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 ๐Ÿ™‚

Curried Chickpea & Veggie “Noodle” Salad

Curried Chickpea & Veggie โ€œNoodleโ€ Salad

This quick & easy curried chickpea and veggie โ€œnoodleโ€ salad is ready in under 30 minutes and naturally gluten-free! So I took to the kitchen to develop this salad made with raw vegetable “noodles”, chickpeas, and a creamy yellow curry dressing. When lunchtime rolled around last week, I was craving Raw Pad Thai, but with … Read more

Quinoa-Stuffed Peppers with Almonds and Mint

Dinner one night last week was inspired by a dish that my old friend Andrea used to make. I never did get her actual recipe, but it was based on a wild rice blend. If you’ve been here before, then you know that I’m a big quinoa lover, and that I love quinoa-a-fying rice and … Read more

Quick & Easy Indian Curry Quinoa

Quick & Easy Indian Curry Quinoa

When lunch rolled around yesterday, I decided to experiment a bit and I came up with this Indian Curry Quinoa recipe that is a mix of my Quick & Easy Red Curry Quinoa and this Indian Potato Curry. It’s been a while since my last post but I’m almost all set up in my new … Read more

Refried Bean Tostadas

Refried Black Bean Tostadas - Vegan & Gluten-Free

I love the colors and flavors of Mexican food. On their own, avocado and cilantro are probably two of my favorite things, but add beans, tomatoes, cumin, and a bit of spice and well… that’s the start of some of my favorite meals, including these Refried Bean Tostadas! Refried beans are so easy to make … Read more

Vegan Egg McMuffins

Vegan Egg McMuffins

Some mornings are special and require a little more effort than a bowl of cereal or oatmeal. This is one of those mornings. Because these are Vegan Egg McMuffins! I haven’t posted many breakfast recipes over the years. That’s because my normal breakfasts consists of one or some of the following: fruit protein shake oatmeal … Read more

Baby Kale Salad with Raspberries and Maple Pecans

Baby Kale Salad with Raspberries & Maple Pecans - Vegan & Gluten-Free

I want to share my newest obsession: baby kale! It’s so much lighter, and less chewy than regular kale. I actually find that it’s closer to baby spinach. So if you’ve been scared or put-off by regular kale, this could be a great option for you. Is baby kale the “gateway drug” to regular kale? … Read more

Quick & Easy Red Curry Quinoa

Red Curry Quinoa

I love Thai food, and especially red curries. I often make regular red curries at home, but yesterday, I made a quick and healthy red curry quinoa. This is a pretty basic recipe. The next time I make it, I will try to make it into a one-pot-meal, but as it is now, it’s still … 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

Puffed Quinoa Peanut Butter Balls

Puffed Quinoa Peanut Butter Balls - Vegan & Gluten-Free

These puffed quinoa peanut butter balls are the perfect crunchy (yet healthy) treat. They can be ready to eat in under 30 minutes, and they’re naturally gluten-free! I picked up some puffed quinoa at the health food store this weekend and decided to make a little treat with it. I have a deep and unending … Read more

Orange Julius Protein Shake

Vegan Orange Julius Protein Shake (Gluten-Free)

I came up with this Orange Julius protein shake recipe about 10 years ago, back when I first started making protein shakes. One day after my morning workout, I was out of frozen berries to add to my protein shake, but I did have some orange juice and a banana on hand. I decided to … Read more

Raw Vegan Pumpkin Cheesecake

So many amazing-looking pumpkin recipes have come out as part of the Vegan Month of Food. Are you all pumpkined-out though? I hope not, because I have this “rawsome” contribution! This recipe combines traditional pumpkin pie and my decent discovery of raw vegan cheesecake. Even with the cashews and coconut oil, it’s still a lot … Read more

Gnocchi Potato Salad with Green Beans & Quinoa

This Gnocchi Potato Salad with Green Beans & Quinoa uses store-bought gnocchi as an alternative to traditional potato salad. And the green beans and quinoa provide a healthy twist on the traditional summer staple. It’s vegan and naturally gluten-free! Yesterday was pretty much a perfect spring day here in Sydney, Australia. It was 22C and there … Read more

Broccoli & Potato Soup

Broccoli & Potato Soup - Vegan & Gluten-Free

My family has been making this Broccoli & Potato Soup for years. It’s comforting, healthy, and freezer-friendly.  My partner came home from work with severe flu symptoms yesterday. Aches, chills, sore throat, you know the deal. “No problem,” I thought. “I’ll just go to the freezer and pull out one of the many homemade soups … Read more

Almost Raw Coconut + Apricot Oat Balls

I’m not really someone who craves sweets, but last week, I got a craving that I just couldn’t shake. In particular, I was craving something coconut-y, but didn’t want to go to the effort of making macaroons or cookies. Ideally, it would be healthy and wouldn’t require turning on the oven. Thankfully, I had a … Read more

Elegant Salt & Pepper Tofu with Cilantro Pesto and Red Pepper Coulis

Earlier this week, I was craving my usual salt and pepper tofu, and it occurred to me that I had everything on hand in the fridge to pull it together. But I was also in the mood for something a bit “fancy” so I decided to try a different take on it. Introducing my Elegant Salt … Read more

Basic Hummus

Basic Hummus

I know, I know… not another hummus recipe! A few of my friends here have asked for my humus recipe, and since I’m heading out of town for a month, I wanted to ensure that they had it before I left. I also wanted to share an awesome little trick that I’ve recently learned which … Read more