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 🙂

Coconut Curry Lentil Soup

Coconut Curry Lentil Soup - Vegan & Gluten-Free

This Coconut Curry Lentil Soup was inspired by my Easy Lemon Lentil Soup and my Quick & Easy Indian Curry Quinoa recipes. So if you liked those recipes, you’ll want to try this one (and vice versa). It’s grey and cold in Sydney this week. Not anything like what’s going on in North America at … Read more

Tortilla Pierogies with Truffled Sour Cream

Vegan Tortilla Pierogies with Truffled Sour Cream

These tortilla pierogies are a twist on traditional pierogies in that they use flour tortillas instead of the dumpling-style dough. The result is sort of a pierogi pie (Mmm… pierogi pie) that is fun to eat, and I imagine a lot less work than making traditional pierogies from scratch! I love pierogies. Those little dough … 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

African Peanut Stew with Sweet Potatoes and Beans

African Peanut Stew with Sweet Potato and Beans - Vegan and Gluten-Free

My partner and I recently moved back to Sydney so I’m in the process of setting up my new kitchen. I’ll share the process of building-up my vegan pantry again in an upcoming post, but until I’ve finished all that… we need to eat! And this vegan African peanut stew with sweet potatoes and beans … 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

Indian Potato Curry

Vegan Potato Curry - Gluten-Free | Vegangela

This Indian potato curry is hearty, fragrant, and perfectly spiced. I love this dish because… It’s packed with protein, unlike most potato curries you get from your local takeout joint. It’s creamy but not too saucy, so you don’t necessarily have to eat it with rice. It’s even better the next day, once all the flavors … Read more

Creamy Cashew Kale & Chickpeas

Creamy Cashew Kale & Chickpeas - Vegan & Gluten-Free

I have a treat for you today – a perfect little recipe that can be made from pantry staples or typical weekly groceries: Creamy Cashew Kale & Chickpeas! As much as I’d like to, I don’t get the chance to visit a farmer’s market each week. The truth is that I tend to do most … Read more

Cauliflower and Lentil Coconut Curry

What do you do if you’re leaving the house for almost a month and you have a head of cauliflower, a couple carrots, and a bunch of fresh coriander (cilantro) left in the fridge? You make Cauliflower and Lentil Coconut Curry! Normally, the “day before vacation” meals are a quick stir-fry of whatever is left … Read more

Versatile Vegan Quiche

Versatile Vegan Quiche

Yesterday, I happened upon a package of puff pastry dough in my freezer and decided that it was about time that I use it. The other items in my fridge and pantry inspired me to come up with this vegan quiche, which was really yummy and which I’ll definitely make again. I used a lot … Read more

Easy Oven-Baked Tomato Risotto

Easy Oven-Baked Tomato Risotto - Vegan & Gluten-Free

This is a really easy risotto recipe. It uses basic ingredients, and if you have a pot that can be used on the stove as well as in the oven, then it becomes a one-pot meal. Because it is finished in the oven, you’ve got creamy tomato risotto in no time – without all the … 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

Low-Carb Vegan Cannelloni (Manicotti)

Low-Carb Vegan Manicotti

Vegan MoFo #27 – There are only a few days left in November, and 2010 for that matter – can you believe it?! Here is my contribution for the last Saturday of the Vegan Month of Food. I veganized and added a few ingredients to this recipe from a 1995 issue of Vegetarian Times magazine. … Read more

Quinoa-Stuffed Butternut Squash

Quinoa-Stuffed Thanksgiving Squash

This quinoa-stuffed butternut squash is the perfect Thanksgiving / holiday recipe. The butternut squash is stuffed with fragrant quinoa, spinach, mushrooms and pecans. Background – Quinoa-Stuffed Butternut Squash Recipe When One Green Planet approached me last week and and asked if I could submit an original vegan Thanksgiving recipe, I jumped at the chance. Although … Read more

Stuffed Portobello Mushrooms w/ Roasted Red Pepper Coulis

Stuffed Portobello Mushrooms w/ Roasted Red Pepper Coulis - Vegan & Gluten-Free

Vegan MoFo #16 – It might seem weird, but in all my years as a vegan, I’ve never made stuffed mushrooms. There’s no particular reason, as I love mushrooms and especially the earthy, hardiness of portabellos. I just never got around to it. However this week, I bought a large box of “baby bellas”, so … Read more

Vegan Cannelloni (Manicotti)

Tofu & Spinach Cannelloni (Manicotti) - Vegan, Low-Fat, Gluten-Free

This is an old recipe from Nasoya tofu that I’ve been making for years. It’s great comfort food for me, and because the tofu-to-pasta ratio is so good, I don’t feel so guilty eating the white-flour shells. I’ve also added a little bit of shredded carrot and nutritional yeast to the mix with great success, … 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