vegan and plant-based recipes and snack ideas
This rustic Apple Cranberry Strudel is vegan, easy and delicious! It is filled with apples, cranberries, pecans, and a secret ingredient: a homemade cashew cream! Once you make the apple-cranberry filling and cashew creme, it’s easy to throw together using purchased frozen puff pastry sheets. Disclaimer: This post contains Amazon […]
These Pumpkin Spice Cresent Rolls definitely fall into the category of “vegan but not healthy” but are definitely tasty! They pull together super fast with some “accidentally vegan” items you can purchase at any grocery store and are perfect for a cozy lazy Saturday morning. (This post may contain affiliate links. […]
This might look like a burrito on the plate; but it’s really my Peanut Butter Banana Roll-Ups! These peanut butter banana roll-ups are great for breakfast, a quick snack and work well in school lunch boxes too. They are kid friendly, vegan, and can be plant-based depending on the type […]
This oil free hummus is plant-based. It is made with garbanzo beans and is good for you as well as delicious. It can be made using a high-speed blender or food processor. It’s super easy to whip up- 5-10 minutes from the time you open the can to spreading on […]
These Vegan Street Tacos are easy to whip up and work great for after school snacks or as lunch box food item. They are vegan and plant-based. They are great served right away and warm, but also work well at room temperature if taken in a school lunch box. The […]
These Easy Mini Calzone Pizza Dippers are kid friendly and easy to make. You can make them up to a couple of days before, keep in the fridge and pull out for an after school snack, or throw in a lunch box. Eat the pizza dippers now, or save to […]
Roasted Chickpeas are a nutty little snack that is actually good for you! This Italian Roasted Chickpeas recipe is a spin-off from my super versatile Italian Marinated Chickpeas recipe. You can use those tasty little marinated tidbits in salads, on pizza, or as a filler ingredient in other recipes such […]
You might think you are eating brownie batter – but surprise, you are really eating hummus – made with black beans! This black bean brownie batter hummus is vegan, oil-free, and plant-based. This dessert hummus is made with black beans (of course!) peanut butter, agave, tahini, and cocoa powder. Black […]
What? Cookie dough for lunch? This cookie dough hummus is made with garbanzo beans, is vegan, oil free, and plant based – so yes, it’s actually somewhat good for you! In fact, you don’t even have to “sneak” it into your kids’ lunch boxes in order to get them to […]
These Vegan Sausage Tofu Crumbles only look and taste like sausage. They are 100% plant-based and oil free too! When tofu is pressed and seasoned, it takes on the flavor of any seasoning or spice you mix in with it. The Sausage Tofu Crumbles are light enough in flavor and […]
These savory Trail Mix Tofu Crumbles are perfect as a topping for avocado toast, potatoes or other vegetable dishes. Though they are for savory dishes, they have a pop of sweet/tart from the dried cranberries used. They are vegan, oil free, and plant-based. Start by draining and pressing your 16 […]
Avocado toast – a gift from the millennials! Recently we were having breakfast with friends and avocado toast was on the menu. I’ll just point out that the four of us sitting at that breakfast table were decidedly NOT millennials. My husband and I – the crazy vegans – were […]