Vegan Entrees

Knock dinner out of the park every night with one of these easy vegan recipes! Each recipe features easy to find ingredients, minimal steps, and tons of flavor!

From 30-Minute Vegan Sloppy Joes to Almond Butter Crispy Baked Tofu to 30-Minute Chickpea Vegan Curry, find the perfect meal to please your family!

Flatbread Quinoa Pizza Crust Recipe (Gluten-Free)

By Stacey Homemaker on January 4, 2020 4 Comments

This gluten-free quinoa flatbread pizza recipe is going to be your new favorite quick and easy vegan dinner! You don’t need to knead the dough or wait for it to rise, this homemade pizza is ready to eat in just 40 minutes! Crispy on the edges, soft in the center, and topped with meaty mushrooms, artichoke hearts, baby arugula, and the creamiest vegan garlic aioli!

*This recipe was originally posted on 1/20/18, but I updated it with better recipe instructions on 1/4/20.

I love pizza, It’s one of my favorite foods of all time! Doesn’t everyone love pizza? For me, it’s right up there with creamy vegan mac and cheese, the best vegan scalloped potatoes, and hearty vegan meatloaf…YUM!

If you’re like me and you also like to make pizza from scratch at home, then I think you’re going to love this recipe just as much as I do! This easy flatbread pizza recipe so quick and simple to make and it only requires 5 ingredients to make the dough!

My issue with making homemade pizza dough is that you have to make the dough, wait for it to rise, and then you have to knead it. I really don’t like kneading the dough, even if it means I get pizza after doing it. Kneading dough is time-consuming, it makes a mess on the counter, and it hurts my hands.

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Having to wait for the dough to rise means that you have to plan ahead if you want pizza for dinner. I don’t always remember to plan ahead and prep the dough earlier in the day so I can eat the pizza at a decent dinner time.

That’s how this delicious quinoa flatbread pizza recipe came to fruition! You can blend this quick no-knead pizza dough in just a few minutes and then you can bake it right away! You don’t have to wait for the dough to rise, knead the dough, or even cook the quinoa! It’s so quick and convenient!

To be fair, this isn’t a traditional pizza dough, it’s more of a thin flatbread pizza. However, because it’s made with quinoa, the dough is naturally gluten-free and it gets perfectly crisp while it bakes. It’s quite tasty!

You don’t even need one of those special perforated pizza trays, all you need is a regular old sheet pan. Just blend, bake, and eat! Homemade pizza crust doesn’t get any easier than this!

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Vegan Black-Eyed Pea Soup

By Stacey Homemaker on December 31, 2019 2 Comments

Kick off the New Year the right way with this hearty and flavorful smoky black-eyed pea and collard green soup! Every bite is loaded with earthy black-eyed peas, vegan sausage, tender collard greens, and loads of vegetables! Gluten-free and slow cooker instructions included.

I’ve been making this vegan black eyed pea soup with sausage for our New Year’s Day dinner for the last few years, so I thought that it would be perfect timing to share it with you on the last day of 2019! It’s a tradition that we really enjoy and I hope that you try it for your first meal of 2020!

Do you know why it’s traditional to eat this soup on January 1st? In the South, black-eyed peas are considered to be very lucky, collard greens represent money, and cornbread represents gold coin and wealth. When this Southern meal is eaten on the first day of the new year, it’s supposed to bring prosperity and good luck for the rest of the year!

Traditional black eyed pea soup with collard greens is made with a ham bone, ham hocks, bacon, or hog jowls for extra flavor. Obviously, this vegan version doesn’t contain any animal products, so I used minced mushrooms to give that meaty flavor to the soup. I also added sliced vegan sausage to make this soup extra hearty!

While this new years soup is perfect to eat on the first day of the year, you really could enjoy it at any time of the year! It’s easy to make, it tastes delicious, and it’s especially tasty on a cold winter night.

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Roasted Portobello Mushrooms with Green Pea Pesto Lentils

By Stacey Homemaker on December 16, 2019 9 Comments

This flavorful vegan meal features tender slices of roasted balsamic portobello mushrooms served on top of protein-packed green lentils that are swimming in the most flavorful green pea basil pesto sauce! This delicious dish is easy to prepare and it’s super satisfying!

*This recipe was originally posted on 6/17/17, but I updated it with better recipe instructions and republished it on 12/16/19.

This savory mushroom lentil recipe is inspired by a delicious meal that I had for dinner (multiple times!) on our Disney cruise honeymoon a few years ago! I loved how the roasted portobello mushrooms were seasoned and the way they were sliced made it look just like pieces of chicken on top of a hearty pile of filling lentils.

What really put it over the top for me was the flavorful green pea pesto sauce! I love making different variations of pesto at home, but I had never tried a green pea version before! Who knew that basil and green peas would be such a delicious combination?!

After you try this green pea pesto recipe, you should try these pesto quinoa stuffed tomatoes, pistachio pesto pasta, or this zucchini tomato pesto bake next!

I plated the meal like this because it’s exactly how they served it on the ship, isn’t it such a pretty presentation? Every time I make this dish, I feel like I’m back on the Disney Fantasy and sitting at a table in the Enchanted Garden restaurant!

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Butternut Squash Tempeh Vegan Chili

By Stacey Homemaker on December 1, 2019, Updated December 15, 2019 2 Comments

This easy to make & super flavorful vegan chili is loaded with beans, tempeh, butternut squash, vegetables & fire-roasted tomatoes! Everything you love about chili but with less prep work + it’s ready in under an hour! Vegan and Gluten-free.

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This is the best vegan chili recipe ever! You guys know that I’m all about easy vegan recipes with big flavor and that’s exactly what this chili is: super easy and super flavorful!

However, it’s not your typical chili recipe either. Why? Because this chili also has tempeh and butternut squash in it along with all of the traditional chili ingredients.

I’m always trying to find new ways to incorporate tempeh into our meals and it’s absolutely delicious in this chili. Tempeh takes the place of meat in this vegan bean chili and I think that you’re going to absolutely love it too!

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