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Pomegranate Wild Rice Christmas Salad

By Stacey Homemaker on November 15, 2019 2 Comments

This festive Christmas salad is the perfect side dish to serve with your holiday meal! Loaded with arugula, nutty wild rice, roasted pecans, juicy pomegranate arils, greens onions, tart dried cherries, and tangy garlic dijon dressing; this hearty salad is a major crowd pleaser! Vegan and gluten-free.

This is my all-time favorite salad! I love the combination of flavors and textures, it’s so incredibly delicious and it’s such a good Christmas salad! The festive red pomegranate arils and green arugula ingredients make this the perfect vegan holiday side dish!

The first time that I made this simple salad was for our Christmas dinner a few years ago and my family (especially my mom) fell in love with it!

Now, my family loves this wild rice pomegranate Christmas salad recipe and they request it at every holiday, so I usually end up making it for almost every single family get-together or holiday gathering.

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The combination of peppery arugula, tart dried cherries, nutty wild rice, sweet pomegranate arils, and roasted pecans tossed in a tangy garlic dijon dressing is so tasty! This vegan wild rice salad is definitely a crowd-pleaser and I think that you’re going to love it as much as we do!

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Vegan Scalloped Potatoes Florentine

By Stacey Homemaker on November 4, 2019, Updated December 3, 2019 3 Comments

Every bite of these cheesy vegan scalloped potatoes is ultra-rich, super creamy, and loaded with spinach! Complete your holiday meal and impress your family with this decadent vegan side dish! Gluten-free and oil-free.

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I’m SO excited to share this easy vegan scalloped potatoes florentine recipe with you! This casserole is pure healthy vegan comfort food, and I think that you’re going to fall in love with these decadent potatoes just like I have. Honestly, I can’t stop eating these cheesy potatoes. I’ve been eating leftovers for breakfast all week, it’s that good!

These potatoes are SO rich and SO creamy, and the addition of spinach is such a yummy twist on a traditional classic. Any chance that I get to hide some extra veggies in a meal is a win for me! Do you feel the same?

Also, I tested this recipe a few different ways: with cashews, without cashews, with cauliflower, with frozen spinach, etc. to come up with the best combination for you, and I definitely found it! (If you have a nut allergy, I shared the instructions on how to make these vegan scalloped potatoes without cashews below.)

Every bite is loaded with perfectly cooked potatoes, onions, garlic, spinach, and the creamiest cashew-based white sauce! Seriously, it’ so decadent and delicious. This vegan potato casserole is truly the perfect side dish to serve with lentil loaf, vegan cabbage rolls, or lemon garlic cauliflower steaks for dinner.

I highly recommend that you add this creamy scalloped potatoes florentine recipe to your Thanksgiving feast and Christmas dinner menu, they’re 100% holiday-worthy! Vegans and non-vegans alike love these creamy potato and spinach casserole!

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Lentil Mushroom Vegan Meatloaf (Gluten-Free)

By Stacey Homemaker on October 18, 2019, Updated December 3, 2019 11 Comments

This easy to make hearty vegan meatloaf is made from the perfect combination of lentils, quinoa, mushrooms, oats, and lots of seasonings that give it the best flavor! If you miss traditional meatloaf, this lentil mushroom meatloaf is really going to hit the spot! It looks like classic meatloaf, tastes better than animal-based meatloaf, and it’s slathered with the most delicious tangy tomato glaze! Gluten-Free and oil-free.

I’ve been working on perfecting this homemade vegan meatloaf recipe for years! The first time I made our favorite vegan meatballs recipe, I thought, “wow, this meatball recipe is so good that it would also make a great base for meatloaf!”

I’ve made this savory lentil meatloaf at least five times in the last two weeks! I’ve been tweaking ingredients, testing different types of lentil loaf with oats vs oat flour to find the best meatloaf-like texture, adding carrots, removing carrots, trying all different variations until it was perfect to share with you!

I’ve eaten a lot of different types of vegetable-based loafs and I think that there are a few key points to making the best vegan lentil loaf.

It can’t be too soft and mushy, it should be firm but moist.
It has to hold together when you slice it and pick it up out of the pan.
The “meat” loaf has to be very flavorful.
It has to have a meat-like texture.
There has to be lots of extra tangy tomato glaze!

This vegan mushroom lentil meatloaf hits all of these notes! The mushrooms give it a meaty flavor and keep it very moist, the lentils, quinoa, oats and flax egg give it the perfect texture, and the seasonings, garlic, onions, vegan Worcestershire sauce, and nutritional yeast give it loads of flavor! I just know you’re going to love this recipe for vegan lentil meatloaf as much as I do!

While this simple vegan lentil loaf is delicious for dinner any night of the week, it would also make the perfect main course for your Thanksgiving feast or Christmas dinner!

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Savory Vegan Pumpkin Pasta (Ready in 20 Minutes!)

By Stacey Homemaker on September 26, 2019, Updated December 3, 2019 Leave a Comment

This intensely rich vegan pumpkin pasta is an essential fall-inspired cozy meal that you can make tonight in just 20 minutes! Fresh sage leaves, pumpkin puree, and a creamy coconut base give this pasta a decadent flavor that’s sure to please any palate. Vegan, gluten-free, and oil-free.

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If you think you don’t like pumpkin, let alone combining pumpkin and pasta together, this pumpkin sage pasta recipe is going to change your mind! It’s rich, decadent, and so flavorful. What’s not to love?

My husband has never been a fan of pumpkin-flavored anything, but now he loves pumpkin pasta! When I told him that I was going to make pumpkin pasta for dinner, his smile instantly turned into a look of uncertainty. All it took was one bite for him to change his perception. This recipe converted him to a pumpkin lover and it will do the same for you!

Besides being absolutely delectable, this simple fall-inspired vegan pasta is so easy to make, and it’s ready in only 20 minutes!

After you try this tasty pasta recipe, you should try this vegan pesto pasta, this spaghetti and vegan meatballs recipe, and this vegan taco pasta!

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