This Moroccan couscous is perfectly spiced, and bursting with hearty chickpeas, vibrant veggies, sweet raisins, and crunchy almonds. It makes a delicious and satisfying plant-based main dish, but can also be served as a side. I'm sure I've said this before: I love couscous so much I could totally make a meal of it. Like, give me a plate of plain old couscous for dinner, and I'd be a happy camper! But there are better ways. Couscous is good on it's own, but it's so much better when you jazz it up with veggies and spices. This Moroccan couscous is my absolute favorite way to do that. It's load ..read more

These vegan raspberry muffins are bursting with juicy raspberries and white chocolate chips, and covered in a sweet crumble topping. They're so easy to make and perfect when you're craving something sweet! Fruity muffins are among my favorite baking projects during the warmer months of the year. They're so easy, and such a delicious way to enjoy seasonal produce. My vegan strawberry muffins, blueberry muffins, and blackberry muffins are all favorites that I find myself making again and again. Well, berry season is almost here, and I'm ready for it. Raspberries are really available year round ..read more

This easy tomato spinach orzo is super creamy and loaded with flavor. But the best part is that it cooks up in one pot and can be on the table in about 30 minutes! Most of the time I'm not a fan of one-pot pasta recipes. I'm cool with one-pot rice and beans, or one-pot chili, but I find that the whole one-pot method usually yields disappointing results when it comes to pasta. Usually. There are exceptions and one of them is orzo. Larger pasta shapes never seem to cook evenly for me, and the sauce ends up overly starchy and just wrong. Orzo, on the other hand, is super tiny rice shaped past ..read more

These vegan cookie bars are sweet, chewy, and studded with rich dark chocolate chips and crunchy pecans. So easy to make and so good with a big glass of almond milk! You can't beat vegan chocolate chip cookies when you're cravings something sweet, right? Well, actually, I think you can. Personally, I prefer my cookies in bar form whenever possible. Cookie bars are like cookies, but better — extra thick, extra chewy, and perfect for dunking. I often like to whip up a batch of my cookie butter blondies when a cookie bar craving hits, but I don't always have all the ingredients on hand. (A ja ..read more

This cabbage white bean soup is made with fresh veggies and seasoned with lemon juice and herbs. It's satisfying, easy to make, and positively bursting with flavor. If you're looking for a super simple, budget-friendly, but also incredibly delicious meal, look no further. This delicious soup features two of the most humble, inexpensive ingredients you can find at the store: good old beans and cabbage. But don't be fooled! Even though they're pretty basic, I've done some delicious things with beans and cabbage, particularly when it comes to soup. Just check out my curried cabbage soup, my v ..read more

Ready for an absolutely scrumptious vegan dinner that can be ready in record time? You need this sweet chili tofu in your life! All it takes is eight ingredients and less than thirty minutes to get this one on the table. This sweet chili tofu is one of those ridiculously easy dinner recipes that also happens to be scrumdiddlyumptious! It's seriously so good. But, full disclosure: this is a shortcut recipe. We're taking advantage of a single ingredient that packs a lot of delicious flavor. That ingredient would be sweet chili sauce. Sweet chili sauce is an ingredient that I normally use for ..read more

This pasta with peas and fresh basil is so simple, but seriously packed with flavor! It's a super easy pasta dinner that can be ready in about twenty minutes, so it's perfect for busy weeknights. In case you didn't know, pasta and peas are an amazing combination! Maybe not the most obvious one, but trust me, they're delicious together. I first discovered this a few years ago when I created my pea pesto stuffed shells recipe. They're so good! It's definitely one of my favorite dinners, especially during the spring. But it's also one of those meals I reserve for weekends and special occasion ..read more

This vibrant couscous soup is made with veggies, chickpeas, and pearl couscous in a spiced tomato broth. It's so easy to make and tastes like a big bowl of comfort! Couscous has a special place in my heart. It was one of the first "vegetarian" foods that was introduced to me after giving up meat as a teenager. There's nothing exclusively vegetarian about couscous, although it has been the main ingredient in many meatless meals enjoyed by me since then. Although I enjoyed couscous in many dishes, one that I mostly neglected was soup. You know what though? Couscous totally belongs in soup! I ..read more

This vegan hummingbird cake is made with three layers of cinnamon-spiced pecan studded banana pineapple cake, with dairy-free cream cheese frosting in between. Every bite is like a mouthful of sunshine! Hummingbird cake might just be the ultimate spring dessert. Carrot cake tends to get all the attention this time of year, and I totally get that. This southern-style vegan hummingbird cake has some similarities to my vegan carrot cake recipe — it's nutty, moist, spiced, and includes pineapple. But instead of carrots, the main flavor featured in this cake is banana. It's tropical and fruity ..read more

This easy parsnip soup is sweet, creamy, and flavored with a touch of curry. It's a really simple soup, but so comforting and intensely flavorful! Okay, so parsnip soup doesn't sound all that exciting. But I'm convinced that this is simply because nobody really knows how delicious and amazing parsnips are. Parsnips are a very misunderstood vegetable! I find that most folks don't do much cooking with parsnips, at least in the United States where I live. But you should! Do you love carrots? Parsnips are like carrots, but way better. Whereas carrots are mildly sweet with an earthy flavor, par ..read more