Quarantine Cuisine: Five Affordable, Delicious, And Healthy Vegan Meals
These easy plant-based recipes take little from your time or money while providing great value and taste.
I’m not here to waste your time, you’re hungry, and regardless of when you read this, so am I.
If you didn’t get the memo explaining why you should be eating vegan right now, I wrote about it here, but if you know your stuff, move onto the recipes!
1. Lentil Dahl
In times of quarantine, I recommend keeping a bucket of dahl around which you can reheat, add to rice and greens, use as a dip or spread, or even eat cold if you’re lazy like me. You don’t even need a blender, oil, or coconut milk to simply boil lentils, and add what you already have.
2. Smoothie Bowl
One of the most important life skills I’ve ever learned is how to make an excellent smoothie. It makes it easy to eat greens, fruits, seeds, and still feel like I just had dessert.
When people say they don’t get full on smoothies, I challenge them to drink one of my 2-liter breakfasts. It amazes me that the same people who effortlessly gorge on 30 chicken wings or 10 pizza slices also expect to be full after one 16oz smoothie or a piece of fruit. If you’re not satisfied, have more!
Make sure you always have cut bananas that are at least as ripe as this one in your freezer, that way they’ll be sweet and creamy so you don’t need to use added sweeteners. Blend them with any homemade plant milk, adding it slowly to achieve the desired consistency. Nut butter, berries, matcha, cacao, turmeric, spices, fruits, greens, add whatever you want, I won’t judge as long as it’s plant-based.
3. Bean Chili
Beans are absurdly healthy and make for easy, hearty meals. It’s hard to find anyone who doesn’t love chili, and it lasts for days. Always make more than you think you’ll eat, you won’t get enough.
If you make it rich and spicy enough you can even make tacos out of it.
4. Overnight Oats
Grab a bowl, add oats, immerse them in plant milk, refrigerate, sleep, add whatever you want to it when you wake up, enjoy.
5. Chickpea Curry
My favorite food. You can base it around potatoes too and throw in any of the veggies, corn, grains, or legumes you might have let linger too long.
You don’t need to make it spicy or oily to enjoy it, and it lasts several days, sometimes even gaining flavor over time.
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