Quick, frugal and easy vegan meals
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One of my friends was considering a vegan detox for a while.
She’d been on a conference to empower herself and felt a healthy diet would support her healthy mind.
She asked for suggestions for quick, simple and frugal ideas.
I’ve been eating a vegan diet for about five days now, but need it to be nut and seed free, so here are some of suggestions; along with suggestions from a forum I’m on.
We’re looking for healthy meals that avoid ‘faux’ foods such as meat substitutes.
Quick, frugal and simple vegan meal ideas
BREAKFAST
- fruit with soya yoghurt
- Smoothie – I make mine with soya milk, raspberries, blueberries and apple and a handful of alfalfa
SNACKS / LIGHT MEALS
- Veggie sticks and hummous
- Mashed avocado and sliced beetroot on rye toast
- Green vegetable soup
- chickpea and tomato soup
- Salad with olives and avocado
- Jacket potato and various toppings – guacamole, hummous, fried mushrooms, home made baked beans etc
MAIN MEALS
- Falafel and mixed vegetables
- Dahl and wholemeal rice
- Home made tomato sauce and pasta
- quinoa, asparagus, leek and mint
- Stirfry with tinned beans such as chickpeas or black eyed beans
- vegetable chilli with kidney beans
- Chunky vegetable curry
- Shepherds pie made with red lentils
- Sweet and sour tofu
- Ratatouille
What about you? I know I’ve only scratched the surface and I’d love to hear your recommendations; especially for those who can’t tuck into nuts and seeds.
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Hi there, many thanks for sharing this link – I’ll take a look 🙂
One of our favorite vegan meals is a Buddha bowl. It’s basically a bowl with three main parts: brown rice, beans, and greens. The whole thing is topped with a ginger sauce. Our favorite combination is brown rice, speckled butter beans cooked with garlic & oregano, and collard greens. There are many vegan recipes for a ginger sauce on the Internet. I just put equal parts soy sauce and rice vinegar in a blender, add pepper flakes to taste, a bunch of garlic & ginger (chopped), a bit of sweetener (like agave), and a little oil. Sometimes I add in tofu for a creamy consistency. We love this combination of foods and I’m told that it has a calming affect on the intestines and liver.
Well that sounds lovely, SF – thanks for sharing. So simple and the sort of thing you can vary depending on what you have at home 🙂