic Asparagus
Mac ‘n cheese was my favorite food growing up so it holds a special place in my heart, however I’m lactose intolerant so it also makes me sick, literally. When I was little I would order it every time we went out to dinner and without a doubt we would have to stop on the…
Ratatouille with Roasted Potatoes
Well due to my puppy eating underwear…AGAIN…it was a very late dinner tonight. After trying to get end of the year tests finished, having 2nd graders crafting parent gifts, throwing the leftover ice at each other at recess, then another trip to the vet, I started slicing to make this dinner even though all I…
Gyozas with Asian Vegetable Stir Fry
I’ve said before how much I love the frozen gyozas from Trader Joe’s, and add the frozen Asian stir fry veggies from Trader Joe’s and you’ve got a meal in under 10 minutes! It’s so easy, yet so flavorful and delicious. I could eat dumplings every day of the week, so these are a great…
Beyond Meat Burgers
When you’re vegan and you crave the burger that you used to know, this is the one for you. Beyond Meat makes these plant based burgers that have 20 grams of protein and taste just like the real thing. They’re in the refrigerated part of your grocery store, ours are in the healthy section (I…
Vegan Thai Vegetable Curry
I tried curry for the first time a few years ago when an Indian student’s mom made tikka masala for me. It was so different from anything I’d ever had, but it was SO tasty! The combination of savory, spicy, and sweet made it something I crave. Once that class moved up, I had to…
BBQ Chickpea Buddha Bowl
Chickpeas are one of my favorite ways to get protein in and all of these flavors and textures sounded like they would go together really nicely for a delicious fall meal. Luckily BBQ sauce is vegan, so if you miss the taste of BBQ this recipe would be great for you. This was delicious and…
Portobello Fajitas
We LOVE Mexican (or do we love chips and salsa and margaritas….maybe all?) I think Mexican and Asian are the two easiest cuisines to veganize so we eat a lot of them, also because Josh’s favorite is Mexican and mine is Asian. This is a delicious way to have veggie fajitas. Portobellos are so meaty…
Black Bean Taco Salad
This is everything you want in a salad. It’s filling enough to make you feel satisfied, and it has so many colors and flavors to appeal to all of your senses. We’ve been trying to incorporate more salads into our weekly meals and still feel like we can have something yummy at the end of…
Easy Bean and Quinoa Chili
What goes better than chili and football? Not much. Well since it’s the day of the SEC Championship (War Eagle!) and my dad’s meaty chili is no longer an option I wanted to come up with something spicy and hearty to eat during the game. I hadn’t gone to the grocery store, but luckily you…
Tempeh “Sausage”, Mushroom, Tomato and Kale Pizza
What’s one thing I miss the most since becoming veganish? Pizza. Who doesn’t want pizza every weekend? I wanted to find pizza that was still worth daydreaming about, but was something easy we could make on a Friday night. There’s not many good vegan pizza places around here, and the dairy free cheese isn’t the…
Crispy Tofu Stir Fry
I had NEVER even tried tofu before becoming vegan, so getting used to the texture was …interesting. The crispier the better for me, but I didn’t want to fry it because I still want to be healthy. I just got an iron skillet which would be great for this recipe, but I have been roasting…
Autumn Salad with Butternut Squash
I used to obsess over Clinton Kelley’s chicken salad recipe from The Chew (can’t miss an episode) and loved to make it in the fall. I wanted to recreate this salad (minus the chicken and blue cheese) and make it just as delicious. I use his shallot dijon dressing recipe and it makes the whole…
Best Black Bean Burger
Josh used to have a burger any chance he got, so I tried to find a recipe that would help us feel like we can still have burgers and fries, but in a healthier way. I tried out a few veggie burger recipes and the result was a mushy patty with no texture and…
Crispy Baked Eggplant Dippers
This is a scaled down, cheese free version of eggplant parm and it keeps the eggplant nice and crunchy! It’s a light meal with a salad and a side of marinara. 2 eggplants, peeled, sliced about ⅓ inch thick ½ c almond milk 2 cups breadcrumbs, love the Trader Joe’s bag 1 tbsp italian…
Asian Lettuce Wraps
These crumbled tofu lettuce wraps taste just like the ground chicken version, but a little lighter texture. They taste like a restaurant specialty and this is a great recipe for a light, colorful dinner. Recipe here
Tofu and Vegetable Ramen
This fall I had bronchitis twice, which led to my stomach being in knots from two rounds of antibiotics. All I wanted was warm comfort food and I knew chicken noodle soup wasn’t an option. I searched vegan soup recipes and this looked right up my alley. I used premade dried ramen noodles (from the…
Chickpea and Veggie Stir Fry
I pretty much crave Asian all the time which annoys Josh, but it’s helpful going vegan since there is rarely any dairy involved so it’s an easy go to category. This was a quick Asian stir fry that you can be really creative with. You can swap out the veggies or use a pre-made sauce,…
Porcini and Spinach Wonton Ravioli
I used this recipe and added sauteed spinach into the filling mixture and it was great! I would recommend boiling them for only a minute or two, not 5 minutes like advised because they are so thin that they started falling apart after that long. I boiled them a minute or two then transferred them…
The Charming Chickpea 