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    hearty recipes

    Whole food plant-based hearty recipes for you. Easy, delicious vegan recipes that are (nearly all) oil-free, gluten-free, and refined sugar-free at their base.

    Potato Salad, Oil-Free Tofu Feta, and Pumpkin Chocolate Pecan Baked Oatmeal are great recipes to start with.

     

    • Vegan Instant Pot Chili with Greens (oil-free)
    • Easy Homemade Potato Corn Chowder (vegan)
    • Potato Leek Lentil Stew
    • Toasted Polenta Rounds (air fryer or oven)
    • Chocolate Strawberry Oatmeal
    • Easy Pasta Bolognese with Red Lentils (vegan)
    • Maple Balsamic Roasted Brussels Sprouts (oil-free, vegan)
    • Simple Baked Sourdough Stuffing with Fresh Herbs (vegan)
    • Hearty Vegan Radicchio Salad
    • Lemon Rosemary Vegan Cheese Log
    • Pumpkin Chocolate Pecan Baked Oatmeal
    • Oil-Free Tofu Feta
    • Vegan Watermelon Salad (oil-free)
    • Veggie Enchilada Casserole
    • Quick and Easy Enchilada Sauce
    • Air Fryer Potato Slices (oil-free)
    • Mango Taco Salad
    • Vegan Mexican Flatbread Pizza
    • Bacon Mac and Cheese BBQ Blue Burger
    • All-American Burger
    • Quinoa Bacon Bits
    • Easy Creamy Shells and Cheese
    • Potato Salad (vegan)
    • Favorite Guacamole
    • Vegan Chickpea Salad
    • Oil-free Air Fryer French Fries
    • Everyday Oil-free Vegan Cheese Sauce
    • Oyster Mushroom Chowder
    • Easy Vegan Mushroom Gravy
    • Power Cookies | Vegan, Gluten-Free Whole Food
    • Shepherdless Pie for the Ultimate Vegan Thanksgiving
    • 30-Minute Vegetable Curry with Quinoa and Red Lentils
    • Smoky Kale and Chickpeas with Miso Peanut Drizzle From Bold Flavored Vegan Cooking
    • Veggie-Packed Tofu Scramble
    • Quick and Easy Vegan Curry Fried Rice
    • Cheesy Vegan Sheet-Pan Potatoes with Greens and Lentils
    • Easy Potato Flatbread

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    I'm Kari, and this is where I celebrate beautiful ingredients and focus on ways to make eating more plants easier. Recipes are centered around whole foods and are vegan, oil-free, refined sugar-free, and mostly gluten-free. And so delicious!



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