A great vegan lunch option is this chickpea avocado salad. It’s delicious on a sandwich or on top of mixed greens. It’s got lots of healthy fats that will keep you feeling fuller longer. So for anyone like me that gets hungry every hour at work, it’s a good packed lunch because it leaves me…
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Chickpea Curry
If I had a “specialty,” I’d say it was this. If people come over for dinner unexpectedly, I always make this. It’s really tasty, a tiny bit impressive, and super simple. I almost always have the ingredients on hand to make this, and you should too. I am very lucky to have an amazing Indian…
Crabless Cakes with Chili Mayo
This crab cake recipe is one of my favorite vegan recipes to make because it really tastes like the real thing and is so easy to make. I’ve been working on this one for a while and have finally perfected it. I’ve even tried freezing the crab cake patties and reheating them, which is also…
Saag Aloo with Chickpeas
One of my favorite dishes to order at Indian restaurants is Saag Aloo, or spiced potatoes and spinach. I’m grossly simplifying the taste when I say it is just spices, potatoes, and spinach, but it really is as simple as cooking potatoes and spinach in a mixture of warm, Indian spices. Even though Indian cooking features…
Chickpea Curry and Greens
I imagine many vegans would profess that chickpeas are one of the most important foods in their diets. If you consider hummus, chickpeas, and aquafaba (the liquid from the can – look it up, trust me), chickpeas are in a lot of vegan meals, snacks, and desserts. I’m a big fan of chickpeas baked into a…
Chickpea Pasta with Sweet Potato
One of the best inventions ever was the one pot meal. All you have to do is chop and measure the ingredients, put it all in a pot together, leave it to simmer, and voila, a deeply flavorful meal with minimal effort and clean up. I’d been meaning to try Smitten Kitchen’s Quick Pasta and…
An Imperfect Vegan 