Whether you're a carnivore, herbivore, or omnivore, I think most people will agree that vegetables are the healthiest food. I am not a s...

Veggie-licious

Whether you're a carnivore, herbivore, or omnivore, I think most people will agree that vegetables are the healthiest food. I am not a strict vegan, but am always looking for enough recipes to eat vegan most of the time. So with that in mind, I've gathered together some of my favorite veggie recipes that might just inspire you to get a few more vegetables in your diet.

Worried about protein? Most of these recipes include either beans, nuts, and/or quinoa. Still think that's not enough? Then you're silly and I can't help you here, but I found this helpful recently when looking for healthy plant proteins to add to my smoothies.


Vegan tandoori

Vegan pesto
(with a glass of wine, a must)

  1. Vegan tandoori (pictured above): sauce recipe from here and instead of chicken do all the veggies you have on hand. We did potatoes, bell pepper, carrots, parsnips, peas, corn, cilantro, and added raw cashews on top. Garbanzo beans/chickpeas are also a nice addition to make it even more filling.
  2. Coconut curry- again just use whatever veggies sound good to you. The quinoa makes it quite filling.
  3. White bean and pasta soup- this surprised me how good it was
  4. Veggie Tortilla Soup- use veggie stock instead of chicken stock, and garnish with avocado, cilantro, and tortilla chips
  5. Mexican Quinoa- super easy and yummy
  6. Vegan Breakfast burritos- we did black beans instead of chickpeas, but it'd be good with either
  7. Black Bean Quinoa burritos- minus cheese and dip and just do avocado or avocado sauce from last recipe 
  8. Taco salad- minus the cheese
  9. Vegan Garlic Pasta- alfredo-like sauce, except good for you. Add veggies to this like bell pepper and spinach.
  10. Vegan pesto (pictured above, recipe below)- from a book I found at the library called Rawlicious. We substituted cashews for the brazil nuts, used mixed greens we had instead of just arugula, and we didn't have any kelp powder. But it was sooo good anyways. I used the leftovers on homemade vegan pizza a few days later.

2 comments:

  1. Next time I am in Portland area you will have to make one of these and invite me over for dinner. I think I may have paid a disproportionate share of the tab when you guys had your going away party at Bullys back all those years ago. :)

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    1. I hope you do make it to Portland for a visit! And we will definitely cook you something good!

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