tahini

Vegan tahini recipes / vegan sesame paste recipes, including many gluten-free and low-carb options.

5-Minute Vegan Taco Salad (Video)

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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 🙂

Curried Chickpea & Veggie “Noodle” Salad

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Curried Chickpea & Veggie “Noodle” Salad

This quick & easy curried chickpea and veggie “noodle” 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 Falafel with Avocado Tahini Dressing

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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

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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

Raw Pad Thai

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For today’s post, I’d like to share a raw Pad Thai recipe that my mom made for me when I last visited her in Ottawa. She got the recipe from Chatelaine magazine, but it comes from Julie Daniluk’s Meals That Heal Inflammation cookbook. I love how fresh and healthy this dish tastes! In fact, I … Read more

Roasted Cauliflower in Lemon-Tahini Sauce

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Roasted Cauliflower in Lemon-Tahini Sauce - Vegan and Gluten-Free

I came across this recipe for Roasted Cauliflower in Lemon-Tahini Sauce on the Vegetarian Times website and it’s really awesome. While I don’t particularly love raw cauliflower, I do love it in low-carb risotto or simply roasted. Even if you’re not a huge cauliflower fan, I still really recommend trying this recipe. Just roasting the cauliflower … Read more

What is Tahini (Sesame Paste)?

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What is Tahini (Sesame Paste)

The next topic for my What’s That? series is Tahini. I always keep a jar of tahini on hand, as I use it weekly to make hummus and salad dressings. Once you buy tahini, you’ll never have to (over) pay for store-bought hummus ever again. Also, one of my upcoming recipes will feature tahini, so … Read more