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Mushroom Stroganoff

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Ingredients:

1 spaghetti squash

2 cups arugula

1 bag of sliced cremini mushrooms

2 shallots or 1 onion

3 cloves garlic

1 tbs avocado oil

2 cups veggie broth

Garbanzo bean flour

Salt, pepper, and nutmeg to taste

2 tbs vegan butter

Instructions:

Preheat oven 350 degrees

Cut spaghetti squash in half, deseed, and place face up on baking sheet. Bake 350 degrees for 45min

Put 1tbs avocado oil in skillet on medium-low. Add garlic, shallot, and mushroom. Sauté 2-3 min then add arugula sauté until soft and arugula wilted.

In sauté pan, sprinkle top of veggies with garbanzo bean flour and mix in.

Add 2 cups veggie broth and bring to a simmer. Use a whisk to break up chunks of flour. Add more garbanzo bean flour to thicken as desired, remove from heat.

Salt, pepper, and nutmeg to taste

Pull squash out of oven and use a fork to separate and place in a bowl. Mix with 2tbs vegan butter, salt and pepper to taste.

Place spaghetti squash on plates and top with veggies.

Vegan Hash

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Fun vegan breakfast devoid of soy is a rare find. Enjoy my Vegan Hash soy free, gluten free, and delicious!

Ingredients

  • Trader Joe’s Shredded Hash Browns
  • Hilary’s black rice burger
  • Avocado
  • Salt and pepper to taste

Recipe

If you don’t have a griddle…I highly recommend getting one! We have a cheap one that’s lasted a decade. Spray griddle with coconut oil, heat to 400 degrees. Place hash browns on griddle, flip at 7 minutes then cook another 7-10 minutes (until they are as crispy as you’d like). Add the rice burger to the griddle and heat through after the first hash flip. Smash an avocado and mix with salt and pepper. Avocado is nature’s runny egg, butter, and cheese…it gives juuusst the right breakfast texture and adds some a.m green!

Cobb Makes Salad Fancy

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If I’m going to feed my husband salad for dinner it better be hearty AND you know it’s gonna be VEGAN! Gigantic Monster Salad doesn’t sound as fancy, so here’s my Cobb Salad.

Ingredients:

  • Artichoke hearts–ours were frozen from Trader Joe’s obviously thawed
  • Olives
  • Tomato
  • Shredded carrots
  • Eggplant bacon
  • Avocado
  • Onion
  • Bagged lettuce of your choice
  • Any vegan dressing of your choice–we used olive oil and vinegar
  • Salt and cracked pepper to taste

Recipe (so simple):

Chop everything up and put on bed of lettuce, dress, and eat up! Make a batch of the eggplant bacon and freeze what you don’t use for recipes like this or Sunday breaky! We simply thaw it or quickly crisp it in a pan with coconut oil.

Vegan BBQ & Slaw

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I like quick and easy vegan food. Got 10 minutes?

Ingredients:

  • 2 cans Trader Joe’s jackfruit
  • 1 jar of your favorite vegan BBQ sauce (mine’s from Central Market)
  • 1 bag of your favorite vegan slaw mix (mine’s from Trader Joe’s)

Recipe:

Open and drain jackfruit. Shred jack fruit (I used my hands) and discard hard pieces. Place into a medium sauce pan and pour BBQ sauce over the top and mix. Place on medium-low stove top and heat through.

Mix slaw together in mixing bowl. Plate and serve.

5 minute Sour Cream

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Oh no! Forgot the sour cream!!!! The baked potatoes, chili or taco salad just won’t taste the same! Problem solved in 5 minutes:

Ingredients

  • 1/3 to 1/2 cup cashews
  • 1T apple cider vinegar
  • Juice of one lemon
  • 1T nutritional yeast
  • Salt to taste
  • Water

Recipe

Add all ingredients into a food processor or blender. Add water a little at a time and blend until the desired consistency is reached. Sometimes I like my sour cream thick, sometimes runny, it really depends on what I’m using it for! Pictured below is a thicker version I used in chili.

Eggplant bacon taquito

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A true Texan must eat taquitos from time to time. I was LONG past due for one so here’s my vegan version!

Ingredients

  • Half of an eggplant VERY thinly sliced
  • One smashed avocado with salt and pepper to taste
  • One brown rice tortilla (I used Trader Joe’s)

Eggplant sauce

  • 1 Tbs vegan worcestershire sauce
  • 1 Tbs Gluten free soy sauce (Tamari)
  • 1/2 to 1 tsp Smoked paprika
  • 1 Tbs Pure maple syrup
  • 2 Tbs melted Coconut oil
  • Salt and Pepper to taste

Recipe

  • Preheat oven to 425 degrees
  • Line baking sheet with parchment paper
  • Mix together sauce ingredients in large mixing bowl. Add eggplant and toss until coated
  • Place in single layer on parchment covered baking sheet (may need more than one)
  • Bake for 10-20 minutes until dark golden brown.

*baking time is highly variable due to oven types, eggplant thickness, and desired crunchiness

  • Remove from oven and let cool
  • Place mashed avocado in warmed tortilla, top with bacon, fold over and enjoy!

Quick Almond Milk

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Never fret again about being out of almond milk. Whip up a batch in a flash and enjoy all week long. Almonds help fight muscle soreness, constipation, blood pressure, and provide a nice source of protein and fat.

Ingredients

  • 1 cup unsalted almonds*
  • 3-4 cups water
  • Dash of sea salt
  • 2 tbs Raw unfiltered honey or to taste

*roasted unsalted almonds provide a nuttier taste.

Recipe

Place all ingredients into a high speed blender and blend until liquid appears white (approximately 1 minuet). Strain the liquid through a cheese cloth or nut bag to filter out the almond meal. Enjoy!

Optional additions

  • Cinnamon
  • 3-4 pitted dates (adds sweetness)
  • Cacao powder for chocolate almond milk

Strawberry Mountain

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Yep it’s a pint of strawberries and I’m eating them all! Great first thing in the a.m., it’s my go-to post workout breaky. Drizzled with a little honey and cinnamon for immunity and inflammation.

Strawberries also have magnesium to help with muscle soreness and constipation, are low glycemic index, rich in antioxidants, fiber, and potassium. Whether athlete, mathlete, or momlete, strawberries pack a significant nutritional pinch. Also known to whiten teeth–woot woot!!

Eat them all it’s all good–no calorie counting when the right foods are going in!

Easy Vegan Chili

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Duh it’s cold outside, which calls for CHILI.

Ingredients:

  • one can organic red beans (drained)

  • one can organic black beans (drained)

  • one can organic diced tomatoes and chilis

  • 16oz organic tomato soup

  • one onion chopped

  • Garlic powder & chili powder

Recipe:

Put all ingredients into a large pot and cover the top with chili powder stir in and add garlic powder to taste. Bring to a boil. Simmer on med/low uncovered 20minutes. Make ahead and place in fridge overnight if you like it thicker.

Produce Pizza

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This version of pizza is truly a work of delicious vegetable art! This is weeknight acceptable (because we all splurge on the weekends right?!) .

Ingredients (enough for left overs):

2 Large eggplant

1 jar of your favorite marinara (I used Trader Joe’s Organic marinara)

1 small can sliced olives

One small bell pepper diced

Basil to taste

Vegan Parmesan (optional)

Salt

Recipe:

Preheat oven 350 degrees. Slice the eggplant into circles (the thicker the juicier…it’s your choice how thick). Place on paper towels. Salt both sides lightly and allow to “sweat” for 15-20 minutes. Next gently dab the eggplant to remove salt and moisture.

Place onto baking sheet (generously sprayed with oil or place on parchment paper). Bake for 20 minutes.

Remove from oven and spread marinara over the tops of each one. Next, evenly distribute the rest of the toppings. Bake an additional 8-10 minutes.

My hubs prepared the pizzas below, I normally like mine saucier…you can decide how you like yours!