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Category: Warm Side Dishes

  • Vegan Chili Mac and Cheese

    Vegan Chili Mac and Cheese

    This vegan chili mac and cheese recipe has a delicious butternut squash and cashew cheese sauce that’s loaded with nutritional yeast, and a spicy, and smoky black bean chili with chipotle peppers in adobo sauce. Add the cooked macaroni, and it’s the perfect hearty vegan meal for any time of year! On top of it’s…

  • Asian Orzo Pasta Salad

    Asian Orzo Pasta Salad

    Inspired by Asian flavors, this recipe for vegan orzo pasta salad with sesame ginger dressing tastes great warm or cold. After having time to sit overnight in the fridge, I thought it tasted even better. It uses few ingredients. It works well for a cookout, picnic, road trip cooler, camping trip, simple meal, or lunch.…

  • Fennel Risotto with Orange Zest

    Fennel Risotto with Orange Zest

    Risotto is one of my all-time favorite meals. This recipe for vegan fennel risotto with orange zest requires few ingredients, and is quite satisfying. While I have given tips about making a risotto in the past, there are only a few principles you need to adhere to to have success. If you do these three…

  • Sicilian Eggplant Crostini

    Sicilian Eggplant Crostini

    Fancy appetizer, delicious snack, light lunch, hearty side. However you look at it, this vegan eggplant crostini recipe with crushed red pepper, green olives, and fresh tomato… it’s really something. A few bites, and it’s on to the next one. This vegan eggplant crostini tastes amazing straight out of the oven or after several hours…

  • Vegan Tater Tot Casserole with Broccoli and Mushrooms

    Vegan Tater Tot Casserole with Broccoli and Mushrooms

    When I was a kid, the church potluck was where it was at! So many delicious hot dishes made with love, and ready to share with one another. And while there were many options to choose from, I always gravitated towards the casseroles. Tater tot casserole! Broccoli cheese rice casserole! Green bean and mushroom casserole!…

  • Vegan Spinach Mushroom Wild Rice Casserole

    Vegan Spinach Mushroom Wild Rice Casserole

    This vegan spinach mushroom wild rice casserole recipe is creamy, savory, and delicious. It works well as a main dish (plenty hearty!) or as a side dish. It’s a vegan wild rice casserole that’s fancy enough for the holidays, like Thanksgiving, but doesn’t have to be a holiday dish. It’s gluten free, has no nutritional…

  • Braised Red Cabbage and Carrots

    Braised Red Cabbage and Carrots

    This easy vegan braised red cabbage and carrots recipe makes a terrific side dish. I love how the red onions, granny smith apples, onion and apple cider vinegar contribute to the overall flavor. It’s savory, sweet, sour and totally delicious! Making vegan braised red cabbage takes some time (about an hour), but it is easy…

  • Vegan Slow Cooker Stewed Green Beans and Tomatoes

    Vegan Slow Cooker Stewed Green Beans and Tomatoes

    Upon trying these green beans, my husband announced that this is the only way he wants to eat them from now on. This slow cooker vegan (or vegetarian) green beans recipe takes inspiration from the U.S.’s Southern-style green beans and tomatoes. Usually, meat is used to add complexity and flavor to this popular side dish,…

  • Roasted Carrots and Farro with Citrus, Ginger and Dill

    Roasted Carrots and Farro with Citrus, Ginger and Dill

    This easy vegan roasted carrots and farro recipe works well as a warm side dish or as a cold grain salad. As a warm vegan carrot side dish, it can be served directly after combining all the elements together. If you choose to serve it cold and it has been marinating in the fridge for…

  • Fiesta Rice

    Fiesta Rice

    When I was a kid, we would eat Rice-A-Roni® Spanish Rice. My mom would add a can or two of black beans and frozen corn. Sometimes, we would add shredded cheese to the mix. It was a quick, frugal meal for a working mom to serve her family, and it got the job done. And…

  • Kidney Bean Succotash

    Kidney Bean Succotash

    Lima beans are my least favorite vegetable. If they are in front of me, I will eat them, because they are food. And in my opinion, food should never be taken for granted or wasted. But, for the most part, I avoid lima beans. So when I decided to put together a summer vegan succotash…

  • Grilled Okra with Curry Spices

    Grilled Okra with Curry Spices

    This vegan grilled okra recipe combines three of my favorite things—grilling, okra, and curry spice seasoning! Best of all, it is incredibly easy, quick to make, and flavorful. It makes an awesome side dish to any cookout or summer meal. To pull this off, I used a disposable aluminum sheet pan, lined it was non-stick…

  • Herbed Millet Skillet with White Beans and Asparagus

    Herbed Millet Skillet with White Beans and Asparagus

    When I was growing up, my mother was a big fan of millet, which meant it made frequent appearances at our dinner table. Thanks in part to the gluten free movement, millet is more popular in the U.S. today, but I’d say we’re still far from from apex millet. For the uninitiated, millet is slightly…

  • Slow Cooker Black-Eyed Peas, Okra and Tomatoes

    Slow Cooker Black-Eyed Peas, Okra and Tomatoes

    Inspired by the flavors of the U.S.’s Southern cuisine, this slow cooker stewed vegan black-eyed peas with okra and tomatoes recipe is one of my favorite meals. It’s easy to make and very hearty. Served over a heaping pile of quinoa or brown rice, it’s loaded with protein and fiber. This slow cooker vegan black-eyed…

  • Roasted Coconut-Maple Yams

    Roasted Coconut-Maple Yams

    It’s been a few years, but I decided to revisit this vegan recipe for roasted yams with maple syrup, coconut, cinnamon, cardamom, orange juice and more. It still tries to answer the question, “What if candied sweet potatoes had less sugar?”, but I changed the technique and adjusted some of the ingredients. I love how…

  • Vegan Truffle Mac and Cheese

    Vegan Truffle Mac and Cheese

    This is an easy stovetop vegan truffle mac and cheese recipe with white truffle oil, nutritional yeast and vegan cheese. This dish cooks up fast (25 minutes or less!), and does not require any baking at all. To help it take even less time, I like to get my water boiling and boil my macaroni…

  • Roasted Cauliflower with Lemon Tahini and Za’atar

    Roasted Cauliflower with Lemon Tahini and Za’atar

    After a trip to Aviv, a plant based Israeli restaurant in Portland, Oregon, I was really impressed.  A lot of Israeli food is already plant based, but not all of it.  It was inspiring to try their versions of shawarma and labneh, but what stuck with me the most was their fried cauliflower. I got…

  • Vegan Pear Galette with Pecans and Fennel

    Vegan Pear Galette with Pecans and Fennel

    This vegan pear galette recipe is a savory-sweet pastry filled with pears, pecans, fennel bulb, and vegan smoked gouda. The smell of it baking was exquisite.  And it filled our home with anticipation. We couldn’t wait to slice and serve it. Two things.. If you enjoy making galettes, you may also enjoy Vegan Cornmeal Galette…

  • Vegan Sourdough Stuffing with Spinach, Fennel and Vegan Italian Sausage

    Vegan Sourdough Stuffing with Spinach, Fennel and Vegan Italian Sausage

    This a flavorful and savory homemade vegan sourdough stuffing recipe with vegan Italian sausage, spinach, fennel, and sourdough bread cubes. It’s perfect for fall, winter, Thanksgiving, holiday celebrations or any time you want really good vegan stuffing.   When my family gets together, I always ask, “What dish do you want me to make?” And…

  • Vegan Stuffed Portobello Mushrooms with Lentils and Breadcrumbs

    Vegan Stuffed Portobello Mushrooms with Lentils and Breadcrumbs

    Maybe you aren’t vegan, but someone you love is and they are coming over for a holiday dinner? Well, making this recipe for vegan stuffed portobello mushrooms with lentils and breadcrumbs says, “Hey, I thought of you, and wanted you to have something delicious to dine on at this gathering.” If this is you and…

  • Shiitake Mushrooms and Brussels Sprouts with Farro

    Shiitake Mushrooms and Brussels Sprouts with Farro

    Awhile back, my cousin was looking for a Brussels sprout recipe.  I realized that I didn’t have any to share.  While we eat them roasted throughout the fall and winter season, that’s about the extent of it.  So, I challenged myself to think of a new way to incorporate Brussels sprouts into our rotation of…

  • Vegan Shells and Cheese

    Vegan Shells and Cheese

    Inspired by Velveeta Shells and Cheese, this is an easy baked vegan shells and cheese recipe with carrots, nutritional yeast and vegan cheese. Much like the beloved boxed cheesy pasta, the vegan cheese sauce is blended until it’s aerated, creamy and smooth. Unlike Velveeta Shells and Cheese, these vegan cheesy shells are baked and topped…

  • Spinach Cannellini Bean Orzo

    Spinach Cannellini Bean Orzo

    The first time I had orzo, I thought it was rice. Little did I know, it was pasta masquerading as rice. Since discovering it’s true nature, I am constantly thinking of ways to incorporate it into my meal rotation. And that is how I ended up making this one pan easy vegan spinach cannellini bean…

  • Slow Cooker Kidney Beans and Coconut Brown Rice

    Slow Cooker Kidney Beans and Coconut Brown Rice

    Inspired by Jamaican rice and peas, this slow cooker vegan red kidney beans and coconut rice recipe is easy, tasty and hearty. Allspice, nutmeg, thyme, coconut cream, dark red kidney beans and short grain brown rice create a creamy, savory and delicious family meal. This easy budget friendly vegan coconut rice and beans recipe works…