Plants to Plate ...recipes, encouragement and guidance for your plant based way of eating.
This Kale and Quinoa Salad with Apples is a nutritious meal by itself or a great addition to your potluck table. It’s great for packed lunches too!
I’m a big fan of salads, but one thing I especially like about a kale salad is that it can be made ahead. Kale is so hearty that it doesn’t wilt or get wimpy if it sits in the fridge for a few days. Even after having dressing on it, it is still crunchy and good. …
With a peanut butter cookie dough base instead of graham crackers, these Vegan Magic Cookie Bars are wicked-good and have the bonus of being gluten-free.
I’m sure you’ve had versions of these since you were a kid. I know I did. The ones from my childhood were called 7 layer bars or Magic Bars and had loads of butter and sweetened condensed dairy milk. I knew I could make them vegan, but also wanted to eliminate gluten and oil, so the graham cracker base and the (vegan) butter had to go. …
Hearty and full of flavor, this Vegan White Bean Chili is a nice change from the regular tomato-based chilis and it’s very adaptable to individual tastes.
If you don’t need step by step instructions with photos and details, scroll on down to the recipe box at the bottom of the page.
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This Vegan Cheese Ball with Rosemary and Cranberries is the star of the appetizer table. Spread it on crackers, celery or rounds of sourdough bread.
I started making this years ago when I first started with a vegan diet and really missed cheese. It was so creamy and cheesy and satisfying and it was something that I could take to parties and know that I would have something to eat among all the party foods that I no longer wanted to eat.
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This tasty oil-free Ratatouille~Mediterranean Vegetable Casserole will be a beautiful addition to your holiday table and easy enough for a weeknight meal.
It looks like it took a lot of time, but it really was quick to put this together. You can make it with a variety of veggies, but it traditionally has eggplant, tomatoes, zucchini, and onions. …
These delicious gluten-free, oil-free, Vegan Chocolate Chip Peanut Butter Cookies are perfect for sharing, so make a double batch!
Sometimes you just need a little sweet treat. At least, I do. One of the best things that happened to me when I lost that extra 30 lbs (that I had carried around my entire adult life) by eating a whole-food, plant-based, oil-free diet is that now I can occasionally indulge in a little high fat, high-calorie food without gaining any weight. Yep! My metabolism became extremely efficient and it is easy to maintain my weight. It still blows my mind.
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This is a nut-free, oil-free Vegan Cheesy Potato Broccoli Casserole that is perfect as a main dish or a welcome addition to a potluck table.
Did you grow up eating those potato & broccoli casseroles that were made with lots of fatty cheese and sour cream and bacon? This one is like that. …
Use this Vegan Cherry Pepper Cheese Dip for nachos, grilled cheese sandwiches, or simply as a dip for chips. It’s cheesy and just a little bit spicy.
Who doesn’t love a gooey cheese dip? And it’s nut-free and soy-free!
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They’re beautiful, full of healthful ingredients and so delicious! These Vegan Tuna Rolls will be the star of the table and the first to be gone!
A lovely lunch with two friends at a local winery.
I wasn’t quite sure what to call this recipe.
At a Japanese restaurant, I would always call these things “sushi rolls” and there were many choices of fillings. Recently I learned that a roll like this is called Maki and is usually filled with rice, veggies, and fish, but can be ordered with only veggies.
I started making these a few years ago and found out by accident that tomatoes look a bit like raw tuna. I decided to marinate them in some things to give them a more ocean-like flavor and these Vegan Tuna Rolls were created.
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New Year’s Resolution…Eat more burrito bowls! Having the ingredients for these Oil-Free Vegan Burrito Bowls on hand will make life easier and your body healthier.
This is a meal that I make often for myself and my mom. Mine is the one in the front that has more in it and has the addition of spicy corn and hot sauce…I love spicy and she can’t handle it at all! The cool thing is that these bowls are easy to customize.
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