Recipes

Favorite WFPB Recipes

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If you are ‘oil-free’ please double check these recipes as some have added oil.

Recipes tried and tested:

  1. Mains
    1. 8-minute pantry dal (two ways)
      1. Note that prep time is 8 minutes, cooking time about 25 minutes.
    2. Creamy Sweet Potato and Vegetable Stew (Forks Over Knives)
    3. Energizing & Spicy Broccoli Dal (OhSheGlows)
    4. Glowing spiced lentil soup (OhSheGlows)
    5. Sweet Potato Tacos with Avocado Salsa (therusticfoodie.com)
    6. Thai Buddha Bowl with Peanut Red Curry Sauce (thestingyvegan.com)
    7. One Pot Veggie Thai Red Curry (makingthymeforhealth.com)
    8. Instant Pot Vegan Shepherd’s Pie (we made this on the stove top & used a mashed sweet potato topping & loved it). Here’s another recipe we enjoyed.
    9. Red Lentil Chili (Chef AJ, Forks Over Knives)
    10. Rice, Black Bean & Avocado Bowl (Vegan 8) – would work great with cruciferous vegetables as a cancer-buster (see here)
    11. Lentil Surprise – (Dr McDougall) – I made this with cilantro & found it to be easy, time efficient & delicious !
    12.   BAKED falafel – these taste amazing ! Note that you have to soak the chickpeas overnight.
    13. Vegan Sticky Sesame Chickpeas – flavourful, and easy to make
    14. Vegan Enchalada Casserole – OhSheGlows
    15. Cozy butternut sweet potato lentil stew – OhSheGlows
    16. Vegan Breakfast Burritos – RainbowPlantLife
    17. Sesame Noodles with chickpeas and basil – AmbitiousKitchen
    18. Best-Ever Beefless Stew (Forks over Knives)
    19. Spicy Tomato Sushi Rolls – I’ve had non-vegans RAVING about this recipe.
  2. Salads
    1. Chickpea Salad (OhSheGlows)
    2. Garlicky Sesame Edamame Salad – crunchy & healthy ! (Rainbow Plant Life)
    3. Corn Avocado Salad (Forks Over Knives)
    4. Easy Vegan Pasta Salad (Forks Over Knives)
    5. Chunky Avocado Salsa (Cookie + Kate)
    6. Moroccan Chickpea Quinoa Power Salad (LittleSpiceJar)
  3. Sauces and Dressings
    1. 5 Ingredient Peanut Sauce
  4. Sides
    1. Bread free stuffing balls (OhSheGlows)
    2. Creamy Golden Gravy (Forks Over Knives)
    3. Smoky Skillet BBQ Baked Beans (AVirtualVegan.com)
  5. Desserts
    1. Vegan Zucchini Fudgy Brownies – (TheVegan8.com)
    2. Banana bread muffin top muffins – sweetened with dates & bananas (OhSheGlows)
  6. Soups
    1. Lemony Chickpea Rice Soup
    2. Curried Cauliflower Rice Kale Soup   also here & video here
    3. Moroccan Sweet Potato Lentil Soup – a lovely slow cooker recipe which also makes a good stew.
  7. Other
    1. Sun-dried Tomato Garlic Crackers – gluten free & awesome ! (OhSheGlows)
    2. Banana Oat Pancakes (cook for 8 minutes)

Feel free to give your own feedback on any of the above recipes once you have tried them here.

Interesting recipes to try:

Please give feedback on these recipes HERE once you have tried them:

  1. Cauliflower rice
  2. Easy tofu scramble
  3. ‘Best’ vegan chili
  4. ‘Best’ lentil shepherd’s pie.
  5. Click here for access to popular collections of recipes at Forks Over Knives.
  6. I got an email with some really nice looking dips – see here to try them out.
  7. Black bean, beet, shiitake burgers – FYI ‘forbidden rice’ is black rice – can get at Nations or Freshco.
  8. BAKED Falafels – FOK
  9. Burrito Bowl – FOK
  10. Favorite vegan chili – OhSheGlows
  11. Detox Turmeric Lentil Soup – SimplyQuinoa.com
  12. Healthy Black Bean Brownies (no oil) FOK

Also don’t forget to check out  Denise Massie RHN – see the free ‘Prep-ahead plant-based meals’ cookbook on the right side of her homepage (free !)

Subhas Ganguli

Dr Subhas Ganguli is a Canadian gastroenterologist with an interest in the role of food in the prevention of disease. In November 2019 he passed the Board Exam of the American College of Lifestyle Medicine.

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