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Max Power Smoothie
Max Power Smoothie – This is a delicious breakfast smoothie base to start your day, with some optional booster additions…
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Curried Chickpea Mango Wraps
Curried Chickpea Mango Wraps – This makes a delicious and fresh lunchtime meal. If you want to pack this for…
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Tabbouleh Salad
Tabbouleh Salad – This dish is a nutritional powerhouse because of the superstar parsley. While parsley is typically used as…
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Quinoa Lentil Chipotle Burgers
https://youtu.be/Sn1_HEGDtF0 Quinoa Lentil Chipotle Burgers – A little spicy, a little smoky, with a whole lot of flavor and nutrients,…
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Herbed Quinoa Kidney Bean Burger
https://vimeo.com/152463370 Herbed Quinoa Kidney Bean Burger – – kidney beans (or 1 1/2 cups cooked), cooked quinoa, carrots (grated), fresh…
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Pesto & White Bean Pasta Salad
Pesto & White Bean Pasta Salad – Pesto, pasta, and white beans team up here for a lunch of champions.…
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Spinach Pesto
Spinach Pesto – Pesto is delicious, but store-bought versions often include cheese, and it can be pricey to make your…
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Moroccan Couscous Stuffed Tomatoes
– This is a sweet and salty mix of flavors, stuffed and baked into whole tomatoes for a meal…
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Broccoli Slaw
Broccoli Slaw – – broccoli (chopped, including stems), cabbage (red or green, shredded), carrots (peeled and shredded), fresh parsley (chopped,…
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Parsley Pesto Pasta
Parsley Pesto Pasta – – Pesto Ingredients: fresh parsley, fresh basil (spinach or arugula), pumpkin seeds (or pistachios), fresh garlic…
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Curried Chickpea Lettuce Wraps
Curried Chickpea Lettuce Wraps – This makes a delicious and fresh lunchtime meal. If you want to pack this for…
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Quinoa Almond Cranberry Salad
Quinoa Almond Cranberry Salad – This is a great way to use leftover quinoa from dinner, and is easy to…
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Creamy Pesto Spaghetti Squash
Creamy Pesto Spaghetti Squash – – spaghetti squash (cooked), bell pepper (chopped), cherry tomatoes (halved), fresh parsley (chopped), green onion…
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Big Bean Salad with Lime Dressing
Big Bean Salad with Lime Dressing – – chickpeas (beans, or blackeyed peas (or 1/2 cup dried, fully cooked)), cherry…
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Simple Chickpea Scramble
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2qlQlfv7UsQ Simple Chickpea Scramble – A tofu scramble is the most prolific vegan brunch option. For those who are allergic,…
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Ricki’s Breakfast Sausage Patties
These breakfast sausage patties are a recipe from the lovely and talented Ricki Heller (click for her original recipe plus…
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Chickpea Sage Crostini
Chickpea Sage Crostini – This is basically the same idea as bruschetta, but with protein- and mineral-rich chickpeas as the…
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Cajun-Spiced Burger
Cajun-Spiced Burger – These burgers are made with a base of toasted buckwheat (also known as kasha), which has a…
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Kale Chickpea Pasta Salad
Kale Chickpea Pasta Salad – This is a perfect salad to make with leftover pasta, and take for lunch. You…
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Applesauce Jicama Salad
Applesauce Jicama Salad – This makes a refreshing meal on a hot summer evening – it’s crunchy, slightly sweet and…
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Dreena’s Daily Kid-Friendly Green Smoothie
This is a total energy boost and daily nourishment that Dreena Burton makes for herself and her kids to get…
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Chickpea Salad Sandwich
Watch the video for stats on what ONE DAY of eating vegan can do – and you might start to…
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Tomato-less Quinoa Tabbouleh
Tomato-less Quinoa Tabbouleh – – quinoa (dry), lime (juice and zest), olive oil (or more if you wish), fresh garlic…
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Minted Carrot Soup
Minted Carrot Soup – This is a nice light soup that is great hot or chilled. It's a different way…
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Blackeyed Pea Salad & Creamy Lime Dressing
Blackeyed Pea Salad & Creamy Lime Dressing – – Salad Ingredients: blackeyed peas ((or 1/2 cup dried fully cooked)), carrots…
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Lentil & Collard Green Soup
Lentil & Collard Green Soup – This soup is a wonderful thing – easy, aromatic, healthy. I like the mass…
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Fresh Parsley Hummus
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qKSaE2P-RpY Fresh Parsley Hummus – – chickpeas ((or 1/2 cup dried, fully cooked)), nut/seed butter, lemon (zested and juiced), fresh…
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Curried Chickpea Soup
Curried Chickpea Soup – – curry powder ((or make your own with 1 tsp cumin, 1 tsp coriander, 1/2 tsp…
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Sweet Potato Quinoa Chili
Sweet Potato Quinoa Chili – – onion (peeled and chopped), fresh garlic (minced or pressed), water (red wine or vegetable…
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Creamy Squash Zucchini Soup
Creamy Squash Zucchini Soup – – onion (peeled and chopped), fresh garlic (minced or pressed), dried thyme, butternut squash (or…
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Quinoa Salad & Avocado-Dill Dressing
Quinoa Salad & Avocado-Dill Dressing – – Salad Ingredients: quinoa (dry measure), bell pepper (chopped), cucumber (chopped), cherry tomatoes, green…
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Lettuce Wraps with Spicy Black Bean Dressing
Lettuce Wraps with Spicy Black Bean Dressing – – Salad Ingredients: lettuce (whole leaves), carrots (grated), beet (boiled and grated),…
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Black Bean Salad & Creamy Lime Dressing
Black Bean Salad & Creamy Lime Dressing – – Salad Ingredients: black beans ((or 1/2 cup dried fully cooked)), tomatoes…
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Sundried Tomato Bean Dip
Sundried Tomato Bean Dip – This is a nice light bean dip made with white beans and a savory kick…
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Avocado Dip
Avocado Dip – – avocado, water, fresh parsley (or more as needed for consistency), nutritional yeast (optional), dill, garlic powder,…
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Chili Kidney Bean Burger
Chili Kidney Bean Burger – – kidney beans (cooked), cooked quinoa, salsa, carrots (- grated or chopped), fresh parsley (-…
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Sweet Potato Curry
Sweet Potato Curry – – mushrooms (sliced), olive oil (or vegetable broth), onion (chopped), fresh garlic (minced or grated), fresh…
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Stuffed Bell Pepper
Stuffed Bell Pepper – – bell pepper (whole), Asian Sesame Sauce, rolled oats (dry), peas (fresh or frozen, chopped), onion…
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Greek Salad
Greek Salad – – cucumber (chopped), tomato (chopped), bell pepper (chopped), fresh parsley (minced), onion (chopped), black olives (pitted and…
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Cranberry Pear Salad
Cranberry Pear Salad – – lettuce (torn), pear (chopped), dried cranberries, fresh parsley (minced), , Toss everything together, and drizzle…
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Guacamole for Tacos
Guacamole for Tacos – – avocado (- mashed), fresh garlic (- pressed), fresh parsley (or cilantro – chopped), lime (…
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Spicy Black Bean Lime Salad
Spicy Black Bean Lime Salad – – black beans (cooked), corn (fresh or frozen), fresh parsley (or cilantro, minced), tahini,…
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Blackeyed Pea Soup
Blackeyed Pea Soup – – onion (chopped), vegetable broth (unsalted), fresh garlic (minced), mushrooms (chopped), carrots (chopped), diced tomatoes, sundried…
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Sweet Potato Burgers & Veggies
Sweet Potato Burgers & Veggies – – Sweet Potato Burger, Dill White Bean Dip, bell pepper (- chopped), cherry tomatoes…
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Sweet Potato Chickpea Bowl
Sweet Potato Chickpea Bowl – – onion (- chopped), fresh garlic (- minced), sweet potato (- peeled and chopped), chickpeas…
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Quinoa Tabbouleh
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8i5GHYRCs4M Quinoa Tabbouleh – – cooked quinoa, cucumber (chopped), tomato (chopped), avocado (chopped), fresh parsley (chopped), green onion (chopped), black…
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Sweet Potato Quinoa Patties
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3iPt5YZM2zs Sweet Potato Quinoa Patties – – sweet potato (peeled and chopped), cooked quinoa (or buckwheat), nutritional yeast (optional), fresh…
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Creamy Spaghetti Squash
Creamy Spaghetti Squash – – spaghetti squash (cooked), avocado, fresh parsley, nutritional yeast, bell pepper (chopped), cherry tomatoes (halved), green…
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Herbed Spaghetti Squash
Herbed Spaghetti Squash – – spaghetti squash (cooked), fresh garlic (minced), mushrooms (sliced), zucchini (chopped), dried basil, dried oregano, fresh…
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Zucchini Hummus
Zucchini Hummus – – zucchini, aduki beans (cooked – or another small bean), tahini, apple cider vinegar (or lemon juice),…
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Eggplant Chickpea Curry
Eggplant Chickpea Curry – I was having way too much fun adding colorful vegetables to this eggplant chickpea curry, so…
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Baked Spanish Chickpeas
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bsMFS2NPZR8 Baked Spanish Chickpeas – This recipe uses delicious Spanish spices and seasonings to make chickpeas delicious. Chickpeas are quite…
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Fresh Gazpacho
Fresh Gazpacho – This is an easy gazpacho recipe that makes for a refreshing bowl of raw soup – perfect…
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Pear and Sweet Potato Casserole
Note: the video shows this recipes with brown rice, the written recipe below is just the sweet potato portion. Feel…
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Warm Moroccan Eggplant Salad
Warm Moroccan Eggplant Salad – If you like eggplant, you will love this full-flavored cooked salad. Have this as a…
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Lemon Mushroom Risotto
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZudGiOCvx8Q Lemon Mushroom Risotto – Risottos like this great dishes to serve to your non-vegan friends and family because they…
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Tempeh Fajita
Tempeh Fajita – Have fun on a Friday evening with this vegan fajitas recipe and a table full of fun…
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Aduki Bean Wrap
Aduki Bean Wrap – This recipe uses aduki beans, a small, reddish-brown bean that are one of the fastest-cooking and…
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Nutty Herbed Quinoa Salad
Nutty Herbed Quinoa Salad – This takes advantage of the seasonal offering from the garden. Fresh mint often gets overlooked…
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Swiss Chard Roll
Swiss Chard Roll – I've used chard instead of cabbage for these rolls, because it is much easier to wrap,…
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Savoury Chickpea Scramble
Brunch is one of the hardest meals to find as a vegan, and get something other than oatmeal or toast…
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Ginger Coconut Pumpkin Soup
Ginger Coconut Pumpkin Soup – Creamy, filling, energizing, cleansing, supremely delicious… All in one big beautiful bowl of bright sunny…
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Creamy Coleslaw
Creamy Coleslaw – The creamy dressing features avocado, which has a very powerful antioxidant (glutathione) and helps to lower blood…
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Dressed Pepper and Chickpeas
Dressed Pepper and Chickpeas – This red pepper and spicy chickpea recipe is a really quick meal to put together,…
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Lentil Moussaka
Lentil Moussaka – Moussaka is a Greek dish that usually uses ground meat, but we'll swap in lentils. Lentils make…
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Lemon Garlic Buckwheat Salad
Lemon Garlic Buckwheat Salad – Buckwheat comes in a few different forms. The whole grain can be found unhulled, with…
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Walnut Quinoa Tabbouleh Salad
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8i5GHYRCs4M Walnut Quinoa Tabbouleh Salad – This quinoa tabouli salad is an excellent way to substitute for the bulgur traditionally…
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Kale Salad with Cashew-Parsley Dressing
Kale Salad with Cashew-Parsley Dressing – This kale salad could just make you fall in love with kale. Plus, it…
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Green Mexican Rice
This Mexican rice recipe is an example of the huge variety of healthy vegan recipes you can make with rice…
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Tomato Cucumber Avocado Salad
This tomato cucumber avocado salad is a really easy way to enjoy some fresh vegetables on a hot summer day.…
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Parsley Pistachio Pesto
This parsley pesto recipe is a tasty way to use some of this super-healthy fresh herb… Parsley Pistachio Pesto -…
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Peanut Butter Stir Fry
Peanut Butter Stir Fry – I love making this peanut butter stir fry! Stir frying is very useful since it…
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Beet and Sweet Potato Soup
Beet and Sweet Potato Soup – I love both sweet potatoes and beets (you see them pretty often in my…
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Spicy Black Bean Burgers
Click through to download video Spicy Black Bean Burgers – – black beans (cooked or canned), carrots (grated), bell pepper…
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Baked Falafel Burgers
Click through to download video Baked Falafel Burgers – – chickpeas (cooked or canned), zucchini (grated), green onion (diced), fresh…
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Herbed Buckwheat Burgers
Click through to download video Herbed Buckwheat Burgers – – toasted buckwheat ((kasha or untoasted if you can’t find toasted)),…
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Tempeh Bourguignon
Tempeh Bourguignon – This bourguignon recipe is not the same sauce you'll find in Julia Child's Mastering the Art of…
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Sunflower Nori Snack Rolls
I was inspired to make these first by a snack I picked up at a grocery store, then remembered seeing…
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Slow-Cooker Vegetable Lentil Soup
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n9WRRAzGpCw Slow-Cooker Vegetable Lentil Soup – This soup is a wonderful thing – easy, aromatic, healthy. There's a hearty mass…
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