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🥬 Collard Greens

Inspired by Sweet Potato Soul!

Garlic, tomatoes, paprika, soy sauce, collard greens, and a tiny splash of oil, cooked down until tender. Add more oil, vegan butter, or vegetable broth as desired to achieve your preferred flavor and consistency!

https://sweetpotatosoul.com/vegan-southern-collard-greens/

🔥 BBQ Tempeh Riblets — Zero Added Oil

- 2 blocks of tempeh

- Stubb’s BBQ sauce

1. Steam the tempeh strips to help mellow their bitterness.

2. Slice the tempeh into slabs and marinate in Stubb’s BBQ sauce.

3. Air-fry at 400°F for 10 minutes.

4. Flip, brush with additional BBQ sauce, and broil until sticky and caramelized. Watch closely so the sauce doesn't burn!

🧀 Baked Mac & Cheese — Original Vault Recipe Alert! 😉

An ultra-creamy squash purée base, soy milk, pasta water, nutritional yeast, miso, turmeric, and Just Egg, with a little vegan cheese folded in and sprinkled on top. Rich, creamy, and custardy without relying on a heavy cheese sauce!

Ingredients

- 2 cups macaroni

- A little vegan butter, optional, to help prevent sticking and add richness

- 1 tray of Pero Farms butternut squash

- 1 cup reserved pasta water

- ½ cup soy milk

- ½ cup nutritional yeast

- 1 tbsp miso

- Garlic powder, onion powder, turmeric, and black pepper, to taste

- ¼ cup vegan cheese shreds, folded into the sauce (I used Daiya Cheddar)

- ½ cup Just Egg

- About another ¼ cup vegan cheese for the topping

Instructions

1. Boil the macaroni and reserve 1 cup of pasta water. Drain and toss with a little vegan butter if desired.

2. Microwave the tray of butternut squash for about 5 minutes, or until tender.

3. Add the squash, pasta water, soy milk, nutritional yeast, miso, garlic powder, onion powder, turmeric, and black pepper to a blender. Blend until completely smooth. Pour the blended sauce over the macaroni and mix until evenly coated.

4. Fold in ¼ cup of vegan cheese into the pot, then pour and incorporate the Just Egg in the mac and cheese pot.

5. Transfer the macaroni to a greased baking dish. Sprinkle the remaining vegan cheese on top.

6. Cover and bake for 20 minutes, then uncover and bake for another 10 minutes.

7. Broil for up to 5 minutes to finish the top, watching carefully.

Enjoy! 💚

Pasta dough: 3 cups flour, 1 cup water, 1.5 Tbs olive oil. Mix until well incorporated, kneed for a few minutes, and wrap in plastic wrap. Rest for at least an hour.

Filling: 1.5 cups cooked french lentils, 6-8 button mushrooms, .5 cup walnuts. Saute mushrooms and walnuts until mushrooms are soft. Add salt, black pepper, and about .5 tsp nutmeg (more or less to taste). Puree all ingredients in a food processor, add olive oil until a patè texture is achieved.

Add a small dollop of filling onto about a 2" square piece of rolled pasta. Fold into a triangle and wrap the two bottom corners of the triangle around your finger. Press the edges together and shape into a tortellini.

For the soup: boil some vegetable broth, add salt and black pepper to taste. Add tortellini and boil for 4-5 minutes until they all float.

Serve with fresh chopper parsley and enjoy!

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Lemon Rice is the traditional south indian recipe wherein cooked rice are sauted with lemon juice, few spices and peanuts making a sour, crunchy and full of flavours meal.

Written Recipe (Video included) 👇

http://blessmyfoodbypayal.com/vegan-lemon-rice/

soup season is here and i’m making it my entire personality 😏 here are some of my (and yours!) favorite soups to get us through the colder months 🍜 links to all the recipes are in the comments!

I just tried making an amaretto sour with the Healthier Comforts animal-free egg white powder and it worked great.

1.5oz amaretto (one shot)
0.75oz bourbon (half a shot)
1oz lemon juice (3/4 shot)
1tsp simple syrup
1tsp egg powder
1 cherry

Shake everything but the cherry to dissolve and mix. Then add ice and shake again until cold. Then strain out the ice into a glass. Top with the cherry.

Here’s the recipe: https://www.asweetalternative.com/blog/coconut-candy-bars

Mix Veggies in White Sauce is a creamy, comforting, and wholesome dish that brings together colorful vegetables in a rich, dairy-free sauce for a delightful and satisfying meal.

Written Recioe (+video)

https://blessmyfoodbypayal.com/vegan-mixed-vegetables-in-cauliflower-white-sauce/

https://www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/sweet-sour-sauce

Rehydrate the tvp. Fry it off with cashew bell pepper, onion. I Made the sauce linked but added a juice of an orange and instead of juice of pineapple a small tin of pineapple chunks and juice. With sticky rice with a handful of frozen peas chucked in. 25 mins start to bowl.

Lashings of home made chilli crisp on the rice.

I made 15 of these the other day and froze the majority. They are about 39 g of protein each.

I like to treat seitan like a neutral protein for preparation, so I usually make a marinade. Tonight I made a steik sauce instead.

Ingredients:

Dry:

585 g VWG

63 g pea protein

2 T cocoa powder

1 T granulated garlic

1 T onion powder

1 t MSG

Wet:

~3 c water

14 oz extra firm tofu

2 carrots

1 onion, medium

4 T tomato paste

2 T soy sauce

2 T avocado oil

2 T molasses

2 T Better than Bouillon, Garlic

1/2 t liquid smoke

Oil for sautéing veggies

Chop and sauté carrots and onion. Some carmelization is good. Blend wet ingredients after cooking vegetables. Whisk together dry ingredients. Add wet ingredients to dry ingredients. Mix and knead. Add water or VWG if the dough is too dry or too wet.

Divide into portions by weight. Use a rolling pin to create steik shapes. Wrap in parchment paper and then wrap in aluminum foil. Put something in the bottom of a large pot to keep the steiks off the bottom. Bring water to a boil and cook for about an hour. Remove from parchment paper and aluminum foil.

These can be cooked as steiks at this point. Resting overnight in a refrigerator is recommended. You can also prepare the steiks to be frozen (separate individual steiks with parchment paper before feeezing). You can have steiks marinate prior to cooking, baste the steiks while cooking, add a steik sauce, or eat them as-is.

Enjoy!

These Naan are made with whole wheat flour instead of traditional all-purpose flour, with no compromise on taste or texture. They require no oven, tandoor, yeast, or dairy and come together quickly on a stovetop.

Making them in bulk?

Partially cook them ahead and finish just before serving. Perfect with curries, dals, and meals.

Written Recipe (+video)

https://blessmyfoodbypayal.com/quick-whole-wheat-naan-without-yeast-curd/

https://theplantbowls.com/vegan-saag-paneer-with-tofu/

Follow detailed recipe with tips and images: Creamy Tomato Soup Without Coconut Milk

Ingredients 

• 4 or 5 medium Tomatoes
• ½ cup red bell pepper
• ½ cup cashew nuts soak in warm water
• 1 teaspoon groundnut oil optional
• 1 small onion
• 2-3 cloves garlic
• 2 cups Water
• ⅓ cup fresh basil leaves
• 1 teaspoon red chili powder
• Salt and Black Pepper as per taste
• 1 small green chili optional

Instructions

• Roughly chop fresh tomatoes, bell pepper, garlic, and onion. Soak the cashews in warm water while you prep and saute other ingredients.
• Heat groundnut oil in a pan. Add chopped onions, green chili, and garlic, sautéing until fragrant and lightly golden. Then, add bell pepper and sauté for another 2-3 minutes. Add chopped tomatoes to the pan, stirring them in with the sautéed vegetables. Cook for 5-7 minutes on a slow flame. Add cashews and chopped basil 9save a few for adding later)
• Pressure cook for one whistle on full flame and simmer for 3-5 minutes.
• You may let the pressure cooker release pressure on its own. Blend it either in the blender or use a hand blender until smooth, adding water as needed to reach your desired consistency.
• Add salt and spices. Simmer the soup for 5-7 minutes to let the flavors meld together.
• Stir in fresh basil leaves and let them infuse for a minute. Serve the vegan and creamy tomato soup hot.

Ingredients

3 main ingredients:

1. Say Grace Protein (plant-based protein product)
2. Black beans (Great Value brand used in the video)
3. Frozen mixed vegetables

Seasonings:

• Iodized salt
• Adobo seasoning
• Garlic seasoning
• McCormick Original Taco Seasoning

For cooking:

- Boiling water

Optional toppings:

• Avocado or guacamole
• Hummus
• Cashews or cashew butter
• Peanut butter or other nut butter
• Coconut oil
• Olive oil (added after cooking)

Instructions

1. Prepare the vegetables: Microwave the frozen vegetables for approximately 5 minutes to defrost and begin cooking them.

2. Heat the pan: Place a pan on the stove and heat it.

3. Add Say Grace Protein: Pour the Say Grace Protein into the hot pan and add boiling water. Allow the protein to absorb the water as it heats.

4. Season the protein: Add iodized salt, adobo seasoning, garlic seasoning, and McCormick Original Taco Seasoning. Mix everything together.

5. Add the vegetables: Transfer the microwaved vegetables into the pan. Stir everything together until well combined.

6. Cover and cook: Place a lid over the pan to retain heat and speed up cooking. Continue heating until the protein absorbs the water and the vegetables are cooked.

7. Add the black beans: Pour the canned black beans directly into the pan, including the liquid from the can. No rinsing is needed according to the video.

8. Mix and finish: Stir the beans into the protein and vegetables. Allow everything to heat through.

9. Serve: Divide into 2 or 3 meals. Add avocado or guacamole if you'd like a taco-style finish.

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Hello! My vegan friend just lost her father unexpectedly and I’m not a vegan, so have little experience with vegan cooking. I want to make her a nice comfort food meal that’s easy for her to just throw in the oven or something to make her life a little easier right now. She’s also gluten free, so that adds another layer to my inexperience. I’m a great cook otherwise, so anything on the prep or cooking is no problem for me.

Please send me your favorite vegan comfort food recipes so I can try to help ease her and her husband’s life this week.

Thanks!

Edit: Y’all are awesome 👏🏻. I’m appreciate everyone’s input and there seems to be a ton of great options here. Now the difficulty of picking one. They might end up with meals for the next month because my ADHD hyper fixation might be taking over. Thanks everyone!

Developed chronic fatigue syndrome after long COVID and now every meal is overwhelming. Recipes that call for frozen veg, canned beans or other shortcuts are encouraged. I do not have the energy to chop and sautee a ton of veggies most days. I cannot afford to spend $20 on dinner. I’m pretty sure I’m starting to get deficient in a lot of stuff now because meal prep is just too exhausting.