5-Minute Vegan Taco Salad (Video)

Video: 5-Minute Vegan Taco Salad

Today I’m excited to be sharing something I’ve been wanting to do for a long time: recipe videos! I created my VegangelaTV YouTube channel a few months ago with the goal of sharing quick and easy recipe ideas. For the first video, I decided to share my 5-Minute Vegan Taco Salad. It’s not really a recipe, but just something I throw together whenever I don’t feel like cooking, but still want something super tasty and healthy to eat. Take a look when you have a moment 🙂

Quinoa Falafel with Avocado Tahini Dressing

Quinoa Falafel with Avocado Tahini Dressing (Vegan, Gluten-Free)

You’ll love this quinoa falafel drizzled with a creamy avocado tahini dressing. It’s protein-packed thanks to the quinoa and chickpea combo, and it’s also naturally gluten-free! My love of falafel goes way back I’ve loved falafel ever since my aunt Annie introduced me to it as a kid. She took me to a Middle Eastern … Read more

Kale Salad with Creamy Lemon Tahini Dressing

As mentioned previously, I now live really close to one of Toronto’s great Fresh Restaurants and find myself eating there quite often. I’ve come to really enjoy their lemon tahini dressing and decided that it seemed simple enough to attempt to recreate at home. I first worked out this easy tahini dressing a couple months … Read more

Refreshing Quinoa Salad with Mango, Cucumber, Avocado & Black Beans

Are you lucky enough to be enjoying a Thanksgiving meal this year? Some friends of ours are hosting a dinner for all of us American and Canadian ex-pats and I can’t wait to share a couple of my favorite vegan Thanksgiving recipes with them. Having said that, I can only eat so much stuffing, mashed … Read more

Easy Mexican Chickpea Salad

Easy Mexican Chickpea Salad - Vegan & Gluten-Free

My mom used to make a variation of this Mexican chickpea salad when I was growing up, but she used green onions instead of red ones and didn’t use any cilantro (fresh coriander). I figured that I could get away with red onion since the cilantro adds all that beautiful green color. Go ahead and … Read more

Vegan Taco Salad with Homemade Tortilla Bowls

My awesome little mama has been cooking up a storm for me during my stay in Ottawa and I thought it only fair that I return the favor by making her lunch earlier this week. My mom can make pretty much anything, but she had never made taco salads before. And I know that she … Read more

Green Gazpacho

Green Gazpacho

If you’ve been following my last few posts, you’ll know that I’m currently on vacation in Ottawa Canada. Right now, I’m staying with my parents and it’s actually more of a “semi-vacation” at the moment since I’m working half-days and running around doing a bunch of different errands the rest of the time. My time … Read more

Quick & Easy Tofu Sandwich

Quick & Easy Tofu Sandwich - Vegan & Gluten-Free

This quick & easy tofu sandwich is satisfying and takes next to no time to make. It’s vegan and can easily be made gluten-free! I started making this tofu sandwich back in high school, and although I don’t consider it a real “recipe”, it’s something that I make from time to time when I’m craving … Read more

Chili Soup (Kidney Bean Soup w/ Guacamole)

Chili Soup (Kidney Bean Soup) - Vegan & Gluten-Free

Check out this awesome kidney bean soup. Until I made this the other day, I had never had a kidney-bean based soup before – just the usual black or white bean variety. Well, ladies and gentlemen, I think we have a new favorite. I’ve nicknamed it “chili soup” because it has a wonderful comforting and … Read more

Avocado Macadamia Pear Salad

Avocado Macadamia Pear Salad - Vegan & Gluten-Free

I came across this Avocado Macadamia Pear Salad recipe in the Jan/Feb 2011 issue of Sheila magazine. It looked so decadent, I just had to try it. The trick is to have “ripe but firm” avocados on hand when the pears are just ripe. But once you’ve got that under control, the actual salad itself … Read more

Broccoli Guacamole

Healthy Hidden Broccoli Guacamole - Vegan and Gluten-Free

I bookmarked Allyson from Manifest Vegan’s Ghastly Tortilla Chips & Ghoul-camole back in October. Although I’ve made regular guacamole many times since then, it only just occurred to me today to try her version, which includes “broccoli confetti”. All I can say is WOW! I’m actually a bit mad at myself for not trying it … Read more

Avocado & Spinach Salad with Pine Nuts

Vegan Avocado & Spinach Salad with Pine Nuts

2011 has been pretty crazy for me. From hosting a good friend from back home over the holidays, to moving into a new pad downtown, to traveling back to Canada for a work conference and my mother’s surprise 60th birthday, and finally meeting-up with my partner for 5 days of sight-seeing and wine tasting in … Read more

Avocado Mango Black Bean Salad / Dip

Avocado Mango Black Bean Salad

My mom used to make this recipe and it’s one of my all-time favorites. If you manage to find yourself in that perfect space-time-continuum where you have access to ripe mangoes and avocados at the same time, then this is the perfect recipe. I can’t tell you how great this is – you just have … Read more

Vegan Fajitas

Vegan Fajitas

One of my favorite types of food is Mexican food. Maybe it’s the fact that beans+rice make such a great nutritional combination, or that putting guacamole on everything is perfectly acceptable. That’s probably the real reason! Fajitas are so easy because you don’t really need a recipe to make them. I start by lightly-frying some … Read more

Southwest Tofu Scramble

Southwest Tofu Scramble

I love making tofu scramble on the weekends. The ingredients are always a bit of a surprise, as I’ll just use whatever veggies are left-over from the week. Red pepper (capsicum), mushrooms, spinach, rocket… all have been in there at some point. Today, I made a Southwest tofu scramble by topping it with some avocado … Read more