Spicy Thai Inspired Red Curry Green Beans is the perfect quick and easy dinner! It's a great dish for busy weeknights. This easy green bean stir-fry recipe is vegan and gluten-free. Red Curry Green Beans I’m not sure what’s going on with me lately, but I’ve been craving Thai food. I just love the combination of spices, lime juice, and peanuts that are so prevalent in Thai cooking. After enjoying my Thai Tofu Noodle Bowls recently, I found myself with a hankering for something with Thai curry paste. Red Curry Beans to the rescue! Red Curry Green Beans are traditionally served as a side dish. I ..read more

Dairy-free Broccoli with Cheese Sauce is a veganzied version of one of my childhood favorites. No one will ever guess that there are extra veggies hidden this dish! It's a great side dish for just about any meal. This easy recipe is vegan and gluten-free. Broccoli with Cheese Sauce Growing up, I ate very little fresh produce. Almost everything came from a can, box, or bag. Even potatoes were canned! The only fresh vegetables I can remember are iceberg lettuce and tomatoes. I didn’t know anything different, so I didn’t mind, and I liked most of them. Broccoli was my favorite though. My mom wou ..read more

Start your day with a stack of homemade vegan Multigrain Pancakes! Serve them with fresh fruit and Almond Butter Drizzle. This healthy pancake recipe is made with whole wheat flour and rolled oats, and it's perfect for breakfast any day of the week. Pancakes taste so much better when you make then from scratch rather than with a mix! Multigrain Pancakes It may sound shocking, but I’m not that into pancakes. They get soggy too quickly, and I feel like I’m left with a plate of paste. I often find that I’m super hungry an hour or two later when I have them for breakfast I can handle them in smal ..read more

Homemade Date-Sweetened Vegan Caramel Apples are a quintessential autumn treat! They’re covered a dairy-free caramel-like sauce, dipped in crushed nuts, and then drizzled in melted chocolate. Enjoy them for dessert or an afternoon snack. This easy recipe is gluten-free and oil-free. Caramel Apples I’ve said this before, and I’ll say it again: Autumn is my favorite time of year. Growing up, one of the things I always looked forward to during the season was caramel apples. I just loved biting through sweet, chewy caramel to a crisp, tart apple. When I was young, my mom and I would buy caramel ap ..read more

Pesto, potatoes, and arugula come together deliciously in this vegan Potato, Pesto, and Arugula Pizza, which was inspired by a dish from Peacefood Cafe in New York City. Homemade vegan pizza is so much better than what you'll find in most pizzerias, and it comes together faster than a drive to pick up take out, so it's perfect for busy weeknights! It's great for weekend movie nights, too! Vegan Potato Pizza The first time I had potatoes on pizza was at a restaurant in New York City called Palá Pizza. It was made with non-dairy cheese, very thinly sliced zucchini and potatoes, and ros ..read more

Pack your lunch box with Vegan Tofu Tuna Salad Sandwiches! They’re great for the office or school. This super easy recipe is vegan and gluten-free. Vegan Tofu Tuna Salad I ate a lot of tuna salad sandwiches when I was young. It was easy enough for me to make on my own – open a can, add mayo, and plop it on bread. (For some reason we never added celery or onions in my house.) It was the first meat that I gave up, before even going vegetarian though. In the early 90s there was so much talk about dolphins getting caught and dying in tuna nets that I couldn’t continue to eat it. I’m not sure why ..read more

Summer’s here! It’s time to break out the grill and get cooking! Start your summer off with Grilled Pesto Tart with tomatoes. This easy vegan recipe is fun to serve at cookouts and barbecues, but it's great for weeknight dinner or weekend lunch. Vegan Grilling I’m actually not a big fan of summer. I know, I know—I’m weird. I just don’t do well in hot weather. The heat makes me cranky, I burn super easily, and don’t even get me started on mosquitos. One of the things I do really enjoy about the season, though, is cooking dinner on the grill in my backyard. A few years ago, we bought our first ..read more

Chocolate and cherries pair perfectly together in this lush Vegan Chocolate Cherry Smoothie. If you hadn't put them in yourself, you wouldn't know that this shake is full of healthful leafy greens! It also contains bananas, almond milk, and hemp seeds. This easy green smoothie recipe blends up in matter of seconds! It's perfect for a light breakfast for an afternoon pick-me-up snack. It's dairy-free and gluten-free. Chocolate and Cherries Cherries have always been my favorite fruit, and as a self-confessed chocoholic, I find the chocolate and cherry combination highly addictive. Chocolate cove ..read more

Cook the veggies for this grilled vegetable salad, pop them in a jar with dressing, and lunch is ready when you are! It's a terrific dish for meal prepping on the weekends. It's made with corn, summer squash, peppers, onions, radishes, kidney beans, and mixed greens. This super easy recipe is vegan and gluten-free. Grilled Salad I love grilled food. In fact, I think I grill outside more than I cook inside during the summer months. I'll grill just about anything from the plant world. Salads are no exception. This recipe from Vegan Yack Attack on the Go! comes together super quickly. Grilled veg ..read more

Paired with spicy peanut dipping sauce, these fresh tofu spring rolls make the perfect appetizer or light meal. It’s the ideal food for warm weather, when cooking a hot meal is the last thing anyone wants to do. They're vegan and gluten-free. Trader Joe's Tofu Spring Rolls I have a confession to make: sometimes I get so busy that I buy pre-made food. Gasp! I know that people think because I’m a health coach and a food blogger, I must be in the kitchen at all hours prepping and cooking fresh food, and my fridge is probably a wonderland of kale salads and quinoa pilafs. And sometimes that is tru ..read more