Southwestern Quinoa Salad with Creamy Avocado Dressing

Southwestern Quinoa Salad with Creamy Avocado Dressing - Vegan and Gluten-Free

This Southwestern quinoa salad features pump grape tomatoes, lively corn and orange bell peppers, protein-packed black beans, refreshing cucumber and a creamy avocado dressing. Vegan & Gluten-Free!

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

Asian Cashew Quinoa Salad

Asian Cashew Quinoa Salad (Vegan & Gluten-Free)

Yesterday’s lunch was inspired by Julie Hasson’s Peanut Sesame Noodles. I halved the dressing and swapped the noodles and peanut butter for quinoa and cashew butter. I also added some red bell pepper (capsicum), carrots, and purple cabbage for color, and some additional raw cashews for extra crunch. The result is an Asian Cashew Quinoa … Read more

Quinoa Salad with Asparagus, Sundried Tomatoes, Olives & Pine Nuts

Quinoa Salad with Asparagus, Sundried Tomatoes, Olives & Pine Nuts (Vegan & Gluten-Free)

This quinoa salad with asparagus, sundried tomatoes, olives and pine nuts is one my new favorites. It’s light and zesty — exactly what I crave during the summer. Before I get into the recipe, I really need to take care of a few housekeeping items that are long overdue! I guess you could call it … Read more

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

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

Oven-Baked Mexican Quinoa Casserole

Vegan Mexican Quinoa Casserole

Since making the Spinach & Lemon Quinoa Bake in December, I’ve been inspired to create more oven-cooked quinoa dishes. And today I’m pleased to share my latest: this vegan oven-baked Mexican quinoa casserole. Recipe featured on February 23, 2014 — 22 Easy One-Pot Meals With No Meat Why I love this Mexican quinoa casserole It comes together … Read more

Spinach & Lemon Quinoa Bake

I came across this recipe and just knew I had to make it vegan. After a few modifications, it’s now an awesome vegan dish that is even easier to put together than the original recipe. Recipe Notes I replaced the cottage cheese and eggs with vegan sour cream and Ener-G egg replacer. I left the … 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

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

Easy Tex-Mex Quinoa

Tex-Mex Tomato Quinoa - Vegan and Gluten-Free

I came across this recipe after Heather from Where’s the Beach left a comment on my Grilled Mediterranean Veggies with Bean Mash post. I clicked on her website link, and initially just bookmarked the recipe to try at a later date, but then I started to think about lunch, and realized that I had everything … Read more

Quinoa with Roasted Spiced Chickpeas & Pine Nuts

This is another one of the recipes that my mom made for me while I was visiting in August. The chickpeas and pine nuts offer a great crunch and nutty flavor, while the vinaigrette has a lovely fresh lemony taste that to me, tastes just like summer. Having said that, this would be great any … Read more

Black & White Bean Quinoa Salad

Black & White Bean Quinoa Salad - Vegan & Gluten-Free

My mom subscribes to Canadian Living magazine, and it usually includes a really good vegetarian or vegan recipe. She diligently puts the vegan (or easily made vegan) recipes aside for me, and better yet, she makes a couple of the recipes for me whenever I’m in town. She  made me this black & white bean … Read more

Spicy Peanut Quinoa Salad

Spicy Peanut Quinoa Salad (Vegan, Gluten-Free)

I love peanut butter. Peanut butter cookies, peanut butter dipping sauce, peanut butter out of the jar… peanut butter anything! So when a late-night Google search returned a recipe for quinoa salad with spicy peanut dressing, I didn’t hesitate to bookmark it and use it as inspiration for my lunch the next day, this Spicy Peanut … Read more

Healthy Vegan Quinoa Chili

Quinoa Chili - Vegan and Gluten-Free

About 5 years ago, I veganized my mom’s chili recipe by replacing the ground beef with Yves veggie ground round. I made it like that for years, doubling the recipe, and freezing it so that there was always a warm comforting meal available at the drop of a hat. Then I moved to Sydney, Australia, … Read more

What is Quinoa?

Quinoa

The next topic in my What’s That? series is… Quinoa! I’ve got a few amazing quinoa recipes on the way, and thought it might be nice to first explain the origins and benefits of this genius little grain. Chances are that you’ve seen this ingredient pop-up everywhere over the past couple years – from recipes … Read more

Best Ever Vegan Mac & Cheese

Best Ever Vegan Mac & Cheese (Vegan and Gluten-Free)

Nooch Disclaimer: If you missed my post on Nutritional Yeast, and you’re not familiar with that ingredient, you may want to check it out before reading further because this Vegan Mac & Cheese recipe is very “nooch” dependant. I guess I should start by saying that I’ve probably tried every “cheezy” nutritional yeast sauce out … Read more